Tokyo 2020 delay gives everyone a fair chance, says Judo champion Riner

Double Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner believes that staging the Tokyo Games in 2021 will put all athletes on an equal footing after the sports ...

PARIS: Double Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner believes that staging the Tokyo Games in 2021 will put all athletes on an equal footing after the sports extravaganza was postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

"Waiting another year is not the end of the world, we just have to be patient. I can't see how the qualifications would have been fair if the Games had been delayed to the autumn."

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