<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yesterday, we reported that the <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a> were postponed, due to the coronavirus, and Reggie Jagers has a few details about the event..</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an exclusive interview with Olympian discus thrower, Reggie Jagers III, we confirmed that the olympic athletes had a say so in postponing the 2020 Summer Olympics.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;With the NBA, NFL, MLB&#8211; things were canceled day-by-day,&#8221; Jagers said. &#8220;We figured since we&#8217;re summer games, the virus would be under control by the time we were to compete. But you can&#8217;t predict that timeline.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an unprecedented event, the IOC surveyed their top athletes and asked their opinion on the situation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;The IOC (International Olympics Committee) surveyed about 4,000 athletes. Over 80% of us decided to postpone the Olympics,&#8221; he added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cleveland, Ohio native trains at the San Fransisco Training Center, but once gyms were shut down by the government, the 25-year-old and other athletes&#8217; training options were extremely limited.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;When the government shut down the gyms, we weren&#8217;t able to train. You can&#8217;t really train at the best of your abilities. You&#8217;re not training your best and you&#8217;re trying to train in survival mode.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He continued:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;That&#8217;s why the IOC decided to postpone the games. They realized your training is not the best it could be. The integrity of the games isn&#8217;t held to the quality standards of an Olympic game because people were trying to survive a virus.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As for the athletes that were hoping to retire this year, they&#8217;ll have to wait another year and train in the meantime, if they still choose to participate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jagers also gave some insight on when he thinks the games would continue. &#8220;There&#8217;s a good chance that the Olympic games could take place in 2021, maybe 2022. But I think it&#8217;ll be more than likely in 2021. We&#8217;ll know more in about 4 weeks.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Olympian also states that he&#8217;s continuing to train. The Olympic games are canceled, but there&#8217;s still a timeline of track &; field meets that will continue after the quarantine. There will still be a track and field season, as of now. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Summer Olympics has only been canceled once. That was during World War I. </span></p>
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