South Africa’s national Under-23 coach David Notoane has welcomed a decision to postpone the 2020 Olympics to next year‚ saying all athletes and teams competing deserve “a level playing field” in their preparations.
Notoane steered his team to qualification for Tokyo 2020 with their dramatic penalties victory against Ghana in the third-place playoff at the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in November.
“The IOC has finally given a position and a direction in relation to the postponement of the Olympic Games to next year before summer after taking a very measured and cautious approach to what is before us in terms of all measures to curve the coronavirus‚” Notoane said. “We still remain hopeful that after this pandemic has gone past us‚ and the world has stabilised‚ there could possibly be a review of the decision to postpone the Games to next year.
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