Hoping Olympics goes on for selfish reasons, says Biles

American gymnast Simone Biles hopes that Olympics goes on as per it’s new schedule subsequent yr. Tokyo Olympics, which was initially slated to start in July this yr, has been postponed until 2021 within the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Biles’ feedback got here after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach just lately admitted that the showpiece occasion must be cancelled if it might’t go forward as per new schedule subsequent yr.

“I do not know what I would do,” Biles mentioned in a podcast on ESPNW’s digital NYC Summit as per The Washington Post.

“So I’m just praying for the best, hoping that it goes on for selfish reasons, of course, but (also) for all the athletes around the world working toward this dream.”

The multi-national occasion will now happen in Japan’s capital metropolis from July 23 to August eight however in case of additional delay, it must be scrapped.

“You cannot forever employ 3,000 to 5,000 people in an organising committee,” Bach advised BBC Sport earlier this month. “You cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty.”

“There is no blueprint for it so we have to reinvent the wheel day by day. It’s very challenging and at the same time fascinating.”

Biles, who’s a four-time Olympic gold medalist, took the gymnastic world by storm in 2016 Olympics in Rio. She gained golds in all-around, vault and flooring and a bronze in stability beam. Biles added one other gold to her kitty as a part of the United States group.