![]() Nights in the first weeks of the pandemic shut down. That can – and did – lead to many sleepless Lacking, we try to fill information gaps with hypotheticals (or stories). (The Obstacle Is The Way, Ryan Holiday, p 10). Embraced? Yes, because these obstacles areĪctually opportunities to test ourselves, to try new things, and, ultimately, Of information, but also a massive amount of uncertainty. Partners and watching the daily government public health updates to monitorĬhanges so that our protocols align with local, provincial and federal Communicating internally with athletes,Ĭoaches and staff externally with Canadian Olympic Committee and other performance Olympic Committee, was like spinning multiple plates at the same time. The week that Canada announced they would not beĪttending the 2020 Olympics – regardless of decisions made by the International Our international competitions were suspended / cancelled and by the end of the month, the IOC announced Tokyo 2020 was postponed for 1 calendar year until July 2021. ![]() It still blows my mind to think how much the world changed over the next 2 weeks. There was some discussion of the coronavirus, but the best medical consensus was that this would be similar to the flu – practice good hand hygiene (wash & sanitizer), cough into the crook of your elbow, and we’d be fine. The venue, Olympic village and city looked ready to have us back in less than 150 days when…… Tokyo February 2020 On FebruI was flying home from the Canadian Olympic Committee’s final site visit before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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