"I read posts of desperate athletes with captions tearing tears because they say they are upset and have struggled and made sacrifices for nothing, given that the Olympics will take place next year. Guys, but are we giving the numbers?". The blue of swimming Luca Dotto, with a post on Twitter, takes up those athletes who would have resented the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021.
"The real drama - writes Dotto - is being experienced by those who are sick or those who at the end of this period will lose their jobs or will not know how to feed their family. We professional athletes are privileged and some of us are truly getting rid of them".