The world's biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year amid the coronavirus which has claimed thousands of lives across the globe
South Africa's Olympic Team coach David Notoane has welcomed the IOC's decision to postpone the 2020 Games which were supposed to take place in Tokyo, Japan in June.
According to Notoane, the postponement will give every national team that has qualified an equal opportunity to prepare well for the global showpiece.
"The IOC has finally given a directive and a position in relation to the postponement of the Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020 to next year before summer after taking a very guided and cautious approach in support of what is before us in terms of measures to try and curb [the spread] of the coronavirus," Notoane told the Safa media.