Transcripts For ALJAZ Inside Story 2020 Ep 85 20240713 : vi

What all the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus on damage to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be postponed or canceled what will be the impact on athletes found on businesses this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. 3 a limpid games have been cancelled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed their coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo this summer australia and canada said they wouldnt send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and Global Travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors billions of dollars and that the. Less i think its reasonable to postpone for a year i think its important and inevitable decision. But i feel bad for the people who were looking forward to it and the athletes who waited and trained for 4 years im also worried about the japanese economy or. The good guy instead it that it is disappointing for sure but when you think about the health of athletes as well as that of the spectators i understand the Novel Coronavirus is spreading so quickly around the world and this is a very serious issue internationally the olympics is just the latest sporting event to be affected by the pandemic hundreds of tournament and competitions worldwide are either on hold or cancel matches in europe is hugely popular and lucrative football leagues are all perspire own the formula one season opening race in australia 2 weeks ago was canceled. The french open tennis tournament in paris is now pushed back to september and indias premier League Cricket is already perspire own until next month organizers are now under pressure to cancel it altogether after the Prime Minister ordered all 1300000000 indians to stay at home. Lets bring in our panel joining us from london is gail emms a badminton silver medalist for Team Great Britain in the 2004 athens olympics from dublin in the republic of ireland tiger mcintyre a lecturer in sports and performance psychology from reading in the u. K. James read an associate professor at the university of reading welcome to you all thanks for joining us a question for all of you and ill start though with you gail was canceling the olympics or perspiring the olympics rather the right thing to do. Absolutely i think so much when you feel i think it was frustrating that it takes so long to announce that decision there are so many athletes out that if left in him by then he was sure that the. Order of a sign can that be some even the only. Lighting i understand this and not to be considered as a no money race and and its just that when it comes to a huge decision by a french athlete who has ripped by 50 preparing for that as great for. The coaches have to be my part for that path and for that for that physical and Mental Health and the whole goal of the whole 3 doesnt have to make it the right one now its done that should be make an athlete and then prepare for whats for the next year and the start of start adopting come to terms with that and also we just dont know about the spread of our if and when the thing to end the play that of not is that. Any athlete by my completion and now it sounds funny. Seems that there was little choice was there for the i. O. C. But to postpone yeah and im really impressed with gail the. Conclusions there you mean were really talking about the athletes voices has pushed this move the speed of it was in acted upon because of. Groups and surveys across different federations to find out what their views were and economic about it on their Current Conditions its untenable for you know people out do watersports to have to train on the on the on and ergo in their gym or in their garridge or people out to sprint hurdles to be training in the crosscountry trail by themselves so the magnitude of this is being recognized by outlets ive looked at a lot of athletes post on this and theyve been talking about you know theres something bigger than us here they really do recognize that thrash and they also recognize that their challenge will move on to a different different timeline james i know the economics of sports is one of your speciality but was there really little option left in from what youve been reading in your view book to postpone. Absolutely no alternatives really i mean the athletes couldnt get. Of course you know the safety of our troops have to be the most important thing were allowed to watch while yes its a maybe its. A trivial thing in the grand scheme of things when were talking to lives and deaths as though it with a groan why it was but we love watching us all it gives a great distraction to get israel to taman with excitement its one of those firms but it cant be that if you know so even if the athletes count even get there because they couldnt get the moment given the trouble in place all around the world you know algeria had to become it was quite strange took so long loosing was in better from an optics perspective for the young ones weve just been its counseled and will deal with the details later would have rather been a much more proactive stance for them to take in but it is what it is and work decisions not been taken tiger i think we know that the consensus among athletes was to perspire on the olympics but for example britains double olympic taekwondo star jade jones she spoke of her devastation you give your heart and soul to something for 4 years she says and then for it not to go ahead is just a horrible what is the mental effect going to be on athletes now that this has been perspire and its where its a really interesting time you know. Absolutely theres going to be you know devastation theres going to be anxiety there were there was a great release for many athletes and relief from that the pressure that they thought theyd have to train under these conditions but for some other needs you know theyve been locked into this 1600 day cycle and its its obviously very precious to them and thats thats important too we have to do is provide support so those athletes that you know are struggling to deal with it and itll take time probably for all ottley to take a bit of time to get through this but athletes are adaptable i mean the key. Thing about sport competition is people voluntary put themselves into a pressurized environment they have psychological skills they have capacities not just individually but collectively to deal with this and i think thats you know whats been really really clear to me is the athlete support for one another through this challenge is going to be really important and their voices are being heard by one another and we need to support those for whom its a struggle and we know we know others i read today about jessica foxs you know multiple World Championship medal or some of the big medicine can you solomon she talked about you know we have to adopt i mean this adopts abilities what athletes do they adopt to different conditions may take a bit of time they meet may need some support around us but the great thing is athletes do have skills in adopting to different circumstances gayla so you know doing away there you of course of be there youve built up to taking part in a lympics how would you have felt had it been taken this opportunity taken away from you how would you do how do you tell people teach people to deal with it. Hasnain baby like someone had grabbed my heart and put it out and just transferred her leg that puts me in the stomach when i go again that is exactly how this out if i was in the race and even think i many actually a pinnacle that you a. Little girl or a little boy and you watch this the well being the worlds great looking at then and you look at the t. V. Big change your nation on and i want to see that. And that golden entry that carries you through every single horror a Training Session i mean that horrible a really really horrible and i raining outside not about running away your hunting they are meant to make you keep your head that one that youll be a little then im going to actually live in a wreck and my country that is there when not taken away. Its just horrific if it were beating the only way i can kind of trying to describe it to you or your god is thinking exam of your entire life and then for me i cant even more its a chance i shall be able to prechristian its all that hard what theyre trying sesson they want to show me what they would be by friday i was that was a fantastic time to be that taken away now we are now if you like but that that one mind then. That time of the right the competition whatever it has been faced by wrong but you know that big when when i hear of a plea in the olympic final or maybe get on that of the bat is now completely gone but this isnt baccy a. It would be. Horrible and you know my way. To get over it will take time that i grew because. Its like writing you know so has a place in the congo. But we support nothing that you cannot discuss with support people you know the athletes readapt that you know that create they can recant and it will be ok just trying to get around that its racist because we had he no cotton he knew and he very helpful that from gayle to high but i mean there are not just a limp a costly putting lives on hold those footballers cricketers tennis players formula one racing drivers what advice do you give to these elite athletes to deal with being in limbo. Yeah i think limbo is a good description i think we should hone in on those other most most will so the most full of those which are in individual sports which dont have the same support structures around them be a professional team or part of a limbic squad and the needs for whom this has led to accelerate it career terminations or transition added the sport those up to this was going to be their last year and they may not have the opportunity to go into 2021 season so its important that you know theyre the ones that will need access to good service and lots of support i think in terms of the breath and scope of this i mean this is a universal issue now i think we we can rely upon athletes to use their own skills you know which includes resilience their capacity to to use their resources. To help themselves through this challenge and collectively as a community to support one another. Theres theres tippets a psychological device which apply to the general up. Population around developing a routine and then their sports specific elements which means you know they should check in with one another at times theyre meant to go training so they when the restricted from training they still have this what we call social support or connectivity to others we also need them to to restructure and adopt their goals you know for those that can that can continue on so there their season isnt there let me put it this way that their career goals arent determined by this current challenge just their season goals i mean we need to think really in the long term and think of a longer scale trajectory and that will help them cope james can ask america from and the economic side of it how important are sports to National Economies in terms of the knock on effect of stadiums not being filled with people going to watch games people not paying sponsorship rights whats the knock on effect going to be of all the sports being put on hold. Of course its hard but an exact number on exactly the financial amount and therefore any kind of percentage of g. D. P. Are not legally because the weight which makes it a factor that factors molly makes us feel good feel happy you know im gail has been talking about all of those preparations that go on behind the scenes and we see the end result and its amazing to watch you have these who want to feel some like the Olympic Games and World Championships over the years gone by in the premier league for example but we can certainly you know we can get some numbers and you took some numbers out of thin air now the recent Television Deal for the premier league in england was 5000000000. 00 pounds thats not a trivial amount of money and so what were seeing more is all of these kinds of sums being on hold its not its not even just. Sports organizations of course its the its everything to do with the broadcasting of the Television Companies you no longer have the sport to show and have to somehow fell through the shadows on the televisions with the things that we might want to watch to attract our attention to justify all of those subscriptions that were paying to watch this bill and theres all sorts of uncertainties and again the sponsorship lots of companies have paid lots of money to have their and their brand names blazoned on Television Sets where much is and games and events are taking place in stadia on a world and this well isnt happening so its all on hold and its really unprecedented unknown this kind of thing just hasnt happened outside of outside of the world was really so we really dont know whats going to happen from an economic standpoint it really does point to what our governments going to do in this kind of situation because the economics of it when economics you know often doesnt come into it with sport its about sport its about something we do. About who we are and therefore the Government Intervention i think is going to be particularly important here in terms of supporting the athletes as they move towards 20212022 words supporting all of the small and even. A larger sports club sports leagues in the countries and around the world through this prolonged spell where we just cant do any currency and james just to stay with the premier league you mention adding lish premier league they clearly are still hoping that they can finish the league i think by the end of june by playing some get games behind closed doors do you think there must be financial pressures on the premier league you think its realistic that the premier League English premier league will get going again well i guess it has to get going at some point as you say what we hope of course that the virus the year the numbers of a bunch of the virus passes such that we can resume semi normal lives again some time soon you can see the argument behind playing behind closed doors to get things done so you know less of a chance of people being flown to the wild and being thousands of people in enclosed space legally thats thats lost revenues potentially maybe not for the family but what the family does in england influences what everybody hopes that the earshot of the english Football Center has both what the premier league does liffey yeah well games will behind closed doors these clubs dont get the same kind of money from television that the premier league clubs get and so i was all i could be very financially difficult for a lot of small of the book the bonding and the you know the countries. Theres a psychological aspect to that as well i guess how you know premier League Players feed off crowds for stadiums how theyre going to how theyre going to psychologically play a game behind closed doors. Yeah its interesting and we have experience with this in sport and i think its more than a decade ago. A number of matches were held behind closed doors due to various restrictions so look the terms i had to the referees performance is the one that changes the most just the players which is really interesting but i think fundamentally we should really look at awfully people involved in sport as people who are resilient and one that one is we shouldnt miss is the fact that the voice of our cleats and those involved in monitoring and. Supporting performance. Should be one we listen to and theres many athletes taking on the role of odd because see in terms of you know following the National Health guidelines in Different Countries this is a really Important Role for for awfully to take this advocacy role so they can be role models just as they can be in many or their aspects of life but in this time were having to sop to new circumstances each week a new restrictions the voice of athletes is one which will resonate certainly with the young for sure gayle for you when youre playing at a competition level how important is it to have an audience that are a crowd that could you manage without that well as a common sense and i think have the luxury of premier League Football match crowds every single time and i mean that i mean something i left my not be lucky there with having people watching but i have happy that see us playing places not later in a season where theres friends 1348 and they and their responses occupy the crowd. Is that im not the only the brightest sorry all you know im that the guy is not so im not you know that crowd is not like my cool and i sort of 7 not that. I can say im on this im on this because im good at what i do i think its a real thing not the time and not that may not well maybe is part of our. I have a love for the country they love for me thats why i think its nassau that has been you know a part of themselves being a part of this book but yeah its very different when your thoughts trying to make the most about yourself in a great while you want to win the match and then you go out and then no one that can be rated i. Feel like its raining sex and its hard to get stuff my space for that that you know that you have with our consciences practice and money and that says of us and i think and i think this book parkening i found funny you know i get a crowd and. Like charity is that for me but why cant that be my skill and that were not the 1st professionals whether its the prover the rugby cricket whatever but at full effect. And next to some guy thats a member of the in the find a way. Of course its not only sports people that have their lives appended and placed on hold and restrictions put on movements billions of us are facing similar restrictions but sportspeople been going on social media to urge people to follow government orders across the world to stay inside as an example take a listen to british 2 time world boxing heavyweight champion tyson fury i hope everybodys keeping well and staying safe and staying close and not going out for in virus after listening to the Global Travel<\/a> bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors billions of dollars and that the. Less i think its reasonable to postpone for a year i think its important and inevitable decision. But i feel bad for the people who were looking forward to it and the athletes who waited and trained for 4 years im also worried about the japanese economy or. The good guy instead it that it is disappointing for sure but when you think about the health of athletes as well as that of the spectators i understand the Novel Coronavirus<\/a> is spreading so quickly around the world and this is a very serious issue internationally the olympics is just the latest sporting event to be affected by the pandemic hundreds of tournament and competitions worldwide are either on hold or cancel matches in europe is hugely popular and lucrative football leagues are all perspire own the formula one season opening race in australia 2 weeks ago was canceled. The french open tennis tournament in paris is now pushed back to september and indias premier League Cricket<\/a> is already perspire own until next month organizers are now under pressure to cancel it altogether after the Prime Minister<\/a> ordered all 1300000000 indians to stay at home. Lets bring in our panel joining us from london is gail emms a badminton silver medalist for Team Great Britain<\/a> in the 2004 athens olympics from dublin in the republic of ireland tiger mcintyre a lecturer in sports and performance psychology from reading in the u. K. James read an associate professor at the university of reading welcome to you all thanks for joining us a question for all of you and ill start though with you gail was canceling the olympics or perspiring the olympics rather the right thing to do. Absolutely i think so much when you feel i think it was frustrating that it takes so long to announce that decision there are so many athletes out that if left in him by then he was sure that the. Order of a sign can that be some even the only. Lighting i understand this and not to be considered as a no money race and and its just that when it comes to a huge decision by a french athlete who has ripped by 50 preparing for that as great for. The coaches have to be my part for that path and for that for that physical and Mental Health<\/a> and the whole goal of the whole 3 doesnt have to make it the right one now its done that should be make an athlete and then prepare for whats for the next year and the start of start adopting come to terms with that and also we just dont know about the spread of our if and when the thing to end the play that of not is that. Any athlete by my completion and now it sounds funny. Seems that there was little choice was there for the i. O. C. But to postpone yeah and im really impressed with gail the. Conclusions there you mean were really talking about the athletes voices has pushed this move the speed of it was in acted upon because of. Groups and surveys across different federations to find out what their views were and economic about it on their Current Conditions<\/a> its untenable for you know people out do watersports to have to train on the on the on and ergo in their gym or in their garridge or people out to sprint hurdles to be training in the crosscountry trail by themselves so the magnitude of this is being recognized by outlets ive looked at a lot of athletes post on this and theyve been talking about you know theres something bigger than us here they really do recognize that thrash and they also recognize that their challenge will move on to a different different timeline james i know the economics of sports is one of your speciality but was there really little option left in from what youve been reading in your view book to postpone. Absolutely no alternatives really i mean the athletes couldnt get. Of course you know the safety of our troops have to be the most important thing were allowed to watch while yes its a maybe its. A trivial thing in the grand scheme of things when were talking to lives and deaths as though it with a groan why it was but we love watching us all it gives a great distraction to get israel to taman with excitement its one of those firms but it cant be that if you know so even if the athletes count even get there because they couldnt get the moment given the trouble in place all around the world you know algeria had to become it was quite strange took so long loosing was in better from an optics perspective for the young ones weve just been its counseled and will deal with the details later would have rather been a much more proactive stance for them to take in but it is what it is and work decisions not been taken tiger i think we know that the consensus among athletes was to perspire on the olympics but for example britains double olympic taekwondo star jade jones she spoke of her devastation you give your heart and soul to something for 4 years she says and then for it not to go ahead is just a horrible what is the mental effect going to be on athletes now that this has been perspire and its where its a really interesting time you know. Absolutely theres going to be you know devastation theres going to be anxiety there were there was a great release for many athletes and relief from that the pressure that they thought theyd have to train under these conditions but for some other needs you know theyve been locked into this 1600 day cycle and its its obviously very precious to them and thats thats important too we have to do is provide support so those athletes that you know are struggling to deal with it and itll take time probably for all ottley to take a bit of time to get through this but athletes are adaptable i mean the key. Thing about sport competition is people voluntary put themselves into a pressurized environment they have psychological skills they have capacities not just individually but collectively to deal with this and i think thats you know whats been really really clear to me is the athlete support for one another through this challenge is going to be really important and their voices are being heard by one another and we need to support those for whom its a struggle and we know we know others i read today about jessica foxs you know multiple World Championship<\/a> medal or some of the big medicine can you solomon she talked about you know we have to adopt i mean this adopts abilities what athletes do they adopt to different conditions may take a bit of time they meet may need some support around us but the great thing is athletes do have skills in adopting to different circumstances gayla so you know doing away there you of course of be there youve built up to taking part in a lympics how would you have felt had it been taken this opportunity taken away from you how would you do how do you tell people teach people to deal with it. Hasnain baby like someone had grabbed my heart and put it out and just transferred her leg that puts me in the stomach when i go again that is exactly how this out if i was in the race and even think i many actually a pinnacle that you a. Little girl or a little boy and you watch this the well being the worlds great looking at then and you look at the t. V. Big change your nation on and i want to see that. And that golden entry that carries you through every single horror a Training Session<\/a> i mean that horrible a really really horrible and i raining outside not about running away your hunting they are meant to make you keep your head that one that youll be a little then im going to actually live in a wreck and my country that is there when not taken away. Its just horrific if it were beating the only way i can kind of trying to describe it to you or your god is thinking exam of your entire life and then for me i cant even more its a chance i shall be able to prechristian its all that hard what theyre trying sesson they want to show me what they would be by friday i was that was a fantastic time to be that taken away now we are now if you like but that that one mind then. That time of the right the competition whatever it has been faced by wrong but you know that big when when i hear of a plea in the olympic final or maybe get on that of the bat is now completely gone but this isnt baccy a. It would be. Horrible and you know my way. To get over it will take time that i grew because. Its like writing you know so has a place in the congo. But we support nothing that you cannot discuss with support people you know the athletes readapt that you know that create they can recant and it will be ok just trying to get around that its racist because we had he no cotton he knew and he very helpful that from gayle to high but i mean there are not just a limp a costly putting lives on hold those footballers cricketers tennis players formula one racing drivers what advice do you give to these elite athletes to deal with being in limbo. Yeah i think limbo is a good description i think we should hone in on those other most most will so the most full of those which are in individual sports which dont have the same support structures around them be a professional team or part of a limbic squad and the needs for whom this has led to accelerate it career terminations or transition added the sport those up to this was going to be their last year and they may not have the opportunity to go into 2021 season so its important that you know theyre the ones that will need access to good service and lots of support i think in terms of the breath and scope of this i mean this is a universal issue now i think we we can rely upon athletes to use their own skills you know which includes resilience their capacity to to use their resources. To help themselves through this challenge and collectively as a community to support one another. Theres theres tippets a psychological device which apply to the general up. Population around developing a routine and then their sports specific elements which means you know they should check in with one another at times theyre meant to go training so they when the restricted from training they still have this what we call social support or connectivity to others we also need them to to restructure and adopt their goals you know for those that can that can continue on so there their season isnt there let me put it this way that their career goals arent determined by this current challenge just their season goals i mean we need to think really in the long term and think of a longer scale trajectory and that will help them cope james can ask america from and the economic side of it how important are sports to National Economies<\/a> in terms of the knock on effect of stadiums not being filled with people going to watch games people not paying sponsorship rights whats the knock on effect going to be of all the sports being put on hold. Of course its hard but an exact number on exactly the financial amount and therefore any kind of percentage of g. D. P. Are not legally because the weight which makes it a factor that factors molly makes us feel good feel happy you know im gail has been talking about all of those preparations that go on behind the scenes and we see the end result and its amazing to watch you have these who want to feel some like the Olympic Games<\/a> and World Championship<\/a>s over the years gone by in the premier league for example but we can certainly you know we can get some numbers and you took some numbers out of thin air now the recent Television Deal<\/a> for the premier league in england was 5000000000. 00 pounds thats not a trivial amount of money and so what were seeing more is all of these kinds of sums being on hold its not its not even just. Sports organizations of course its the its everything to do with the broadcasting of the Television Companies<\/a> you no longer have the sport to show and have to somehow fell through the shadows on the televisions with the things that we might want to watch to attract our attention to justify all of those subscriptions that were paying to watch this bill and theres all sorts of uncertainties and again the sponsorship lots of companies have paid lots of money to have their and their brand names blazoned on Television Sets<\/a> where much is and games and events are taking place in stadia on a world and this well isnt happening so its all on hold and its really unprecedented unknown this kind of thing just hasnt happened outside of outside of the world was really so we really dont know whats going to happen from an economic standpoint it really does point to what our governments going to do in this kind of situation because the economics of it when economics you know often doesnt come into it with sport its about sport its about something we do. About who we are and therefore the Government Intervention<\/a> i think is going to be particularly important here in terms of supporting the athletes as they move towards 20212022 words supporting all of the small and even. A larger sports club sports leagues in the countries and around the world through this prolonged spell where we just cant do any currency and james just to stay with the premier league you mention adding lish premier league they clearly are still hoping that they can finish the league i think by the end of june by playing some get games behind closed doors do you think there must be financial pressures on the premier league you think its realistic that the premier League English<\/a> premier league will get going again well i guess it has to get going at some point as you say what we hope of course that the virus the year the numbers of a bunch of the virus passes such that we can resume semi normal lives again some time soon you can see the argument behind playing behind closed doors to get things done so you know less of a chance of people being flown to the wild and being thousands of people in enclosed space legally thats thats lost revenues potentially maybe not for the family but what the family does in england influences what everybody hopes that the earshot of the english Football Center<\/a> has both what the premier league does liffey yeah well games will behind closed doors these clubs dont get the same kind of money from television that the premier league clubs get and so i was all i could be very financially difficult for a lot of small of the book the bonding and the you know the countries. Theres a psychological aspect to that as well i guess how you know premier League Players<\/a> feed off crowds for stadiums how theyre going to how theyre going to psychologically play a game behind closed doors. Yeah its interesting and we have experience with this in sport and i think its more than a decade ago. A number of matches were held behind closed doors due to various restrictions so look the terms i had to the referees performance is the one that changes the most just the players which is really interesting but i think fundamentally we should really look at awfully people involved in sport as people who are resilient and one that one is we shouldnt miss is the fact that the voice of our cleats and those involved in monitoring and. Supporting performance. Should be one we listen to and theres many athletes taking on the role of odd because see in terms of you know following the National Health<\/a> guidelines in Different Countries<\/a> this is a really Important Role<\/a> for for awfully to take this advocacy role so they can be role models just as they can be in many or their aspects of life but in this time were having to sop to new circumstances each week a new restrictions the voice of athletes is one which will resonate certainly with the young for sure gayle for you when youre playing at a competition level how important is it to have an audience that are a crowd that could you manage without that well as a common sense and i think have the luxury of premier League Football<\/a> match crowds every single time and i mean that i mean something i left my not be lucky there with having people watching but i have happy that see us playing places not later in a season where theres friends 1348 and they and their responses occupy the crowd. Is that im not the only the brightest sorry all you know im that the guy is not so im not you know that crowd is not like my cool and i sort of 7 not that. I can say im on this im on this because im good at what i do i think its a real thing not the time and not that may not well maybe is part of our. I have a love for the country they love for me thats why i think its nassau that has been you know a part of themselves being a part of this book but yeah its very different when your thoughts trying to make the most about yourself in a great while you want to win the match and then you go out and then no one that can be rated i. Feel like its raining sex and its hard to get stuff my space for that that you know that you have with our consciences practice and money and that says of us and i think and i think this book parkening i found funny you know i get a crowd and. Like charity is that for me but why cant that be my skill and that were not the 1st professionals whether its the prover the rugby cricket whatever but at full effect. And next to some guy thats a member of the in the find a way. Of course its not only sports people that have their lives appended and placed on hold and restrictions put on movements billions of us are facing similar restrictions but sportspeople been going on social media to urge people to follow government orders across the world to stay inside as an example take a listen to british 2 time world boxing heavyweight champion tyson fury i hope everybodys keeping well and staying safe and staying close and not going out for in virus after listening to the Prime Minister<\/a> sort of took a deadly serious how should you lets fight these fires together as a as a nation as a family outing. The best we can to help us not kind of viruses stay indoors very very important lesson from bars stay indoors you know are. The pounds of privilege among to me today. From the sheer weight few free weights are going to keep fit are not poached daily videos of me south turn and working out to keep you going keep me going Everybody Knows<\/a> about the fish caught plastics actually dogs tyson fury making do like a lot of people sigh for athletes stuck at home. And often confined spaces how are they going to manage especially those that need access to their coaches they cant even get to see their coaches. Yeah this is it is an extraordinary circumstance but were in a digital age so we have a capacity to connect with our with our coaches to share videos online lots of oddly to use use these pot forms all the time anyway to share information with different Coaching Staff<\/a> and and with their teammates so it is possible in this current phase i mean the way to look at it and the athletes who are looking at a 2021 peak they can go into what we call transition phase which is just general fitness do that for maybe 6 to 8 weeks and that might be long enough to see them through and then resume some form of new normal training for other athletes it is incredibly challenging if theyre expected to you know to compete within a matter of weeks i wont guess the timelines but id say our needs are being very inventive i mean ive seen and theres many examples on social media all sorts of contraptions being developed because not everyone has a treadmill ive seen a lot of indoor training and even shared indoor training as a good idea so athletes could you know do their session on the program and then compare afterwards have a chat with other athletes using whats up or Different Social Media<\/a> i think there is a capacity to have that connectivity and that connectivity is part of the culture and that can you know keep a heat people together ok well i mean sport eventually we hope will begin again james what are you looking for what are you missing most at the moment about sport in the world what are you looking forward to seeing start up again just. The longest to go to a game enjoy the social side of. The season from just going to be for 90 minutes i really miss it already its real out of our lives. And its just not the thing you really miss all those kinds of Little Things<\/a> once theyve gone. Sure once we return a lot of bills will be going along to them just because weve missed the so much gail youre not in a way that well what are you looking forward to seeing again when life returns to normal i think this has made. A huge impact on the world around and i mean that in the sense that all stories were hearing about you know its very old this financial rating or big me in science club. I think people now are going to be here in a whole different line i think were going to get more people realizing how amazing if we go out and what you guy not the club. And i think that makes a good week because of what happened people are hearing stories about how having a knock on effect. On the community and always occur i think were going to have that rooting current sat. And were seeing that. Good will not be changed but you know weve got to make those well thanks and they. Are. Hopeful note im afraid we have to end it but franks to all our guests thanks to gail and ty mcintyre and james reed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our web site aljazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our Facebook Page<\/a> facebook dot com for slash a. J. Inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is out a. J. Inside story for me earnestness and the whole scene here in doha. Join me Steve Clemons<\/a> on the bottom line for your weekly take on u. S. 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