Time will tell on Canada withdrawal from Tokyo Games - De Grasse

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Heats - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 4, 2019. Canada's Andre De Grasse reacts. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

(Reuters) - Time will tell if Canada's decision to withdraw from the 2020 Olympics was the right one, three-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse said on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic cast doubt on whether the 2020 Tokyo Games can go ahead as scheduled.

"I don't know if it was premature to do that before a decision (by the International Olympic committee) was made," said 25-year-old sprinter De Grasse, who took home a silver and two bronze medals from the 2016 Rio Games.