FILE PHOTO - Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Women's Heptathlon 800 Metres - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 3, 2019 Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam in action REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel - UP1EFA31NO672
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Olympic heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam of Belgium says she is relieved that the Tokyo Games were put back by a year but disappointed too, after focusing for the last four years on defending her gold medal from Rio de Janeiro.
The 25-year-old told Belgian media she supported the postponement of the Games in the wake of the coronavirus health scare.
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