I was planning to make Germany my training base and also participate in competitions in Europe in a bid to qualify for the Olympics. Also, everyone will be a year older and that could make a difference. Of course, there are many uncertain factors like, what if an athlete gets injured later in the year. As the Tokyo Games are now going to be held in 2021, I guess the qualifying period window will open again and this will be an opportunity. READ | People are dying, life comes first: PV Sindhuįor someone like me, who was still hoping to qualify as the deadline to make the cut was in late June, the postponement means I will get more time. In these grim times, medals will be the last things on the minds of sportspersons. But it is important for everyone to be patient. They will be experiencing a void, all the money and effort they invested to qualify will seem wasted. In such times, sports has to be on the back-burner.įor those who had already qualified for the Olympics, it would have been a blow because they thought that they would be in Tokyo in four months’ time and would have planned their training regimen and competition schedule accordingly, to peak at the right time. It was the right decision to postpone the Games because the health and well-being of everyone comes first. Athletes have been preparing for the Olympics for the past four years, so it does impact us when it is postponed. That said, what an athlete has to forgo in these difficult times is nothing compared to those who have been affected.Īround the world, all events have either been cancelled or postponed.
Nobody is stepping out and everyone is at home. I am also exchanging messages with athletes who are my friends and for all of us not being able to train or compete is a new experience. The upside is that I have got a lot of time to watch movies, listen to music and do household chores. READ | Five-year wait: Vinesh Phogat, Neeraj Chopra on what the postponement of Tokyo Olympics means Earlier, because of training day-in and day-out, I would fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed.
I am also unable to sleep at night, as I have naps during the day. For this period, I am not taking supplements and have reduced my protein intake because I am hardly training. Imagine one day you are doing high-intensity work-out and the next day you are hardly moving. For athletes, if we don’t go out and run or follow our regular training regime, we feel empty. Missing a day of training sets one back by a week. Yet, this past week, I felt like I have lost all my strength. I have been doing basic exercises at home and trying to stay as fit as possible. The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, where I go to train every day, is locked. I usually train twice a day and upwards of six hours. My routine has changed since the lockdown has been enforced, but I am not complaining because at present, everybody’s priority is to stop the virus from spreading. I am at home in Bhubaneswar right now and like the rest of the country, observing social distancing because of the coronavirus outbreak. While Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin attracted massive amounts of fame and fortune with their remake in 2018, not everybody knew about it their version - including the song's original vocalist.The Tokyo Games is scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9. According to Billboard, The Blackout All Stars found chart success mixing Spanish and English lyrics in 1994, and the tune was also featured in a musical boasting the same name in 2016.
"I Like It Like That" has been reworked many times over the years - twice in the 1990s and twice in the 2010s. The original song was an immediate hit and has been dubbed "one of the most iconic dance hits in the history of Latin American music," according to the Latin Jazz Network. The hit "I Like It" was based off of "I Like It Like That," which was originally penned by Tony Pabon and Manny Rodriguez and performed and released by Pete Rodriguez in 1967, per Billboard. 1 in September 2018 and spending 51 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart that year.
Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin basically owned the charts in 2018 with their hit "I Like It" peaking at No.
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