Few events in history have altered the staging of the Olympic Games. Thus far only the World Wars have kept our athletes away from the grand stage, and several politically based boycotts prevented some nations from participating in other Olympic Games. In fact, few events have altered day-to-day function across the globe as has COVID-19. In what seems like an instant we have gone from training and congregating wherever and whenever we want- to travel restrictions, closed borders, closed training centers, and millions of people living in self-isolation. Pandemics in one sense are isolating, while in another they are unifying. Neighbourhoods and communities band together to ensure the least advantaged are taken care of. Teams find themselves in similar circumstances of training and competition interruption, while wondering if they are being disadvantaged if other nations are not abiding by the same restrictions.
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