But music was a deal-breaker in their preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. It s been really weird, Mitton said. Luckily the officials let us play music because if not you would hear a pin drop in the background. It s pretty quiet. We created our own atmosphere, added Crew, the Canadian record-holder in women s shot put. We changed up the playlist all the time, whoever s got music (would choose). It didn t really matter as long as it was loud. One official told me to turn it off, and I was like Are you kidding me?
Toronto s COVID-19 restrictions have limited indoor capacity at the indoor track and field facility at York University to just 10 people, meaning with a couple of throwers, plus officials and a videographer, even their coach Richard Parkinson wasn t able to watch their indoor competitions the past few weeks. Parkinson watched the events via live stream on social media.
Olympic shot putters forced to create new atmosphere during pandemic
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