Mountain biker Lea Davison was heartbroken.
She was supposed to have been competing in her third Olympics in Tokyo the past two weeks, but the Games were pushed back an entire year, rescheduled for 2021.
Instead of vying for a medal in women's cross-country cycling after placing seventh at the 2016 Games and 11th at the London Games in 2012, the 37-year-old Davison has been reshaping her focus for another uncertain year of training — where her usual domestic competitions have also been put on hold and financial resources have been drained due to COVID-19.
"As athletes, this would have been our time to shine, the moments we've been working towards for a lifetime," Davison said.