PARAGUAYAN athlete Derlys Ayala has taken to social media to ask his followers how to fix his tattoo after he got “Tokyo 2020” inked on his right calf.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Olympic Games have been pushed back a year to 2021, leaving Ayala red-faced by his artwork.
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The 30-year-old qualified for Tokyo after finishing fifth overall in the Buenos Aires Marathon in September 2019.
And Ayala – who represented Paraguay in the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the marathon where he finished in 136th place – decided to get a tattoo of the five Olympic rings, with the words “Tokyo 2020”.
And despite the International Olympics Committee saying the games will keep the name ‘Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020’, Ayala is keen for his tattoo to be amended.
TOK-YO NO
Taking to Instagram where he posted a step of his right calf showing his tattoo, he asked his 13,300 followers: “Can someone help me put 2021.”
One replied by saying: “Tokyo 2020+1”.”
Another commented: “Take advantage of the 0 to write one.”
A third joked: “Take it easy. You’ll be able to say that you have a unique tattoo in the world.”
Ayala was also told: “2020 + 1 but don’t do it until the day before the start of the games.”
One even suggested: “Tokyo 2020 will be history for what has happened, do not modify it.”
Derlys Ayala, 30, previously represented Paraguay at the 2016 Olympics in RioCredit: Golders/@derlysrun
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Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina has bizarrely claimed that the postponement of the Olympics was “god’s punishment” after her country was slapped with a four-year suspension from all global sport.
She said: “I think this all happened because they shouldn’t have offended Russia, including our athletes. There is a reason why there is a line in our national anthem that says our land is protected by the Lord.
“It was unnecessary to start this political show when such a deadly virus is being spread all over the world. I think this was God’s punishment.”
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Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
