A season-ending knee injury had Ben O'Donnell convinced he'd be watching the Tokyo Olympics from a distance, with absolutely no chance of pulling on the Australian jersey for the Rugby Sevens competition.
Forgive him for being a tiny bit pleased this week when the Tokyo Games were postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I have seen (teammates) walking around and they keep telling me that I’m the only bloke that is smiling around here," O'Donnell said in a television interview with the Associated Press. “For me, it's a little silver lining, a little chance, a little creak in the door. “Still a long way to go, though.