harvard t.the -- t.h. chan school of public health, thank you for talking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: history of a ve different kinwas made today, when japan and the international olympic committee decided to postpone this summer's games to 2021. john yang looks at what drove that decision and the ramifications. >> yang: judy, today's decision affects thousands of athletes around the world, and creates huge logistical headaches for organizers. christine brennan of "usa today" has covered every ol games, both summer and winter, since 1984. she joins us by skype fr washington, d.c. christine, how much of this decision was driven by the athletes' n concerns about their own health and welfare? >> john, all of it. this was stunning. when leaders don't lead, the athletes filled the void. and the international olympic committee president, thomas bach, is actually a former athlete, former olympic gold dalist. one would have thought he would the athlete's probe magnitude of he did not. he sat in his ivory tower and kept saying, we're not tking about postpoment. we're not talking about cancella