Diamond League meets in China moved, cancelled due to COVID-19

Beijing, May 7 (BNA) After the high-level Asian Games in Hangzhou, the organizers said that the Diamond League Athletics meeting to be held this year in China was moved to Poland and another meeting was canceled due to the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country. been postponed.

Organizers said in a statement on Friday that meetings in Shanghai on July 30 and Shenzhen on August 6 were changed due to “travel restrictions and strict quarantine requirements currently in place for entry into China.”

Reuters reported that the Shenzhen event will move to Chorzow, Poland, while there will be no alternative to the Shanghai meeting.

On Friday, the World University Games, scheduled for next month in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, were postponed, while the Asian Youth Games in Shantou were canceled, with Tashkent hosting the next edition in 2025.

“The Diamond League season calendar has been restructured to ensure fair and transparent competition as two meetings in China are now unable to proceed as scheduled,” organizers said in a statement.

“The Diamond League is looking to host events in China again from 2023 onwards.”

The new season kicks off in Doha on May 13 and concludes in Zurich on September 7-8.

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