World half-marathon championships in Yangzhou canceled
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THE World Athletics Half Marathon Championships due to take place in Yangzhou this November have been canceled “as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the sport’s governing body said yesterday.
The World Athletics Council has, though, “resolved to grant the World Athletics Road Running Championships to Yangzhou in March 2027.”
World Athletics took the decision after talks with the local organizing committee in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, and the Chinese Athletics Association.
The world half marathon will now be incorporated along with a new world 5-kilometer championships into the World Athletics Road Running Championships, which will make their debut in Riga, Latvia, from September 30 to October 1, 2023.
“Unfortunately, the championships can’t be held this year, through no fault of the LOC, but our endurance athletes will have the opportunity to compete in Riga next year,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“The Council’s decision to award another event to Yangzhou in 2027 indicates its faith in the organizing committee and willingness to return and stage a World Athletics Series road running event there at the first available opportunity.”
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