World Indoor Athletics Championships Nanjing 2023scheduled from March 17 to 19, has been postponed until March 2025 due to the conditions of the covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement from International Federation (World Athletics).
The World Athletics Council made this decision in agreement with the Nanjing organizing committee and the Chinese Athletics Association.
This Chinese city has been chosen to host the 2020 Indoor World Cups. They were first postponed until March 2021 and then until March 2023.
Therefore, the next edition of the indoor world championship event will be Glasgow 2024 (March 1-3), just as the bidding process for the 2026 Championships has already begun.
“We are disappointed to have had to postpone this event again due to circumstances beyond our control, but we have done so to reassure athletes and Member Federations preparing for the 2023 season,” said the president of World Athletics, the British sebastian coe.
“Unfortunately, the schedule will prevent us from moving the event to 2023, but the indoor championship will return in 2024 in Glasgow,” said Coe, noting that Nanjing was offered the 2025 edition because they ” aware of the great preparation that the LOC has. done.” was made to host the event” and wanted to “avoid possible financial losses for all parties”.
Athletes, therefore, next year will have to focus their indoor season on the circuit of the international federation, which will organize meetings at four levels: gold, silver, bronze and challenger.
Source: La Verdad
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