MASSIVE CANCELLATION AND DELAY OF WALKING RACE
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DUE TO THE ADVERSE SITUATION OF THE SPREADING OF CORONAVIR IN EUROPE, MASSIVE CANCELLATION OF PEDESTRIAN PLANS IS BEING OUT. AFTER THE FIRST ATHLETIC RACE IN CHINA, THE CORONAVIR BUREAU.
Another important walking event, the date of which is being postponed, is the World Team Walking Championship, which was to be hosted by Minsk, Belarus, on May 2 and 3. The Belarussian government has announced that it will cancel all sporting events by April, which would also disrupt preparations for the championship. World Athletics will decide on an alternative date for the walking teams of the World Championships in the coming weeks.
The first athletics races have taken place in China since all competitions were banned in the country. At the indoor meeting in Beijing, domestic ball star Gong Lijiao made his racing debut this year. The two-time world champion sent her equipment to a distance of 19.70, which sovereignly got to the top of the current world tables this year. It is also her third best career performance in the lobby. She lagged behind her personal record from 2011 by 23 centimeters. The meeting itself was organized by the Beijing University for its own athletes and took place without spectators. The Chinese Athletic Association has confirmed that more meetings are scheduled for April.
List of canceled - postponed walking meetings:
TRANSLATED: original term 15.03.-21.03. 2020 / new date 10.01-17.01.2021: 13th EMACI Indoor European Championship - Masters in BRAGA / POR
CANCELED: 21.03.2020: 39. 50km / DUDINCE / SVK
CANCELED: 21.03.2020: 5. MÜHLTAL-Gehen 15/5/3 km in EISENBERG / GER
CANCELED: 22.03.2020: Französ. 50 km / 20km championships in GIENS / FRA
CANCELED: 28.03.2020: IAAF Race Walking Challenge in TAICANG / CHN
TRANSLATED: original term 02.4.-5.4.2020 / new term 29.10.-31.10.2020 17: EMACNS European Championship 10/30 / 20km - walk FUNCHAL / MADEIRA / POR
CANCELED: 04.04.2020: 88. PODEBRADY WALKING PODEBRADY / CZE - THIS IS A POSSIBILITY OF A REPLACEMENT DATE !!!!
VERY HIGH PROBABILITY CANCELLATION: 18.04.2020: OLOMOUC TWENTY 10 / 20km walk OLOMOUC / CZE
CANCELED: 02./03.05.2020: IAAF-World Team Walking Championship 50/20 km-Straßengehen M / F u. 10km-Straßengehen U20 M / F MINSK / BLR
CANCELED: 16.05.2020: DLV-Meist. 20km road M / F / etc. NAUMBURG / Saale / GER