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The dear three meetings of the Diamond League season have been called off attributable to the coronavirus outbreak.
The occasions have been scheduled to prefer predicament in Doha, Qatar on 17 April, Shanghai on 16 Could additionally fair and yet every other Chinese venue that was yet to be named, on 9 Could additionally fair.
Organisers hope to stage the Shanghai meeting on 13 August.
No original dates for the different two meetings have been announced, but they will even very smartly be held after the Diamond League final in Zurich in September.
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“This resolution was made in end session with organising committees, local authorities and sports activities governing our bodies,” be taught a assertion.
“It is forbidden to enter Qatar from heaps of nations and the manager in Doha has suspended all nationwide and world occasions for a length of 30 days.
“While the amount of most up-to-date infections is now lowering in China, the truth remains that preparations for the meetings have been disclose abet by several weeks and the closed borders and traipse restrictions compose it not seemingly to organise world high stage competitions.”
Meanwhile, England, Welsh and Scottish athletics have suspended all club exercise and competitions unless a minimum of the wreck of April per original UK executive suggestion advising against non-most well-known traipse and social contact.