The world field federation issued a statement on the official website on 30th Beijing time, expressing its support for the extension of the Tokyo Olympic Games determined by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and said that it would postpone the 2021 world track and field championships to 2022.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 30 (Reporter Wu Junkuan, Zhang Yueshan) the world field federation issued a statement on its official website on 30th Beijing time, expressing its support for the delay of the Tokyo Olympic Games determined by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, he also said that he would postpone the 2021 world track and field championships to 2022.
“We support the time when the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held in 2021as determined by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. This will provide our athletes with the training and time they need to participate in the competition.” The world field federation said in a statement, “At present, we are discussing with the organizers of the Oregon world track and field championships to postpone the competition to the specific date of 2022.”
The International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese government jointly announced on the 30th that the 32nd Olympic Games will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held from August 24 to September 5, 2021. The 2021 world track and field championship was originally scheduled to be held in Eugene, Oregon, USA on August 6-15. This date is bound to “crash” with the Tokyo Olympic Games postponed for one year. The world field Federation has previously expressed its willingness to “make way” for the Tokyo Olympic Games “, the world championship will be postponed.
Since the Commonwealth Games and the European track and field championships will be held in 2022, the world field Federation said that it has already started to discuss with the organizers of the two events on the issue of “running off the peak.