With the spread of the global epidemic, the World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed again. The International Table Tennis Federation said that the specific holding time will be announced next week.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 29th the International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest resolution reached by its executive committee meeting on the evening of 29th, it is announced that the world table tennis team championship, which has been postponed to Busan, South Korea in late June, will be postponed again. The relevant qualifying schedule of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be adjusted after the date of the Tokyo Olympic Games is determined.
Other new decisions include suspending all ITTF events and activities that require international travel before June 30 this year; Freezing the world ranking in March and further evaluating the delay of the event, various impacts caused by complex situations such as travel restrictions reserve the possibility of further adjustment as needed; The executive committee of the International Table Tennis Federation agreed to reduce expenses and the senior management would voluntarily reduce salaries in order to reduce the financial pressure in 202020. Meanwhile, ittf will reduce the overall cost in other fields.
The international table tennis federation said, “in view of the uncertainty brought about by the global spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic and the delay of the 2020 tokyo olympic and paralympic games, all players, coaches, from the perspective of safety and health of staff and fans, the executive committee made the above decision.
Previously, the international table tennis federation announced earlier this month that it would suspend all events before the end of april, and successively postponed the 5-stop world tour sub-race 6 months ago, according to the scheduled date, the japanese open, hong kong open, china open, australia open and south korea open are in sequence.
The Busan World Table Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held this month. Due to the severe situation of South Korea’s new crown pneumonia epidemic, they were postponed to June 21-28 on February 25. With the spread of the global epidemic, the World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed again. The International Table Tennis Federation said that the specific holding time will be announced next week.
“The International Table Tennis Federation is actively maintaining good communication with players from various countries (and regions) with the assistance of the athletes committee. ITTF will continue to update the impact of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic on the future international competition schedule. The International Table Tennis Federation will issue questionnaires to all athletes to ensure that relevant decisions can reflect players’ views.” The International Table Tennis Federation said in a statement.
It is reported that the international table tennis federation will hold another meeting on april 15 to further evaluate the situation.