Source: Qinhuangdao News Network
The coronavirus prevention and control is at a critical moment. Emergency procedures are also launched by the Chinese sports to postpone, cancel or relocate a number of international and domestic events, to fight against this sudden outbreak.
Relocate
The Chinese Football Association announced on its official website on January 26: In view of the coronavirus infection in many cities in China, the Chinese Football Association and the AFC agreed to relocate the Group B Competition of the Asian Women’s Football Qualification of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to Sydney, Australia in the same time, in order to safeguard the health of the athletes, coaches and other team members.
The Group B Competition of the Asian Women’s Football Qualification of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was scheduled to be held in Wuhan from February 3 to 9. On January 22, the AFC official Weibo announced that the game would be relocated to Jiangning, Nanjin. On the January 26, in addition to the news that the Chinese Football Association announced on its official website that the game would be relocated again, the AFC official Weibo also announced that the event would be held in Sydney, Australia after the negotiation between AFC and Chinese Football Association.
On January 27, FIBA announced that due to the coronavirus infection, the Women’s Basketball Qualification of Tokyo Olympic Games, originally scheduled to be held in Foshan, China in early February, would be held in Belgrade, Serbia. The Women’s Basketball Qualification would be held from February 6 to 9. According to previous plans, the participating teams in the Foshan Division include China, Spain, the United Kingdom and South Korea, and the first three will get the admission to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In order to ensure the health and safety of the players and members of the participating teams, the Executive Committee of FIBA decided to relocate the Foshan Division to Belgrade which was originally one of the four divisions of the Olympic Women’s Qualification, the other two are Ostend, Belgium and Bourges, France.
Postpone
The Organizing Committee for the Fourteenth National Winter Games announced on January 26 that the event will be postponed until further notice from the General Administration of Sport of China. According to the original plan, the women’s ice hockey and biathlon competitions of the 14th National Winter Games will be held on February 1 in Hailar and Yakeshi, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, the opening ceremony will be held in Hailar on February 16, and the closing ceremony on February 26.
The CBA League officially announced on January 24 that in order to minimize the spread of coronavirus infection, and to protect the health of the majority of fans, athletes and staff, the CBA League will postpone all the originally scheduled events. The competition plan and schedule will be released on the official channel according to the epidemic situation and the opinions of the relevant authorities.
In addition, the 2020 China Football Association Super Cup and the 14th Hainan International Cycling Tournament will be postponed.
Cancel
The Asian Athletics Federation announced on January 26 that the Asian Indoor Track and Field Championships in Hangzhou in February would be canceled. The 9th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships would be canceled for the sake of the safety of the athletes and officials in view of coronavirus infection, which was originally scheduled to be held in Hangzhou from February 12 to 13, the AAF said.
Chinese Athletics Association made requirements on January 23 about the marathon and related sports events to be held before April 30, “The organizing committee shall actively communicate with the host governments and relevant departments, listen to their opinions, and objectively conduct risk assessment. It is better to relocate, postpone or cancel the events if it is too risky.”
According to the leaders of the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, its subordinate national teams have implemented closed management, no personnel is allowed to go out if not necessary, and no visitor is allowed to go in, to ensure the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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