No European Championships and no meeting in Paris either. Scheduled for June 13, then postponed to September 6, the Paris meeting was canceled. The French Athletics Federation announced this Friday, through a press release. “In view of the health constraints currently still in force, and given the many uncertainties concerning the conditions of organization in September, the French Athletics Federation has finally decided to cancel the Parisian competition”, says the FFA.
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André Giraud, president of the Federation, clarified: “We have explored many options in the past few weeks, but none of them allowed us to guarantee that a competition would meet our ambitions. This decision was very difficult to make, but it seems to us to be the most responsible given the current context. “
The Diamond League must be held with a limited number of events. From August 14. The round planned in Paris is is not the first to be canceled. Rabat (May 31), London (July 4) and the Zurich final (September 9-11) had announced the withdrawal of their tests. This Friday, Eugene’s meeting, scheduled for October 4, also went by the wayside
The calendar is broken down like this, in September: Lausanne (2), Brussels (4), Paris (6), Rome (17th) and Shanghai (the 19th). Will follow in October Doha (9) and a meeting in China (17)
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