Coronavirus is shaking up sports calendars

The Olympic qualifying tournament for women's football planned for the beginning of February will not take place in Nanjing, China, but in Sydney. Also on Sunday, the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Hangzhou (February 12/13) were completely canceled.

As the Asian Football Confederation AFC announced, the Chinese Football Association CFA has withdrawn as host because of the “current situation”. The tournament, in which Australia, China, Taiwan and Thailand take part, had previously been moved from Wuhan to Nanjing.

The health of the athletes is the top priority The Asian Athletics Federation justified its decision to cancel with the priority of “the health of the athletes and officials.” The World Indoor Championships are scheduled to take place in Nanjing in March (13th to 15th).

The new pathogen first appeared in the metropolis of Wuhan. Around 2000 people are now said to have been infected and more than 50 have already died. The virus has now reached around a dozen other countries. Lots of shifts Last Friday, a qualifying tournament for the boxing competitions at the Summer Games in Tokyo was moved from Wuhan to Jordan. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the competition will take place from March 3 to 11 in the Jordanian capital Amman.

The Hong Kong Marathon, which was supposed to take place on February 9th, has been canceled. In addition, the world tennis association ITF moved the Fed Cup qualifying tournament of the second-tier Asia-Oceania Group 1 from Dongguan, China, to Kazakhstan. The reason is the extensive travel restrictions that the Chinese government has imposed due to the outbreak. Ski racing is also affected However, the hosting of the Alpine ski test event for the Olympic Games in Beijing 2022, which is planned for mid-February in Yanqing, is still open. There will be a Super-G and a downhill run there.

“There is no intention to take any risks,” said Sarah Lewis, Secretary General of the World Association FIS, on the sidelines of the World Cup in Kitzbühel: “We are of course following the instructions of the World Health Organization (WHO) and are in close coordination with the IOC.” On Wednesday Further action will be discussed at a meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Kitzbühel winner Matthias Mayer said after his triumph on the Streif: “From what you read now, I would really think about whether I fly over there or not. I don’t necessarily have to have it.”

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Coronavirus is shaking up sports calendars

The coronavirus outbreak in China is having an increasing impact on sport - including some ski races.

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