Paris (AFP)

The World Athletics Championships scheduled for Eugene, Oregon in August 2021 will take place in 2022, following the announcement of new dates for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, World Athletics announced Monday .

"We support the new dates for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 (...) which allow the time necessary for athletes to return to training and competitions", writes the International Athletics Federation in a press release.

"We are now working with the organizers of the World Championships in Oregon scheduled for new dates in 2022," added World athletics (ex-IAAF).

The World Championships were scheduled from August 6 to 15, 2021, a date made impossible by the choice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan on Monday to organize the Tokyo Games from July 23 to August 8.

As soon as the postponement of the Games was announced last week, Olympic sport N.1 declared that it was ready to postpone its Worlds by one year.

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