After that of Paris, the Barcelona marathon, scheduled for March 15 and for which 17,000 runners including many foreigners had registered, was also postponed to October 25 due to the epidemic of coronavirus, announced the municipality on Saturday . "We have agreed to postpone the event to continue working on the containment of COVID-19 in accordance with the recommendations of the health authorities and WHO regarding major events," she said.
"The Barcelona marathon has more than a thousand participants from risk areas"
Thursday, Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), the organizer of the event, announced the postponement to October 18 of the Paris marathon, scheduled for April 5 and which had about 60,000 registered. "For non-professional sporting events, the order is to postpone or cancel them, especially when a large number of participants come from risk areas," said Fernando Simon, the chief coordinator of the Spanish Ministry of Health for emergencies.
"In this specific case, the Barcelona marathon generally has more than a thousand participants from risk areas," said the Catalan municipality. Friday, the World Half Marathon, scheduled for March 29 in Gdynia (Poland), were also postponed to October 17.