Do you plan to change the schedule of the World Track and Field Championships in August of next year?
While the study on postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has begun, overseas media have confirmed that the athletics international sports organization, World Land Federation, is considering rescheduling the World Championships scheduled to be held in the United States next summer. It has been noticed as a move in anticipation of the postponement of the Tokyo Games.
The largest track and field athletics championship of any international championships will be held in Oregon, USA from August 6 to 15 next year.
If the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which began considering the postponement of the event, are postponed to the summer of next year, the overlapping of the schedule with the world championships of each of these sports is likely to be a major obstacle, but Reuters reported on the 23rd that the world The Federation has said it has begun to consider rescheduling with a local organizing committee preparing for the World Championships.
If it turns out that the World Championships need to be rescheduled, the World Federation has confirmed with the local organizing committee that it can work with stakeholders on a new schedule.
When the World Federation announced that the IOC would begin considering postponement of the Tokyo Games, it commented that it was "ready to cooperate with the IOC and all sports on a new schedule." Has been attracting attention as a leading international sports organization movement in anticipation of postponement.