China News Service, March 28. According to Kyodo News, in view of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, IAAF President Sebastian Pico recently said that the flexibility of the track and field world championships in August next year is important. And intentionally change the period to 2022 as needed.
Sebastian Zenko said that if the Oregon Track and Field World Championships is to be held in 2022, even if the Budapest World Championships will continue to be held in 2023, this way of holding for two consecutive years "can be handled."
Regarding the plan to host the Tokyo Olympics in the spring, he did not give a clear statement, "do not want to say speculation." When asked if it was possible to change the venue of the marathon from Sapporo to Tokyo if it was not held in the summer, he stated that "it is too early to speculate on this matter."
Regarding the Olympic qualifications that athletes generally care about, the International Olympic Committee confirmed yesterday that it will retain all the Olympic qualifications it has obtained. This policy was also confirmed by Sebastian Ko in a letter previously published by the IAAF official website.
Sebastian Coe said, "All athletes who have previously met the standards are eligible to participate in the Tokyo Olympics next year, and the track and field events have now generated about 50% of the quota. Given that many competitions have been postponed, we will develop a clear definition for other athletes. Fair rules and will be announced as soon as possible. "
In Sebastian Coe's view, the new crown pneumonia epidemic will have long-term effects on global sports events, not only limited to the next two years. "We will be committed to rearranging the global calendar in 2021 and 2022. We have been doing this since February this year, and we hope to provide athletes with high-quality events worldwide. "(End)