China News Service, May 2 According to ITTF's official social account information, on May 1, the ITTF Executive Committee held a meeting to discuss the latest situation regarding the new crown epidemic. It is mentioned that it will continue to suspend all ITTF events and activities until the end of July 2020 and prepare for the restart of the August event.
Screenshot of the content published by the ITTF social media account
ITTF has previously set up a new working group on the epidemic of the new crown to closely monitor the global epidemic. After hearing the full report of the working group, the ITTF Executive Committee made the following decisions at this meeting:
Continue to suspend all ITTF events and activities until the end of July this year, and will continue to pay close attention to the global epidemic situation to prepare for the restart of the August event; cancel all remaining world veteran tour and street table tennis events this year; Relevant decisions regarding the Asian Bank of Asia 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championship; requested ITTF management to seek to reduce overall expenses, including the reorganization of human resources, to ease the financial situation in 2020.
The ITTF Executive Committee will meet again on June 2. More updates on the table tennis during the new crown epidemic will be released at that time. (Finish)