Many international events in Shanghai have been cancelled including the Diamond League of Track and Field and the Snooker Masters

Data map: 2019 IAAF Diamond League-Shanghai Station, men's 110-meter hurdles final, Chinese player Xie Wenjun ran his personal best time of 13.17 seconds, only 0.05 seconds, unfortunately lost to Jamaican Omar MCLEOD. The picture shows Xie Wenjun and Omar MCLEOD struggling to cross the line. Photo by Zhang Hengwei

　　China News Service, July 24. On the 24th, the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Station officially announced that this year's event was cancelled. In addition, it was also introduced in the announcement that after the joint research of Shanghai Jiushi Sports and the related parties of the event, it was decided not to hold many international events such as the Shanghai Tennis Masters, Shanghai Longines Universal Equestrian Championship, and World Snooker Shanghai Masters during this year.

　　Since the beginning of this year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused a large-scale suspension of sports events worldwide. The IAAF Diamond League was not spared either.

　　At the end of June, the IAAF updated calendar showed that the Paris station originally scheduled for September 6th and the Eugene station scheduled for October 4th were cancelled, and the Gateshead station originally scheduled for August 6th The competition was initially postponed to September 12, and whether it will be held in the end is yet to be determined. And now, the Shanghai race has been forced to cancel.

Screenshot of the official statement.

　　The statement stated that the State Sports General Administration clearly stated that "except for important events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics test competition, in principle, no other international sports events and activities will be held this year." At the same time, China's current entry and related international travel restrictions have not been lifted. In view of these factors, there is currently no condition for hosting major international events.

　　After joint research and discussion between the organizer Jiushi Sports and related parties, it was decided not to hold many international events such as the Shanghai Tennis Masters, Shanghai Longines Universal Equestrian Championship, and World Snooker Shanghai Masters during this year. (Finish)