China News Service, October 18th. On the 17th Beijing time, the International Skating Federation announced that due to the epidemic, many events including the 2021 figure skating, short track speed skating and speed skating four-continental championships will be cancelled. Tianjin, China will win the 2022 The right to host four-continent figure skating championships.
The ISU stated in a statement that in view of the current spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the impact on the participants, the ISU Council has made a decision to cancel some international events.
The three major events that were cancelled are: 2021 Figure Skating Four Continents Championship (Sydney, Australia), 2021 Short Track Speed Skating Four Continents Championship (Salt Lake City, USA), 2021 Speed Skating Four Continents Championship (Calgary, Canada).
At the same time, the ISU jointly announced the venues of the major events in 2022 and 2023.
Among them, Tianjin, China has won the right to host the 2022 Figure Skating Four Continent Championships, and Japan's Saitama has the right to host the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships.
Sydney, Australia and Lake Placid in the United States will host the 2023 Four Continents Championship and the 2023 Queue World Championships respectively.
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