The Vendée Va'a, Polynesian canoe race, is canceled

The Vendée Va'a of 2019. -

The information fell on Sunday.

The Vendée Va'a, a Polynesian canoe race organized in Les Sables d'Olonne, will not take place this year.

The event, which was to be held from May 12 to 15, has been canceled due to health constraints.

"The ban for rowers to train as a team, the curfew, the current ban on amateur competitions for team sports, the complexity of managing an event behind closed doors in a public space, the many restrictions health, uncertainties about the evolution of the situation ... do not allow us to organize this edition properly, explain the organizers in a press release.

"It is a real heartbreak for all of us, because we would have liked to bring a little cheerfulness and Polynesian warmth in such a gloomy period", they continue.

See you in 2022

Each year, the Sablaise event brings together more than 200 athletes, more than 100 volunteers and thousands of spectators.

The Vendée Va'a is a 123 km race on the high seas. It is used to prepare the crews for the Hawaiki nui va'a, which is held in autumn in the archipelago of the Leeward Islands, in Polynesia. French.

The appointment is already made for May 2022.

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