World Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 in China postponed to 2025 due to COVID-19

Paris: Nanjing has had its hosting of the World Indoor Athletics Championships postponed for a third time due to Covid-19 and will hold them in 2025 the sport’s governing body World Athletics announced on Thursday.

Glasgow will host the next edition of the event in March 2024, with the Chinese city finally stepping in as host five years later than planned in 2025. “It is with regret that the World Athletics Council has decided to postpone the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2023, scheduled for 17-19 March 2023, until March 2025 (exact dates to be confirmed),” said World Athletics in a statement. “This decision was taken with the agreement of both the Nanjing organising committee and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), due to the ongoing pandemic conditions.” The 2020 championships were first held over until March 2021, and then to March 2023, as the pandemic continued, with Belgrade hosting the 2022 edition. “We’re disappointed that we have had to postpone this event again due to circumstances beyond our control, but we have done so to give certainty to athletes and Member Federations preparing for the 2023 competition season,” World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said. “Unfortunately, the timeframe will prevent us from relocating the 2023 event, but the indoor championships will return in 2024 in Glasgow.” Coe said they had given Nanjing the slot for 2025 “because we are mindful of the substantial preparations the LOC has already done to host the event and we want to avoid potential financial losses for all parties”. Read all the Latest News ****, Trending News ****, Cricket News ****, Bollywood News ****, India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook****, Twitter and Instagram****.