The proposed World Athletics Championships in 2021 will now be held in 2022, instead of 2021, due to the COVID-19 epidemic postponing a year of the Tokyo Olympics. After the announcement of the new date of the Tokyo Olympics, the World Athletics said that the proposed championship will be held in the US from 6 to 15 August 2021 in 2022.
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World Athletics said, "We support the new dates of the Olympics announced by the organizers of Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)." It said, "This will give our athletes the necessary time to go to training and competition. Everyone has to be flexible about this and we will discuss with the local organizers for the World Athletics Championships in Oregon and announce the new date."
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World Athletics said that in addition to the Commonwealth Games Federation, it is also discussing with the organizers of the European Athletics Championships. The Birmingham Commonwealth Games will be held from 27 July to 7 August while the European Athletics Championships are to be held in Munich from 11 to 21 August.
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