Canceled for Covid World Half Marathon Championships in China

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World Council of Track and Field has decided to cancel the World Half Marathon Championships in Yangzhou, China, which should have been held on November 22, 2022. The competition has been canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic which is making a comeback fear in China.

World Athletics said: "Following extensive discussions with the Local Organizing Committee and the Chinese Athletics Association, it was mutually agreed that the championships will not be held in Yangzhou this year. However, the Council also decided to grant the World Road Athletics Championships in Yangzhou in March 2027.

" World Athletics President Sebastian Coe explained: "Unfortunately, the championships cannot be played this year, through no fault of the local organizing committee; however, our athletes will have the opportunity to compete in Riga next year." Latest record on Track and Field At the meeting of the Diamond League in Stockholm, Armand Duplantis, in front of his crowd, reached an altitude of 6.16m in pole vaulting, setting the new outdoor world record, which already belonged to him.

The 22-year-old holds the absolute record in indoor, where he jumped 6.20 m at the World Championships in Belgrade. In Sweden, good performance of Swiss women's speed. Above all, Mujinga Kambundji who finished the 200 meters in second place, just 3 thousandths from the British Asher-Smith.

Ajla Del Ponte also dedicated itself to the half lap of the track and finished in sixth place with a time of 23 "41 against the 23" 15 scored ten days ago in Bern. And well she also ran the 4x100 relay, made up of Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora and Ajla Del Ponte.

The red-cross quartet, despite the absence of the strongest teams, won with an excellent 42 "13, a time that represents the best season in the world. Quarte a year ago in Tokyo, Ajla and companions to get on the podium of Eugene's World Cup they will have to approach (if not break down) the 42 "wall.