Diamond League Meets In China Moved, Cancelled Due To COVID-19


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A Diamond League athletics meet to be held this year in China has been moved to Poland and another cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreaks in the country, organisers said, after the high-profile Asian Games in Hangzhou were postponed. The meets in Shanghai on July 30 and Shenzhen on Aug. 6 were changed because of “travel restrictions and strict quarantine requirements currently in place for entry into China”, the organisers said in a statement on Friday. The Shenzhen event will be moved to Chorzow, Poland, it said, while there will be no replacement for the Shanghai meeting. On Friday, the World...