Coronavirus - The epidemic has a huge impact on international sporting events

Sports have been canceled or postponed in many sports due to the coronavirus epidemic, which, according to Chinese National Health Commission data on Wednesday, had increased to 74,185 people in mainland China by midnight on Tuesday and the virus claimed 2004 lives.

Athletics

It was postponed for a year, so the World Indoor Athletics Championships, scheduled for March, will take place only in 2021, and Nancsing will host it. At the same time, the indoor Asian Championship, which would have been held in Hangzhou in the middle of last week, was canceled. Next Sunday, as a precaution, the Tokyo Marathon will be held without amateur runners. Thus, instead of the originally planned number of more than 38,000 participants, only 200 will be able to make the trip in the Japanese capital.

Wrestling

China, the GDR of Korea and Turkmenistan are not taking part in the Asian Championships in New Delhi either.

Golf

The Dawn Tournament of the Most Prestigious Series for Female Golfers (LPGA) has been canceled and, like many other tournaments, the start of the PGA Tour Chinese series has been postponed by two months.

Field Hockey

The March match between China and Australia in the Hockey Pro League will not be played.

Rugby Sevens

The World Rugby Sevens Series stations in Singapore and Hong Kong were pushed from April to October.

Formula E

The plan of staging the March 21 race in Sanya has been canceled.

Formula 1

The Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled for April 19, will be canceled at a later date in Shanghai when conditions improve.

Basketball

Instead of the Chinese Fosan, the five-ring qualification tournament was held in Belgrade. The Asian Cup qualifier, originally scheduled for Friday, will be hosted by Japan on Friday in Chiba.

Football

Meetings involving Chinese bands in the Asian Champions League have been postponed. At the center of the outbreak, a four-team women's qualifier tournament in China, Australia, Taiwan and Thailand would have taken place in Wuhan, and the tournament was relocated to Australia. In China, the championships have been postponed to all football leagues. International meetings scheduled for February in Vietnam will be played in other countries, Myanmar and the Philippines.

MMA

The series will host the Singapore gala next Friday behind closed gates.

tennis

The Asia-Pacific Group I Fed Cup races will be relocated from Tungkuan, China to Nur-Sultan, the Kazakh capital. The Chinese man has lost his battle against Romania in a Davis Cup World Cup without a national team after being unable to travel to Romania due to restrictions due to the epidemic.

Badminton

At the end of February, the China Masters Battle was postponed after several players withdrew. However, the International Badminton Federation (BWF) has expressed hope that the Asian Championship will be held in Wuhan in the second half of April. China and Hong Kong national teams did not start last week at the Manila team's Asian Championship.

gymnastics

The Chinese national team will skip the Melbourne World Cup battle starting on Thursday.

pugilism

Instead of Wuhan, the Olympic qualifiers for Asia and Oceania will be held in Amman, Jordan, in March.

Volleyball

The beach volleyball tournament in Yangzhou, scheduled to take place in April, has been postponed to the Tokyo Olympics.

Weight-lifting

Instead of Kazakhstan - after the country has restricted entry and exit to China and its neighbors - the Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held in Uzbekistan.

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)