The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced further postponements to the 2020 competition circuit due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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A press release states:
'The International Federation of Sport Climbing, together with the IFSC Continental Councils and in agreement with the National Federations and the Local Organising Committees of the competitions affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, took some strategic decisions concerning the calendar of the upcoming months.'
The affected events are as follows:
1. Postponed: the IFSC European Championships in Moscow (RUS), initially scheduled to take place from 20 to 27 March; the competition is now scheduled from 15 to 22 June
2. Postponed: the IFSC World Cup in Meiringen (SUI), initially scheduled to take place from 3 to 4 April , and the IFSC World Cup in Seoul (KOR), initially scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 May; both competitions will likely be held between September and October
3. Postponed: the circuit of IFSC Europe Cups and IFSC Europe Youth Cups that were scheduled to take place in April and May. The IFSC Europe Sport Department is working closely with each event organiser in order to establish a new calendar for the competitions affected by this issue.
These decisions are in addition to the ones taken in previous weeks:
1. To postpone the two IFSC World Cup competitions initially scheduled to take place in Wujiang (CHN) and Chongqing (CHN) in April
2. To postpone and relocate the IFSC Asian Championships initially scheduled to take place in Chongqing (CHN) from 25 April to 3 May
Any further development will be communicated in due time.
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