Two Diamond League track meets scheduled to be held in China were canceled Friday because of coronavirus-related restrictions and a substitute event in Poland was added to the calendar. (More Sports News)
The mid-season meets in Shanghai and Shenzhen were called off “due to travel restrictions and strict quarantine requirements curren🔯tly in place for entry into China,” organizers said in a statement.
The 🔜league said it “looks forward to hosting e🔥vents in China again from 2023 onwards.”
The substitute event will be held in Chorzow, Pol📖and🥂, on Aug. 6. The series concludes at the Diamond League final in Zurich on Sept. 7-8.
China has stuck to 🌸its strict “zero-COVID” approach that restricts travel, tests entire cities and sets up sprawling facilities to try to isolate every infected person.
Two meets in China were also canceled last year for simi💞lar reasons.
