Lausanne(Agencies): The 2020 World
Archery Field Championships in Yankton, USA, have been postponed until 2022 in
the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was due to take place in September this year at
the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center, the world's largest dedicated archery
facility which has previously hosted the world youth and world indoor
championships.
World Archery (WA) and Yankton orgainsing committee took the
joint decision recently to safeguard athlete's well-being and due to
restrictions still in place because of the pandemic.
WA said in a statement that it decided against a one-year
postponement because of a cramped calendar in 2021. Yankton is also scheduled
to host next year's World Archery Championships.
The world field event was planned as the primary qualifier
for the upcoming World Games in Birmingham. That event was initially scheduled
for 2021 but moved to 2022 following the delay of the Olympics.
The world body said a separate qualification event will now
be held, likely in the summer of 2021.
International competition has been suspended since March due
to the outbreak of the deadly virus.
"It is with huge regret that we delay the field
championships but this decision had to be made in the current climate," WA
secretary general Tom Dielen said.
We will now focus on scheduling a successful World Games
qualification event in 2021 and look forward to the Games and championships in
2022."
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