The World Triathlon Executive Board
has approved the cancellation of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series
Chengdu and the 2022 World Triathlon Cup Weihai, after the Local Organising
Committee and the China Triathlon Sports Association formally requested the
cancellation of both events due to the impact of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions
in China.
According to the COVID-19 Prevention
and Control Policy applied by the Chinese government, all travelers from aboard
still have to go through “14+7” days of quarantine in designated hotels, a time
during which the athletes and staff would not have access to training
facilities, and which makes it impossible to move forward with the events.
Therefore, in order to protect the
health and safety of all athletes, coaches, staff and volunteers, all the
involved parties have approved the cancellation of both events, which were
planned to take place in September and October 2022.
The local organisers and the CTSA are
committed to continue working towards staging these events in 2023 and continue
hosting top-class events in the near future. World Triathlon will work together
with CTSA to continue the development and growth of the sport of triathlon in
China which is a key territory for World Triathlon.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all
related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon,
cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic
programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development
of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and
transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the
sport to be extraordinary.
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