After Asian Games Postponement, Two Diamond League Track Meets In China Called Off

A substitute event has been added to to the calendar which will be held in Poland on August 6.

Updated on: 6 May 2022 4:46 pm

The two cancelled Diamond League track meets were slated to be held in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

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 currently in place for entry into China,” organizers said in a statement.

The league said it “looks forward to hosting events in China again from 2023 onwards.”

The substitute event will be held in Chorzow, Poland, 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 similar reasons.