by Alfonz Juck
Team Canada was the first to pull out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Team Australia was soon to follow. Athletics Canada, the governing body of track & field in our neighbors to the north, announced support of that decision on 23 March…
OTTAWA (CAN): Athletics Canada supports the decision of national olympic committee not to participate in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games if held in 2020. As a result, Athletics Canada has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Track and Field Trials presented by Bell, which were scheduled to occur June 25 – 28 in Montreal. This postponement includes the Canadian U20 Championships which were part of the event. Full refunds will be issued shortly for all guests who had already purchased passes and tickets. Athletics Canada has also cancelled the 2020 Panamerican and Canadian Combined Events Championships which were slated for May 22-23 in Ottawa. The 10,000-metre Championships, to be held May 31 in Burnaby, B.C., have also been postponed.
