Athletics head cautions athletes against cutting corners in attempt to access NOC funding
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President of the Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association (ABAA),
Everton Cornelius, has cautioned athletes against bypassing the national association and seeking to access funding directly from the Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee (NOC).
His warning comes amidst ongoing debate over funding for national athletes and who should be eligible for financial support.
Cornelius said that subverting the national course of first opening dialogue with the national association could complicate the process.
“What I found has happened over a period of time is that sometimes athletes go directly to the NOC, and the NOC, at times, deals directly with the athletes and sometimes it causes confusion. I think that is what brings us to this situation with Bakka [Daniel Bailey] and Jess St John because they are saying they spoke directly to the general secretary of the NOC [
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World Athletics reporte les Championnats du monde en salle de mars 2021
C’est avec regret que nous avons convenu avec les organisateurs des Championnats du monde en salle de World Athletics à Nanjing (19-21 mars 2021) de différer la tenue de cette manifestation à mars 2023.
Au cours des dernières semaines, nous avons été en contact avec le Comité d’organisation et l’Association chinoise d’athlétisme pour faire le point sur la tenue de ces championnats compte tenu de la situation mondiale actuelle. Il subsiste une grande incertitude quant à l’évolution de la pandémie de COVID-19 pour le début de l’année 2021.
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World Athletics has decided to again postpone the Indoor World Championships as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a global impact.
The event, which was originally scheduled for March 13 to 15, 2020 in Nanjing, China, before being postponed to March 19 to 21, 2021, will now move to 2023.
The 2022 Indoor World Championships is scheduled to be held in Serbia.
The World Athletics Indoor Championships has been postponed again.
Originally set to take place from March 13 to 15, 2020 in Nanjing, China, the event was postponed to March 19 to 21, 2021, because of the coronavirus pandemic. But World Athletics announced that the event will be postponed even further, to 2023.