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Badminton’s 2021 world championships delayed three months
PARIS, May 1, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Next year’s badminton world championships in
Spain, initially scheduled for August 2021, will instead run from November
29-December 5, the sport’s governing body announced Friday.
The decision to delay the competition in Huelva was taken to avoid a clash
with the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed by a year due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
“The new schedule will allow players to have a clear focus for 2021 in
which they will have dual objectives of both the Olympic Games and World
Championships,” the Badminton World Federation said in a statement.
Badminton’s All England Championships were one of the last major events
held worldwide before the coronavirus put most professional sport on hold in
mid-March.
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