China Youth Daily client Beijing, February 25th (China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Ci Xin) The ITTF issued an announcement at noon today, announcing that it was originally scheduled to be held at Busan in South Korea from March 22 to 29. The 2020 Table Tennis World Team Championship will be postponed, and the new competition time is tentatively scheduled for June 21st to 28th.
Screenshot of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships postponement announcement released by the ITTF official website.
The ITTF said in the announcement, "Last Friday, the ITTF was informed of reports of confirmed patients with the new coronavirus in Busan, where the event was held. Subsequently, ITTF senior management held a meeting with representatives from the Korean Table Tennis Association and Busan City. An emergency meeting was held. In view of the uncertainty and variability of the current domestic epidemic situation in South Korea, the ITTF made the decision to postpone the event from the perspective of ensuring the health and safety of players, staff, and fans."
Chinese Table Tennis Team She is the defending champion of the men's and women's team events at this World Table Tennis Championships. The Chinese table tennis team is currently training in Doha, Qatar.
In recent days, the COVID-19 epidemic in South Korea has intensified. On February 23, South Korea raised the COVID-19 epidemic warning level from the previous "alert" to the highest "severe" level. Affected by the epidemic, many sports events in South Korea have been postponed.
