TOKYO, Jan 22 — A boxing qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for next month in China's Wuhan will be cancelled over the outbreak of a new virus, Japan's Kyodo news agency said today. Citing organisers, Kyodo said the qualifiers would be rescheduled and moved from Wuhan, where the outbreak...
The IOC is expected to announce a new host and schedule for the qualifiers. — Reuters pic
Citing organisers, Kyodo said the qualifiers would be rescheduled and moved from Wuhan, where the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus is believed to have begun. The amateur boxing body AIBA was stripped of the right to organise the Olympic competition and replaced with a special taskforce. The reported cancellation comes as China said the new strain of coronavirus has killed nine people and infected at least 440 others in the country.
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