What is usually Japan’s largest race, the Tokyo Marathon will be open only to the pro fields.
Organizers of the Tokyo Marathon announced Monday that they have canceled the mass participation race for the 2020 race because of the coronavirus outbreak.This is the largest event to be canceled because of the virus, with 38,000 runners expected to take the streets in Tokyo.within Japan, the Tokyo Marathon Foundation announced on Monday that it is canceling the March 1 race to runners in the mass participation field.
“We cannot continue to launch the event within the scale we originally anticipated and we regret to inform you the following: The Tokyo Marathon 2020 will be held only for the marathon elites and the wheelchair elites,” organizers said in a statement.Registered runners can defer entry to the 2021 Tokyo Marathon.The entry fee and the donations received for the 2020 race.
For runners who have purchased the Tokyo Marathon 2020 T-shirt, the item will be shipped following the event. This is not the only sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus, which has spread to about 70,000 people China has killed more than
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