This summer’s European Athletics Championships in Paris have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, European Athletics has announced.

The event was due to take place at the Charlety Stadium in Paris between August 25-30.

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While the Olympic Games in Tokyo and World Championships in Oregon have both been postponed until next year, the local organising committee (LOC) and French athletics federation (FFA) have decided against following suit.

European Athletics interim president Dobromir Karamarinov said: “It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of the Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships.”

Meanwhile, the Diamond League has announced plans to stage an exhibition event in Oslo in June.

The ‘Impossible Games’ will be a behind-closed-doors meet on June 11, in line with the Norwegian government’s coronavirus restrictions.

It will be a televised one-hour showpiece and is set to include a world-record attempt from Norway’s 400m hurdles double world champion Karsten Warholm.

There will also be a “long-distance pole vault battle” between world-record holder Mondo Duplantis and multiple Diamond League champion Renaud Lavillenie.

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