FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich, Switzerland - August 29, 2019. General view of awards. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
(Reuters) - World Athletics is working to restart a shuttered athletics season and studying any changes that may be needed in the qualifying process for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, president Seb Coe said on Friday.
The governing body is hoping to offer a series of meetings that may begin in August and run to October so athletes can get back in to competition as quickly as possible when it is safe to do so due to the coronavirus pandemic, Coe said in a letter addressed to the athletics community.
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