Diamond League issues new calendar after London scrapped due to coronavirus


FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Brussels - King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium - September 6, 2019 Britain's Dina Asher-Smith celebrates with a trophy on the podium for winning the Women's 100m alongside Greece's Katerina Stefanidi - the Women's High Jump winner, Noah Lyles of the U.S - the Men's 200m winner and all other event winners during the Champions Ceremony REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The Diamond League announced a revamped calendar of athletics meetings after the London event on July 4-5 was cancelled on Tuesday due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the first event now provisionally set for Monaco in August.

The league said in a statement that "several events will be rescheduled, others cancelled as organisers continue to adapt the season in the face of the coronavirus crisis."

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