Paris and Eugene Diamond League meetings scrapped due to coronavirus


FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Charlety Stadium, Paris, France - June 30, 2018 Ronnie Baker of the U.S. wins the men's 100m ahead of France's Jimmy Vicaut, Jamaica's Yohan Blake and South Africa's Akani Simbine REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

(Reuters) - This year's Diamond League athletics meetings in Paris and Eugene have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday.

The organisers also confirmed the meeting at Gateshead in England, which was scheduled for Aug. 16, has been postponed.

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