{"id":999317,"date":"2021-11-11T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999317"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:13:49","slug":"coronavirus-china-postpones-third-marathon-85-days-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coronavirus-china-postpones-third-marathon-85-days-before-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: China Postpones Third Marathon 85 Days Before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoronavirus-china-postpones-third-marathon-85-days-before-olympics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999317&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Organizers of the 2021 Shanghai Marathon \u2014 originally scheduled for November 28 \u2014 announced Tuesday they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/shanghai-marathon-postponed-indefinitely-due-covid-19-2021-11-10\/\">postponed<\/a> the race indefinitely, citing China\u2019s latest coronavirus epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we\u2019ve chosen to be cautious, chosen to put the health of runners and [the] city\u2019s citizens first,\u201d organizers of the marathon wrote in a notice posted to the event\u2019s official website on November 9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The statement said a new date for the run would be announced sometime \u201cin the future.\u201d Participants already registered for the marathon \u201cwere given the opportunity either to give up their place or hold it until 2022,\u201d Reuters reported on November 10. Event organizers did not disclose how many runners were due to compete in this year\u2019s race but <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/shanghai-marathon-postponed-china-battles-075821335.html\">said<\/a> roughly 9,000 took part in the 2020 Shanghai Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai is China\u2019s most populous urban center and has a population of nearly 28 million. Two other major Chinese cities \u2014 Wuhan and Beijing \u2014 indefinitely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/25\/coronavirus-forces-china-to-postpone-beijing-marathon\/\">postponed<\/a> their own annual marathons on October 24 and October 31, respectively, citing a nationwide resurgence of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the 2021 Beijing Marathon said they expected the event to draw 30,000 participants to China\u2019s national capital \u2014 home to nearly 21 million people \u2014 by late October. The 2021 Wuhan Marathon hoped to attract 26,000 participants to the central Chinese city of almost 8.5 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18457498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1232490101.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18457498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1232490101.png\" alt=\"Participants compete during the 2021 Beijing Half Marathon at Tiananmen Square on April 24, 2021 in Beijing, China. More than 10,000 people participated in the race. (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants compete during the 2021 Beijing Half Marathon at Tiananmen Square on April 24, 2021, in Beijing, China. More than 10,000 people participated in the race. (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The indefinite postponement of three major Chinese sporting events over the past month casts doubt over China\u2019s ability to successfully host the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to start in Beijing in just 85 days.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s coronavirus caseload has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/09\/coronavirus-chinese-city-outbreak-origin\/\">surged<\/a> since October 17, when state health officials first detected the nation\u2019s latest outbreak of the disease. Coronavirus infections have spread to at least 20 Chinese provinces since then, triggering nationwide lockdowns and travel restrictions. China\u2019s ruling Communist Party claims the epidemic sparked after a Shanghai-based tour group traveled to China\u2019s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in early October. Members of the group allegedly contracted coronavirus while visiting the Inner Mongolia region of Ejin Banner, which serves as a port city between China and Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth experts noted that exchanges of people and goods at the China-Mongolia port in Ejin Banner are highly likely to be the source of this round of infections, as almost all domestically transmitted cases were from tour groups,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202110\/1237268.shtml\">reported<\/a> on October 25.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are expected to start on February 4 and continue through February 20. It remains unknown how Beijing plans to accommodate the event if China\u2019s current coronavirus epidemic continues to proliferate through February.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Organizers of the Winter Games announced on November 9 that Beijing\u2019s largest Olympic Village was now \u201cfully operational\u201d and would open to guests on January 27, the <em>South China Morning Post<\/em> (<em>SCMP<\/em>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/video\/china\/3155615\/first-look-beijings-new-olympic-village-2022-winter-games\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15997842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Beijing-Olympics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15997842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Beijing-Olympics.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 26: People wear protective masks as they walk front the logos of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at Yanqing Ice Festival on February 26, 2021 in Beijing, China. The Festival comes at the final day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wear protective masks as they walk past the logos of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at Yanqing Ice Festival on February 26, 2021, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will offer three official residential areas, with the largest situated near the Bird\u2019s Nest Stadium in a northern area of the Chinese capital,\u201d according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Two smaller residential complexes \u201cwill open soon\u201d in Beijing\u2019s northwestern Yanqing District and in the co-host city of Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei province, the&nbsp;<em>SCMP<\/em> revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s main Olympic Village \u201cconsists of 20 residential buildings and \u2026 will serve as an apartment complex after the Games,\u201d according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The building \u201ccovers a total floor area of 330,000 square meters\u201d and contains \u201cfour types of suites ranging from 135 to 220 square meters in size,\u201d the state-run <em>Global Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1238526.shtml\">reported<\/a> on November 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers of the 2021 Shanghai Marathon \u2014 originally scheduled for November 28 \u2014 announced Tuesday they have postponed the race indefinitely, citing China\u2019s latest coronavirus epidemic. \u201cToday, we\u2019ve chosen to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}