By AYUMBA AYODIMore by this AuthorThe Nairobi Athletics Meeting, one of the legs in the inaugural 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour, will be staged on September 26, World Athletics (WA) has announced. Among the Gold label events that have been cancelled are Tokyo Seiko Golden Grand Prix (May 10) Japan and Nanjing Continental Tour Meeting (May 13), China. The Continental Tour was formed by World Athletics last year as the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has praised the cooperative efforts of the meeting organisers to work with World Athletics to put together a substantial competition season for the sport’s top athletes. 2020 international competition calendar:August11 Turku – Continental Tour Gold14 Monaco – Wanda Diamond League16 Gateshead – Wanda Diamond League20 Szekesfehervar – Continental Tour Gold23 Stockholm – Wanda Diamond LeagueSeptember2 Lausanne – Wanda Diamond League4 Brussels – Wanda Diamond League6 Paris (tbc) – Wanda Diamond League6 Silesia – Continental Tour Gold8 Ostrava – Continental Tour Gold15 Zagreb – Continental Tour Gold17 Rome/Naples – Wanda Diamond League19 Shanghai – Wanda Diamond League26 Nairobi – Continental Tour GoldOctober4 Eugene – Wanda Diamond League9 Doha – Wanda Diamond League17 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships17 China (venue tba) – Wanda Diamond LeagueNote: dates for the Continental Tour Gold meetings in Tokyo and Nanjing are still to be finalised.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2020 11:58 UTC