Few sports are in as much limbo as track and field, with qualification for Tokyo thrown into chaos by the postponement of the national championships in Sydney this month and the pending cancellation of Diamond League meetings in Doha and China . Due to the dearth of events, Athletics Australia has asked World Athletics to revert back to the old A and B qualifier system rather than athletes being chosen based on world rankings points.
will confirm later this week how those positions will be allocated. All of Australia's rowers already bound for Tokyo are in the country training in Sydney or Canberra. A pre-departure training camp at Rockhampton will still go ahead.The Australian sevens set-up has been rocked by the coronavirus, with two players tested in the past 24 hours. Rugby Australia confirmed on Sunday two Australians had displayed symptoms linked to the virus and had self-isolated pending test results.
last week postponed international events and Australian teams’ pre-Olympic trips to Indianapolis, China and Europe for major tournaments now look unlikely to go ahead. Water Polo Australia is planning on staging training camp games within Australia in the coming months, using facilities like the AIS and NSWIS.Weightlifting has been dealt an especially difficult hand, with the final qualification event, due to be held in Nauru in April, postponed as of the weekend.
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