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Champions League and NBA at risk of final closure, F1 instead continues. Today Kranjska Gora could miss, while waiting for the decision on the final biathlon stage in Oslo-Holmenkollen.
Thursday 12 March 2020 3 minutes reading time
It was a dramatic night also for the world of sport, with the news of the positives at Covid-19 of athletes known as Rudy Gobert, French player of Utah Jazz who thus leads to the stop of the NBA championship, and Daniele Rugani of Juventus , with the same black and white club and Inter called to immediately suspend their entire activity to put themselves in isolation.
And then tennis with the cancellation of the Miami ATP after that of Indian Wells, and North America itself that stops with the cancellation of the figure skating world championships, scheduled for next week in Montreal.
Remaining in the field of winter sports, while Formula 1 decides to continue with the opening of the inaugural weekend in Melbourne and cycling in France with Paris-Nice, it could only be a matter of hours for the cancellation of the next FIS events, after Are and Narvik.
The men's races of the Alpine Ski World Cup scheduled on Saturday and Sunday in Kranjska Gora are at least at risk, such as cross-country skiing with the North American trip starting from the Saturday sprint in Quebec City, the World Championships in Planica awaiting ratification of the cancellation and snowboarding with the final stage (Sunday) in Veysonnaz.
Finally, the IBU, which will decide on the same day for the final races of next week in Oslo-Holmenkollen, with today's men's sprint that will open the stage of Kontiolahti, provided that the Covid-19 does not suddenly arrive also in Finland.
Meanwhile, in Japan they are no longer hiding: the Tokyo Olympic Games could also be postponed to 2022 ...
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