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“In the context in which the number of COVID-19 cases in Bucharest has reached alarming levels of 2.28 per thousand inhabitants, we inform you, with regret, that the Bucharest Marathon must be canceled. Public health experts have alerted the members of the National Committee for Emergency Situations about the real risk for athletes coming to Bucharest to participate in the Marathon, but also about the risk that an event of such magnitude inevitably poses. public health directorate. We especially regret that this decision has to be made, especially shortly before the announced date for deployment. However, we consider that it is an absolutely necessary decision, when the health of the invited athletes and our fellow citizens is at stake ”, is reflected in the letter received by the organizers on Friday night from the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
On October 11, 250 professional runners were due to start from Constitution Square in an attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
The runners registered for the virtual competitions, however, will participate in the conditions initially announced, and will run in the races for which they registered, between October 11 and 18, on the route and in the time interval they wish.
