Badminton moves World Championships
The 2021 badminton World Championships will begin in late November one year from now to maintain a strategic distance from a conflict with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, both delayed from this year in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Olympics will happen from 23 July to 8 August in 2021 and the Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September.
A Badminton World Federation (BWF) articulation said moving its World Championships permitted “players to have a reasonable concentration for 2021”.
The competition should happen in August 2021 yet will currently occur from 29 November to 5 December in Huelva, Spain.
“The move permits both the Olympic badminton rivalry and the World Championships to be directed with equivalent reasonableness for everybody,” said BWF president Poul-Erik Hoyer.
The BWF said it would report the passing procedure for the following year’s Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and World Championships at the appropriate time.