- Birmingham 2022 organisers want help from governing bodies
- Commonwealth Games and world championships may collide
Organisers of the Commonwealth Games have urged the governing bodies of athletics and swimming to find a way to ensure that Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Peaty and Katarina Johnson-Thompson can still compete in Birmingham 2022 even if the global sporting calendar is radically altered, the Guardian can reveal.
There are understandable fears that Britain’s top names could miss out on a home Commonwealths if the postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021 leads to World Athletics and Fina, the governing body of swimming, moving their respective world championships scheduled for the summer of 2021 to 2022 instead.
Written by Exclusive by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/25/olympics-switch-means-gb-stars-may-be-missing-at-home-commonwealth-games under the title “Birmingham 2022 organisers want calendar fix to ensure GB stars compete”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
