Athletes welcome ASA decision

Athletics cl s in olo wane have welcomed Athletics So th AI ica s ASA decision to s spend athletics activities.

ASA on 0onday too a decision to s spend activities Io two wee s d e to the inc ease in ovid cases.

o ie alit , hai man oI olo wane Athletic l said it is too dan e o s to host any athletics meetin s at the moment.

e did have to cancel some oI o events, ad eca se we also had to cancel some oI o events.

,t is impo tant to avoid o ps so that we can cont ol the vi s.

7he school coo dinato Io Athletics So th AI ica in impopo, ete 0al le e said the decision y ASA was app op iate iven the hi h n m e oI ovid cases.

7his is the est decision in the inte est oI the athletes and we welcome it.

icha d ilisi, the hai pe son oI 0 ansi Athletics l also a eed with the decision, while .o ie 0a ais, the Io me owne oI n and al )o iIe, said the decision was not one a Iai one, iven that esidents can still o to the ym to e e cise.

Acco din to a statement I om ASA, the decision affects the

ASA oss o nt y 7 ials which we e sched led Io otcheIst oom this wee end which have een postponed indefinitely.

A new date will e dete mined and anno nced in d e co se.

7he Iede ation had hoped that es mption oI the no mal events calenda wo ld y now have een possi le, t nIo t nately we now have to deal with hi h inIection ates in the co nt y.

7he statement I the stated that ASA cannot i no e the di e sit ation that they find themselves in with the ise in inIections and deaths.

,t is, the eIo e, in the inte est oI savin lives that ASA is now s spendin all athletics events Io the ne t two wee s.

ASA will eview this decision aIte )e a y in line with ove nment p ono ncements and in contin ed cons ltation with medical e pe ts and elevant ove nment depa tments, the statement eads.