Athletes told to follow the guidelines at Brit champs
Athletes risk being kicked out of the British Championships if they fail to follow strict coronavirus guidelines.
The event is due to go ahead in Manchester on September 4 and 5.
Athletes, staff and volunteers will be expected to adhere to two-metre social distancing while there will be one-way systems and competitors must arrive at set times, although there will not be testing.
Joanna Coates, UK Athletics chief executive, has warned any violations will be met with sanctions.
She said: "They will be given very strict guidelines and if they break them, it will be taken extremely seriously. We have had lots of communication with athletes, we are assuring them it will be a safe environment so we are hopeful that they don’t behave like that.
"It is actually them asking us intelligent questions about what the environment will look like but we will take it seriously, as we would if any of our staff break the rules."
The Championships at the Manchester Regional Arena will be behind closed doors and is British Athletics' first major event since February amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It has already been moved twice after initially being scheduled in June - as Olympic trials - before being pushed back to August, and Coates insisted there is a determination to ensure it goes ahead after lockdown measures were tightened in Greater Manchester last week.
"At the moment cancellation isn’t being spoken about. We are meeting the council on a weekly basis and they are still very confident that it will go ahead," she said.