The chair: We'll have to move the Göteborgsvarvet

the Göteborgsvarvet is the largest half-marathon, and attracts over 80 000 of the runners in a number of years in a Varvsvecka”. Huvudloppet is scheduled for ma

The chair: We'll have to move the Göteborgsvarvet

the Göteborgsvarvet is the largest half-marathon, and attracts over 80 000 of the runners in a number of years in a Varvsvecka”. Huvudloppet is scheduled for may 16, but there is no evidence that it is done.

" in view of the developments regarding the coronavirus, we have, as I see it, we have no other choice but to move the date of the event. I'm going to explain to the board of directors is meeting this evening (Wednesday), saying That Zeqiraj, chairman of the Gothenburg friidrottsförbund, which owns and organizes the race.

A number of options available
by the Yard Friday, Amy Went, "says:

" I'm with you on the meeting, and will have to put up with a number of different options and their consequences, which the board of directors of the association may take a position on. If the decision is already in the evening, I don't know, but it is clear that there needs to be one within a short time.

Zeqiraj, however, have already decided that you are going to have to move in the space.

" in the Past, it has not been easy to relate to the situation, but now we have a situation where there is, for me, is crystal clear that we need to move the Göteborgsvarvet in the autumn of this year. The world health organization has published that we will have a pandemic, the government will Folkhälsomyndighetens a recommendation to the general assembly, with more than 500 people will be banned on a temporary basis.

”Minor problem”

" I have full respect of the transfer means is a big problem for many of you, but the longer we wait for a decision, the greater the problem becomes. We go out of a move instantly, so there will be less of a concern for all of the runners, their families, sponsors, volunteers and everyone else who is involved.

It is not clear if it is going to set a new date for the varvsveckan at the time of the meeting, or, if you are waiting for it.

the Göteborgsvarvet has been held every year since 1980. The next event will be the 41st.

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Date Of Update: 11 March 2020, 19:00