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Date Posted: 16:45:28 03/06/01 Tue
Author: 56.4
Author Host/IP: zubra.cc.umanitoba.ca / 130.179.16.118
Subject: Re: World XC is moving!
In reply to: coach 's message, "World XC is moving!" on 12:44:54 03/06/01 Tue

>So who's picking up the bill to get athletes to Brussels?? Does this mean many self funded athletes will not be attending?



It's official!
>
>The World Cross Country Championships on March
>24th-25th have been switched from Dublin to Brussels
>in response to the foot-and-mouth crisis, the
>International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
>confirmed today.
>
>The sport's ruling body took the decision after the
>Department of Agriculture refused to back measures
>taken by the organisers to prevent the disease
>entering the country.
>
>A statement from the IAAF said: "The IAAF accepts the
>decision with regret but fully understands that the
>extraordinary circumstances left the Irish Athletic
>Association with no alternative but to cancel the
>event."
>
>The championships, due to have taken place at
>Leopardstown Racecourse, will now take place in
>Brussels on the same weekend.
>
>"The Department of Agriculture were not prepared to
>give the event their blessing," said Christy Wall,
>head of the championships organising committee.
>
>"It's really disppointing and it is going to cost us
>as much not to host the even - 1 million pounds - as
>it would have done if we had held it," he added.
>
>Wall, who had worked on the organising of the
>championships for the past 18 months along with 700
>volunteer workers, warned that the cancellation set a
>dangerous precedent for sporting events in Ireland.
>
>"This would have been the biggest event ever staged in
>Ireland bringing nearly 1,000 athletes from over 70
>countries to the country," he said.
>
>Link : Ireland.com - Sports Extra

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