{"id":6576,"date":"2020-11-11T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2020-11-11T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:06:50","slug":"ironman-postpones-2020-70-3-world-championships-and-kona-until-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6576","title":{"rendered":"Ironman postpones 2020 70.3 World Championships and Kona until 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ironman have announced, in conjunction with host city partners and authorities in Hawaii, United States and Taup\u014d, New Zealand, that due to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the 2020 editions of the\u00a0 World Championship and 70.3\u00ae World Championship cannot take place on their originally scheduled dates.<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ironman World Championship will now take place on February 6, 2021 returning to its historic original race month and marking 40 years since it first took place in Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawaii. While a new date for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship has not yet been determined, teams are working diligently with local and national officials and authorities to secure a date for early 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Similar to 1982, there will be two editions of the IRONMAN World Championship in a single year (February and October) to accommodate athletes who qualify during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a result of the continued impact of COVID-19, the qualifying window for the 2020 edition of the Ironman World Championship has been extended to provide further qualification opportunities. The most up-to-date information on overall qualification details for the Ironman World Championship can be found at www.ironman.com\/im-world-championship.<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more information and event details for the IRONMAN World Championship, please visitwww.ironman.com\/im-world-championship. Further updates on the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship can be found atwww.ironman.com\/im703-world-championship.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ironman have announced, in conjunction with host city partners and authorities in Hawaii, United States and Taup\u014d, New Zealand, that due to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the 2020 editions of the\u00a0 World Championship and 70.3\u00ae World Championship cannot take place on their originally scheduled dates. Advertisement The Ironman World Championship will now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}