International marathon in Bali cancelled due to COVID-19

JAKARTA: Organisers have aborted an international marathon championship which was initially scheduled to be staged later this year in Indonesia's Bali resort island due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The 2020 Maybank Marathon was previously slated to be held on August 30 with domestic participants and foreign athletes, Esti Nugraheni, Head of the Corporate and Brand Communication of Maybank Indonesia, the organiser of the race, said in a statement on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Maybank Marathon has been held annually since 2013, but its cancellation this year does not impact on its title as a World Athletics Bronze Label race, it added. IANS 

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