Sport has taken a back seat once again during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with Athletics South Africa suspending all athletics events in the country for the next two weeks. This decision was made today (Monday, 18 January), only a few days before the scheduled ASA Cross Country Trials would have taken place in Potchefstroom on Saturday, 23 January.
This is blow to the athletes and everyone involved in the safe organisation of the event. A new date will be set in due course, with a good chance of it taking place in February.
“The federation had hoped that resumption of our normal 2021 events calendar would by now had been possible, but unfortunately we now have to deal with high infection rates in the country. To combat the situation, the national government has put the whole country under adjusted level 3 measures of the National Disaster Act as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 11 January 2021. The major concern is that the new Covid 19 strain seems to be more rampant than the initial one in the first wave and thus is affecting a large number of young people,” stated the press release.
ASA will review this decision after 7 February 2021 in line with government regulations. 
