体坛英语资讯：World Team Table Tennis championships delayed due to coronavirus
<p><span word="SEOUL">SEOUL</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 25-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Table">Table</span> <span word="Tennis">Tennis</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span> (<span word="ITTF">ITTF</span>) <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2020 <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Team">Team</span> <span word="Table">Table</span> <span word="Tennis">Tennis</span> <span word="Championships">Championships</span>, <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 22 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Busan">Busan</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="postponed">postponed</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soaring">soaring</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p>"<span word="In">In</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="emerging">emerging</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="players">players</span>, <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fans">fans</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hana">Hana</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> 2020 <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Team">Team</span> <span word="Table">Table</span> <span word="Tennis">Tennis</span> <span word="Championships">Championships</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Busan">Busan</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="postponed">postponed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="of">of</span> 21-28 <span word="June">June</span> <span word="provisionally">provisionally</span> <span word="reserved">reserved</span>," <span word="read">read</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ITTF">ITTF</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="contingency">contingency</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ITTF">ITTF</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="management">management</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="Table">Table</span> <span word="Tennis">Tennis</span> <span word="Association">Association</span> (<span word="KTTA">KTTA</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="representatives">representatives</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Busan">Busan</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p><span word="Following">Following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ITTF">ITTF</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provisionally">provisionally</span> <span word="delay">delay</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="March">March</span> 22-29 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="June">June</span> 21-28, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="postponement">postponement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Busan">Busan</span> <span word="tournament">tournament</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="expected">expected</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 37 <span word="teams">teams</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="withdrawal">withdrawal</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="risen">risen</span> <span word="to">to</span> 893, <span word="up">up</span> 60 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="died">died</span>.</p>
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