Figure skating-Montreal awarded 2024 world championships By Syndicated Content
Jun 9, 2021 | 10:26 AM
(Reuters) – Montreal will host the 2024 world figure skating championships, the International Skating Union (ISU) said on Wednesday, after the 2020 event Canada was to host was cancelled due to COVID-19.
The championships will return to Montreal from March 18-24, marking the 11th time Canada has staged the event.
“Skate Canada has a proven track record of holding successful ISU events and we are looking forward to bringing the world’s best skaters to the fantastic Canadian city of Montreal,” said Debra Armstrong, CEO of Skate Canada, in a statement.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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Written by Associated Press on June 3, 2021
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The International Skating Union has provisionally awarded the 2024 world figure skating championships to Montreal. The championships were scheduled to be held in Montreal in 2020 but they were cancelled on March 11 five days before the start of the event because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were one of the first global sports events to be wiped off the calendar by the pandemic.
The Montreal world championships will be held March 18-24, 2024. The 2022 event will be in Montpellier, France, while Saitama, Japan will host the championships in 2023.
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