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So if the unthinkable happens and level 3 continues, what sporting events may need a rethink?
Prada Cup/America s Cup: Feb 17-March 15 Photo credit: Photosport
Event organisers have already canned Wednesday s schedule, which would have been races five and six in the best of 13 Prada Cup final.
While the delay is probably good news for the struggling INEOS Team UK, it s not good news for the event, with fans now unlikely to attend.
Even if Auckland is out of level 3 by Thursday, that could be followed by a period at level 2, which would mean no gatherings of more than 100 people.
The Prada Cup finals are scheduled to conclude on February 22, with the America s Cup set to run from March 6-15, but a two-week lockdown will severely impact that schedule.
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Stuff team will vote to determine a winner in each category by ranking the finalists from No 1 to No 4. Once the five category winners have been found, we will also hold a vote to determine a supreme winner, and all six awards will be handed out at the same time. The Halberg Foundation decided in November that “with international sporting events being severely affected in 2020” as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it would consider “performances of merit” from the year alongside those from 2021 at the start of 2022. At its annual gala function in Auckland next Thursday, it will instead hand out Decade Champion awards for the 2010s, with the voting academy choosing from the various winners over the past 10 years.