ATHLETICS Tanzania (AT) has once again announced rescheduling the National Athletics Championship, which was scheduled to be hosted in Dar es Salaam in August this year.

AT Information and Communication Officer, Tullo Chambo said yesterday in Dar es Salaam that they have been forced to push-back the championship which was to be staged from August 15 to 16th this year at the 2020 National Stadium, due to failure to secure accommodation for the athletes on the dates of the event.

According to Chambo, the World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations (both abbreviated as IAAF), directed all its members to conduct their national championship within August after their initial events of its most members were disrupted due to the outbreak of the pandemic.

This year's national championship secured support from the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC), after the AT requested the committee to assist the facilitation of the two-day championship.

AT needed 100m/-to stage this year's championship, which is expected to attract at least 300 athletes from all regions in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, who will compete in various field and track events.