This 2020 It has been a year of challenges and radical changes in our lives. We have seen how everything from work to pure entertainment has had to slow down and adapt to the new circumstances. Most sectors have had to reinvent themselves, and in this case, the sporting events that we were used to waiting for and enjoying year after year are not left behind.
The good thing is that most of these sporting events 2021 have been postponed and are expected to be held in 2021We are already preparing to live each one of them and enjoy them to the fullest. Do you want to know what the competitions are? 2021 and that you definitely can't miss? Keep reading!
NEW FORMATS IN 2021
He 2020 It has been a peculiar year, changing many of the things we used to do and practically forcing us to adapt to a new normal. In the case of sports, since they are activities involving large crowds, many sporting events popular worldwide, have had to be postponed with new adaptations and measures for this 2021 that is coming. Some already have their date set. Discover them here!
2021 OLYMPIC GAMES
The most anticipated Olympic Games! After its cancellation in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Vice President of the International Olympic Committee stated that the event will take place “with or without” coronavirus, July 23, 2021.
The theme of the 2021 Olympic Games will continue to be “reconstruction after the devastation caused by the tsunami”, in allusionn the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.
2021 WORLD ROAD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
He LXXXVII World Road Cycling Championships will be held in the region of Flanders, Belgium between the September 19 and 26, 2021This year, the event was also held in Imola, Italy. Originally, the championship was to be held in the Swiss towns of Aigle and Martigny, but the cycling federation of that country announced the cancellation of the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although it has not been the same luck for the fans of the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race, who have been the first races to announce their cancellation for 2021. Two of the major events on the international calendar issued an official statement with the difficult decision.
WORLD TOUR SURF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
Just like cycling, the surfing championship calendar was altered and postponed during 2020 due to the global emergency of Covid-19, however, the CEO of the World Surf League, Erik Logan, announced many new features and defined what the next World Surf Championship will be like as a new era. The first post-Covid-19 world surfing championship brings with it new features for 2021, which the protagonists and the general public will have to get used to.
One of the main changes for the upcoming season is that the 2021 tour will end with the finals taking place on a single day of competition in September 2021, where the men's and women's world titles will be decided in a single event, called “the WSL finals”.
Here are the dates for the new 2021 World Surfing Championship program, after some events already completed at the end of this year 2020:
- MEO Pro Portugal: Peniche, Portugal | 18 – 28 February 2021
- Crown Open Gold Coast presented by Billabong: Queensland, Australia | 18 – 28 March 2021
- Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Victoria, Australia | April 1 – 11, 2021
- Margaret River Pro: Western Australia, Australia | 16 – 26 April 2021
- Oi Rio Pro presented by Corona: Saquarema, Brazil | 20 – 29 May 2021
- Surf Ranch Pro: California, USA | 10 – 13 June 2021
- Quiksilver Pro G-Land: Indonesia | 20 – 29 June 2021
- Crown Open J-Bay: South Africa | 4 – 13 July 2021
- Unknown Tahiti Pro: Teahupo'o, Tahiti | 16 – 25 August 2021
- WSL finals: TBD Location: TBD | 8 – September 16, 2021
X GAMES 2021
The X Games are also looking forward to 2021, after cancelling their summer edition. ESPN is resuming the winter sports competition from January 29 to 31 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass (Colorado, United States).
An event where the best ski and snowboard riders in the world meet to test their skills and disciplines in slopestyle, halfpipe and big air. Like all other events, the X GAMES will also have to adapt to new prevention measures due to the pandemic, to ensure the safety of the staff and all athletes.
Some of the new measures that will be implemented are that it will be an event without an audience, allowing fans to watch it through ESPN or streaming. There will also be no disciplines such as snowmobile and snowbike.
Good news for this upcoming season is that the award-winning Shaun White, who has not competed since 2017, will be present, as well as the presence of athlete Chloe Kim, a specialist in the halpipe and snowboarding events.
Here's a sneak peek of the promo video for what X GAMES will be like in 2021:
2021 FIS FREESTYLE SKI AND SNOWBOARD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 14th World Snowboard Championship has announced its upcoming celebration in the town of Zhangjiakou, China of the February 18-28, 2021, under the International Ski Federation Organization and the Chinese Ski Federation.
The Alpine Ski World Championships will be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in February 2021, with scheduled dates from 8 to 21, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed. If the current health situation continues, the event is being considered to be held behind closed doors, with the possibility of even cancelling it if things get worse.
RALLY DAKAR 2021
The 2021 edition of the world's most brutal rally kicks off on January 2nd with the Jeddah-Jeddah prologue stage that will have 11 kilometers of special and 118 kilometers of liaison. The edition will end on Friday, January 15th with the Yanbu-Jeddah stage.
The 2021 Dakar Rally route is all about exploration, starting from Jeddah heading east to the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia's wildest desert. From there it will head north, then skirt the Red Sea to the south and return to Jeddah on January 15.
The 2021 edition of the Daka RallyThe event will be special, but its director, David Castera, recalled that Saudi Arabia has enough terrain to vary the routes and that all necessary measures will be taken in the face of the Covid-19 crisis. Although it will be a Dakar without spectators, we will be lucky enough to be able to carry out the event.
THE SHELLFISH 2021
A leading festival in Southern Europe since its creation in 2001, about action sports and urban culture. 2020 was supposed to be a good year for this sporting event as it marked the 20th anniversary of the festival. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and organizational and security difficulties, the event had to be suspended until next year, the organization explained in an official statement. The festival plans to celebrate and postpone its twentieth edition until summer 2021.
As we have already mentioned, 2020 has taught us and left us many lessons, including the importance of understanding and practicing more sports.
What we do know is that we will welcome 2021 with open arms, leaving behind a year that tested us many times but prepared us for an even better one.
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