Nords: "If the government believes the abolition of the marathon is an important step in dealing with Covid-19, so be it"

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At an extraordinary meeting on Friday, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to cancel the “Rimi” Riga marathon planned for this weekend.

“There were many misunderstandings and ambiguities in the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which were not overcome to the end,” the director of the Riga Marathon said in a conversation with LETA about the decisive meeting of the Latvian government.

“On the one hand, there seemed to be a lot of 15,000 participants in one place. We tried to explain that these were nine events in two days in Covid-19, of which the competitions in each distance complied with the disease control rules. We had all the necessary permits,” in favor of the marathon was called Nords.

“An Olympic qualification was scheduled for Sunday, which will not happen now,” Nords said of the athletic side. “It’s irrelevant now. If the government sees the abolition of the marathon as an important step in dealing with Covid-19, so be it. We ourselves have said that health comes first, and in that sense the decision to cancel the marathon is the right one. . “

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He agrees that the situation has changed rapidly in recent days. “Even if the government had not banned the marathon, we ourselves would most likely have canceled the race in one of the distances,” one of the symbols of the Riga marathon, Nords, explains the possible actions of the organizers. “For example, we were thinking of canceling the race for the kids or starting the race with a ‘flowing’ start.”

“I understand that the situation in Latvia is a nuisance and that no one wants to take responsibility. marathon director.

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He added that all those who had registered for the competition will be awarded the medals created by Junici Kavaniči, regardless of whether the participants register for the holidays and go to the virtual race.

Nords does not currently undertake an assessment of the financial impact of the decision on the marathon organizers, as such calculations have not yet been made.

As reported, it was planned that at least 15,000 Latvian participants and a “handful” of foreigners will start scattered on the tracks of different distances in the “Rimi Riga Marathon” on October 10 and 11.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the Emergency Medical Service “Rimi Riga Marathon”, the organizers had developed a series of measures to reduce the risks of Covid-19.