Great Britain's stars get go-ahead to skip World Championships in Doha if they believe competing would be detrimental to goals at 2020 Olympics Britain's leading athletes will be free to skip this year's World Championships The Worlds start later than usual at the end of September and run into October That leaves only nine-and-a-half months before Tokyo Olympics in July 2020
By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 23:00 GMT, 14 February 2019
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Britain's leading athletes have been given the freedom to skip this year's world championships in Doha if they believe it would be detrimental to their goals at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
A conundrum has arisen due to the unprecedented lack of time between the two events, with the Worlds in Doha starting later than usual at the end of September 2019 and running into October, which leaves only nine and a half months before the Olympics in July 2020.
The turnaround is roughly six weeks shorter than has been the case since 1983, when the
