Abagqugquzeli beManchester Marathon yamhla zili-11 bamemezele ukuthi ngemuva kokucabangisisa kahle, bawuhoxisile lo mcimbi.

“Ukungaqiniseki okuqhubekayo mayelana nemikhawulo ehlobene ne-COVID-19 kwenze ukuqinisekiswa kwezinhlelo ezidingekayo kungenzeki okwamanje.Siyaxolisa kweningi lenu ebenikubheke ngabomvu ukugijima kulo mcimbi obuthandwa kangaka, kodwa bekubalulekile kithina ukuthi isinqumo sithathwe kusenesikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi abagijimi baqinise ukuzilolonga bahambe ibanga elide,” kusho isitatimende.

Isitatimende saqhubeka sithi: “Sibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela abasubathi baphindela kuManchester Marathon lapho umcimbi uzoba ngeSonto zingama-11 ku-April 2021. Sisebenzisana eduze nababambiqhaza bethu abahle kakhulu ukuze siqinisekise umcimbi ongcono kakhulu okwamanje.Siphinde sisebenze nabanye abahleli bemicimbi, iPublic Health England, kanye noMnyango Wezedijithali, Amasiko, Abezindaba Nezemidlalo ukubeka noma yiziphi izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze kubuyiswe omunye wemijaho eyintandokazi yaseYurophu.”

Labo abebezogijima kuManchester Marathon, noma iManchester Half kaTommy, bathunyelelwe i-imeyili kanye neminye imininingwane.

Kodwa-ke abagqugquzeli bathe bazonikeza abagijimi ithuba lokuzuza indondo kanye nezikibha zabaqede i-Manchester Marathon 2020 ngokusebenzisa inselelo ebonakalayo ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.

“Okwamanje sithanda ukuthatha ithuba lokubonga abagijimi bethu abahle ngokubekezela kwabo ngesikhathi kusabhekwa izixazululo, kanye nethimba lethu ngomsebenzi wabo onzima wokuzama ukuqhubekisela phambili umcimbi.Sizokwabelana ngezibuyekezo ezengeziwe mayelana ne-Manchester Marathon ka-2021 ezinyangeni ezizayo, kodwa okwamanje hlala uphephile, futhi sithemba ukukubona ngokushesha okukhulu.”