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QINGHAI

Bicycle race canceled due to virus pandemic

This year's Tour of Qinghai Lake has been canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the annual cycling event confirmed on Monday. The event was originally scheduled to run from July 26 to Aug 2, but organizers decided to call it off, according to Yang Haining, deputy director of the Qinghai provincial sports bureau, who added that a carnival and other activities will be hosted across the province instead.