The 2020 European Athletics Championships were to be the 25th edition of the international

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competition between European nations, organised by the

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. It was scheduled to take place from 26–30 August 2020 in the Charlety Stadium in

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, France. It would have been the second time that France have hosted the championships, over eighty years since the French capital hosted the men's side of the

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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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and the Paris 2020 organising committee announced the championships were cancelled on 23 April 2020. It was cancelled for the first time since 1942 due to

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. The event was not moved to an alternative date. Paris will later host the championships in

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