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Nearly 100 visa issues for athletes and officials remain unresolved ahead of World Athletics Championships in US

By Matias Grez and Jill Martin, CNN

Updated 1311 GMT (2111 HKT) July 15, 2022

The World Athletics Championships are being held in Oregon, US.

(CNN)Nearly 100 visa issues for athletes and officials scheduled to be participating in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, US, remain unresolved, a World Athletics spokesperson told CNN Thursday.

In total, 374 visa cases have been escalated to a joint group comprising of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Oregon22 and World Athletics, the spokesperson said, with 255 cases so far being resolved and 99 cases still unresolved.It is the first time the World Athletics Championships will be held in the US and it's the most significant track and field competition being held in the country since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.Former US sprinter and four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson said the situation was «ridiculous.»READ: Irish sprinter denied entry to Commonwealth GamesRead More«It's been known US entry visa may be one of the most difficult and WA [World Athletics] and the organizing committee didn't get ahead of this?» he wrote on Twitter."[Seb] Coe & Max [Siegel] said these World Champs are an opportunity to grow the sport in the US. But gave no strategy," Johnson added in a later tweet. «I said it won't work if strategy wasn't executed BEFOREHAND to insure step #1 is these champs succeed. Like insuring people can get visas in a notoriously difficult process?»

Coe & Max said these World Champs are an opportunity to grow the sport in the US. But gave no strategy. I said it won't work if strategy wasn't executed BEFOREHAND to insure step #1 is these champs succeed. Like insuring people can get visas in a notoriously difficult process?

— Michael
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