to tour protocols. rahm became the first positive, asymptomatic case as part of the tour's routine, contact-tracing protocols. in 2022, the 2022 lpga tour cancelled the buick lpga shanghai, while the wgc tour cancelled the hsbc champions, both set for china in the autumn. the cj cup, originally planned for south korea, will be moved to the savannah, georgia region for the 2023 tournament in october 2022. the savannah areah already hosts the rbc heritage in april, with a tournament in gillisonville, which for the second consecutive year hosts a replacement tournament. (the palmetto championship was held in gillisonville as a replacement for the rbc canadian open in 2021.) during the 2022 tour championship, the pga tour made permanent a special rule change for the 2021 sentry tournament of champions in kapalua, hawaii, effective the 2023 tournament. because the 2020 calendar year had reduced tournaments, the tour allowed the 30 players who qualified for the tour championship to participate in the tournament of champions. on august 23, 2022, the pga tour announced the pandemic-induced rule change would be used starting in 2023. greyhound racing the 2020 english greyhound derby was postponed on 16 march. the arena racing company tracks announced a behind closed doors policy from 24 march and racing in ireland continued behind closed doors. subsequently, all racing in the united kingdom and ireland was postponed until 1 june. on 12 june it was announced that the 2020 english greyhound derby will be run on 31 october. gymnastics artistic multiple international artistic gymnastics competitions, many of which were olympic qualifying events, were either canceled or postponed. on 13 march, after already having completed qualifications, the baku world cup canceled its event finals. the stuttgart, birmingham, and tokyo world cups (scheduled to take place between 21 march – 5 april) were all postponed to 2021. the 2020 european women's championships (scheduled to take place 30 april – 3 may in paris, france) and the 2020 european men's championships (scheduled to take place 27–31 may in baku, azerbaijan) were both cancelled. they were later both rescheduled to be held on 17–20 december and 9–13 december, respectively, in mersin, turkey after baku considered hosting the replacement competitions. originally olympic qualifying events, the competitions were undesignated as such in light of the ongoing pandemic, so as to avoid pressuring member federations to attend if they were not willing to do so. the pacific rim championships (scheduled to take place 17–19 april in tauranga, new zealand) was postponed until april 2021. on 2 september 2020, gymnastics new zealand announced that it was withdrawing from hosting and cancelled the competition. handball the 25–29 march, 2020 european women's handball championship qualification matches in rotterdam, the netherlands were cancelled. the 2021 world men's handball championship took place as planned, albeit without spectators, and was soon affected in that several teams withdrew before and during the championship. horse racing horse racing is one sport that has been less directly impacted by the covid-19 pandemic than most others; some countries and regions never stopped operating horse racing events, and racing was one of the first sports to be resumed in other regions. in the early stages of the outbreak, most horse racing events remained scheduled as normal, but with restricted attendance at racecourses. this included hong kong, france, japan, united arab emirates, united states, australia, ireland, united kingdom, germany, new zealand, and singapore. the macau jockey club suspended racing events from 31 january to 15 february and resumed racing from 22 february. the korea racing authority suspended horse racing from 8 march. sunland park racetrack in the united states canceled its race meeting from 16 march, which included the sunland derby, part of the 2020 road to the kentucky derby. many tracks in north america followed suit over the following weeks, although some remained open depending on state-by-state decisions. in britain, although the cheltenham festival proceeded as normal in mid-march, the grand national meeting at aintree in april was cancelled. by mid-march ireland had become the only major horse racing country in europe where the sport continued, albeit strictly regulated and behind closed doors. ireland finally closed down racing on 25 march. churchill downs announced that the 2020 kentucky derby, normally the first leg of the american triple crown, would be delayed to 5 september. they had hoped to run the rescheduled race before a live (though reduced) crowd – this plan was eventually abandoned due to an increase in cases in the louisville area. the change in dates for the derby caused a cascading effect through the 2020 racing schedule, with the maryland jockey club delaying the 2020 preakness stakes to 3 october. the belmont stakes, normally the third leg of the triple crown, was run at a shortened distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on 20 june as the first leg. on 22 march, it was announced that the dubai world cup, due to celebrate its 25th anniversary running on 28 march, had been cancelled. on 7 april, jockey club racecourses announced that the first four classics of the british flat racing season – the 2000 and 1000 guineas, scheduled to be held on 2–3 may, and the epsom oaks and derby, scheduled to be held on 5–6 june – would be postponed until later in the season. ascot racecourse also announced that royal ascot, scheduled to be held from 16 to 20 june, would take place behind closed doors if it gets the go-ahead. to reduce the risk of transmission, horsemen may be limited from traveling to some racecourses or other horse racing facilities. hong kong-based jockey keith yeung felt unwell on 22 march night, but his test for covid-19 pcr was negative. on 26 march, jockey javier castellano was the first american-based jockey to announce that he had tested positive. in july, fifteen jockeys in the del mar riding colony tested positive, forcing a brief closure of the del mar meeting. some stakes races' prize money were reduced. in randwick racecourse, racing nsw announced all group one and some group two races in the champions meeting prize reduced 50%. inglis easter yearlings sales are many others horse auction held at fully online. while france galop resume racing from 11 may, but their prize money dropped by 20–40%. all royal ascot group one races prize money are reduced to 250,000 gbp only. in the u.s., horse racing gained an increased following as a form of live sports content on television, with efforts by the new york racing association and tvg network (which reached agreements with fox sports 1 and nbcsn respectively to help fill schedules with simulcast programming) to try and attract new viewers and customers for off-track betting at tracks still in operation. mainstream attention to horse racing in the united states is usually focused upon the triple crown, and to a lesser degree the breeders' cup. simulcasts also increased the prominence of lesser-known venues such as fonner park in grand island, nebraska—which reconfigured its racing program with a schedule oriented towards off-track betting, and saw its average daily parimutuel handle surpass its previous single-day record of us$1.2 million on a regular basis. cancelled race meetings and reopenings united states and canada sunland park racetrack, new mexico – march meeting canceled keeneland, kentucky – april meeting canceled and rescheduled on 8 to 12 july. kentucky downs and ellis park closed down in mid-march, while turfway park canceled the last 4 days of its meeting at the end of march. woodbine racetrack, toronto – harness racing closed on 14 march. thoroughbred meeting scheduled to open on 18 april was postponed. both reopened on 6 june new york racing association – aqueduct racetrack winter meeting closed on 19 march. beginning of belmont spring meeting deferred to 1 june laurel park, maryland – suspended from 20 march, reopened on 22 may fair grounds, louisiana – canceled last week of its winter meeting, 22 to 29 march santa anita park, california – canceled from 27 march to 14 may. racing at golden gate fields was suspended on 2 april and resumed on 14 may churchill downs, kentucky – opening of the spring meeting deferred to 16 may. lone star park, texas - from 5 july. racing resume from 19 july. del mar racetrack, california - from 17 to 19 july, after 15 jockeys including umberto rispoli are tested positive. also five jockeys reported positive who left california to keeneland. two meetings are rescheduled on 27 july and 31 august. turf paradise race course, arizona - cancel remaining meetings from 10 march and 2020–21 meeting are canceled. worldwide macau jockey club – cancelled from 31 january to 15 february and from 28 march to 11 april korea racing authority – from 8 march to 16 june. selangor turf club, perak turf club and penang turf club, malaysia – from 14 march. racing resume on 19 july. all great britain racecourses – indefinitely from 18 march. racing resume from 1 june. wales racing resume from 15 june scotland racing resume from 22 june. all irish racecourses – 25 march to 6 june. racing resume from 8 june. all german racecourses – closed from 17 march to 6 may, racing resumed on 7 may. all french racecourses france galop and letrot – closed from 17 march to 10 may, resumed racing on 11 may. racing banned from 20 may to 22 june at paris and eastern france. all united arab emirates race meetings – including dubai world cup night and four april meetings. all new zealand racecourses – closed from 24 march, planning resume racing from 20 june with limited meeting until new racing season. all south african racecourses – closed from 27 march, racing resume from 1 june. singapore turf club – closed from 4 april, racing resume on 11 july with limited meeting. mauritius turf club - 2020 season opening is delayed. resume racing on 20 june all italian racecourses - resume racing from 26 may. kawasaki racecourse - 24 to 26 august and rescheduled on 31 august to 2 september, as one confirmed case on a funabashi based jockey. later, a total of six funabashi jockeys are positive on covid-19. funabashi canceled five days of meetings from 29 august to 2 september. the birdsville races - september in queensland, australia were cancelled in 2020. in 2021 they were "rescheduled" to april 2022. meetings that remained open hong kong jockey club – no meeting canceled or rescheduled under covid-19. hong kong jockey club members can enter racecourse. japan racing association and most of national association of racing – no meeting canceled or rescheduled under covid-19, until 24 august. sweden, including flat racing and harness racing. elitloppet held at schedule on 31 may. most australian racecourses – some county and picnic meetings are canceled, also tasmanian racing canceled from 2 april, resume at mid-june. also, victorian racing and new south wales metro racing are canceled by two days, during jockey mark zahra taken same flight with one confirm case. some american racecourses, including gulfstream park and tampa bay downs in florida, oaklawn park in arkansas, and fonner park in nebraska. lacrosse the national lacrosse league (nll) temporarily suspended the 2020 season on 12 march. the ncaa officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 college lacrosse season on 12 march. beginning with the ivy league canceling its season on 11 march, the ncaa followed cancelling all spring season championships. due to the cancellation of the season, the ncaa voted and approve the allocation of an extra year of eligibility for all of the athletes that missed their spring season. major league lacrosse announced the postponement of the start of the 2020 season on 3 april in a statement from commissioner alexander brown. the season was set to begin on 30 may, and then rescheduled to a shortened format from 16 to 26 july with all players and coaches being quarantined. the 6 teams participated in a two-day training camp on 16–17 july, then a shortened season leading to a playoff crowning the boston cannons champions on 26 july. the premier lacrosse league announced the postponement of the start of the 2020 season on 10 april. the league announced the modified season that would take place called the pll championship series on 6 may. the series ran from 25 july through 9 august