The Portuguese team, which traveled to the World Championships in Athletics in Budapest this Thursday, is stuck in Frankfurt, Germany after flights to the Hungarian capital were canceled due to bad weather, TSF reported.
Second Jorge Vieira guarantees that no Portuguese athlete will miss the World Cup because of this incidentPortuguese athletes are currently trying to travel on their own to get a seat that will take them to the event.
“Flying in a group is currently not possible because Lufthansa does not guarantee this flight for today. We are sent the next day, tomorrow, which is unthinkable for us, and therefore we are trying on other flights. and with other links to solve the problem Solutions are partially found by small groups, due to the priority of the competitive program of athletes Athletics, cited by TSF.
In the competition, which starts this Saturday, several Portuguese athletes compete on the first day.
“There is no way to know when we will arrive in Budapest, we already have races on the 19th, which means we should already be in Budapest. We continued in Frankfurt, everything was oriented, and all of a sudden we had to go back, without explanation,” said national selector José Santos.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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