the beijing marathon has been postponed indefinitely after sundays race was called off amid rising covid19 cases in china the bbc quoted organisers as sayingorganisers said they were cancelling next weekends race in order to prevent the risk of the epidemic spreading and effectively protect the health and safety of the majority of runners staff and residents the bbc reportedthe marathon was set to return this year after it was suspended in 2020 due to covid19the wuhan marathon which was due to be held last sunday was also called off with a new date yet to be determinedchina reported 43 new covid19 cases on monday up from 39 cases a day earlier the countrys national health authority said on tuesdayconfirmed cases in mainland china now total 96840 while the death toll remains unchanged at 4636