Upcoming Pacific Mini Games set to be postponed until May 2022

The upcoming Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Marianas are set to be postponed until May 2022 to avoid a clash with the Tokyo Olympics.

Radio NZ reports the Mini Games were originally scheduled to be held in Saipan in June next year but, with the Olympics now delayed until the following month because of COVID-19, the Pacific Games Council asked the CNMI to explore other options.

The General Secretary of the Northern Marianas Sports Association, Alex Sablan, said the Games Oversight Committee, which included government appointees, decided to postpone the games a few weeks ago.

Last year the CNMI government agreed to fund a scaled-back Mini-Games after Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the islands in 2018.

[Source:Radio NZ]