World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is still hoping that a belated outdoor athletics season can be staged from August to October this year, he said on Friday.
Like all sport around the world, athletics is at a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic with little indication of when it will be able to resume.
"We know that different countries are at different stages of managing this pandemic so we are trying to give a structure to our athletes and member federations so they can begin to plan for the year ahead," Coe said in a World Athletics statement.