The Bradford Walk, held every Whit Monday or Spring Bank Holiday Monday since 1903, has been postponed at the request of the 2012 London Olympics committee.

There is a National 20-Kilometre Championship race in London on Spring Bank Holiday Monday which doubles as a qualifier for 2012 as it is on the same course as the Olympics.

As the Olympic committee want the London qualifier to be a showpiece event – the mall is closed to traffic – as well as a dry-run for next summer, the Bradford event has been postponed until Sunday, July 31.