Tokyo has been chosen because the host metropolis for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the game’s governing physique introduced on Thursday a day earlier than this yr’s occasion begins in Eugene, Oregon a yr later than deliberate due to COVID-19.
The occasion will return to the location of final yr’s Olympic Games within the yr that the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) celebrates its centenary.
Nairobi, Silesia and Singapore had additionally bid for the championships, whereas Budapest will host the 2023 model.
”Within a particularly robust subject of candidates Tokyo provided a compelling bid,” World Athletics President Sebastian Coe mentioned after the choice of WA’s ruling Council.
“I hope this will be a shining light for Japan as they celebrate 100 years of the JAAF in 2025, by bringing world-class athletics back to the people in Tokyo.”
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Tokyo held the occasion in 1991, highlighted by the unimaginable world-record-breaking lengthy soar duel between gold medallist Mike Powell and Carl Lewis, whereas it was additionally held in Japan in 2007 with Osaka internet hosting.
The Council additionally confirmed that following subsequent yr’s World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, the subsequent two editions shall be held in Medulin and Pula, Croatia (2024) and Tallahassee, Florida (2026).
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