Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Tokyo will host 2025 World Athletics Championships

 Key Points:

  • Tokyo, the capital city of Japan will host the 2025 World Athletics Championships. 
  • This was decided by the World Athletics Council during its meeting in Oregon, United States on July 14, 2022. 
  • Tokyo held the event in 1991, highlighted by the incredible world-record-breaking long jump duel between gold medallist Mike Powell and Carl Lewis, while it was also held in Japan in 2007 with Osaka hosting.
  • This will be a shining light for Japan as Japan celebrate 100 years of the JAAF in 2025, by bringing world-class athletics back to the people in Tokyo.”
  • The 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Medulin and Pula in Croatia and 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Tallahassee, Florida.

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