BEIJING TO HOST 2027 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

World Athletics Championships in Beijing 2015.

Thu 28 February 2024:

The 2027 World Athletics Championships will take place in Beijing, the governing body of track and field announced on Wednesday.

The city was chosen at a conference held in Glasgow by the World Athletics Council.

“Congratulations to Beijing on their successful bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2027, 12 years after our athletes lit up the National Stadium for the 15th edition of our global showpiece,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.

“With a population of more than 1.4 billion, China is one of the biggest sports markets in the world,” Coe said.

“With the announcement of China as our next host, our last four World Athletics Championships have now been awarded to the world’s four largest economies; the USA (Oregon), the EU (Budapest), Japan (Tokyo) and China (Beijing),” he added.

China will also host the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2025 in Nanjing.

Beijing previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Games.

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