2025 World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be the twentieth edition of the World Athletics Championships, and are scheduled to be held in 13-21 september 2025 in Tokyo,[1] Japan. The championships will use the National Stadium, rebuilt for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2]

World Athletics Championships
Host cityTokyo
Dates2025
Main venueNational Stadium

This is the third time that the championships will be held in Japan, following the 2007 event in Osaka, and the 1991 event in Tokyo at the old National Stadium.[2]

Host selection

In October 2019, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stated consideration of a direct choice for Kenya to host this championship.[7][8] Kenya confirmed its bid for the championships in October 2021.[3] In 2022, Japan and Singapore entered bids to host the championships.[5][4][9] In July 2022, Tokyo was selected by World Athletics to host the 2025 event,[2] after it scored the highest in the bid evaluation. The National Stadium in Tokyo will be the first major spectator event for athletics after the 2020 Summer Olympics were held behind closed doors in response with the then-still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11] Coe welcomed the selection, but stated that his "ambition to see a World Championships in Africa .. is undiminished".[12]

References
  1. "Decisions made at World Athletics Council Meeting in Rome | PRESS-RELEASES | World Athletics".
  2. "Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships". IAAF. July 14, 2022.
  3. "Kenya confirms bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships". The Japan Times. October 5, 2021.
  4. "Singapore announces bid to host World Athletics Championships in 2025". CNA. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  5. "Japan bidding to host 2025 World Athletics Championships". The Japan Times. October 3, 2021.
  6. S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Silesia puts in official bid for World Athletics Championships 2025". tvpworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. "Coe backs proposed Kenya bid for 2025 IAAF World Championships". insidethegames.biz. October 5, 2019.
  8. "LANE ONE: Was the IAAF World Championships a success or failure in Doha?". thesportsexaminer.com. October 6, 2019.
  9. Berkeley, Geoff (March 17, 2022). "Singapore bidding to host 2025 World Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 17, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Rédaction Africanews (July 15, 2022). "Kenya loses 2025 World Athletics Championships bid to Japan". Africa News. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Tokyo scored the highest in the bid evaluation across the four focused areas: the potential for a powerful narrative; revenue generating opportunities for World Athletics; a destination that will enhance the international profile of the sport; and appropriate climate.
  11. Kimutai, Cyprian (July 15, 2022). "EXPLAINED Why Nairobi lost bid to host 2025 World Championships". Pulse Live.
  12. "Tokyo to host 2025 World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 16, 2022. "My ambition to see a World Championships in Africa, and possibly in Nairobi, is undiminished," he told BBC Sport Africa.


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