Nairobi to host World Athletics Championships in 2029

Nairobi beats London, Munich and Rome to go the archetypal African hosts, World Athletics says.

Nairobi volition big the World Athletics Championships successful 2029, beating disconnected contention from London, Munich and Rome to go the archetypal African hosts, World Athletics has announced.

The 2031 championships volition beryllium held successful Munich, Germany, way and field’s governing assemblage said aft a assembly gathering connected Tuesday successful Budapest, Hungary, which hosted the precocious concluded Ultimate Championships.

“We were fortunate to person 4 outstanding bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not an casual determination for the council,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told a quality conference.

The 2027 lawsuit has already been awarded to Beijing.

“This assembly determination contiguous means we’re capable to present our World Athletics Championships successful Asia, Africa, and Europe implicit its adjacent 3 editions,” the Briton added.

“Taking our championships to Africa for the archetypal clip volition beryllium historic. Nairobi has presented a compelling and affectional bid.”

Coe added: “It was important that the World Championships should travel to Africa erstwhile we had the close host, the close bid, and the close circumstances.

“Nairobi has demonstrated emphatically that this is their infinitesimal to supercharge the improvement of our athletics successful Kenya and crossed Africa, leaving a compelling bequest that inspires a continent.”

Kenya, which failed with a bid for the 2025 World Championships, has antecedently hosted the 2007 World Cross Country Championships successful Mombasa, the World Under-18 Championships successful Nairobi successful 2017, and the World Under-20 Championships successful the superior successful 2021.

Nairobi besides staged the 2010 African Athletics Championships.

“Having besides been portion of the bidding process for 2025, the [Nairobi] squad understood and grasped what was required and came backmost with a stronger proposition and a renovated Kasarani Stadium, which is presently undergoing a implicit overhaul up of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027,” said Coe.