World Athletics designated Beijing as the headquarters of 2027 World Athletics Championships. The Chinese capital will again organize the biggest event in world athletics twelve years after it did in 2015. The World Athletics Council made the decision on Wednesday at its annual meeting held in glasgowwhere the indoor World Cup will be held from Friday (March 1 to 3).
In this way, the World Athletics Championships will hold two consecutive editions in Asia, as next year it will be contested in Tokyo. “With a population of 1.4 billion inhabitants, China is one of the largest sports markets in the world. It is the country that brought together the largest television audience in the Diamond League in 2023 with 368.9 million viewers and is a great opportunity for our sport to grow ,” said Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics. The highest body in world athletics has a pending account with the Asian country after suspending some of its competitions due to the outbreak of the pandemic, including the Nanjing Indoor World Cup, which will resume in March next year, five years later. .from its first date.
Source: La Verdad
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