Tokyo To Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

Tokyo To Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

Sampson Adedeji

The World Athletics Council has announced the capital of Japan, Tokyo as host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championship, BSNsports.com.ng has gathered.

On the second day of the 228th World Athletics Council Meeting in Oregon, USA, the Council also announced that the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Medulin and Pula in Croatia and the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Tallahassee, Florida.

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will see the sport’s biggest stars return to Tokyo Olympic Stadium, the venue for last year’s Olympic Games, in the year that the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) celebrates its centenary year.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe thanked all the cities who took time and effort to prepare bids, showing their commitment to athletics. He reinforced the Council's wish that all of them continue to discuss future opportunities to host World Athletics events.