Kenya’s 2029 World Athletics bid: A win for Africa under scrutiny
- Nairobi, Kenya – For more than four decades, the World Athletics Championships have been held across continents but never in Africa.
- That changes in 2029, when Nairobi becomes the first African city to host the track and field championships, bringing the sport’s flagship global competition to a continent whose athletes have helped shape its history.
- The World Athletics Championships were established in 1983 in Helsinki, Finland, after decades in which athletics’ biggest global competitions were largely tied to the Olympic Games.
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- Nairobi, Kenya – For more than four decades, the World Athletics Championships have been held across continents but never in Africa.
- That changes in 2029, when Nairobi becomes the first African city to host the track and field championships, bringing the sport’s flagship global competition to a continent whose athletes have helped shape its history.
- The World Athletics Championships were established in 1983 in Helsinki, Finland, after decades in which athletics’ biggest global competitions were largely tied to the Olympic Games.
Sources: Al Jazeera