The World Athletics Council confirmed the hosts for 3 World Athletics Collection occasions and made a sequence of different selections throughout the 237th World Athletics Council Assembly in Nanjing, China, on March 24-25.
The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2026 World Athletics Relays to Gaborone in Botswana ( Might 2-3, 2026) and the 2028 World Athletics Relays to Nassau within the Bahamas (April 22-23, 2028).
The 2026 World Athletics Race Strolling Workforce Championships will likely be staged in Brasília in Brazil (April 12, 2026).
“I’m delighted that Botswana’s dedication to athletics, each via their elite athletes and their occasion internet hosting capabilities, has led them to internet hosting the World Athletics Relays subsequent yr,” stated World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“That is the fourth World Championship occasion Africa has staged over the past decade, along with the Diamond League and Continental Tour Gold occasions, and we’re seeing an actual improve in expertise, experience and abilities. We’re decided to assist Member Federations of their ambitions to develop via internet hosting our occasions. Each the Bahamas and Brazil have hosted occasions previously and their proficient athletes will, I do know, generate native and worldwide pleasure.”
The World Athletics Relays in Gaborone will see Botswana host a World Athletics Collection occasion for the primary time.
The nation’s capital metropolis held a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold assembly for the primary time in 2023 and this yr’s Botswana Golden Grand Prix, happening in Gaborone on April 12, may even be a Gold-level assembly.
Jacob Kelebeng, Minister of Sport and Arts, stated: “It is a second of immense pleasure for Botswana. The World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 will ignite a nationwide ardour, drawing the world to our shores and showcasing our distinctive spirit. We humbly welcome athletes and followers alike, realizing that this occasion will encourage generations and go away an enduring legacy of triumph and unity.”
The World Athletics Relays will return to Nassau for the fifth time in 2028, following town’s internet hosting of the occasion in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2024. – worldathletics.com/Sports activities Reporter.
