New Delhi will welcome the world’s finest para-athletes subsequent yr, as India holds the championships for the primary time
The 2025 World Para Athletics Championships will happen in New Delhi.
The Indian capital will welcome the world’s finest para-athletes to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which was the host venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Video games.
This comes after the Paralympic Committee of India formalised an settlement with World Para Athletics to deliver the occasion to the nation.
In response to The Instances of India, the championships are set to price between £40-50m, with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium receiving important upgrades, together with the set up of a brand new artificial observe that meets worldwide requirements.
There isn’t any official date for the championships but however it’s most probably to happen in November.
2010 Commonwealth Video games (Getty)
“This would be the greatest sporting occasion in India for para athletes,” a PCI official instructed The Instances of India. “It will likely be big for them. Greater than 1000 para athletes all over the world will come right here to showcase their expertise. Final yr, we hosted the Para Taking pictures World Cup in New Delhi and it was an enormous success.”
The primary ever World Para Athletics Championships passed off in 1994 in Germany.
World Para Athletics additionally introduced Dubai, Cali, Tunis and Olomouc as the primary confirmed Grand Prix of the 2025 season.
The United Arab Emirates will as soon as once more host the opening occasion of the Grand Prix calendar from February 10-13.
The Colombian and Tunisian meets will happen on Could 16-19 and June 16-18 respectively, earlier than the Czech metropolis of Olomouc will maintain the first-ever ladies’s solely Grand Prix from July 3-5.
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