Athletics: 2029 World Championships Host City Announced
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
It has been announced, on 15 September 2026, by World Athletics that Nairobi, Kenya, will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
This will be the first time that an African city will host the event.
Sebastian Coe, the President of World Athletics, remarked that this was “historic” and that:
"With this decision today, we continue to fulfil our mission of growing athletics worldwide with the hosting of our World Athletics Championships in Asia, Africa and Europe over its next three editions.”
And added that:
"It was important that the World Athletics Championships should come to Africa when we had the right host, the right bid and the right circumstances. Nairobi has demonstrated emphatically that this is their moment."
World Athletics also announced that Munich, Germany, would host the 2031 event for the first time.
Beijing, China, will host the 2027 event for the second time.
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