Kenya Beat UK To Host 2029 World Athletics Championships

Kenya have been awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships after beating competition from the United Kingdom.

The historic decision was announced on Tuesday, during the 242nd World Athletics Council Meeting held in Budapest, marking a significant achievement for Kenya and African athletics.

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The 2029 championships will become the first edition of the global athletics competition to be staged on African soil.

Nairobi had previously failed in its bid ​to host the event in 2025, which went ⁠to Tokyo. The Kenyan capital previously staged the ​World U18 Championships in 2017 and the World U20 ​Championships in 2021.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised Nairobi’s bid as compelling and emotional, fulfilling the federation’s goal of bringing the championships to the African continent for the first time

“Nairobi presented a compelling and ​emotional bid, and taking the World Athletics Championships to Africa for ‌the ⁠first time will be historic,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.

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“Kenya is one of the great athletics nations. The sport is woven into the fabric of ​the country.”
Munich ​will host ⁠the 2031 event at the Olympic Stadium, bringing the championships back to Germany ​for the first time since Berlin in ​2009.

“Germany ⁠has proved time and again that it is an outstanding and dependable host for major athletics events,” Coe ⁠said.