The 2024 World Athletics Cross Nation Championships have discovered a brand new residence in Belgrade, Serbia.
Town will welcome the occasion scheduled for March 30, 2024, after the unique hosts, Medulin and Pula, Croatia, have been compelled to withdraw earlier this month attributable to World Athletics describing their preparations as “not sufficiently superior.”
The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 World Athletics Cross Nation Championships to Belgrade, Serbia.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) September 27, 2023
The championships will happen within the picturesque Park of Friendship within the coronary heart of Belgrade, subsequent to the Danube River. This location was additionally used for the 2013 European Championships and guarantees to offer a fascinating backdrop for the championships. That is the second World Athletics championship occasion to be hosted by Belgrade in simply two years.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe voiced confidence in Belgrade’s means to host the championships, stating: “Belgrade is establishing itself as a dependable host of world-class competitions. Following the memorable 2022 World Indoor Championships, we’re assured that the group of our 2024 World Cross Nation Championships is in secure arms.”
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The 2023 Canadian Cross Nation Championships (ACXC) in Ottawa in late November will function the official choice race for Staff Canada. The highest finishers within the males’s and ladies’s open and U20 races at Mooney’s Bay will doubtlessly get the chance to symbolize Canada in Serbia.
Along with awarding the 2024 World Athletics XC Championships to Belgrade, the World Athletics Council has permitted the dates for 2 different key championships. The 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships can be held in Eugene, Oregon, from August 4 to 9, and the 2026 World Athletics Street Operating Championships will happen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 19 and 20.
