World Champs go to Budapest

– The Hungarian capital of Budapest will host the 2023 World Athletics Championships, the IAAF announced yesterday.

The next worlds will take place in Doha in 2019 before going to Eugene, Oregon, in the US, in 2021.

Budapest had previously hosted the 1998 European Championships.

The city was the sole candidate under a new IAAF system that saw away with traditional bidding campaigns in favour of a consultation process.

Budapest expressed its interest after its candidacy for the 2024 Olympics collapsed last year. –

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