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Numerous other champions have medalled at the Olympic Games or the World Championships, or have set World Records. In the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics, the council decided to add a mixed-gender relay race to the World Cross Country Championships schedule – a first for the event. [2]
For the first time since the 2012/13 season, it will not open with a sprint competition. For the first time in 40 years, Lahti will host the traditional 50 km World Cup race. This race will not take place in Holmenkollen , in order to avoid overloading the athletes during the next two 50 km races after the World Championships.
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be the twentieth edition of the global athletics event, held in Tokyo, Japan from 13 to 21 September. Find out the host selection, venue, qualification system, events, results and more on Wikipedia.
The World Athletics Championships are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations. They are the highest level of senior international outdoor athletics competition for track and field events, including marathon and race walking.
The inaugural season was 2021–22. [1] The Tour replaced the IAAF Cross Country Permit series, which was first held in 1999. Starting with the 2023 World Athletics Championships, the Cross Country Tour and the cross country rankings form part of the qualification pathway for the 10,000 metres event at championships and Olympics. The top eight ...
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, women's under 23, men's under 18 (Men's Juniors), and women's under 18 (Women's Juniors). Traditionally ...
• For the first time at the World Championships the defending champion from the previous edition gets the wild card to compete in the same event. [22] This results in four athletes from one country taking part in certain events, which is one of the few differences between the World Championships and athletic competition at the Olympic Games.
The first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Durango, Colorado, USA in 1990 and featured only cross-country and downhill events. A separate UCI Trials World Championships had been held since 1986. [1] From 2000 to 2016, the mountain bike and trials disciplines were combined and run as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World ...