The World Athletics Council confirmed the hosts for 3 World Athletics Sequence occasions and made a collection of different selections throughout the 237th World Athletics Council Assembly in Nanjing, China, on March 24-25.
The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2026 World Athletics Relays to Gaborone in Botswana ( Might 2-3, 2026) and the 2028 World Athletics Relays to Nassau within the Bahamas (April 22-23, 2028).
The 2026 World Athletics Race Strolling Staff Championships shall be staged in Brasília in Brazil (April 12, 2026).
“I’m delighted that Botswana’s dedication to athletics, each by way of their elite athletes and their occasion internet hosting capabilities, has led them to internet hosting the World Athletics Relays subsequent 12 months,” mentioned World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“That is the fourth World Championship occasion Africa has staged over the past decade, along with the Diamond League and Continental Tour Gold occasions, and we’re seeing an actual enhance in expertise, experience and expertise. We’re decided to assist Member Federations of their ambitions to develop by way of internet hosting our occasions. Each the Bahamas and Brazil have hosted occasions prior to now and their proficient athletes will, I do know, generate native and worldwide pleasure.”
The World Athletics Relays in Gaborone will see Botswana host a World Athletics Sequence occasion for the primary time.
The nation’s capital metropolis held a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold assembly for the primary time in 2023 and this 12 months’s Botswana Golden Grand Prix, going down in Gaborone on April 12, will even be a Gold-level assembly.
Jacob Kelebeng, Minister of Sport and Arts, mentioned: “This can be a second of immense pleasure for Botswana. The World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 will ignite a nationwide ardour, drawing the world to our shores and showcasing our distinctive spirit. We humbly welcome athletes and followers alike, realizing that this occasion will encourage generations and depart a long-lasting legacy of triumph and unity.”
The World Athletics Relays will return to Nassau for the fifth time in 2028, following the town’s internet hosting of the occasion in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2024. – worldathletics.com/Sports activities Reporter.