On Friday, World Athletics deserted its seek for a brand new host metropolis for the 2025 World Street Operating Championships, opting to scrap the competitors fully.
In a press launch, the World Athletics council acknowledged it had “determined to not award the championships to an alternate host this 12 months as a result of lack of important planning and preparation time required to cater for each elite and mass participation race parts.”
Initially scheduled to happen in San Diego from Sept. 26-28–only one week after the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo–the occasion was put in limbo in March when World Athletics introduced it could search a brand new host and delay the occasion to late November. The group reportedly held discussions with “quite a lot of different hosts, some with nice potential,” however did finalize any selections.
With the tentative race dates simply seven months away, persevering with the seek for a brand new host metropolis whereas additionally co-ordinating and funding your entire occasion was deemed unrealistic.
World Athletics pulls the plug on 2025 Street Operating Championships host
This 12 months’s occasion would have marked solely the second version of the biennial worldwide street working competitors, which debuted in Riga, Latvia in 2023. The races embody the street mile, 5K and half-marathon distances.
Of their assertion, World Athletics mentioned its focus would shift to the 2026 World Street Operating Championships, scheduled Sept. 19-20 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Athletics Canada had not but introduced the crew of athletes for these championships.