2024 World Para Athletics Championships
The 2024 World Para Athletics Championships is an upcoming Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee.
| Host city | Kobe |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Edition | 11 |
| Athletes | Approx. 1,300 |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Dates | 17–25 May 2024 |
| Main venue | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
It will be the 11th edition of the event and it is scheduled to be held in the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe, Japan, from 17 to 25 May 2024.[1] This will be the first time the event is held in East Asia.[2][3]
The event was initially scheduled for September 2021 but it was rescheduled to avoid clashing with the 2020 Summer Paralympics which were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
In January 2022, the organisers requested World Para Athletics for postponement of the event until 2024 due to COVID-19 concerns.[6] A week later, World Para Athletics confirmed that the event would not be held in 2022.[7]
See also
References
- "About the Championships". Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- "Kobe to host 2021 World Para Athletics Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- Morgan, Liam (23 April 2019). "Kobe in Japan awarded 2021 World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- Houston, Michael (28 November 2020). "Kobe 2022 World Para Athletics Championships reveal logo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Kobe World Championships rescheduled to 2022". Paralympic.org. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- Lloyd, Owen (15 January 2022). "Kobe 2022 organisers request postponement of World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- Lloyd, Owen (18 January 2022). "World Para Athletics confirms postponement of Kobe 2022 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 January 2022.