Kenya to bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships

NAIROBI: Kenya has received the 2025 World Athletics Championship bidding documents as the country aims for international events after the 2017 youth global event opened a window of opportunities for the country, officials have said.

Jackson Tuwei, president of Athletics Kenya (AK), said Kenya, buoyed by the success of hosting the World Under-18 World Athletics Championships in 2017 in Nairobi, has shown its intention of placing a bid for the senior version of the athletics championships and will also be hosting the postponed World Under-20, from August 17-22 in Nairobi as stepping stone to the senior event.

"It's true, we will be bidding for the championships and we have already received the bidding documents from World Athletics. It will be a huge opportunity if we win the bid not only for Kenya but Africa as a continent," Tuwei told.

"The bidding is a competitive process, and other countries will also be registering their interests. The country that places the best proposal will win the bid," he added. IANS

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