New Delhi will welcome the world’s greatest para-athletes subsequent 12 months, as India holds the championships for the primary time
The 2025 World Para Athletics Championships will happen in New Delhi.
The Indian capital will welcome the world’s greatest para-athletes to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which was the host venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Video games.
This comes after the Paralympic Committee of India formalised an settlement with World Para Athletics to carry the occasion to the nation.
In line with The Instances of India, the championships are set to value between £40-50m, with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium receiving important upgrades, together with the set up of a brand new artificial monitor that meets worldwide requirements.
There isn’t a official date for the championships but but it surely’s most definitely to happen in November.
2010 Commonwealth Video games (Getty)
“This would be the largest sporting occasion in India for para athletes,” a PCI official advised The Instances of India. “It is going to be big for them. Greater than 1000 para athletes world wide will come right here to showcase their expertise. Final 12 months, we hosted the Para Capturing World Cup in New Delhi and it was an enormous success.”
The primary ever World Para Athletics Championships passed off in 1994 in Germany.
World Para Athletics additionally introduced Dubai, Cali, Tunis and Olomouc as the primary confirmed Grand Prix of the 2025 season.
The United Arab Emirates will as soon as once more host the opening occasion of the Grand Prix calendar from February 10-13.
The Colombian and Tunisian meets will happen on Could 16-19 and June 16-18 respectively, earlier than the Czech metropolis of Olomouc will maintain the first-ever girls’s solely Grand Prix from July 3-5.
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