2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships
44th World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | World Athletics |
Edition | 44th |
Host city | Bathurst, Australia |
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The 2022 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will take place on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. It will be the event's 44th edition and the second time after Auckland in 1988 that the event will take place in Oceania.[1][2][3][4]
In March 2020 the course was revealed, to be held in the infield of the Mount Panorama Circuit.[5]
In December 2020, the event was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Australian travel restrictions.[6] The event was once again postponed to 2023 in September 2021, due to Australian travel restrictions.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Australian city of Bathurst to host 2021 IAAF World Cross Country Championships". iaaf.org.
- ^ "Australia to host IAAF World Cross Country Championships for first time after being awarded 2021 event". www.insidethegames.biz. February 28, 2019.
- ^ "Bathurst to host 2021 world cross country titles". Newcastle Herald. February 28, 2019.
- ^ "IAAF returns to Australia with 2021 World Cross Country Championships". SportBusiness. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Bathurst21 | WXC 23 | World Athletics".
- ^ "World Athletics Cross Country Championships officially moved back by year to 2022". insidethegames.biz.
- ^ "World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst postponed until 2023 | PRESS-RELEASES | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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