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 |
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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]
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- ^ "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.