Kenyan capital to host Africa’s first Athletics Worlds, beating bids from London, Munich and Rome.
Revealed On 15 Sep 2026
Nairobi will host the World Athletics Championships in 2029, beating off competitors from London, Munich and Rome to change into the primary African hosts, World Athletics has introduced.
The 2031 championships shall be held in Munich, observe and subject’s governing physique mentioned after a council assembly on Tuesday in Budapest, host to the just lately concluded Final Championship.
“We have been lucky to have 4 excellent bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not a simple determination for the Council,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe advised a press convention.
The 2027 occasion has already been awarded to Beijing.
“This council determination right now means we’re in a position to ship our World Athletics Championships in Asia, Africa, and Europe over its subsequent three editions,” the Briton added.
“Taking our championships to Africa for the primary time shall be historic. Nairobi has introduced a compelling and emotional bid.”
Coe added: “It was vital that the world championship ought to come to Africa after we had the appropriate host, the appropriate bid, and the appropriate circumstances.
“Nairobi has demonstrated emphatically that that is their second to supercharge the event of our sport in Kenya and throughout Africa, leaving a compelling legacy that conjures up a continent.”
Kenya, which failed with a bid for the 2025 world championships, has beforehand hosted the 2007 World Cross Nation Championships in Mombasa, the World Underneath-18 Championships in Nairobi in 2017, and the World Underneath-20 Championships within the capital in 2021.
Nairobi additionally staged the 2010 African Athletics Championships.
“Having additionally been a part of the bidding course of for 2025, the (Nairobi) crew understood and grasped what was required, and got here again with a stronger proposition, and a renovated Kasarani Stadium, which is at the moment present process a whole overhaul forward of internet hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027,” mentioned Coe.
