Thursday, April 16, 2015

IAAF under fire for awarding 2021 World Athletics Championships to Eugene

7:18 AM

• Governing body awarded hosting rights without bidding process

• European Athletics president left ‘very surprised’ by IAAF’s actions

• Gothenburg were also interested in hosting the 2021 event

The head of Europe’s track and field federation has expressed surprise at the “complete lack of process” in the IAAF’s decision to award the 2021 World Athletics Championships to Eugene, Oregon.


With Gothenburg also interested in hosting the 2021 event, European and Swedish officials were caught off-guard when the IAAF bypassed the usual bidding process and handed the event to the US for the first time.


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from Sport | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1CRMSg0

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