Thursday, 6 December 2018

which city will host 2023 Athletics Championships?

which city will host 2023 Athletics Championships?

Options

1) Budapest

2)Bucharest

3)Kiev

4)Bratislava

answer

1) Budapest


Other details

 Budapest will host the 2023 athletics world championships, the governing IAAF announced on Tuesday.

The Hungarian capital is the first host city to be named under a new bidding process announced in February last year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

IAAF president Sebastian Coe confirmed  after a meeting of the IAAF Council in Monaco

Budapest    plans  to build a new stadium

The new stadium will be built on the eastern bank of the River Danube with a capacity of 40,000 for the championships, reduced to 15,000 for future events.

Budapest has twice hosted the IAAF world indoor championships and the European athletics championships.

The 2019 world championships will be held in Doha, Qatar, and the 2021 edition in Eugene, Oregon.

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

 It was founded on 17 July 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation by representatives from 17 national athletics federations at the organization's first congress in Stockholm, Sweden.

Headquarters: Monaco

President: Sebastian Coe

Founded: 17 July 1912, Stockholm, Sweden

Membership: 215 member federations

Budapest is Hungary’s capital

it  is bisected by the River Danube.

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Its capital, Budapest

• President    János Áder

• Prime Minister    Viktor Orbán

Currency :     Forint (HUF)