{"id":45634,"date":"2026-09-16T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45634"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:20:48","slug":"world-athletics-backs-kenya-bid-to-host-african-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/world-athletics-backs-kenya-bid-to-host-african-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"World Athletics backs Kenya bid to host African World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has highlighted the importance of bringing the World Athletics Championships to Africa, highlighting Kenya&#8217;s position as a global track and field powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya stands second on the all-time World Athletics Championships medal table behind the United States, cementing its legacy as a premier global hub for distance running. Research conducted by World Athletics revealed that Kenya represents the most passionate market for track and field among surveyed nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Nairobi on the significance of awarding hosting rights to the continent when conditions align, Coe noted that the capital possesses the required infrastructure and support to advance sports development regionally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was important that the world championships comes to Africa when we have the right host, the right bid and the right circumstances,&#8221; Coe stated. &#8220;Nairobi has demonstrated that this is the moment to supercharge the development of our sport in Kenya and across Africa and leaving a compelling legacy that will inspire a continent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45635,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-45634","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"World Athletics President Sebastian Coe backs Nairobi to host World Championships","published_date":"2026-09-16 11:11:00","news_description":"World Athletics President Sebastian Coe backs Nairobi to host World Championships","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45636,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45634\/revisions\/45636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}