Newdelhi : 2021 World Athletics Championships will be held from July 15 to 22, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The decision was made to avoid possible timing with the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The Tokyo Olympics have been moved to 2021 in view of the worldwide coronavirus infection. As a result, it was decided to move the World Athletics Championships to 2022 last month. ”The World Wide Athletics Council has approved a new date. The decision was made after extensive discussions with the other two major championships to be held in July-August 2022, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, the Munich Multi-Sports European Championships and the Sports Stakeholder. ” “It’s important that athletes compete in all the world competitions,” he said. The World Athletics Championships were scheduled to take place from August 9 to 15, 2021. However, the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics set a date for the World Championships on July 23, 2021, with the Games scheduled for July 23, 2021. 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8. The European Athletics Championships will be held in Munich from August 11 to 21 of that year.
