Root against Eugene? TrackTown bid for 2019 IAAF worlds pivotal

If Eugene loses bid for 2019 kiddie worlds, it might be open for 2018 WMA outdoor worlds.

Contrary to an August report in Athletics Weekly, WMA doesn’t have four bids in hand for the 2018 World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships. That’s the word from my WMA source. In other words, we don’t know if Barcelona, Spain; Cardiff, Wales; Gothenburg, Sweden; and Toronto, Canada are in the running. My source says: “WMA … had before the September cutoff up to six bids of interest (not bids). Of these, several pulled out in July and by the final dates. … it was clear that we needed to consider other possible bids, so for this reason we have extended this to the 20th December, and thus the new deadline.” But I’ve also learned that my fantasy of Eugene hosting 2018 is a possibility. But only if it fails to win 2019 IAAF worlds, I’m told. Hayward Field at the University of Oregon would probably be shut down for a while to bring it up to IAAF standards (and seating) for 2019 worlds. Eugene is a finalist against Doha and Barcelona. “The host city for the IAAF World Championships 2019 will be decided in Monaco by IAAF Council on Tuesday 18 November 2014, following the final presentations made by the three candidates,” IAAF says.

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October 19, 2014

3 Responses

  1. David E. Ortman (M61), Seattle, WA - October 19, 2014

    Yes, WAVA was last in Eugene in 1989. The results list W35 and M40 as the youngest age groups. An odd bit of discrimination, as I might have competed if they had had a M35 age group.

    1995 (Buffalo NY – North America)
    1997 (South Africa)
    1999 (England)
    2001 (Australia)
    2003 (Puerto Rico)
    2005 (Spain-Europe)
    2007 (Italy-Europe)
    2009 (Finland-Europe)
    2011 (Sacramento, CA – North America)
    2013 (South America)
    2015 (France-Europe)
    2016 (Australia)
    2018 ??
    It would be nice for the US/Canada to win the bid.

  2. Tommy Aunan - October 20, 2014

    Eugene would be a bulls eye location for me since in 2018 I plan for 3 world masters championships and two of them would be in USA if Eugene got serious about hosting and winning the bid (xc-ski will be in Minneapolis)

  3. Ken Stone - November 18, 2014

    Doha beats Eugene:
    http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/2019-iaaf-world-championships

    A win for masters? Return of WMA worlds possible!

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