London selected to host 2017 World Championships, release from IAAF, note by Larry Eder

The wait is over. By a vote of 16 to 10, the IAAF has selected the host of the 2017 World Championships as London….

2011 WC 5,000 meters, Mo Farah, Bernard Lagat, photo by PhotoRun.net

11 November 2011

London selected to host 2017 World Championships

Monaco – London was selected to host the 2017 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced in Monaco today.

London was selected over Doha for the right to host the 16th edition of the World Championships.

The 2013 edition will be hosted by Moscow, RUS (10 – 18 August 2013), followed by Beijing, CHN in 2015 (22 – 30 August 2015).

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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