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Qualifying period for junior and senior World Championships out
Aaron Kibet celebrates winning 3,000m steeplechase heats during World Under-20 Championships pre-trials at Nyayo National Stadium on November 21, 2020.
Photo credit: Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- World Athletics Under-20 Championships were programmed from July 7-12 this year but later pushed to August 17-22 next year owing to Covid-19 pandemic outbreak
- The new qualification windows for the world junior event are October 1, 2019 to April 5, 2020 and December 1, 2020 to August 8, 2021
- Defending world champions will be offered a wild card entry, as will the winners of the 2021 Diamond League, Race Walk Challenge, Combined Events Challenge and the leading hammer performers on the Continental Tour
World Athletics Council has approved the qualification systems for World Athletics Championships due 2022 in Oregon, United States, and World Athletics Under-20 Championships slated for Nairobi in 2021.
World Athletics Under-20 Championships were programmed from July 7-12 this year but later pushed to August 17-22 next year owing to Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
