The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships will start on Sunday in the Turkish Riviera resort city of Antalya, the very first time Türkiye has hosted the event.
In the event to be held in the EXPO 2016 area, 431 athletes from 52 countries will compete for spots in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, set to start in July.
In the MIX relay, held by World Athletics (WA) for the first time in this championship, 127 athletes will compete.
Representing Türkiye in the championship will be Meryem Bekmez, Kader Dost, Ayse Tekdal, Emine Ceylan, Elif Nur Ozbey, Selin Cadir, Salih Korkmaz, Mazlum Demir, Hayrettin Yildiz, Sahin Senoduncu, Ozan Bayram, Diyar Bayram, Harun Bilir, Tulin Ek, Esma Oztekin, Serife Berra Guven, Mehmet Gungor, Seyhmus Capat and Ilhan Govce.
The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, known as the Lugano Cup after the city where it was first held until 2016, was first organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1961.
Below is a list of the countries and cities that have hosted the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships through this years, including 2024:
YearCityCountry
1961 Lugano Switzerland
1963 Varese Italy
1965 Pescara Italy
1967 Bad Saarow East Germany
1970 Eschborn West Germany
1973 Lugano Switzerland
1975 Grand-Quevilly France
1977 Milton Keynes United Kingdom
1979 Eschborn West Germany
1981 Valencia Spain
1983 Bergen Norway
1985 St John's, Isle of Man Isle of Man
1987 New York City United States
1989 L'Hospitalet Spain
1991 San Jose United States
1993 Monterrey Mexico
1995 Beijing China
1997 Podebrady Czech Republic
1999 Mezidon-Canon France
2002 Turin Italy
2004 Naumburg Germany
2006 La Coruna Spain
2008 Cheboksary Russia
2010 Chihuahua Mexico
2012 Saransk Russia
2014 Taicang China
2016 Rome Italy
2018 Taicang China
2020 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Muscat Oman
2024 Antalya Türkiye
