2018 IAAF World Challenge

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2018 IAAF World Challenge
Edition9th
Meetings9
Start date19 May
End date4 September
2017
2019

The 2018 IAAF World Challenge was the ninth edition of the annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured a total of nine meetings, with the meetings remaining unchanged from the previous year. The host venue of the Brazilian leg of the series moved from São Bernardo do Campo to Bragança Paulista. [1] [2]

IAAF World Challenge

The IAAF World Challenge is an annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). First held in 2010, it replaced the IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Super Grand Prix series to form the second tier of international one-day meetings, after the IAAF Diamond League. Unlike the Diamond League, the IAAF World Challenge comprises stand-alone meetings, and no overall winners are crowned.

Track and field Sport involving running, jumping and throwing disciplines

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International Association of Athletics Federations international governing body for the sport of athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded on 17 July 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation by representatives from 17 national athletics federations at the organization's first congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Since October 1993, it has been headquartered in Monaco.

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Schedule

NumberDateMeetStadiumCityCountryEvents (M+W)
1 Jamaica International Invitational 19 May Independence Park Kingston Jamaica
2 Golden Grand Prix Osaka 20 May Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Kawasaki Japan
3 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games 3 June Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion Hengelo Netherlands
4 Paavo Nurmi Games 5 June Paavo Nurmi Stadium Turku Finland
5 Golden Spike Ostrava 13 June Městský stadion Ostrava Czech Republic
5 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 22 June Centro Deportivo Municipal Moratalaz Madrid Spain
3 Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo 8 July Bragança Paulista National Training Centre Bragança Paulista Brazil
8 ISTAF Berlin 2 September Olympiastadion Berlin Germany
9 Hanžeković Memorial 3–4 September Sportski Park Mladost Zagreb Croatia

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References

  1. IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2017. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2018. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.