Track and Field World Championships

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Eugene, Oregon, which is known as Tracktown, USA and home of the University of Oregon, was awarded the 2021 World Track and Field Championships last Thursday. Eugene was given the championships without a bidding process. 

The governing body of track, the IAAF, said the decision was the "desire to break into the key American market. We have to give it to Eugene, to a city where athletics (track) is like a religion," said IAAF president Lamine Diack.

The 2021 World Championships will be hosted at University of Oregon's Hayward Field. The stadium with be rebuilt to accommodate 32,000 spectators.

Hayward Field will host the Nike Prefontaine Classic, NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships and USAT
F Championships this year.