World Athletics awarded future championships to India, Kazakhstan and China
The March council decisions assigned indoor editions to Odisha and Astana, and a race-walking event to Hefei.
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World Athletics announced on March 19, 2026 that Odisha, India, and Astana, Kazakhstan, had been selected to host the 2028 and 2030 World Athletics Indoor Championships. The decisions were made at its council meeting in Toruń, Poland. [1]
The federation set March 3–5, 2028 for the Odisha edition and March 15–17, 2030 for Astana. Its announcement described the 2028 competition as the first global track-and-field championship to be hosted by India. Odisha is a state, rather than the name of a single host city. [1]
The council also awarded the 2028 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Hefei, China, with April 9 listed as the event date. That is a separate competition from the two indoor championships. [1]
These were hosting decisions, not competition results or confirmation that every operational detail was settled. The archived announcement provides the original host and date assignments; later event guidance remains the relevant source for venue details, qualification information and attendance plans. [1]
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- World Athletics: World Athletics awards championships to China, India and Kazakhstan ↗
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