Eugene awarded 2021 world athletics championships

ByReuters

Updated 16/04/2015 at 09:41 GMT

The United States will stage the world athletics championships for the first time after Eugene was surprisingly named as the 2021 host.

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Eugene lost out to Doha for the right to host the 2019 championships but the sport's world governing body said on Thursday it had decided to bypass the usual bidding process and give the 2021 edition to Eugene.

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