Jon spoke with Seb Coe this week along with a bunch of other journalists. One thing Seb said was there will be a major new event in 2026.
Jon writes, "From 2021-2029, there will be either a World Championships or Olympics every year except 2026. But Coe says World Athletics is planning on creating a new global event to be held that year -- not a World Championships, but some sort of in-stadium track event. He declined to share many details beyond that, but suggested it will offer significant prize money.
"I didn't want the athletes to slide off the radar screen for one year in every four," Coe said. "I wanted them to have the opportunity to really showcase. We're still working on the format, much to be discussed, much to be agreed upon. But it is again totemic of the direction we want to take the sport, which is building profile for the athletes, providing competition opportunities, and unashamedly, putting more money in their pockets. So that will be a focus of the new format, particularly around prize money.""
So any predictions what you think it is?
I have no idea. I was thinking like a 1Day Worlds just with the stars but that is more along the DL final. I wonder if they'll try and do something big in the US ahead of the Olympics.