Eugene Awarded World Champs in 2021!

Wow...

world champs attendee wrote:

Is it true? World Champs coming back to US?

http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eugene-awarded-2021-iaaf-world-championships

If the World Champs have never been held in the US, how are the coming back to the US?

Just purchased my tickets. I'll see you all there.

Is it true? World Champs coming back to US?

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/04/eugene-to-host-2021-iaaf-world-championships/

vivalarepublica wrote:

Just purchased my tickets. I'll see you all there.

Nice try. Tickets aren't on sale.

A very surprising development.

Here is a good analysis of the development and who deserve credit (he says five people - Vin Lananna, Bob Fasulo, Max Siegel, Lamine Diack, and Seb Coe) by Alan Abrahamson:

Also the Eugene Register Guard article on the development:

Here is the IAAF article:

Here's an excerpt from Alan's piece:http://www.3wiresports.com/2015/04/16/eugene-gets-the-2021-track-championships/I was going to change it QOD but like the Makau Boston quote.

Abrahmson wrote:

That Eugene could grab the 2021 worlds is testament, in large measure, to the vision and tenacity of five people: Vin Lananna, who championed the 2019 bid and would not give up; Bob Fasulo, his consultant and former U.S. Olympic Committee international relations director; Siegel; Diack; and Seb Coe, the IAAF vice president.

Coe headed the 2019 evaluation process and throughout played it studiously neutral. Even so, from the beginning he understood — anyone would — the power of having a championships in the United States.

In a phone call from Beijing, he said of Thursday’s vote, “This was a strategic opportunity that the council could not overlook.

“We have to be entirely open about this: we have found it difficult to engage the United States at this level of track and field.]

I thought you said this could never happen after Stephanie Hightower replaced Bob Hersh as the US' IAAF rep?

Why isn't Bob getting any credit or mention in this announcment? Did he really have NOTHING to do with this decision?

world champs attendee wrote:

Is it true? World Champs coming back to US?

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/04/eugene-to-host-2021-iaaf-world-championships/

I heard it on the BBC news blurb while driving into work just now!!

What fantastic news! Congrats Eugene, see you there.

So excited that we're showcasing our country to the world by hosting this in our 155th largest city!

Once an Expert wrote:

So excited that we're showcasing our country to the world by hosting this in our 155th largest city!

Size isn't everything.

Yeah, because showcasing your country in an empty stadium would be really good. Eugene will have an amazing atmosphere and host an insanely cool event. There is no other place in the US that could host anything close to the even that Eugene will.

Size doesn't matter in this context, how the event is staged does.

Given the susceptibility of these decisions to influen$e and corruption, I wonder what went down to make the IAAF break procedure like this.

It's a good thing that it is being hosted. I am worried that some shady goings-on occurred for it to turn out the way it did...

rojo wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Just purchased my tickets. I'll see you all there.

Nice try. Tickets aren't on sale.

That's what you think. I've got a guy.

Overall, I'm wondering who got paid off and who did the paying for this to happen. And where the heck are they going to put the track? Convert the football stadium? There isn't enough room in the current space around Hayward Field for outward growth for a big stadium, unless they knock down a few building.

vivalarepublica wrote:

That's what you think. I've got a guy.

Nope.

I'd guess it was a combination of:

1) money

2) Eugene presents a stable back-up option for 2019 if it's looking like Qatar's plan for the event goes pear-shaped.

Earlier this year in swimming, Guadalajara, Mexico bailed on hosting the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, and instead of going back to the beginning with rebiddng, FINA awarded the event to Budapest, Hungary, which had been set to host the 2019 version of the event.

If you've got a worst case with Qatar, easier to have your designated alternate option just have to speed up their timeline rather than rebid and have bid & organizing committees try to come up with something fro mscratch.

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Quid pro quo. Hightower takes care of Nike, Nike throws some money at IAAF to ensure they get the meet, making Hightower look good.