FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 800m - Heptathlon 800m - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Heptathlon and Decathlon athletes are seen on the track after competing REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Tokyo has been selected as host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the sport's governing body announced on Thursday a day before this year's event begins in Eugene, Oregon a year later than planned due to COVID-19.
The event will return to the site of last year's Olympic Games in the year that the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) celebrates its centenary.
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