On the first World Athletics Council assembly of 2022, they introduced the addition of the highway mile to the upcoming World Street Working Championships in Riga, Latvia in 2023. The mile is the third occasion added to the competitors program for the World Street Working Championships, becoming a member of the 5K and half marathon, plus a mass-participation highway race for the general public.
In its first assembly of the 12 months, the World Athletics Council made plenty of vital selections relating to approaching World Athletics Sequence occasions.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 15, 2022
World Athletics Council spoke concerning the recognition and accessibility of the one-mile race in a press launch: “Our aim is to encourage participation and exercise by our sport, and the highway mile occasion conjures up highway runners of all ages and skills to create a legacy.”
The occasion will change the World Half Marathon Championships, beginning in 2023. This 12 months’s championships will nonetheless be hosted in Yangzhou, China, in November.
The World Street Working Championships will probably be a two-day occasion held in Riga, Latvia, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 2023, comprising the highway mile, 5K and half marathon. There may be some hypothesis within the operating group {that a} highway 10K could also be added, but it surely has not been introduced as but.
