Getting all of the world's best sprinters, fully peaked, at a Nairobi Worlds at 5,289 feet of elevation in 2029 might be the best opportunity we get to see 9.58/19.19 and 10.49/21.34 broken. Men's 100/200 WRs have stood since '09, women's since '88.

World Athletics Council voted in Budapest this week to award the 2029 World Championships to Nairobi and the 2031 edition to Munich, from a field of four bids that also included London and Rome. 🏟️ 🌍 This will be the first time the senior World Championships have been staged in Africa ‼️ 🗣️ World Athletics President Seb Coe: "With this Council decision today, we continue to fulfil our mission of growing athletics worldwide with the hosting of our World Athletics Championships in Asia, Africa and Europe over its next three editions. Nairobi and Munich ultimately presented two compelling propositions. They offer very different but equally exciting opportunities for our sport, and I am delighted that we can now begin working with both cities to stage two world-class championships.” 🇰🇪 Kenya 2029 Nairobi bid for 2025 and lost to Tokyo, with infrastructure identified as the weak point. However, the 48,000-seat capacity Kasarani Stadium is undergoing a complete structural renovation ahead of AFCON 2027, which Kenya will co-host with Tanzania and Uganda. Nairobi hosted the 2017 World U18s, which drew packed houses at Kasarani, and the 2021 World U20s. 68% of Kenyans surveyed by World Athletics in fan research rated their interest in track and field as high, against a 39% global average, which made them the most track and field-interested market they have measured. 🇩🇪 Munich 2031 Germany gets the World Championships back for the first time since Berlin 2009. Action will return to the Olympic Stadium that drew an estimated 267,000 track and field fans during the 2022 European Championships.

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME 🤯 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 🇺🇸 CRUSHES her second World Ultimate final as she wins the 200m in a huge PB of 21.47, moving up to #3 all-time. Jefferson-Wooden put a huge gap on runner-up Gabby Thomas, second in 21.77, as Americans sweep the top three with Kayla White running 21.93. Only Shericka Jackson and Florence Griffith Joyner have ever run faster.

THE FIRST DOUBLE CHAMPION 🥇🥇 Kenny Bednarek 🇺🇸 makes history as the first athlete to claim two World Ultimate titles, adding the 200m to his 100m with a HUGE 19.52 run and lifetime best, good for #7 all-time. Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 runs a season’s best 19.76 for second as Courtney Lindsey 🇺🇸 finishes third in 19.79, his best time of 2026 as well.

Sinesipho Dambile running 19.80, comfortably into a very slight headwind?🤔 I might need to speak with a few people after the 200m final👀

Sheesh! Saly Sarr already out to 15.06m (+0.3) in the 1st round of the Women's Triple Jump!

Three days. Four races. Big payday. 💰 Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸 completes one of the most ambitious championship doubles in track and field history, finishing second in both the 400m and 400m hurdles to take home $150,000 in total prize money at the World Ultimate Championship. Benjamin ended his long weekend with a season’s best 46.40 in the hurdles, the third fastest time of his career.

THIS RIVALRY ALWAYS DELIVERS ‼️ The Big Three of the 400m hurdles provides a thriller of a final once again, as Alison dos Santos 🇧🇷 gets a World Ultimate title to go with his world record and Diamond League title and he, Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸, and Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 all break 47 seconds. After being pushed by Warholm early and Benjamin late, dos Santos breaks the tape in 45.98, becoming the first man in history under 46 seconds on multiple occasions. Benjamin completes his ambitious 400/400H double with a 46.40 season’s best for second as Warholm hangs on for third in 46.78.