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IAAF pleased with London 2017 preparations
- Updated: September 27, 2016
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is pleased with the level of preparations for next year’s IAAF World Championships in London following a visit to the host city with AMS/Dentsu for a workshop last week.
Next summer will bring together 3300 world-class athletes from more than 200 countries who will compete in 30 sessions across 20 jam-packed and action-fuelled days as both the World ParaAthletics Championships and the IAAF World Championships are hosted by the same city in the same summer.
The IAAF World Championships will take place at the former Olympic Stadium on August 4-13 and more than a million ticket applications for the event were received during a ballot period last month.
During the visit the IAAF and AMS/Dentsu received updates from the …