Doha leaves IPC 'spoilt for choice' for 2015 World Championships
The 2015 IPC World Championships will take place at the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. IPC Athletics has confirmed the dates – 19-28 November – and venue following a three-day visit by officials to the Qatari capital last week.
The 15,000-seat arena, home to the Qatar Sports Club, has an eight-lane track and annually hosts the first IAAF Diamond League meeting of the year.
The IPC Athletics senior manager, Ryan Montgomery, said: "We were extremely impressed with all the facilities we saw during our three-day visit to Doha and were quite frankly spoilt for choice."
Adjacent to the stadium there is also an eight-lane warmup track, while the teams will be able to use the tracks at Al Saad Club and Al Arabi Club for training.
"Doha as a city has a superb track record for staging major international sporting events and the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium is no stranger to hosting major athletics meetings," Montgomery said.
"The 2015 World Championships will be the last major global gathering of athletes ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and there can be few venues in the world with a more spectacular backdrop with the Doha skyline overlooking the track.
"All the facilities athletes will use during the championships are world class and in close proximity to hotel accommodation. I am confident that as a result of the conditions created for athletes we will see many record-breaking performances." (Source)
