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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

West Ham stadium stance could block London’s World Athletics Championships bid, warns Coe

A general view of the London Stadium
West Ham are so far refusing to vacate their stadium for around three weeks in September 2029. Photograph: John Walton/PA

Sebastian Coe has warned that London’s bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships could be scuppered by West Ham’s refusal to allow their stadium to be used in September.

World Athletics has made it clear to bidding cities, which it is understood also includes Rome, Munich and Nairobi as well as a mooted Indian city, that the world championships should be the grand finale to the athletics season.

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