LONDON (AP) — The IAAF’s top-ranking American says there still is no prospect of the United States hosting track and field’s world championships, an event yet to be held in the country that traditionally produces big stars and dominates the medal count.
IAAF senior vice president Bob Hersh tells The Associated Press “we just don’t have the wherewithal … there is no stadium that exists that could accommodate it.”
Thirteen world championships have been held going back to the first edition in 1983, with the most recent in August in Daegu, South Korea. Nine championships have taken place in Europe, three in Asia and one in North America (Edmonton, Alberta, in 2001).
The 2013 worlds will be in Moscow and the 2015 edition in Beijing.
