How Kenya won its bid for 2029 World Athletics Championships
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon completed a Kenyan one-two in the women's 5,000m at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, where Kenya won seven golds to finish second in the medal tableByRob StevensBBC Sport AfricaKenya's President William Ruto says the World Athletics Championship will be "coming home", with Nairobi set to make history after being selected as the first African city to host the event in 2029.
Expanding athleticsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala, pictured competing at the Kasarani Stadium in 2023, said it had "always been a dream" to see the country host a major championshipsLord Coe became president of World Athletics (then known as the IAAF) in 2015 and has pledged to grow the sport around the globe.
Athletics is the country's second-most followed sport, behind only football, and when World Athletics assessed its social media channels, Kenya was the fourth-highest nation in terms of followers.
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