World Athletics President Seb Coe recognizes that this is a unique time for track and field.
Not only do the Olympic Games open in three months, but the sport will also have an unprecedented run of global outdoor championships in five consecutive years — Tokyo Olympics; 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon; 2023 World Championships in Budapest; Paris Olympics and 2025 World Championships at a to-be-determined venue.
A current focus is the Global Conversation, an ongoing public survey by World Athletics to shape the governing body’s decision-making through 2030. Coe also noted an emergence of linking the sport, which has a foundation of a basic human exercise of running, to recovery and re-emergence from the coronavirus pandemic.