6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

[dl]

I am not 100% certain, but I'm fairly sure that the South Korean candidate city will be Daegu (also transliterated as Taegu). I attended their track meet last September, and they made it clear they were a candidate city for 2011.

[bad hammy]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

Oceania - Australia

Assuming they won it, I wonder whether the Champs be held during the Oz summertime (like the '06 CWG), or in September (like the '00 OG)...

...or in December like the 1956 OG.

Or January like the 1974 CWG.

I agree with Garry on this - a late summer/early autumn if they go down under.

[tlb747]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

Oceania - Australia

Assuming they won it, I wonder whether the Champs be held during the Oz summertime (like the '06 CWG), or in September (like the '00 OG)...

...or in December like the 1956 OG.

I wonder if it was hard for those in the Northern Hemishpere to train for that.

[nevetsllim]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

(no specific cities named)

Africa - Morocco
Asia - South Korea & United Arab Emirates
Europe - Spain & Russia
Oceania - Australia

It's not exactly a surprise, but the Russian federation announced a couple of weeks ago that Moscow would bid for the 2011 WC. I personally think St. Petersburg would be a more interesting, and possibly more attractive choice, although I imagine the weather there is pretty similar to Helsinki.

I think it will be in Marrakech if in Morocco, Seoul and Dubai for SK and UAE, Madrid for Spain, St.Petersburg for Moscow and Melbourne for Australia]

I hope it's in Spain because it's closest to where I live

[BruceFlorman]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

(no specific cities named)

Africa - Morocco
Asia - South Korea & United Arab Emirates
Europe - Spain & Russia
Oceania - Australia

It's not exactly a surprise, but the Russian federation announced a couple of weeks ago that Moscow would bid for the 2011 WC. I personally think St. Petersburg would be a more interesting, and possibly more attractive choice, although I imagine the weather there is pretty similar to Helsinki.

[gh]

My guess (GUESS) is that the IAAF would not want to start a year with its showpiece event. If for no other reason than because the level of performance would be down markedly, and if it weren't, then a significant number of those who were in peak form in March would likely not be so when the summer series rolled around.

[Powell]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

Oceania - Australia

Assuming they won it, I wonder whether the Champs be held during the Oz summertime (like the '06 CWG), or in September (like the '00 OG)...

...or in December like the 1956 OG.

[Jon]

Re: 6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

Oceania - Australia

Assuming they won it, I wonder whether the Champs be held during the Oz summertime (like the '06 CWG), or in September (like the '00 OG)...

[dj]

The world changes, but in the early '90s one could get to Morocco on Eurail, taking a ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar. No longer, more's the pity.

[gh]

(no specific cities named)

Africa - Morocco
Asia - South Korea & United Arab Emirates
Europe - Spain & Russia
Oceania - Australia

I would posit that after Osaka '07 and Beijing '08 that South Korea will have a tough regional overload problem to overcome. My money would be on Morocco so the IAAF can get the never-in-Africa monkey off its back.