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Read on for competitive odds on the latest athletics meets from around the world. We have details of the next Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships and more.
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Top Athletics Competitions To Bet On
Like all top sports, the athletics calendar offers a wealth of exciting events taking place around the world. Let’s take a look at the main ones to look out for.
Olympics
Held every four years, the next Olympic Games will take place in France in summer 2024. The first official Olympic Games was back in 1896 in Athens and covered 43 events. Today, athletes participate in 339 events, ranging from track and field to swimming, gymnastics and volleyball. In fact, we will see some new additions to the events schedule in 2024 with climbing, surfing and skateboarding joining the show.
IAAF World Athletics Championships
Running every two years, Budapest is next to host the World Championships this summer, followed by Tokyo in 2025. There’s a packed schedule to look forward to with 49 events held across nine days. Road events will take up the morning slots across five separate days leading up to the crowd favourite track events each evening.
European Athletics Championships
Like the World Championships, the European Championships runs biannually — in June 2024 the action is set to take place in Rome, 50 years since the Italian capital last hosted the event. It will also be the first time walking events are scheduled during an Olympic year, as until this point they have been excluded when the two events meet in one year. Excitingly for the Brits, the 2026 Championships will be hosted at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
Commonwealth Games
Like the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games is quadrennial. The next event is scheduled for March 2026 in Victoria, Australia. It’s a huge event that sees over 5,000 athletes participate in 19 different sports. England achieved a total of 176 medals from the 12 day event in 2022, finishing second in the medals table behind Australia, while Canada came third. This will be the sixth time Australia have hosted the Games, meaning we should be in for a well prepared and thrilling couple of weeks.
Diamond League
The Diamond League calendar comprises 14 annual athletics meetings featuring elite athletes in track and field competitions. This year has seen events in Paris, Oslo, Monaco, London, with the last one in September held in Eugene, Oregon. The first Diamond League meet was in 2010 when it took over from the IAAF Golden League. Looking at the medals table, Great Britain stands in fifth position, joint with Germany and behind Ethiopia, Jamaica, Kenya, and the USA in top spot.
Paralympics
Tokyo held the venue for the 2020 Paralympics, making it the first city to host the games on two occasions. The next Games will be in Paris from 28 August 2024, showcasing the sporting excellence of over 4,400 athletes across 12 days. With 22 sports and more than 540 events, it’s sure to be a thrilling spectacle.
British Championships
This event began in 2007 when it took over from the previous AAA Championships. Held annually, the British Championships has routinely taken place in either Manchester or Birmingham. It’s a busy competition that features over 800 of our best athletes competing across two days. If competitors needed any more motivation to win, places will be up for grabs for the GB and NI team heading to Budapest later this year for the World Athletics Championships.
Best Athletics Events To Bet On
So you know which competitions are in preparation for the coming months, but what events will feature? Race schedules each follow a similar format, with most fans particularly excited for the finale sprint and relay events. Let’s see what else you can look forward to watching.
- 100m – Viewed as one of the most highly anticipated events in athletics.
- 200m – Another popular event that covers half of the track.
- Hurdles – Held over 400m, plus 100m for women and 110m for men.
- 400m – A lung-busting event that covers the whole track.
- 800m – A middle-distance event where athletes run twice around the track.
- 1500m – The race covers three and three-quarter laps of the track.
- 5k – Held as a road race.
- 10k – Held as a road race.
- Marathon – Over 26.2 miles, this road race is the ultimate in endurance running.
- Steeplechase – Set over 3000m of the track with 28 fixed barriers to jump and 7 water jumps.
- Relays – These four-person events are usually 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m.
- Long Jump - A track and field event that falls under the category of horizontal jumps.
- Triple Jump - Another horizontal jump event that is made-up of a combination of three distinct phases of jumping,
- Discus Throw - A throwing event where athletes throw a round flat object as far as possible within a designated throwing area.
- Javelin Throw - In this event, athletes throw a spear-like object as far as possible within a designated throwing area.
- Hammer Throw - Athletes compete to throw a heavy hammer as far as possible within a designated throwing area.
- Decathlon – Men’s only competition containing ten individual events.
- Heptathlon – Women’s only competition containing seven individual events.
- Pole Vault – Athletes use a long and flexible pole to jump over a bar.
- Shot Put – The men’s world record of 23.37m has been held by Ryan Crouser since 1992. Natalya Lisovskaya’s 22.63m world record has been in place since 1962.
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