2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships Moved From San Diego

World Athletics has announced that the 2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships will no longer take place in San Diego.

World Athletics is currently talking to other potential hosts for the event, which was set to take place in September. The organization expects to announce a new location shortly.

“We would like to thank the San Diego 25 team for their work over the last few months and hope we are able to find another opportunity to host a World Athletics event in San Diego in the future,” World Athletics said in a statement.

San Diego would have been the first U.S. city to host the World Athletics Road Running Championships. The event was scheduled to include distances of one mile, 5km and half marathon.

“We really looked forward to welcoming the running world to San Diego this September but sadly it is not to be at this time,” said Tracy Sundlun, CEO of San Diego 25. “For now, all of us here on Team San Diego will do everything in our power to assist World Athletics in the seamless transition of the 2025 Championships to a new venue.”

The inaugural Road Running Championships took place in 2023 in Riga, Latvia. World Athletics has awarded the 2026 Road Running Championships to Copenhagen.