The Japanese city of Fukuoka will host the '21 edition of the FINA World
Championships and the FINA World Masters Championships, while Doha,
Qatar will host the same two competitions in '23. The decision was made
after the vote of the FINA Bureau on Sunday. Nanjing, China was the
third bidder for the organization of the championships. Doha previously
hosted the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships, while Fukuoka will
stage FINA’s showcase event for the second time, after a successful
edition in '01 (FINA). ... The Laureus World Sports Awards, which celebrate the achievements of sportsmen and sportswomen around the world, will return to Europe in '16. The Awards will be hosted in Germany for the first time, in Berlin on April 18 (Laureus). ... The Austrian city of Innsbruck will host the UCI Road World Championships in '18, "with a course for climbers likely to be created."
Reports that surfaced in October suggested that organizers of the winning bid "had put forward a road race course that would include around 4,000m of climbing." It "will be the third time that the World Championships has been held in Austria," following Villach in '87 and Salzburg in '06 (CYCLING NEWS, 2/1).
