 | This article documents a current athletics meeting series. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (February 2024) |
| 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | World Athletics |
| Edition | 5th |
| Dates | 15 February – 8 September (Gold level) |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour, also known as the 2024 Continental Tour, is the 5th season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by World Athletics. The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the 2024 Diamond League.
The Continental Tour was divided into four levels – Gold, Silver, Bronze and Challenger – each of which have different levels of competition and different prize offerings.
The 2024 Tour will be used by some athletes as a chance to secure World Athletics Rankings points used to qualify for athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
The Botswana Golden Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be a Gold-level meeting, but it was cancelled on 29 March due to administrative disagreements about whether meet founder Glody Dube or the Botswanan government would organize the event. Mmegi reported that a source told them, "World Athletics reportedly wants to rope in an American company in conjunction with the government to take over the organisation of the event, which is scheduled for April 14". Dube sued World Athletics, and by late March, the lawsuit was still ongoing and the Botswana Athletics Association had to cancel.[2][3]
- ^ "Paris 2024 in mind, Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar to compete in European continental tour". International Olympic Committee.
- ^ Dube, Mqondisi (2024-02-20). "Showdown looms over Golden Grand Prix". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ Writer, Staff (2024-03-30). "BAA wants Grand Prix cancelled". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2024-03-31.