Preparations continue with great care before the 21 World Team Walking Championships, which will be held in Antalya on April 2024, 2024. Fatih Çintımar, President of the Turkish Athletics Federation, stated that they made great efforts to organize the event flawlessly, in which more than 49 athletes from 450 countries will participate.
Pointing out that 2024 of the 25 quotas in the Marathon Mix Relay Walking competitions, which will be held at the 22 Paris Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the Olympic Games level, will be given at the 2024 World Team Walking Championships to be held in Antalya, President Çintımar said, “The eyes of the world will be on both individual and team events.” It will be in this championship that Olympic quotas will be distributed in the category. 22 quotas will find their owners here, and for the remaining 3 quotas, countries will have to prepare for 4 special races that will take place in May. "We are continuing our preparations with a huge army, together with our Ministry of Youth and Sports, governorship, municipalities, our federation and volunteers, by evaluating even the smallest detail before the 2024 World Team Walking Championship, which is a great organization in every sense," he said.
WORLD FAMOUS ATHLETES WILL PARTICIPATE
“We are proud and happy to host the 2024 World Team Walking Championship, one of the most important organizations of world sports, in Antalya, Turkey,” said President Fatih Çintımar, adding:
“Turkey has always demonstrated great success with the international organizations it has organized so far. No one should have any doubt that he will show the same success in this important championship in the best way possible. All sports fans' eyes will be on Antalya on this big competition day, where world-famous athletes will compete fiercely during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As Turkey, which is the center of international sports organizations in the world with its experience and knowledge, we are excitedly waiting for the moment when the competitions will be held. We will closely witness the stories that will lead to victory step by step from Antalya, one of Turkey's most important tourism destinations with its historical and natural beauties. As the Ministry of Youth and Sports, we attach great importance to the development of athletics in our country, which is one of the most important pillars of the sports culture that we will leave to our children and youth. We believe that this organization will make great contributions to the further dissemination and recognition of athletics in Turkish sports. I would like to express that we will be very happy to host the valuable WA team and other valuable stakeholders in this great organization in the EXPO 2016 Botanical garden area, and I wish success to all my athlete brothers who will compete in the championship.”