Scheduled for San Diego in September, the Road Race World Championships will ultimately not take place in California. World Athletics announced the decision on Wednesday, "following in-depth discussions" with the local organizing committee. The FI hopes to be able to find another opportunity to organize an event in San Diego in the future". No reason is given to justify this change. World Athletics "is currently in talks with other potential hosts" and plans toannounce new competition venue shortly. “We were really looking forward to welcoming the running world to San Diego in September, but unfortunately it won’t be this time, said Tracy Sundlun, the head of the organizing committee. For now, all of our team members will do everything in their power to helping World Athletics ensure a smooth transition of the 2025 Championships to a new site. The first edition of the event took place in 2023 in Riga, Latvia. For 2026, it was awarded to Copenhagen.
