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IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 London.<\/h1>\n

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IAAF World Championship London 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

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World Athletics Championships 2017 is an athletics competition that takes place in 2017 in London, the capital of Great Britain, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). This is the first World Cup in the UK and the eleventh in Europe. London also hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times. This tournament was the 16th World Championships.<\/p>\n

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IAAF World Championship London 2017 Olympic Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

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How IAAF choice of the city for World Athletics Championships 2017:<\/h2>\n

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\nInitially, three cities expressed a desire to host the World Cup in their own country – Istanbul, Rome and Doha. On March 17, 2011, the IAAF announced that five cities had confirmed their intentions for the organization of the championship – London, Doha, Berlin, Budapest and Barcelona. Until September 4, all cities except London and Doha were removed. The IAAF chose the venue for the championship at a meeting of the IAAF Council in Monaco on November 11, 2011. Doha was then given the right to host the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n

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London Olympic stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

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Choosing a mascot for World Athletics Championships 2017:<\/h2>\n

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\nTalismans for the championship and paralympic games were presented in April 2017, and were selected at the contest of children’s drawings organized by the BBC program “Blue Peter”. Talismans are “everyday” species that are endangered in the UK; The mascot of the championship is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero, the mascot of the paralympic games is a bee Down.<\/p>\n

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Hero IAAF World Championship London 2017 mascot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

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From Heathrow Airport to London Olympic stadium:<\/h3>\n

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\nPrice \u00a3192
\nTravel time 1 hours 22 minutes
\nDistance 59.5 miles<\/p>\n

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From Gatwick Airport to London Olympic stadium:<\/h3>\n

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\nPrice \u00a3157
\nTravel time 1 hour 44 minutes
\nDistance 52.6 miles<\/p>\n

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From London City Airport to London Olympic stadium:<\/h3>\n

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\nPrice \u00a342
\nTravel time 25 minutes
\nDistance 6.1 miles<\/p>\n