The countdown is on. It is now 50 days until China makes her debut as host of the World Indoor Athletics Championships. The action takes place here in Nanjing with over 700 of the world’s top track and field athletes attending.
Over on the championships’ website, the clock is ticking.
Tickets went on sale at 10am on 16 January. Three classes of tickets are available, for two sessions over the three days from 13 to 15 March. The daytime session is the cheaper of the two, with tickets priced from ¥50-200. The big-ticket events are scheduled for the evening sessions, for which tickets cost ¥200-600.
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A day-by-day schedule for the Championships can be found on the World Athletics website.
Buying Tickets for the World Indoor Athletics Championships
There are 2,950 spectator seats in the Nanjing Cube, meaning that over the six sessions, almost 18,000 tickets are available. At time of writing, all classes of tickets in all sessions were still available. Payment is via PayPal. For those wishing to pay by other means, tickets can also be bought on several Chinese ticketing sites, including Damai, Maoyan and 228.com.cn.
Tickets are not assigned to a particular seat. Instead, sit anywhere you want in the designated zone for the ticket class purchased. A seating plan can be seen in the ticketing section of the official website.
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The World Indoor Athletics Championships comprises 14 disciplines for both men and women, specifically the 60, 400, 800, 1500 and 3000 metres; 60 metres hurdles; 4×400 metres relay; heptathlon and pentathlon; high, long and triple jump; pole vault and shot put.
This meet shall be China’s first significant track and field event since the 2015 Beijing World Athletics Championships. The Championships are also the last major meet of the World Athletics Federation before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
