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This afternoon London beat Doha to be awarded the honour of hosting the 2017 World Athletics Championship. I’m already looking forward to hopefully being among those watching.
Here’s how it unfolded on Twitter:
London to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships
— The Sport Review (@TheSportReview) November 11, 2011
London will host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. #bbcsportsday
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) November 11, 2011
#London to stage 2017 World Athletics Championships tweets BBC Sport Editor @DavidBondBBC http://t.co/3aKHb81n
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 11, 2011
London will host the 2017 World Athletics Championship. Nice work. Give Seb Coe the world cup job.
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) November 11, 2011
London wins bid to host World Athletics Championship in 2017 http://t.co/JKMpyl08
— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) November 11, 2011
A cracking bid from #London2017 has paid off for the capital today, fantastic news. http://t.co/1RByN9qF
— Boris Johnson (@MayorofLondon) November 11, 2011
The UK has won its bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championship http://t.co/G5fvPfS9 #dcmssport #London2017
— DCMS (@DCMS) November 11, 2011
The Prime Minister welcomes news that the UK has been awarded the right to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. http://t.co/kJ9TZjhG
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) November 11, 2011
Great news for the city and the country, well done to Lord Coe and the team #London2017
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) November 11, 2011
Late to the party but great to hear that #London will be hosting the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) November 11, 2011
Congratulations London! The World Athletics Championships will be held in London in 2017 – the first time they've been held in the UK!
— London 2012 (@London2012) November 11, 2011
Fantastic news – couldn't be happier. What a brilliant day. #World Athletics Championships
— Seb Coe (@sebcoe) November 11, 2011
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