(ATR) Qualifications for PyeongChang 2018 highlight this year’s winter world championships across the globe.
With a little more than a year left until the next Winter Olympics and Paralympics in South Korea, winter sports federations are getting their athletes and organizers prepared for the marquee event.
Two of the upcoming world championships will also serve as test events for the PyeongChang 2018 Games. The ISU World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships will take place from Feb. 9-12 while the World Wheelchair Curling Championships take place from Mar. 4-11, both at Gangneung Ice Arena.
Major Winter Sports Events in 2017
Jan. 27-29: FIL World Championships – Innsbruck, Austria
Feb. 6-19: IBU World Championships – Hochfilzen, Austria
Feb. 6-19: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – St Moritz, Switzerland
Feb. 9-12: World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Gangneung, Korea
Feb. 17-26: IBSF World Championships – Koenigsee, Germany
Feb. 21-March 5: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships – Lahti, Finland
Feb. 25-26: World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Calgary, Canada
March 4-5: World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Hamar, Norway
March 4-11: World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2017 – Gangneung, Korea
March 6-19: FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships - Sierra Nevada, Spain
March 7-19: FIS Snowboarding World Championships – Sierra Nevada, Spain
March 10-12: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
March 18-26: World Women’s Curling Championship – Beijing, China
March 29-April 2: World Figure Skating Championships - Helsinki, Finland
March 31-April 7: Women’s Ice Hockey World Championships – Plymouth, Michigan
April 1-9: Ford World Men’s Curling Championship – Edmonton, Canada
May 5-21: IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship – Cologne, Germany & Paris, France
While the Olympic focus shifts to winter sports in PyeongChang, summer Olympic federations will also earn their share of the spotlight in 2017 with a number of world championships.
The 2017 summer sport season features the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, IAAF World Athletics Championships in London and AIBA World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, Germany among numerous other competitions.
Bid cities for the 2024 Summer Olympics are also staging world championships in 2017. Budapest, Hungary is hosting the FINA championships while Paris, France is hosting the World Handball and United World Wresting Championships.
Los Angeles will likely be involved with preparations for the Weightlifting World Championships taking place in Anaheim, California if it is awarded the host city contract by the IOC in September.
Summer Sport Championships in 2017
Jan. 11-29: Men’s World Handball Championship – Paris, France
April 12-16: UCI Track World Championships – Hong Kong
May 29-June 5: ITTF World Table Tennis Championships – Dusseldorf, Germany
June 24-30: WTF World Taekwondo Championships – Muju, South Korea
July 15-30: 17th FINA World Championships – Budapest, Hungary
July 15-23: IPC Athletics World Championships – London, Great Britain
July 26-30: UCI BMX World Championships – Rock Hill, South Carolina
Aug. 5-13: IAAF World Athletics Championships – London, Great Britain
Aug. 21-27: TOTAL BWF World Championships – Glasgow, Scotland
Aug. 23-27: ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Racice, Czech Republic
Aug. 29- Sep. 3: FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship – Pesaro, Italy
Aug. 30-Sep. 11: ISSF World Championships in Shotgun – Moscow, Russia
Sep. 5-10: UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Cairns, Australia
Sep. 12-17: World Para Archery Championships – Beijing, China
Sep. 21-26: UWW World Championships – Paris, France
Sep. 23-Oct. 1: FISA World Rowing Championships – Sarasota, Florida
Sep. 27-Oct. 1: ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Pau, France
Oct. 2-15: AIBA World Boxing Championships – Hamburg, Germany
Oct. 2-10: Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – Montreal, Canada
Nov. 28-Dec. 5: IWF World Championships – Anaheim, California
All dates and events taken from websites of International Federations and Association of Summer Olympic International Federations.
Compiled by Gerard Farek
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