Full list of events in athletics calendar 2025

Neeraj Chopra will defend his javelin throw world title this season.

India will have its hands full in Athletics Calendar this year and none bigger than Tokyo World Athletics Championships where Neeraj Chopra will defend his javelin throw world title.

After earning India’s first gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, 2021 Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will lead India’s bid at the premier event of this season.

Three major events carve up the vacant space right in the middle of the calendar. The season opens with the World Athletics Relays in China (May 10-11), the next major event being the Asian Championships in South Korea (May 27-31). The World Championships in Tokyo complete the international scheduling.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) launches the Indian Open World Athletics Bronze Level Continental Tour on August 10 in Bhubaneswar, marking India’s entry into the wearing ivory as far as World Athletics’ global one-day meet circuit is concerned.

Domestic action begins with the 59th National Cross-Country Championships in Uttar Pradesh on January 12. In April, the Indian Open meets and Senior National Federation Cup takes place with significance as qualifiers for the Asian Championships, with Olympic qualification opportunities also.

Indian race walkers will not participate in the Asian Race Walking Championships to be held in Nomi, Japan in March, as priority will be given to the April national competition instead of training for the Tokyo World Championships.

Major International Athletics Tournament

Date	Event	Venue
March 21-23	World Athletics Indoor Championships	Nanjing (CHN)
April 26	Wanda Diamond League Xiamen	Egret Stadium, Xiamen (CHN)
May 3	Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou (CHN)
May 10-11	World Athletics Relays	Guangzhou (CHN)
May 16	Doha Meeting	Doha (QAT)
May 25	Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat	Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat (MAR)
May 27-31	Asian Championships	South Korea
June 6	Golden Gala	Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA)
June 12	Oslo Bislett Games	Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
June 15	BAUHAUS-Galan	Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE)
June 20	Meeting de Paris	Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA)
July 5	Prefontaine Classic	Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)
July 11	Herculis Meeting International d’Athlétisme EBS	Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON)
July 19	London Athletics Meet	Olympic Stadium, London (GBR)
August 16	Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (POL)
August 20	Athletissima Lausanne	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI)
August 22	Memorial van Damme	Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL)
August 27-28	Weltklasse Zürich	Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI)
September 13-21	World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025	National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)
September 26-28	World Athletics Road Running Championships	San Diego, CA (USA)

Domestic Competition

Date	Event	Venue
January 12	59th National Cross-Country Championships	Uttar Pradesh
March 20	Fourth Indian Open Throws Competition	Reliance Academy, Mumbai
April 21-24	National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships	Panchkula, Haryana
April 27	World 10k	Bengaluru, Karnataka
August 7	Fourth National Javelin Day Competition	All States and UTs
August 10	First Indian Open World Athletics Bronze Level Continental Tour	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
August 20-24	64th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
September 27-30	64th National Open Athletics Championships	Pune/Bengaluru
October 10-14	40th National Junior Athletics Championships	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
December 21	World 25k	Kolkata, West Bengal

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