2024 World Athletics Continental Tour Maurie Plant Meet: What To Know
2024 World Athletics Continental Tour Maurie Plant Meet: What To Know
Everything you need to know to watch the 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne on FloTrack on Feb. 15.
The 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne is one of more than 200 World Athletics Contintental Tour events, and you don’t want to miss any of the action from Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The 2024 edition of the World Athletics Continental Tour Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne is the first of 13 Gold-level events on the 2024 Continental Tour schedule, and it will attract elite track & field athletes from across the globe.
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Take this opportunity to watch some of the world’s best track & field stars compete in a variety of races and events. They’ll be battling for medals, prize money and world ranking points. There are even additional bonuses for breaking a world record!
Who: Elite Track & Field Athletes
When: Feb. 15, 2024
Where: Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Watch: LIVE on FloTrack
Men’s competitions at the 2024 Maurie Plant Meet will include races of 100, 200, 800 and 5,000 meters, a mile run, 110-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, discus and triple jump.
Women’s will compete in the 100-, 200-, 800- and 5,000-meter races, 100-meter hurdles, high jump, javelin and discus throw.
There also will be a mixed 4x400 relay.
About Lakeside Stadium
Lakeside Stadium is one of three world-class venues that make up State Sport Centres, joining the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and State Netball and Hockey Centre.
The facilities are available to athletes of all ages and skill levels, with a goal being to get people excited about sports and healthy activity, while being inspired to be their best.
Lakeside Stadium, appropriately named because it is on the northern end of Albert Park Lake, meets many international standards, meaning it can host a variety of top-tier events. It also is known as the home of Victorian Athletics.
The stadium features a synthetic eight-lane running track with a 10-lane 110-meter straightaway, 50-meter indoor running track, FIFA-regulation soccer field, six-lane warmup track, facilities for all of the non-running events and seating for approximately 12,000.
See all the facts about Lakeside Stadium HERE. To learn more about Melbourne, click HERE.
About World Athletics
World Athletics is a global governing authority to more than 200 national member federations that provides standardization, competition and record keeping for “athletics,” which is the original name for what most refer to as track & field – or disciplines that feature running, jumping and throwing.
As part of the World Athletics landscape, athletes and fans can enjoy these run, jump and throw events in indoor and outdoor settings – plus relays, cross country, race walking and road running – all open to athletes of all ages and skill levels in cities and venues across the world.
Events can be smaller one-day competitions, up to the crown jewel of World Athletics, the World Athletics Championships.
The World Athletics Championships first was held in 1976, and since 1991, it has been held every two years.
The World Athletics Series calendar for 2024 includes multi-day events for indoor action, U20, cross country, race walking, relays and road running.
The one-day meet circuits include a variety of tours – Diamond League, Continental, Indoor, Cross Country, Race Walking and Combined Events.
The World Athletics Continental Tour will feature more than 200 events in 2024.
These events are required to have a minimum of eight running lanes for competition and at least 5,000 spectators. They must include a minimum of 12 competitions (at least five per gender) and at least one throwing and one jumping competition. There are additional regulations for the number of participants and where they should come from.
Continental Tour events are divided into four categories (tiers) of events – Gold, Silver, Bronze and Challenger. The area associations are responsible for facilitating the lower-tier events.
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