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The Bahamas on track to stage inaugural IAAF Relays in 2014
The Bahamas has reassured the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that it stands ready to stage the inaugural World Relays next year.
A delegation from the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2014 local organizing committee (LOC), including Sport Minister Daniel Johnson, recently provided an update to the IAAF Council in Monaco.
The Bahamas will host the World Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau May 24-25, 2014, and members of the LOC have been updating the governing body about the preparations.
During the meeting they also confirmed that transportation between the team hotels should be swift and smooth and the main route will incorporate a dual carriageway between the hotels and the stadium, with police escort.
The LOC said that access to the Bahamas’ capital Nassau will be smooth as the new wing to the local international airport has recently been opened.
The LOC Bahamas 2014 also reiterated that plans for a junior relay meet, incorporating the Bahamas’ top teams, would take place before the main competition programe each day immediately before performances by the elite athletes.
The IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2014 is expected to welcome more than 700 athletes and 300 team officials, from more than 40 nations.
