Three new stops confirmed for 2025 Grand Prix
Marrakech in Morocco, Jalisco in Mexico and French capital Paris will join next year's World Para Athletics GP 15 Nov 2024World Para Athletics (WPA) announced on Friday, 15 November, the addition of three new stops to the 2025 Grand Prix calendar. Marrakech in Morocco, Guadalajara in Mexico, and Paris in France will each host WPA Grand Prix events next year.
Marrakech will host the event in April at the Grand Stade de Marrakech. The Moroccan city first joined the Grand Prix circuit in 2022 and will now mark its fourth consecutive year as part of the season.
The Grand Prix will also return to Mexico with the Jalisco Grand Prix scheduled to early May.
Finally, the world’s best athletes will return to the French capital, which hosted the Paralympic Games earlier this year. The Charlety Stadium, also the venue for the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships, will welcome the Paris Grand Prix in June.
World Para Athletics had previously announced the host cities for four other 2025 Grand Prix events: Dubai, UAE; Cali, Colombia; Tunis, Tunisia; and Olomouc, Czechia, which will host the first-ever All-Women Grand Prix.
World Para Athletics will announce additional stops of the 2025 Grand Prix at a later date.
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Plenty of action in track and field on the first day of the Marrakech GP 2022.
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The updated 2025 Grand Prix calendar can be found below.
Dubai, UAE – 6 to 13 February 2025
Marrakech, Morocco – 21 to 26 April 2025
Jalisco, Mexico – 5 to 12 May 2025
Cali, Colombia – 12 to 19 May 2025
Paris, France – 29 May to 5 June 2025
Tunis, Tunisia – 12 to 19 June 2025
Olomouc, Czechia – 3 to 5 July 2025 (All-Women Grand Prix)