IAAF World Challenge Dakar
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The IAAF World Challenge Dakar is an annual one-day
track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
competition at the Stade Leopold Senghor in
Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 2003 as the Meeting International d'Athletisme de la Ville de Dakar. From 2006 to 2009 the IAAF classified it among
IAAF Grand Prix The IAAF Grand Prix was an annual, global circuit of one-day outdoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was created in 1985 as the IAAF's first seasonal track and field circu ...
meetings, and it was known as the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar as a result.


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{{IAAF World Challenge Meetings Annual track and field meetings IAAF World Challenge Recurring sporting events established in 2003 Sports competitions in Dakar IAAF Grand Prix Athletics competitions in Senegal