IAAF president satisfied with venue for 2015 world championships

 IAAF president satisfied with venue¹ for 2015 world championships

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, known as the Bird's Nest, has been picked as the venue for the world athletics² championships in 2015, IAAF president Lamine Diack confirmed on Tuesday.

Diack, who is here heading an IAAF team on an inspection³ visit, voiced his confidence in Beijing organizers' capability⁴ after revisiting the Bird's Nest which witnessed many wonderful performances during the 2008 Olympics.

"With a TV audience of 8 billion and more than 200 countries (regions) and 2000 athletes likely to compete, the IAAF world championships is the most attractive property in international athletics and I have every confidence that our Chinese colleague will do everything in their power to make the 20154 edition unforgettable," said Diack.

Beijing will be the fourth Asian city to host the world athletics championships after Tokyo in 1991, Osaka in 2007 and Daegu, South Korea, in 2011.

Moscow will hold the 14th edition of the world's third largest sporting event in 2013.

Beijing organized numerous⁵ IAAF events in the past years including the world junior championships six years ago.

1 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

2 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

3 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

4 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 numerous   

adj.为数众多的；极多的

参考例句：

• There have been numerous exchanges of views between the two governments.两国政府间曾多次交换意见。
• There are numerous people in the square. 有许多人在广场上。