The IAAF announced that the IAAF Word Championships Beijing 2015, the leading competition of the IAAF World Athletics Series and the most important event on the 2015 sporting calendar, will be seen in more than 200 territories.
The championships will also be broadcast live in 108 territories worldwide on the IAAF Live Stream YouTube Channel and the daily highlights programme of the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 will be available in 130 territories worldwide on the IAAF Live Stream YouTube channel.
It is anticipated that the nine days of action from 22-30 August will reach a cumulative audience of six billion TV viewers.
The IAAF’s premier competition has rapidly grown in terms of participants and profile since the first edition of the championships in 1983.
Approximately 1900 athletes representing national teams from more than 200 IAAF Member Federations will compete in the Chinese capital, with record figures anticipated in both categories.
Taken from IAAF