World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (C) addresses a press conference with World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon (L) and Hungarian Secretary of State for Sports Adam Schmidt (R) to present the Ultimate Championship, a new athletic team event, at the National Athletics Center of Budapest, Hungary on November 22, 2024. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said on November 22 the new Ultimate Championship team event officially unveiled by the sport's governing body would be a "gamechanger" for track and field. The inaugural event will be held in Budapest on September 11-13, 2026, and will be staged every two years to fulfill World Athletics' ambition of having a global championship every year. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)