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EVENT INFORMATION
The World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Bathurst 2023 will feature a range of public events which will see everyday runners competing over the actual World Cross Country Championship Course. From School Challenges and Clubs races through to the Golden Ticket races which will see placegetters make it through to the actual World Championships.
It will give everyday runners the opportunity to experience first hand what the worlds best distance runners will experience - the hills, the boomerang, the billabong, the vineyard and that glorious World Championship feeling in a once in a lifetime opportunity.
MASS RACE SCHEDULE
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2023 |
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
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8:00am |
Golden Ticket Races - U20 Women & Men 4km (2 laps) Top 7 into WXC
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8:30am |
Golden Ticket Races - Open Women 6km Top 7 into WXC
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9:10am |
Golden Ticket Races - 0910: Open Men 6km Top 7 into WXC
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10:00am |
Schools Challenge:
- 1000: Girls & Boys U13 2km Cross Country - 1015: Girls & Boys U14 4km Cross Country - 1040: Girls & Boys U16 4km Cross Country - 1105: Girls & Boys U18 & U20 4km Cross Country - 1130: Teachers Hot Lap, 2k (men & women)
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1:00pm – 5:00pm |
World Athletics Teams warm up on track
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5:30pm – 7:30pm |
Hotlaps: any age, any start time
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2023 |
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
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9:00am |
Corporate and Public Teams Relays: 4 x 2km |
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10:00am |
Ambulant Races: men & women (distance 2km) |
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10:40am |
World Masters Championships, Relay 4 x 2km |
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2.30pm |
Pre Game Show on Main Stage. Interviews with the greats! |
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3:00pm |
Opening Ceremony (Welcome to Country) |
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3:30pm |
Mixed relay – 8km |
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4:10pm |
U20 Women WXC 6km Championships |
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4:50pm |
U20 Men WXC 8km Championships |
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5:30pm |
Senior Women WXC 10km Championships |
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6:30pm |
Senior Men WXC 10km Championship |
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7:10pm |
Medal Ceremony – Mixed Relay |
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7:15pm |
Medal Ceremony – U20 Women (individual) |
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7:20pm |
Medal Ceremony – U20 Women (team) |
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7:25pm |
Medal Ceremony – U20 Men (individual) |
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7:30pm |
Medal Ceremony – U20 Men (team) |
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7:35pm |
Medal Ceremony – Mixed Relay |
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7:40pm |
Medal Ceremony – Women (individual) |
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7:45pm |
Medal Ceremony – Women (teams) |
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7:50pm |
Medal Ceremony – Men (individual) |
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7:55pm |
Medal Ceremony – Men (teams) |
| SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2023 | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 7:00am |
Cross Country Challenge - U7 Boys & Girls, 800m - 08 Boys & Girls, 800m - U9 Boys & Girls, 800m |
| 7:15am |
Cross Country Challenge - U10 Boys & Girls, 2km - U11 Boys & Girls, 2km - U12 Boys, 2km - U12 Girls, 2km - U13 Boys, 2km - U13 Girls, 2km - U14 Boys, 2km - U14 Girls, 2km |
| 7:35am |
Cross Country Challenge - U15 & U16 Boys, 4km - U15 & U16 Girls, 4km - U18 Boys, 4km - U18 Girls, 4km - U20 Boys, 6km - U20 Girls, 6km |
| 8:20am |
World Masters Championships - 70+ age group – 4km |
| 9:10am |
World Masters Championships - 35-69 age group – 6km |
| 10:00am |
Cross Country Challenge - Open Men, 10km |
| 11:15am |
Cross Country Challenge - Open Women, 10km |
ABOUT MOUNT PANORAMA (WAHLUU)
Mount Panorama (Wahluu) is part of Australia’s DNA. Crowds keep coming and growing, as all-comers from motorsport to athletics ascend on the mountain to stake their claim at immortality.
A nation becomes transfixed; the spectacle of sport at Mount Panorama is a national institution. A theatre of power, adrenaline and endurance.
The World Athletics Cross Country Championships always attract a roll call of the very best there’s ever been. There’s no other distances here – no medal for 3000, or 5, or 10. Just one chance. Dominated by a select few.
Ethiopia and Kenya have won every women’s team medal since 1995. And only once in 40 years has the men’s team medal gone to anyone else.
But they’ve never done it here; Mount Panorama (Wahluu), Bathurst New South Wales.
The mountain. A spiritual home of Australian Sport. Relentlessly challenging. And now home to the first World Athletics Series event on the island continent in 25 years.
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, immortality awaits.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE:
We are delighted to have a variety of local food vendors serving delicious local food and beverages across breakfast, lunch and dinner each day:
Public Bar:
- Harvest Café - local beer, wine, soft drinks, cold drinks, hot pies, fresh salads
Food Trucks:
- The Cheesecake Co & Paddock to Plate Woodfired Pizzas – pizza, cheesecake, coffee
- Epic Wedges – Wedges, fish & chips, hot chips, salt and pepper squid, cold drinks
- Robi's Kitchen – Sri Lankan rolls, samosa, falooda, mango lassi
- Cool Delights – Mini Melts ice cream
- Le Waffle Bean – Waffles, churros, ice cakes, soft serve ice cream, coffee
- Saltbush Lamb - Lamb rolls
EVENT PROGRAM
The official event program for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 can be downloaded from the link below.
VENUE MAP
The World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2023 event site takes advantage of the incredible array of facilities at world-class Mount Panorama circuit and pit complex.
With thirty-six pit bays in the pit complex, international teams will be allocated their own pit-bay as their team base and create a unique spectacle in the world of athletics.
Hospitality, fan zones, presentation areas and expo are all located within close proximity to the Mount Panorama pit complex making an easy to get around event site with plenty of on-track and off-track action accessible within a matter of metres.
