London's résumé just got rejected by a city that runs on 2,000 metres of altitude and pure spite.

London loses World Athletics hosting bid to Nairobi

World Athletics chose Nairobi over London to host a future flagship event, ending the British capital's bid despite its 2012 Olympic legacy and existing stadiums. The Kenyan capital won on the strength of its altitude training infrastructure and East Africa's distance-running dominance. London had pitched itself as a safe, well-funded, infrastructure-ready option. The decision hands a major global meet to an African city for the first time in this cycle.

Source: London loses World Athletics hosting bid to Nairobi — BBC

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