World U20 Championships: Team Information Session
The World Athletics Under-20 Championships represent an important developmental opportunity for developing athletes. The Championships allow athletes, and their personal coaches, to practice planning a double periodised year, dealing with time change and travel, and being able to optimise their performance on the day of competition. As such, these Championships are an important part of the Athletics Australia Performance Pathway strategy, and are fully supported by Athletics Australia.
This information session is designed to help athletes, coaches, parents, and other support staff understand important concepts of the competition, including:
The role of the World U20s in the athlete pathway
Location and performance implications
Competition structure
Post-selection planning
Team coaches
Frequently Asked Questions
If an athlete under the age of 18 was selected to attend, what would the requirements be of the parents at this stage?
All Athletics Australia team staff are required to complete Sport Integrity Australia's Child Safeguarding education before arrival at the first camp. As such, while in the team environment, team staff will have duty of care over under 18 athletes. There is no requirement for parents of these athletes to travel to the pre-departure camp or Lima.
Under 18 team members will be roomed with other under 18 athletes. Over 18 athletes will similarly be roomed with other over-age athletes.
Are Parents/Guardians or Personal Coaches permitted to travel with athletes on the tour?
Parents/Guardians and Personal Coaches are welcome to attend the pre-departure camp and staging camp to spectate training and education sessions. However, please be advised that this will be at your own cost and arrangement.
We ask that you respect the team environment, and ensure that should you come to any camps or Lima, you stay in different accommodation from the team.
We are continuing to investigate the availability of Personal Coach passes for the competition and warm up tracks with World Athletics. We will provide an update on this once we know the outcome.
Tickets to competition are typically one of the last things available ahead of the meet. We will let you know how we can procure tickets once we have this information.
Will Athletics Australia’s travel insurance policy cover athletes to compete at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships?
Athletics Australia holds a comprehensive travel insurance policy that covers all team members for the duration of their time in the team environment. This policy does not extend to personal coaches or other friends and family travelling to Lima with the team.
Should athletes leave the team environment early to pursue their own travel or alternative plans, they will need to arrange their own travel insurance for this time.