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Dubai will host the 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, marking the first time the event has taken place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The ninth edition of the Championships will be staged from 7-15 November.
More than 230,000 people attended the London 2017 championships - more than in all seven of the previous championships combined.
Dubai and the UAE have been very important partners of the Paralympic movement for a long time and their is confidence that Dubai will exceed expectations."
The 2015 Championships took place in Doha, Qatar, but were criticised by athletes for poor attendance.
Doha will host the IAAF World Championships from 28 September to 6 October 2019
