KINGSTON, Jamaica — Athletes will have four different ways to qualify for next year’s World Athletics Championships to be held in Beijing, China in September, it was announced on Tuesday.

While announcing the qualifying standards for each event, World Athletics said athletes can qualify for the nine-day championships, “by achieving the entry standard during the qualification period; by virtue of finishing position at designated competitions; through a wild card; or by world rankings position at the end of the respective ranking period.”

The qualifying period for most of the events, it also said, would start from 23 August 2026 to midnight on 22 August 2027, while qualification for road races, race walking and multi events will have other qualifying periods.