ROSEAU – Do­mini­ca is set to re­ceive a state-of-the-art syn­thet­ic track and field com­plex cour­tesy of World Ath­let­ics.

The Do­mini­ca Ath­let­ics As­so­ci­a­tion (DAA) has re­vealed that the is­land has been of­fi­cial­ly des­ig­nat­ed as a re­cip­i­ent of the World Ath­let­ics Project 10 ini­tia­tive, which will see the con­struc­tion of the fa­cil­i­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, land has been se­cured in Portsmouth to ac­com­mo­date the new venue.

The DAA said the news comes two years af­ter it sub­mit­ted a de­tailed pro­pos­al to World Ath­let­ics, ad­vo­cat­ing for Do­mini­ca’s in­clu­sion in Project 10.

It re­vealed that fol­low­ing a thor­ough process in­volv­ing con­sul­ta­tions, tech­ni­cal eval­u­a­tions and ex­ten­sive as­sess­ments, the coun­try has now been con­firmed as a suc­cess­ful ben­e­fi­cia­ry.

“This mile­stone marks the be­gin­ning of a new era for ath­let­ics in Do­mini­ca. With this world-class fa­cil­i­ty, the na­tion is poised to el­e­vate ath­lete de­vel­op­ment, ex­pand its ca­pac­i­ty to host re­gion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al events, and in­spire gen­er­a­tions of young ath­letes to pur­sue ex­cel­lence,” the DAA said in a re­lease.

“The DAA looks for­ward to con­tin­ued part­ner­ship with the Gov­ern­ment of Do­mini­ca, World Ath­let­ics, and the Qatar Olympic Com­mit­tee as we move to­wards the re­al­i­sa­tion of this land­mark project.”

The DAA ex­tend­ed spe­cial ap­pre­ci­a­tion to Prime Min­is­ter Roo­sevelt Sker­rit and the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, Hon. Os­car George and the Min­istry of Sports, Reg­gie Sev­erin, and Bil­ly Doc­trove for their lead­er­ship, en­cour­age­ment and un­wa­ver­ing sup­port through­out the pro­pos­al process.

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