EVENTS
1-3 OCTOBER SWIMMING
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup( Baku, Azerbaijan)
The Swimming World Cup gets its three-stop Silk Road tour under way in Baku, with some of the world’ s best swimmers( including SA’ s own Pieter Coetzé) diving in for a weekend of fast racing. It’ s the first stop on the road to Tashkent and Astana – and a chance to book a place at December’ s World Championships in Beijing.
https:// www. worldaquatics. com / series / 206 / world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2026
Check out some of the exciting events to look forward to this October …
9-11 OCTOBER CANOE OCEAN RACING
World Championships( La Vila Joiosa, Spain)
Surf, sea and serious paddling power! The world’ s best ocean racers head to Spain for three days of racing in the ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships.
https:// paddleworldwide. com / competitions / 2026-icf-canoe-ocean-racingworld-championships-2499
15-17 OCTOBER SWIMMING
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup( Astana, Kazakhstan)
The Silk Road tour reaches its final stop in Astana, bringing three weeks of world-class swimming to a close. Expect one last burst of fast racing as the swimmers set their sights on Beijing.
https:// www. worldaquatics. com / series / 206 / world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2026
SA women vs Namibia( Windhoek, Namibia)
The SA women’ s indoor hockey team heads to Windhoek for a five-match Test series against Namibia. With the two African rivals just one place apart in the world rankings, expect plenty of speed, skill and fierce competition.
https:// sahockey. co. za /
4-11 OCTOBER JUDO
World Championships( Baku, Azerbaijan)
Grip, throw and repeat! The world’ s best judoka descend on Baku for a week of high-intensity action as they battle for world titles across the weight divisions.
https:// www. ijf. org / competition / 3151
8-10 OCTOBER SWIMMING
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup( Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
It’ s straight from Baku to Tashkent for the second leg of the Swimming World Cup’ s Silk Road tour. Expect more world-class racing as the swimmers continue their chase for qualification opportunities ahead of Beijing.
https:// www. worldaquatics. com / series / 206 / world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2026
9-11 OCTOBER HOCKEY
Chicago Marathon( USA)
10 OCTOBER TRIATHLON
World Championships( La Vila Joiosa, Spain)
Swim, bike, run – and then do it all again at one of endurance sport’ s biggest events. The world’ s toughest triathletes take on the legendary Kona course, with the IRONMAN World Championship title on the line.
https:// www. ironman. com / races / im-worldchampionship-kona
11 OCTOBER ROAD RUNNING
One of the world’ s biggest marathons returns to the streets of Chicago. Whether you’ re chasing a PB or simply soaking up the famous atmosphere, this is 42.2km of big-city running at its best.
https:// www. chicagomarathon. com /
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships( Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The world’ s best artistic gymnasts head to Rotterdam to battle for global honours across the men’ s and women’ s events. Expect power, precision and plenty of edge-of-the-seat moments.
https:// rotterdam2026. com / competitionschedule /
17-25 OCTOBER GYMNASTICS
31 OCTOBER- 13 NOVEMBER MULTI-SPORT
Summer Youth Olympic Games( Dakar, Senegal)
Africa makes history as Dakar hosts the first Olympic event ever staged on African soil. Around 2,700 young athletes from around the world will compete across 25 sports, making this a major moment for the next generation of sporting stars.
https:// www. olympics. com / ioc / dakar-2026
To check out plenty of other events you can enter and other handy info
Head to Modern Athlete Event Calendar
https:// modernathlete. co. za / event-calendar /
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