^Monti, David. Eugene to Host 2021 Track World Championships: Oregon City will be first U.S. site of global meet. Runner's World. April 16, 2015 [August 28, 2015]. (原始内容存档于December 1, 2017). In an unusual move that bypassed the usual bidding process, the International Association of Athletics Federations awarded Eugene, Oregon, the 2021 World Championships in Athletics in a special vote on the second day of their Council Meeting in Beijing
^Clarey, Christopher. Without Bidding, Eugene, Ore., Is Abruptly Awarded World Track Championships. New York Times. April 16, 2015: B12 [August 29, 2015]. (原始内容存档于2018-12-04). There was surprise in multiple time zones on Thursday when Eugene, Ore., became the first city in the United States to secure the world outdoor track and field championships. It will stage them in 2021 without the usual constraint of having had to win a formal bidding process