Athlos is set to expand and stage its first international event in London, according to published reports.
Just a day after revealing that the all-women track and field competition will return to New York on October 2, Athlos will have its first 2026 event on September 18 in North London, based on a report from Sportico who spoke with people familiar with the plans.
The meet would be held at StoneX Stadium in North London, which is around 10 miles northwest of Central London and has 10,500 seating capacity.
Neither league organizers nor founder Alexis Ohanian have confirmed the London date but have teased that a two-city format would be the new structure of how champions would be crowned in each discipline.
Both previous Athlos events in 2024 and 2025 were held at Icahn Stadium in New York and a late September for this year’s London showcase would avoid conflicts with the inaugural World Ultimate Championship in Budapest on September 11 to 13. There would likely be some Athlos athletes in Budapest, which is just under three hours from London by plane.
Participants from the World Ultimate Championship would presumably compete at Athlos days later and have nearly two weeks of downtime before the final event on October 2 in New York.
Under what is billed as “Two Cities, One Crown” a points system is directly tied to prize payouts and athletes must appear at both events. First place winners scoring ten points receive $65,000, while second place is eight points ($35,000), third place is six points ($20,000), fourth receives four points ($15,000), with fifth getting two points ($10,000) and sixth will earn a point and $6,000.
Winners will also gain equity in the league, according to Ohanian. In an appearance on the CBS Mornings show on Tuesday, Ohanian confirmed that this year’s participants who win their disciplines will get a stake in Athlos.
“One things startups get right is aligning incentives across the board,” Ohanian said. “And so we think why not the same for our athletes? We’re building this league with them — no one is showing up to watch me. They’re showing up to watch these amazing athletes compete.”
