Budapest not only competed with Great Britain, but according to preliminary calculations, it may set a record, that is, it may exceed one billion viewers worldwide, and this is the highest viewership of all time in the history of the outdoor world championships of the sport.
According to the organizers' information on Thursday, based on the aggregate numbers, the World Athletics Championships in Budapest have reached and, according to expectations, will exceed the viewing figures of the 2017 World Championships in London.
In Great Britain, where athletics is particularly popular, according to the data, more people watch the World Cup in Budapest than six years ago in London, but Japan, Sweden, Germany and France also show similar interest.
The WC website running on the server of the International Athletics Association (WA) could not withstand the extraordinary load caused by the extremely high number of visitors due to the Budapest WC on several occasions.
The fans grabbed all the tickets by Wednesday evening, it was not possible to buy tickets for the evening competition programs either on the official online interface or at the ticket office of the National Athletic Center, so the organizers at WA took the initiative to open up some of the seats reserved for special guests in front of interested parties.
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