Turkish bid successful.
The Turkish Athletic Federation presented an impressive proposal to stage the 2006 Trophy in Bursa and recieved the overwhelming support of the WMRA congress members.
The Trophy will therefore be staged for the first time in mainland Asia, centered on the town of Bursa.
The race courses are on the slopes of Mt Olympus (known locally as Mt Ududag) and the athletes village will be located at 1900m.
The course director is Mehmet Genc who in his competitive days was a record holder, in Turkey, for the Steeplechase and 10km.
The couses for 2006 will be uphill only.
A web page describing the agreed aspects of the event will be published soon.