World Para Athletics and organisers in the Japanese city announced earlier this year an understanding that the competition would not take place in 2022, following a request from the Local Organising Committee (LOC).

The two organisations entered in discussions to assess the feasibility to postpone the event to 2024 which has now been confirmed.

It is scheduled to take place from 17 to 25 May at the Universiade Memorial Stadium in the Kobe Sports Park in what will be an important warm-up event for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

Paris is due to host the next edition of the World Para Athletics Championships is due to take place next year between July 8 and 17.

Nearly 1,300 athletes from 100 countries are expected to compete at the 11th edition of the World Championships in Kobe, Japan’s seventh largest city.

"We have worked closely with the Kobe LOC in order to retain the World Championships within the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games cycle," Christian Holtz, World Para Sports managing director, said.

"This is an important milestone for the sport as it will be the first time the competition will be held in Japan, marking an important legacy event from the Tokyo 2020 Games."

Dubai in United Arab Emirates hosted the last edition of the World Championships in 2019 with 43 world records set in nine days of competition.

The first Championships were held in Berlin in 1994 and were first held in Asia in 2015 when they were staged in Doha.

"At last, the new dates for the Kobe Para Athletics World Championships have been set," Akemi Masuda, chairperson of the Kobe LOC, said.

"Amazing athletes from all over the world will gather in the international city of Kobe, and at the Universiade Memorial Stadium, you just might be able to meet athletes who competed at the Tokyo Paralympics, and the soon to be heroes and heroines of the Paris Paralympics, coming just three months later.

"It is my hope that the pandemic will soon come to an end, and that athletes, media, and spectators from all over the world can come to visit us.

"I also hope that people from around the world will enjoy specialties like Kobe beef, delicious sweets, and the Arima hot springs.

"For the two years that the Championships is postponed, we will continue to spread the appeal of the inclusive international city of Kobe.

"I hope you will join us in cheering on the Championships."