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Around 40 British athletes and staff have been stranded in Budapest following the World Championships due to the travel disruptions in the UK.
The group of both athletes and staff members from UK Athletics were forced to return to their hotel after the flight havoc which has impacted thousands of passengers since Monday.
UK airspace was hit with a network-wide failure for air traffic control systems which caused disruption and hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled.
Budapest was one for the history books 📚
Our best World Championships performance in 30 years 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉#WorldAthleticsChamps | #ThanksToYou #MakeAmazingHappen @TNLUK pic.twitter.com/a3djkOHdLB
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) August 28, 2023
Some athletes are now travelling from Budapest directly to Zurich for the Diamond League meeting on Thursday while the UKA is working to get other athletes back home but do not yet know when they will return.
Great Britain were returning from Hungary after a successful World Championships where they won 10 medals – the joint highest in their history.
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