Cycling and marathon routes for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been revealed.
The marathon event, on the first Saturday of the Games, will take in the city centre and south Birmingham and the following week's cycling race will be staged in Warwickshire.
A cycling time trial route has also been revealed in Wolverhampton and triathlon events in Sutton Coldfield.
Organisers said the routes would "showcase the West Midlands".
Victoria Square, in Birmingham city centre, will mark the finish line of the marathon on 30 July next year, which was described as "fitting" by Matt Kidson, the Games' director of sport.
Athletes will also take in city centre landmarks including the Jewellery Quarter and St Phillip's Cathedral, as well as the historic Cadbury's chocolate factory and Edgbaston cricket ground on a southern loop - which will be completed twice.
Elsewhere, a 16km cycle road race will start and finish in Warwick's St Nicholas Park on 7 August, taking in rural village Hampton on the Hill as well as Leamington Spa.
The final part of the course will cross the River Avon, with views of Warwick Castle. BBC
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