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Jun 3, 20244 min read
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: a new global championship for the sport
World Athletics announces new global championship to conclude the 2026 track and field season • US$10 million prize pot – the highest in...
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Jun 2, 20242 min read
McLaughlin-Levrone sets world lead on 400m hurdles return in Atlanta
Olympic champion and world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a world lead of 52.70 to win her first 400m hurdles race in almost...
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May 31, 20243 min read
Sport and event innovation central pillar in World Athletics’ four-year business strategy
World Athletics’ four-year business strategy, Pioneering Change (2024-2027), outlines the key strategic priorities for the sport, with...
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May 30, 20242 min read
AIU Launches ‘Call Room’ – A Personalised Integrity-Related Education Service
Athletes will benefit from high-level expertise on sports integrity matters in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as the...
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May 27, 20243 min read
AIU Bans Suriname's Asinga For Four Years
Issamade Asinga – who contended his positive drug test was due to eating “recovery gummies” – will be stripped of his titles as South...
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May 25, 20241 min read
Chebet breaks world 10,000m record with 28:54.14 in Eugene
In a race that was set up as a 10,000m world record attempt, Beatrice Chebet of Kenya ran 28:54.14* to make history at the Prefontaine...
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May 24, 20242 min read
Australia names team of 68 for World U20 Championships Lima 24
Rising sprint star Torrie Lewis and global gold medallist Isaac Beacroft are among the 68 athletes on Australia’s team for the World...
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May 23, 20241 min read
Assefa’s world marathon record
Women’s world marathon record2:11:53 Tigist Assefa (ETH) Berlin 24 September 2023 Tigist Assefa’s world marathon record of 2:11:53 set in...
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May 16, 20244 min read
McLaughlin-Levrone, Hassan and Cheptegei among stars in Los Angeles
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is always expected to be seen on the biggest stages in athletics. Yet outside of global championships, that is...
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May 16, 20242 min read
Fresh talent discovered in World Athletics' Content Creator Programme
Four more creatives will have their work showcased on World Athletics digital channels following their selection to the World Athletics...
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May 9, 20244 min read
Moraa, Chebet and Chopra among stars descending on Doha
The Doha Meeting welcomes many of the world’s best athletes for the third Wanda Diamond League event of the year on Friday (10), with...
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May 6, 20242 min read
Olympic relay fields formed at WRE Bahamas 24
A total of 70 teams have qualified for relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games following two days of thrilling action at the World...
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May 5, 20242 min read
USA leads the way with 4x100m heat wins at WRE Bahamas 24
Both US teams made a statement in the first round of the 4x100m at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 on Saturday (4), dominating...
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May 4, 20242 min read
Star-studded cast ready to put on pre-Paris show at WRE Bahamas 24
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe looked forward to a relays event "for the ages” as he spoke to the world’s media on the eve of...
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Apr 30, 20243 min read
WRE Bahamas 24 preview: clash of global title-winning teams in men's 4x100m
Three global championships have been held since the last edition of the World Relays, and each one has produced a different winner of the...
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Apr 27, 20241 min read
Wanyonyi runs world road mile record in Herzogenaurach
World 800m silver medallist Emmanuel Wanyonyi stepped up to the mile in style, breaking the world road mile record with 3:54.56* at the...
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Apr 23, 20242 min read
Entry lists for World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 published
Entry lists for the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 confirm that 893 athletes from 54 countries will descend on Nassau for the global...
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Apr 22, 20245 min read
Championships Glasgow 24 earns platinum level recognition for sustainable delivery
• Pioneering initiatives to be integrated to Glasgow's wider event portfolio • ABW Standard a core pillar of World Athletics’...
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Apr 21, 20243 min read
Teams book places for Paris at WRW Antalya 24
Teams from Italy, Japan and Spain are among the 22 to have secured automatic qualification for the marathon race walk mixed relay at the...
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Apr 21, 20243 min read
Jepchirchir breaks women-only world marathon record in London
Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women-only world record by 45 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, winning the World...
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