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Double delight for Mu, Sturgis and Cockrell on final day of NCAA Championships
US teenager Athing Mu wrapped up her 2021 collegiate season with a pair of record-breaking performances on the final day of the NCAA Championships in Eugene on Saturday (12).... Read More
World leads for Gong in Shaoxing and Dustin in Nice
Gong throws 20.31m in the shot put, Dustin clocks 1:43.82 over 800m... Read More
Burrell breaks world U20 400m hurdles record in Eugene
Sean Burrell broke the world U20 400m hurdles record on Friday (11), clocking 47.85* on the third day of NCAA Championships action in Eugene, Oregon.... Read More
Ratified: Yang's world 20km race walk record
Yang Jiayu's world 20km race walk record of 1:23:49, set at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan on 20 March, has been ratified.... Read More
Italian middle distance great Pigni dies
World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Italian middle distance star Paola Pigni – who won an Olympic bronze and two world cross country titles during her highly successful athletics career – died on Friday (11) at the age of 75.... Read More
Court of Arbitration decision on second appeal from Blake Leeper
This decision confirms the one taken by the Mechanical Aids Review Panel on 26 April 2021.
Well on the path, Asher-Smith aims for new peak in Tokyo
Fresh from her 200m triumph at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Dina Asher-Smith had just begun her run into the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 when the whole world came to a screeching halt, her and her sport included.
Dever and Rogers break records at NCAA Championships in Eugene
An exciting men’s 10,000m saw 10 athletes finish inside the 42-year-old meeting record of 28:01.30, led by Tulsa’s Patrick Dever who kicked to victory in 27:41.87, as NCAA Championships action got under way in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday (9).
Coe's monumental 800 metres
10 June 1981 remains a red-letter day in the long history of 800m running, for it was in Florence late that night that Sebastian Coe lowered his own world record from 1:42.33 to 1:41.73.
Athletics world mourns death of Andy Stubbs
Athletes, coaches and other prominent figures in the sport have paid their respects to athlete representative Andy Stubbs, who died in his sleep on Sunday (6).
Japan's seven wonders: World Championships Osaka 2007
In the latest in our ‘seven wonders’ series, we put the spotlight on the last time Japan hosted the World Athletics Championships – in Osaka in 2007.
Gidey breaks 10,000m world record in Hengelo
Just two days after Sifan Hassan clocked a world 10,000m record of 29:06.82 in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by five seconds with 29:01.03 to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday (8).
Tulu and Meyer: the victory lap that united Africa
On 7 August 1992, at the Barcelona Olympic Games, two women lined up for the 10,000m not knowing that their spontaneous post-race display of fair play and celebration would have an impact on Africa and the world.
World Athletics approves the application of 35 Russians to compete internationally as neutral athletes
The applications of 35 Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria
Heritage plaques unveiled - Fanny Blankers-Koen and Götzis
World Athletics Heritage Plaques honouring the Netherlands’ Fanny Blankers-Koen and the Continental Tour Gold meeting which bears her name, and Austria’s combined events mecca, the Hypo-Meeting, were unveiled during the past fortnight, respectively in Hengelo and Götzis.
Patience pays off for Hassan
There was little about Sifan Hassan’s run at the FBK Games in Hengelo on Sunday (6) that gave the impression she was being patient. Eyes firmly fixed on the path ahead, her arms pumping and legs turning with incredible consistency, she looked like a person who had places to be – and fast.