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Rojas opens with 15.14m, Andrejczyk throws 71.40m
World triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas started her Olympic season in style, leaping a world-leading 15.14m (2.0m/s) to win at the Meeting Toni Bonet in Ibiza, Spain, on Saturday (8).... Read More
Gateshead revisited
The Wanda Diamond League will be reopening a treasure trove of world class athletics heritage when the 2021 season gets underway with Mondo Duplantis, Dina Asher-Smith and co in action at the Muller Grand Prix Gateshead in two weeks today, Sunday 23 May.... Read More
From Silesia to Nairobi for South Africa’s rising 400m star Pillay
With 100 days to go until the World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi 21, Lythe Pillay is one of his country’s brightest prospects for gold.... Read More
Irena Szewinska: The first lady of Polish sport
Only one athlete in history has set world records at 100m, 200m and 400m: Irena Szewinska – the brightest star of Polish athletics.... Read More
Athletes to target Tokyo at Oceania Invitational Series
Australia’s Gold Coast will welcome the area’s best athletes in June as they look to secure Olympic qualification at the Oceania Invitational Series.... Read More
World Athletics and Mondo revolutionise elite competition equipment
World Athletics and its Official Supplier Mondo are delighted to reveal a new range of cutting-edge equipment designs, which will be introduced this year.
Already a record-breaker, Harrison looks to leap higher and longer
When JuVaughn Harrison leaped 8.45m at the NCCA Indoor Championships, few would have understood the significance of the achievement.
Ratified: Iapichino's world U20 indoor long jump record
The Italian's 6.91m leap is now in the record books
Athletics 2021 is published
'Athletics 2021 - The International Track and Field Annual’ has been published
Job vacancy: Broadcast Content Co-Ordinator
This is an exciting new and important position in the World Athletics Broadcast team.
'We are one big heart' - how Ecuador's 4x100m women made Olympic history in Silesia
Saturday night in Chorzow, heat three of the women’s 4x100m, and four Ecuadorian sprinters are huddled together in the mixed zone, looking out at the blue track.
Double delight for Italy on thrilling second day in Silesia
It wouldn’t be the relays without a few thrills and spills and action on the second day of the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 didn’t disappoint, with wins for Italy, Cuba, South Africa, hosts Poland, Germany and the Netherlands on Sunday (2).
Silesia showcases Dobek's versatility, with options open for Tokyo
Sprinter or middle-distance runner? It’s a question many have asked Poland’s Patryk Dobek this year, one he now also has to ask himself.
Bromell blasts to 9.88 in Jacksonville
Trayvon Bromell continued his return to top form, dashing to a world-leading 9.88 (1.5m/s) at the North Florida Invitational on Friday (30).
Olympic relay fields take shape at World Athletics Relays Silesia 21
With the first day of action complete at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21, 23 teams have effectively secured their places in the relay events at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Hosts Poland crowned first winners of World Athletics Relays Silesia 21
There was success for the host nation Poland on an action-packed first evening of competition at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21, with Joanna Jozwik and Patryk Dobek teaming up to win the 2x2x400m.
Szewinska souvenirs on show in Silesia
The career of Irena Szewinska – the only athlete to have set world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m – is being honoured in a heritage display in Chorzow’s Silesia Stadium during the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21.