Mu threatens world U20 indoor 800m record, Lightfoot tops 5.94m, Browning scorches wind-assisted 9.96 - weekend round-up
Athing Mu missed world indoor U20 800m record by 0.04, KC Lightfoot topped an early-season world lead of 5.94m in Lubbock while Rohan Browning sped to a wind-assisted 9.96 clocking over 100m at the Illawarra Track Challenge in Wollongong, Australia.... Read More
Zango smashes world indoor triple jump record with 18.07m
World bronze medallist Hugues Fabrice Zango produced the first standout athletics moment of 2021 by sailing to a world indoor triple jump record of 18.07m* in Aubiere on Saturday (16).... Read More
Job vacancy: Event Operations Coordinator
World Athletics is looking for an Event Operations Coordinator to join its competition and events department.... Read More
Following late-season breakthrough, Mallett aims to hit the ground running in 2021
While for many people 2020 was a year to forget, for sprint hurdler Aaron Mallett the year could not have tasted much sweeter.... Read More
After threatening 70-metre barrier, Gudnason emerges as Tokyo medal threat
In 2019 the rising Icelandic star finished last at the World Championships. After a breakthrough throw last year, he enters 2021 as one of the best discus throwers in the world.... Read More
Rome victory leaves Scotti beaming with pride and motivated for future
Edoardo Scotti’s 45.21-second run in the 400m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome last year was more than just a PB.
Gashahun and Gebreselama victorious at Great Ethiopian Run
Abe Gashahun and Tsigie Gebreselama were the winners of the 2021 Great Ethiopian Run
Mahuchikh tops 2.02m in Kiev
The 19-year-old displayed solid early season form, equalling her indoor career best.
The captivating allure of the Hakone Ekiden, one of Japan’s most popular annual sporting events
The Melbourne Cup in horse racing is known as the race that stops the nation but, in truth, there’s an event in athletics that holds a country in a far-more-captivated grasp: the Hakone Ekiden.
Host city bidding process launched for three future World Athletics Series events
The events include the new World Athletics Road Running Championships.
Separated by 18,000 kilometres, race walking couple Blocki and Barber face long distance challenges one day at a time
Lockdowns and travel restrictions have kept them apart for 15 months.
After steady rise, marathon ace Legese sets sights on Olympic glory
While the staggering marathon feats of Eliud Kipchoge and to a lesser extent Kenenisa Bekele have quite righty earned the bulk of media attention in recent years, it would be a little churlish not to also acknowledge the feats of Ethiopian marathon ace Birhanu Legese.
Mountain running in 2020: athletes look back on an unusual year
Normally at this time of year we’d be looking back at race highlights from the mountain running circuit, remembering the World and European Championships and World Cup winners. However, there was little normal about 2020.
Inspired by pacing and training with stars, Kimeli looks to become one of the greats
When Nicholas Kimeli looks back on 2020, he is under no illusion how fortunate he has been to have such a successful season during the most unexpected of years.
2020 review: sprints
As this extraordinary year finally draws to a close, we conclude our look back at the key moments of 2020 with a review of the action in the sprint events.
2020 review: middle and long distance
A look back at the middle- and long-distance action of 2020