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World Athletics is looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals to create TikTok, YouTube and Instagram content for its platforms. We&rsquo;re seeking out of the box ideas &ndash; unlike anything you&rsquo;ve seen on World Athletics channels before &ndash; from creatives, presenters, editors, videographers, stats geeks, pundits, designers and more.
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*Depending on the proposal. Creators will be paid based on whether it&rsquo;s a one-off piece of content or a series. Subject to contract between World Athletics and the selected creators.

World Athletics is looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals to create TikTok, YouTube and Instagram content for its platforms

World Athletics launches Content Creator Programme

The biggest World Athletics Continental Tour calendar yet has been confirmed for 2023, with one month to go until the first Gold level meeting of the season in Australia.
More than 180 meetings are included in this year&rsquo;s tour, which is divided into four levels &ndash; Gold, Silver, Bronze and Challenger. The status of each meeting is determined by the quality of competition and prize money on offer.
The schedule of Gold meetings has increased by two, with the tour&rsquo;s top tier now comprising 14 events spread across five of the six continental areas. New for the Gold tour in 2023 are events in Melbourne, Grenada and Botswana. The full calendar also currently includes 25 Silver, 55 Bronze and 95 Challenger meetings.
Gold level action will kick off in Melbourne, Australia, on 23 February when the Maurie Plant Meet will welcome some of the world&rsquo;s top athletes to the Lakeside Stadium. Among them will be US sprint star Fred Kerley, who stormed to the world 100m title in Oregon last year and secured Olympic silver in Tokyo. In Melbourne, the 27-year-old will test himself over 200m.
Two months later, the Grenada Invitational will take place at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium (22 April), before events in Gaborone in Botswana (29 April), Nairobi in Kenya (13 May), Yokohama in Japan and Devonshire in Bermuda (both 21 May).
The Gold tour then moves on to Los Angeles, USA (27 May), before events in Hengelo in the Netherlands (4 June), Bydgoszcz in Poland (6 June), Turku in Finland (13 June), New York in USA (24 June) and Ostrava in Czech Republic (27 June).
One month before the world&rsquo;s best athletes compete for global medals at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, the Hungarian capital will host some of those stars for the Gyulai Istv&aacute;n Memorial on 18 July. The 2023 Gold tour will then end at the Memorial Borisa Hanzekovica in Zagreb, Croatia, on 8-10 September.
In 2022, 11,793 athletes from 159 countries competed in the Continental Tour, establishing two area records, 118 national records and 2396 personal bests across the 152 meetings.
Highlights included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce&rsquo;s 100m meeting record and Continental Tour best of 10.67 at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi in May. That would prove to be one of a record seven sub-10.70 100m races Fraser-Pryce would achieve throughout the season.
Femke Bol set a world 300m hurdles best at the Golden Spike in Ostrava later that month, while other big-name winners throughout the season included Mondo Duplantis, Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles and Chase Ealey.
Currently TV rights for the 2023 Gold level meetings have been sold in 140 territories across the globe and for territories where broadcast coverage is not available either live or as delayed highlights, a live stream will be shown on the World Athletics YouTube channel.
<h3>Gold level meetings in the 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour</h3>
23 February &ndash; Maurie Plant Meet, Melbourne (AUS) 22 April &ndash; Grenada Invitational, St. George's (GRN) 29 April &ndash; Botswana Golden Grand Prix, Gaborone (BOT) 13 May &ndash; Kip Keino Classic, Nairobi (KEN) 21 May &ndash; Seiko Golden Grand Prix, Yokohama (JPN) 21 May &ndash; USATF Bermuda Grand Prix, Devonshire (BER) 27 May &ndash; Los Angeles Grand Prix, Los Angeles (USA) 4 June &ndash; FBK Games, Hengelo (NED) 6 June &ndash; Irena Szewinska Memorial, Bydgoszcz (POL) 13 June &ndash; Paavo Nurmi Games, Turku (FIN) 24 June &ndash; USATF NYC Grand Prix, New York (USA) 27 June &ndash; Ostrava Golden Spike, Ostrava (CZE) 18 July &ndash; Gyulai Istvan Memorial, Budapest (HUN) 8-10 September &ndash; Memorial Borisa Hanzekovica, Zagreb (CRO)
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The biggest World Athletics Continental Tour calendar yet has been confirmed for 2023, with one month to go until the first Gold level meeting of the season in Australia

World Athletics Continental Tour expands for 2023

On a weekend when indoor action really started to heat up, the World Athletics Indoor Tour kicked off with meetings in Iowa City, Jablonec and Luxembourg, while Masai Russell and Julien Alfred were among the athletes to make their mark at other events in the US.
The Hawkeye Pro Classic, part of the American Track League, opened the World Indoor Tour season on Friday (20) and the two-day Silver level event included wins for Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Alaysha Johnson, Freddie Crittenden and Brittany Brown.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Thomas-Dodd, the 2018 world indoor silver medallist, threw 19.12m to top the women&rsquo;s shot put on day one, while Nigeria&rsquo;s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi improved his indoor PB to 21.20m to win the men&rsquo;s event.
On day two (21), NACAC 100m hurdles champion Johnson took 0.06 off her previous 60m hurdles best, running 7.84 to win the final ahead of Bahamian world indoor silver medallist Devynne Charlton (7.89), while NACAC 110m hurdles gold medallist Crittenden followed his 7.52 PB set a week prior with a 7.53 win to edge Michael Dickson with the same time.
USA&rsquo;s 2019 world 200m silver medallist Brown started her season with a 7.19 60m heat and 7.20 final win, while Olivia Baker took the women&rsquo;s 800m in 2:02.50 and Clayton Murphy the men&rsquo;s 1000m in 2:20.70.
Also on Saturday (21), World Indoor Tour Bronze action began at the Jablonec Indoor event in Czech Republic. There, Britain&rsquo;s 2019 world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith got her season off to a winning start, clocking 7.18 in her heat and improving to 7.09 in the final, 0.01 off the PB she set in 2015 and matched in 2018 and 2021.
Turkey&rsquo;s Kayhan Ozer ran a PB of 6.58 to win the men&rsquo;s 60m final after a 6.65 heat, while Tomas Stanek threw 21.43m in the men&rsquo;s shot put to triumph on home soil.
Belgium&rsquo;s Tibo De Smet provided the highlight at the CMCM Indoor Meeting, a World Indoor Tour Bronze event, in Kirchberg, Luxembourg, on Sunday (22). Clocking 1:45.04 to win the men's 800m, he improved the national indoor record by more than a second and won ahead of Kenya&rsquo;s Collins Kipruto (1:45.89).
De Smet&rsquo;s compatriot Alexander Doom also ran the indoor race of his life, clocking a PB of 46.20 to win the 400m. Spain&rsquo;s world 110m hurdles bronze medallist Asier Martinez won the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in 7.65.
The first World Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the season takes place in Karlsruhe on Friday (27).
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
<h2>Collegiate records for Russell and Alfred</h2>
A week after improving her 60m hurdles PB to 7.88, Masai Russell went faster still and broke the US collegiate record with 7.75 at the Red Raider Open in Lubbock on Friday (20). The Kentucky athlete, who started the year with a PB of 7.93, improved the previous collegiate record by 0.03.
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COLLEGIATE RECORD <a href="https://twitter.com/masai_russell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@masai_russell</a> 7.75 in the 60m hurdles! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurdleU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurdleU</a> 🚧 <a href="https://t.co/pyZdPkId8m">pic.twitter.com/pyZdPkId8m</a>
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Also in Lubbock, Clemson&rsquo;s Kiara Grant won the 60m in 7.09 to finish ahead of world indoor bronze medallist Marybeth Sant-Price (7.18), while another Kentucky sprinter, 18-year-old Jordan Anthony, ran a PB of 6.55 to win the men&rsquo;s 60m.
Another US collegiate record fell at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational in Albuquerque on Saturday (21). Saint Lucia&rsquo;s Julien Alfred already had the 60m record on her CV thanks to the 7.04 performance she achieved last year, but after clocking 7.05 in the heats, the 21-year-old Commonwealth 100m silver medallist improved to 7.02 to win the final.
Behind her, her Texas teammate Rhasidat Adeleke ran 7.20 for the runner-up spot but the tables were turned in the 200m. Racing over one lap, Adeleke improved her own Irish indoor record to 22.52, beating runner-up Alfred with 22.71.
Elsewhere, Coby Hilton stormed to a 60m PB of 6.51 at the UCCS Invite in Colorado Springs on Saturday (21), dipping under 6.60 for the first time.
At the RADD College Invitational in Florida, Kendal Williams won the men&rsquo;s 60m in 6.59 ahead of Josephus Lyles (6.60) and two-time world 200m champion Noah Lyles, who ran 6.61.

The World Athletics Indoor Tour kicked off with meetings in Iowa City, Jablonec and Luxembourg

Strong start to World Indoor Tour, Russell and Alfred make early season statements

Yann Schrub strode to his first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold triumph, while Rahel Daniel recovered from a fall to continue her winning ways at the snow covered CrossCup in Hannut on Sunday (22).
France&rsquo;s European 10,000m bronze medallist Schrub made a late decision to compete in the Belgian city and it paid off as the 26-year-old overpowered Isaac Kimeli to deny him a win on home soil. Surging away over the final 1500m lap, Schrub won the 9km men&rsquo;s race by 19 seconds and Kimeli&rsquo;s compatriot Guillaume Grimard completed the podium, finishing third a further 11 seconds back.
After three loops of the 1km circuit, a quartet of Kimeli, Schrub, Grimard and Kenya&rsquo;s Gideon Rono broke away on the first of the four 1500m loops. One week on from his Cinque Mulini win in San Vittore Olona, Rono couldn&rsquo;t stick with the pace and was dropped at around the halfway mark. As athletes took on the last couple of laps, the race was down to Schrub and Kimeli.
Schrub had built a five-second lead by the time the bell sounded for the final 1500m loop and increased his advantage to 19 seconds by the finish line.
Taking his sunglasses off and raising a finger in celebration, Schrub won in 28:29, clear ahead of Kimeli (28:48), Grimard (28:59), Rono (29:07) and Britain&rsquo;s Ned Potter (29:08).
&ldquo;My legs felt wonderful today. I knew I was in good shape after a period at the end of last year when things did not feel completely right,&rdquo; said Schrub, who formed part of France&rsquo;s winning senior men&rsquo;s team at the European Cross Country Championships in Italy in December, a race in which Kimeli claimed bronze.
&ldquo;During the past few weeks I have been preparing my next couple of races under the Portuguese sun and this race was a last-minute decision. I&rsquo;m glad it was worth the trip to snowy Belgium.
&ldquo;I do hope to combine both cross country and indoors this winter, yet the main goal remains the summer season. It did not feel like revenge for the European Cross Country Championships, where Isaac Kimeli won bronze and I did not end up on the podium. I respect him a lot as an athlete, given his track record, and today was a nice battle for sure. But most of all I&rsquo;m happy to take the win here, especially with the lovely feeling I had in my legs.&rdquo;
While his Hannut victory was a first Cross Country Tour Gold win for Schrub, Eritrea&rsquo;s Daniel is an experienced campaigner and was on the hunt for her third consecutive win this year after success in San Giorgio su Legnano and Elgoibar.
Sweden&rsquo;s Sarah Lahti and Britain&rsquo;s Megan Keith joined Daniel at the front of the field over the first couple of 1km laps, with Lahti pushing the pace and Daniel happy to follow.
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Rahel Daniel and Sarah Lahti at the Cross Cup in Hannut (&copy; Tomas Sisk for organisers)
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Conditions were tough during the 8km race as the snow continued to fall and Daniel slipped, losing some ground. But she got back on her feet and caught up with Lahti and Keith, Netherlands&rsquo; Veerle Bakker completing the leading quartet.
Daniel forged ahead with three 1500m laps remaining but Lahti, winner of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver meeting in Mol in November, matched the move. Taking turns at the front, it was European U23 cross country silver medallist Keith who pushed on during the penultimate lap, but her rivals were never far behind.
As Daniel and Lahti began to drop Keith, the Eritrean had enough left for a final surge that would carry her to victory and she eventually won by four seconds, clocking 28:41. Lahti was second in 28:45, Keith third in 28:49 and Bakker fourth in 28:58, 20 seconds ahead of fifth-place finisher Chloe Herbiet of Belgium.
"The snow and mud made it very difficult today,&rdquo; said Daniel. &ldquo;I really had to dig deep to grab the victory. Halfway I crashed, yet I don&rsquo;t feel any pain.&rdquo;
The result means Daniel will head to the World Athletics Cross Country Championships unbeaten this year, with the 21-year-old next planning to race at the global event in Bathurst on 18 February. &ldquo;I feel ready for my next race,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;I'm excited for my trip to Australia.&rdquo;
There was a Great Britain double in the earlier U20 races, European Cross Country Championships fourth-place finisher Innes FitzGerald winning the women&rsquo;s race by a minute ahead of her compatriots Rebecca Flaherty, Sophie Nicholls and Hattie Reynolds, and Luke Birdseye claiming men's race victory ahead of his fellow Briton Jacob Deacon and Ireland's Jonas Stafford.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (8km) 1&nbsp;Rahel Daniel (ERI)&nbsp;28:41 2&nbsp;Sarah Lahti (SWE)&nbsp;28:45 3&nbsp;Megan Keith (GBR)&nbsp;28:49 4&nbsp;Veerle Bakker (NED)&nbsp;28:58 5&nbsp;Chloe Herbiet (BEL) 29:18
Men (9km) 1&nbsp;Yann Schrub (FRA)&nbsp;28:29 2&nbsp;Isaac Kimeli (BEL)&nbsp;28:48 3&nbsp;Guillaume Grimard (BEL)&nbsp;28:59 4&nbsp;Gideon Rono (KEN) 29:07 5 Ned Potter (GBR) 29:08
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour/calendar-results/7187117/result?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Yann Schrub strode to his first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold triumph, while Rahel Daniel recovered from a fall to continue her winning ways

Schrub and Daniel claim CrossCup wins in Hannut

Ednah Kurgat and Emmanuel Bor claimed their first US titles as athletes raced for World Cross Country Championships team places at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Virginia, on Saturday (21).
Kurgat dominated the women&rsquo;s race, winning by 17 seconds ahead of Makena Morley, while Bor held off a competitive chase pack in the men&rsquo;s race, crossing the finish line four seconds ahead of a six-strong group that was separated by just a single second.
In the women&rsquo;s 10km, Kurgat and Morley formed part of a lead group of six that passed the halfway point in 16:12. Weini Kelati and Emily Durgin were to the fore, followed by Kurgat, Morley, Emily Lipari and Katie Izzo.
The group continued to travel together, each athlete eyeing a top six place that would offer them a spot on the US senior women&rsquo;s team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 on 18 February.
But there was also a national title to fight for and Kurgat surged ahead with one final 2km lap of the race remaining. She gained a 12-second advantage over the next kilometre and eventually won by 17 seconds in 32:07. Morley was next in 32:24, ahead of Durgin (32:27), Lipari (32:32), Kelati (32:39) and Izzo (32:40).
Bor made his move earlier in the men&rsquo;s 10km. He led through 5km in 14:23 and had an 11-second advantage through 7km, growing that lead by another second through 8km.
Although the chase group started to reel him in, Bor could not be beaten and he spread his arms wide in victory as he reached the finish in 28:44.
Closing fast, Andrew Colley led the chase group, finishing four seconds behind Bor. The next five all clocked the same time in the battle for Bathurst team places, Anthony Rotich edging Leonard Korir, Sam Chelanga, Dillon Maggard and Reid Buchanan as they all recorded 28:49. Bor&rsquo;s brother Hillary Bor was eighth in 28:57.
The U20 titles were claimed by Irene Riggs and Leo Young. Riggs won the women&rsquo;s 6km contest in 19:45, finishing a few seconds ahead of Ellie Shea. Young, meanwhile, built a seven-second lead to win the men&rsquo;s 8km in 23:47 ahead of Micah Wilson.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Senior women (10km) 1 Ednah Kurgat 32:07 2 Makena Morley 32:24 3 Emily Durgin 32:27 4 Emily Lipari 32:32 5 Weini Kelati 32:39 6 Katie Izzo 32:40 7 Allie Buchalski 33:02 8 Susanna Sullivan 33:14&nbsp;
Senior men (10km) 1 Emmanuel Bor 28:44 2 Andrew Colley 28:48 3 Anthony Rotich 28:49 4 Leonard Korir 28:49 5 Sam Chelanga 28:49 6 Dillon Maggard 28:49 7 Reid Buchanan 28:49 8 Hillary Bor 28:57&nbsp;
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7195238?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>
U20 women (6km) 1 Irene Riggs 19:45 2 Ellie Shea 19:48 3 Zariel Macchia 20:05 4 Abbey Nechanicky 20:07 5 Karrilynn Baloga 20:07 6 Eva Klingbeil 20:11&nbsp;
U20 men (8km) 1 Leo Young 23:47 2 Micah Wilson 23:54 3 Marco Langon 23:54 4 Evan Jenkins 23:55 5 Max Sannes 23:55 6 Luke Venhuizen 23:59&nbsp;

Ednah Kurgat and Emmanuel Bor claimed their first US titles as athletes raced for World Cross Country Championships team places at Pole Green Park

Kurgat and Bor triumph at US Cross Country Championships

Ruth Chepngetich, the 2019 world marathon champion, produced two amazing runs at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships &ndash; a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Bronze event &ndash; to win a pair of titles within an hour at the Kenya Prisons Training College in Ruiru.
Racing at the venue that was probably her training ground during her time in the Kenya Prisons Service, Chepngetich dominated the senior women&rsquo;s 10km event, then anchored her team to victory in the mixed relay.
Kenya held its trial event for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 in December, but today&rsquo;s event will be used to select national runners for the Sirikwa Classic &ndash; a World Cross Country Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in Eldoret on 4 February.
Within the first kilometre, Chepngetich &ndash; who led the world marathon list last year with 2:14:18, the second-fastest run in history &ndash; had stretched the senior women&rsquo;s field to single file. By half way, her lead had grown to about 150 metres. She continued to lead, but Sheila Chepkirui &ndash; a 2:17:29 marathon runner &ndash; started to close the gap on Chepngetich.
The former world half marathon record-holder held on to win in 32:56, finishing two seconds ahead of Chepkirui.
Chepngetich returned to the course less than an hour later to take part in the mixed relay. After being handed the baton for the last leg, she overtook several runners and came through to notch up her second victory of the day.
In a senior men&rsquo;s race that showcased some relatively new stars, a pack of about 11 runners were still in contention at the halfway point. As the pace increased, the lead pack was whittled down to seven.
At the end of a thrilling last lap of the two-kilometre circuit, Charles Katul Lokir edged past Isaac Kibet just before the finish line to win in 29:16, both men being given the same time.
Lokir, who earned team bronze in the U20 race at the 2019 World Cross, will now turn his attention to the Sirikwa Classic on 4 February. &ldquo;I finished fifth there last year, so I hope to make it to the podium this time around,&rdquo; said the 22-year-old.
Samuel Wanjiru won the U20 men&rsquo;s 8km event, dominating the second half of the race. &ldquo;I am happy to win,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I had prepared well in December to run at the national trials, but I was in Japan and could not travel in time to participate in the trials.&rdquo;
Mercy Chesang, who is a first-year&nbsp;University of Nairobi Sports Science student, won the U20 women&rsquo;s 6km race.
Five-time world cross-country champion Paul Tergat, who was this week announced the ambassador of the 2023 World Cross Country Championships, was in attendance in Ruira.
&ldquo;Being named as an ambassador for World Cross Country event was a big honour not only to me but to the country,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It shows that the world sees what we have done for the sport. We have huge potential in terms of talent in future. I can see Kenyans continuing to dominate cross country and perhaps win more titles than I did.&rdquo;
Justin Lagat for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Senior women (10km) 1 Ruth Chepngetich 32:56 2 Sheila Chepkurui 32:58 3 Zena Chemutai 33:06
Senior men (10km) 1 Charles Lokir 29:16 2 Isaac Kibet 29:16 3 Dennis Kipngetich 29:23
U20 women (6km) 1 Mercy Sang 19:44 2 Miriam Chepkurui 19:54 3 Miriam Chemutai 20:04
U20 men (8km) 1 Samuel Kibathi Wanjiru 23:10 2 Simeon Maiyua 23:23 3 Shadrack Rono 23:30

2019 world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich wins two titles within an hour

Chepngetich dazzles at Kenyan Cross Country Championships

The second episode in the &lsquo;Official business&rsquo; podcast series features Claudia Schneck, a former international athlete for Brazil who has moved into the world of officiating.
The only woman international technical official in South America, Schneck is an advocate for female athletes moving into officiating roles following their retirement from competition.
This &lsquo;Official business&rsquo; series is presented by athlete and Athletics Ireland Women in Sport manager Lilly-Ann O'Hora and Vicky Huyton, coach and founder of the Female Coaching Network, as they interview some of the women involved in officiating.
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In this episode, Schneck explains the significant action taking place within the Confederacao Brasileira de Atletismo, Atletismo Sudamericano and World Athletics. The Brazilian Association of Athletics Referees and The Women&rsquo;s Referees Movement Group were established to address and understand the barriers and opportunities that exist for their members but most importantly, to tackle abuse and harassment in all forms.
Schneck has officiated at the highest level and describes being part of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the World Athletics Championships, as &ldquo;the dream of everyone involved in athletics&rdquo;. 
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<h2>Empowering women in athletics</h2>
The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Empowering Women in Athletics</a> group on Facebook is an extension of the work of the Gender Leadership Taskforce, offering a community for women in athletics and a place where they can share stories and experiences as well as ideas and projects.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find out more and join the discussion on Facebook</a> 
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Asked for her one piece of advice for other officials, Schneck says: &ldquo;To respect.
&ldquo;Respect is a word that is very important. If you respect the decision, if you respect the position, if you respect each other. You don&rsquo;t need to accept, but respect, and we will have a more peaceful place to work and to live.&rdquo;

The second episode in the ‘Official business’ podcast series features Claudia Schneck, a former international athlete for Brazil who has moved into the world of officiating

Official business podcast: Claudia Schneck

Organisers of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix have announced that Katie Moon and&nbsp;Katerina Stefanidi, the two most recent Olympic champions in the pole vault, will compete at&nbsp;the&nbsp;World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Boston on 4 February.
Moon &nbsp;(n&eacute;e Nageotte)&nbsp;came out on top in thrilling competitions at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and at the 2022 World Championships. Stefanidi, meanwhile, is one of the most decorated athletes in pole vault history. In addition to the Olympic title she won in Rio in 2016, she is also the 2017 world champion, a two-time European champion and a three-time Wanda Diamond League champion.
The duel between Moon and Stefanidi is one of several clashes announced this week by organisers of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
In the men&rsquo;s 800m, the world indoor gold and bronze medallists &ndash; Spain&rsquo;s Mariano Garcia and USA&rsquo;s Bryce Hoppel &ndash; will renew their rivalry. Garcia won the 800m at last year&rsquo;s&nbsp;New Balance Indoor Grand Prix&nbsp;ahead of Hoppel, setting a Spanish indoor record of 1:45.12, a world indoor leading time for 2022. After winning the world indoor title, Garcia went on to win the European title outdoors in a PB of 1:44.85.
In the men&rsquo;s 60m,&nbsp;Marvin Bracy-Williams&nbsp;&ndash; the world silver medallist at 60m indoors and 100m and 4x100m outdoors &ndash; will line up against the previously announced&nbsp;Noah Lyles, the two-time world 200m champion, and&nbsp;Trayvon Bromell, the world 100m bronze medallist.
Those top athletes join the previously announced Jake Wightman, Gabby Thomas, Grant Holloway, Trey Cunningham, Laura Muir and Ciara Mageean.
&bull; <a href="https://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More information</a>

Global medallists Mariano Garcia, Bryce Hoppel and Marvin Bracy-Williams also confirmed for New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on 4 February

Olympic champions Moon and Stefanidi to clash in Boston

Kenya&rsquo;s Gideon Rono and Eritrea&rsquo;s Rahel Daniel will be aiming to notch up another victory in a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting when they line up at the Cross Cup in Hannut on Sunday (22).
Rono won last Sunday&rsquo;s Cinque Mulini race in San Vittore Olona, Italy, and will be only too happy to extend his winning streak. Daniel, meanwhile, won at Campaccio in San Giorgio su Legnano and followed it two days later with victory in Elgoibar. The honours list in Hannut could provide extra motivation with the likes of Conseslus Kipruto, Florence Kiplagat, Vincent Rousseau and Benita Willis as former winners.
Rono, who will turn 20 next month, is a precocious talent and won in San Vittore Olona by a comfortable six-second margin. But victory in Hannut will not come easy as he&rsquo;ll face compatriot Levy Kibet, who finished third overall in last year's World Athletics Cross Country Tour.
Kibet &ndash; the 2021 world U20 5000m bronze medallist &ndash; is also still a teenager, but achieved podium finishes in all five of his international cross-country races last year.
Isaac Kimeli represents Belgium&rsquo;s best hope of a podium finish on Sunday. He earned bronze at the European Cross Country Championships in Turin last month and will be keen to showcase his strength on home soil.
Yann Schrub, the Frenchman who earned a surprise bronze in the 10,000m at the European Championships in Munich last year, is another interesting entrant, along with triathlete Hayden Wilde. The New Zealander earned bronze in that discipline at the Tokyo Olympics and will venture into the long cross on Sunday. Wilde is known as one of the best runners in the triathlon circuit and is only too happy to take on a cross-country run during a lukewarm period for Olympic-distance triathletes.
All eyes will be on Daniel in the women&rsquo;s race. The 21-year-old won last year&rsquo;s World Cross Country Tour and is a contender for that victory once again thanks to her recent wins in Campaccio and Elgoibar.
But Hannut may not be a walk in the park for Daniel, as her compatriot Rigbe Tesfamariam is also aiming for a victory. Tesfamariam made it into the top three in last year's tour final standings and is also looking to pick up precious points in Hannuit.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebaw fell just short of the podium in Hannut last year, but will get another chance to prove herself on Sunday.
They&rsquo;re not the only podium contenders, though. Pamela Kosgei is a Kenyan rising star who could be a threat to her senior rivals. Poland&rsquo;s Anna Gosk is a two-time winner at Hannuit, while Sweden's Sarah Lahti won the CrossCup race in Mol, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver meeting, in November and is keen for a strong performance on Sunday after a somewhat disappointing European Championships. Britain's Megan Keith earned U23 silver at the European Cross and could also feature among the lead pack here.
Veerle Bakker of the Netherlands was 10th at the recent European Cross, while Lisa Rooms looks to be the leading Belgian contender.
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Kenya’s Gideon Rono and Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel will be aiming to notch up another victory at the Cross Cup

Daniel and Rono hoping to maintain winning ways in Hannut

World indoor champion Mujinga Kambundji has been added to the 60m field, while Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and Patricia Mamona will go head-to-head in the triple jump at the Init Indoor Meeting, the opening 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold event, in Karlsruhe on 27 January.
Kambundji improved her Swiss record to 6.96 &ndash; the fastest time in the world since 1999 &ndash; to win a thrilling world indoor 60m final in Belgrade last March and went on to claim European 200m gold and 100m silver in Munich in August.
Now she will race against the already announced Dina Asher-Smith and Ewa Swoboda in Karlsruhe, plus Asha Philip and Daryll Neita. Britain&rsquo;s 2019 world 200m champion Asher-Smith and Poland&rsquo;s 2019 European indoor champion Swoboda are both former winners in Karlsruhe, where they will this year also be joined by Malaika Mihambo and Alexandra Burghardt.
Also on the track, multiple world and European medallist Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France and Spain&rsquo;s European champion Asier Martinez will race the 60m hurdles.
In the women&rsquo;s triple jump, two 15-metre-plus athletes will clash. Ukraine&rsquo;s Bekh-Romanchuk soared 15.02m to win the European title in Munich and also claimed world indoor silver in 2022, while Mamona leapt 15.01m to secure Olympic silver in Tokyo.
In Karlsruhe, they will compete against USA&rsquo;s world bronze medallist Tori Franklin, Finland&rsquo;s European silver medallist Kristiina Makela and Cuba&rsquo;s Olympic fifth-place finisher Liadagmis Povea.
The Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe is the first of seven World Indoor Tour Gold meetings in 2023. In early February the tour heads to Boston, then Torun, New York, Lievin and Madrid before the series final in Birmingham.
The ORLEN Copernicus Cup in Torun takes place on 8 February and in the men&rsquo;s high jump, New Zealand&rsquo;s world indoor bronze medallist and Commonwealth champion Hamish Kerr has been announced alongside Germany&rsquo;s European silver medallist Tobias Potye and Poland&rsquo;s Norbert Kobielski.
Further information on the <a href="https://meeting-karlsruhe.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Init Indoor Meeting</a> and the <a href="https://www.copernicuscup.pl/pl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ORLEN Copernicus Cup</a> can be found on the event websites.

World indoor bronze medallist Hamish Kerr has also been announced for the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Torun

Kambundji joins 60m field, Bekh-Romanchuk takes on Mamona in Karlsruhe

Athing Mu is already the second-fastest women&rsquo;s indoor 600m runner of all time and the US middle distance star could make another statement when she returns to the Millrose Games, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, in New York on 11 February.
It was in 2019, at the age of just 16, that Mu clocked 1:23.57 at the US Indoor Championships to miss the world 600m best by just 0.13.
Since then, she has become an Olympic and world champion in the 800m and has taken her PB in that discipline to 1:55.04, the US record.
The 800m final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on 24 July last year, which Mu won in 1:56.30, was her most recent race and she will now be looking for another strong indoor season in a year that offers her the chance to defend that world title in Budapest.
&ldquo;The women&rsquo;s 600m will be one of the highlights of this year&rsquo;s Millrose Games, and we are delighted to welcome Athing back to the track she grew up on,&rdquo; said Millrose Games director Ray Flynn.
However, Mu will have to contend with athletes including her US compatriot Shamier Little and Jamaica&rsquo;s Natoya Goule if she is to secure more success.
Hurdles specialist Little, the 2015 world 400m hurdles silver medallist, will look to continue testing herself in the flat event over a slightly longer distance, after opening her season with a world-leading 600m time of 1:24.65 last weekend.
While Goule, who has an indoor 600m best of 1:25.35, was the fourth-place finisher in the 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 and also finished fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last year.
They will be joined by Olivia Baker and Sophia Gorriaran in the 600m field.
Also in action in New York will be Chase Ealey, as she returns to compete in front of a home crowd as the world shot put champion.
Recently announced for the opening meeting in the 2023 World Indoor Tour Gold series in Karlsruhe on 27 January, Ealey has now also been confirmed for the Millrose Games, where the world champion and world indoor silver medallist will take on her US compatriots Maggie Ewen and Jessica Woodard, plus Canada&rsquo;s Commonwealth and NACAC champion Sarah Mitton.
It means fans will be treated to two thrilling shot put showdowns in New York, with Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs already announced for the men&rsquo;s contest.
&ldquo;I am really excited to have the Millrose Games as my first competition in the US as the world champion,&rdquo; said Ealey. &ldquo;I hope that with the success of the male and female competition, people will love our event indoors!&rdquo;
For further information on the Millrose Games, visit the <a href="https://www.millrosegames.org/news/w-600-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event website</a>.
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Athing Mu is already the second-fastest women’s indoor 600m runner of all time and the US middle distance star could make another statement when she returns to New York

Mu stars in Millrose Games 600m

World indoor champion Grant Holloway has been confirmed for the 60m hurdles at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final on 25 February.
The 2022 indoor season was another huge success for US star Holloway as he equalled his own world indoor record of 7.29, a mark he first achieved when improving Colin Jackson&rsquo;s long-standing world record at the World Indoor Tour meeting in Madrid in 2021.
Holloway clocked 7.29 for the second time during the semifinals of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 and he went on to win the world title, adding that global gold medal to his two world 110m hurdles titles and Olympic silver medal.
In a clash of world indoor gold medallists, Holloway will face 2018 60m hurdles champion Andrew Pozzi in Birmingham. The British athlete finished second to Holloway at last year&rsquo;s World Indoor Tour event and he has strong history at the venue as it is where he sealed his world title win five years ago.
&ldquo;My 2022 season was one to remember and the 60m hurdles world record was a very special achievement for me,&rdquo; said Holloway.
&ldquo;I really enjoyed competing in Birmingham last year, and it was amazing to win in front of such a loud and respectful crowd. I am really looking forward to competing in that atmosphere in February at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final. The hurdles is always a must-watch race, so this one will not disappoint and we look forward to putting on a show.&rdquo;
For further information on the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final, visit the <a href="https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/world-champion-grant-holloway-to-take-on-60m-hurdles-at-birmingham-world-indoor-tour-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event website</a>.
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World indoor gold medallists Grant Holloway and Andrew Pozzi will race on 25 February

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