The New Normal

It was a busy weekend – in relative terms, of course – across Europe with competitions taking place in Finland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary.

Here we continue to share stories and updates about how the athletics world is adjusting to and coping with the spread of Covid-19.

Today marks World Environment Day, the United Nations’ most renowned annual day to promote worldwide environmental action and awareness. To help mark the day, we spoke with 2018 World Athlete of the Year Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia to share some of her thoughts on environmental conservation as her country prepared to co-host this year’s commemoration.

Have some crayons or coloured pencils? Then get to work colouring and getting to know some of our sport's biggest stars.

The Ultimate Garden Clash series continues on Sunday 7 June with a trans-continental meeting of combined events titans. 

With the reopening of its headquarters this week, World Athletics has taken the opportunity to discuss with its 214 Member Federations its new Strategic Plan to drive growth, the latest medical advice on the coronavirus pandemic, particularly as it impacts on athletes returning to training and competition, and the updated Olympic qualifying process for Tokyo next year.

On a day that encourages everyone to get moving, runners around the world are invited to celebrate Global Running Day on 3 June.

All finals from the World Championships Beijing 2015 will be made available on the World Athletics YouTube channel.

World 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway has been based in Gainesville, Florida, throughout lockdown. Here the charismatic rising star of global athletics offers his five-point guide to surviving life in lockdown.

Victories by javelin aces Barbora Spotakova and Jakub Vadlejch highlighted the opening meeting of the Czech Athletics Federation's 'Back on the Track' series which kicked off in the central Bohemian city of Kladno on Monday (1).

Here we continue to share stories and updates about how the athletics world is adjusting to and coping with the spread of Covid-19.

Francesco Puppi has been one of the more successful mountain runners of recent years, racing to gold at the 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, silver at the event last year and winning bronze in 2015 when he made his Italian national team debut. That global podium finish came just one season after Puppi tried the sport for the first time. With a strong ability to accelerate on ascents, he was "a natural".