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France urges national engagement in Global Conversation
The French athletics federation has urged the nation’s athletics community to support the Global Conversation in "this very special period".... Read More
Kerley flies to world-leading 9.91 for 100m, Vetter throws 91.50m
World bronze medallist becomes third man in history to break 10.00 for 100m and 44.00 for 400m... Read More
Kipkoech and Lahti victorious at ASICS Be(at) Your Personal Best
A Swedish 5km record of 15:22 by Sarah Lahti and a world-leading 10km time of 27:35 by Kenya’s Hillary Kipkoech highlighted the ASICS Be(at) Your Personal Best event at Le Bois aux Daims, France, on Saturday (24).... Read More
Wanders and Moen aim to beat PBs in Morton
European half marathon record-holder Julien Wanders and Norway’s Sondre Moen will target 5km and 10km lifetime bests respectively at the ASICS Be (at) Your Personal Best event in Morton on Saturday (24).... Read More
Timetable released for World Athletics Championships Oregon22
Designed to allow the world’s best athletes to showcase the full range of their skills... Read More
Dereje’s dream of bringing marathon glory to Ethiopia
When Roza Dereje broke the tape at the 2019 Valencia Marathon in a course record of 2:18:30, she beamed, elatedly.
World Athletics and WIC Belgrade22 sign on to the United Nations Climate Change Sports for Climate Action Framework
World Athletics and organisers of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade22 have marked Earth Day 2021 by signing on to the United Nations Climate Change (UNCC) Sports for Climate Action Framework, an initiative supporting and guiding sports organisations to measure, reduce and offset their carbon emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Use period of change, urges Italy
Italy’s athletics federation has urged the sport to take advantage of a “period of change” in charting the future course of the sport.
Opportunities available for cities to host future World Athletics Series events
World Athletics is now inviting potential hosts for six World Athletics Series events to register their interest by 1 June.
Olympic and world medallists in final entries for World Athletics Relays Silesia21
Three-time world indoor champion Pavel Maslak, European indoor 400m champion Femke Bol, and African 100m champion Akani Simbine are among the big names on the final entry list for the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21.
Ten years having passed, Norway celebrates the legacy of Grete Waitz
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg will today lead her nation in marking the extraordinary life of women’s running pioneer Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) who tragically lost her life to cancer ten years ago today.
Gebrselassie vs Tergat in Sydney: a race about (almost) nothing
Remembering one of the most iconic races in Olympic history
McDermott wins race to 2.00m at Australian Championships, Edwards upstages McSweyn
Moments before she became the first Australian woman to clear a high jump bar set at two metres, Nicola McDermott was worried about a shoe.
Island nations stand together
Oceania is coming together with one voice to urge support for the Global Conversation.
Camacho-Quinn runs 12.32 100m hurdles, Richardson and McLaughlin also impress
Continuing her comeback in style, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn stormed to a 100m hurdles win in 12.32 (1.7m/s) to move to equal seventh on the world all-time list at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday (17).
How friendship further inspires Klaver and Bol
To best describe the close friendship between training partners and occasional on track rivals Lieke Klaver and Femke Bol, perhaps the Dutch word of 'gunnen' (not begrudge) might be most apt.