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Athletics committed to addressing barriers to growing the sport as more than 10,000 join Global Conversation
Better quality and more facilities, greater coverage of athletics in the media and on television and more athletics in schools are emerging as key drivers of growing athletics across the world. That’s according to early findings in the Global Conversation, the survey currently being conducted by World Athletics that will shape the future direction of the sport for the next decade.... Read More
Prague prepares to host new marathon team event
An elite team competition designed to make the marathon a more strategic and engaging spectacle will be held in Prague on 30 May.... Read More
Japanese team for Silesia confirmed
Japan has selected a youthful team of 23 athletes to compete at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 on 1-2 May.... Read More
Athletics Kenya names World Athletics Relays team
World 800m bronze medallist Ferguson Rotich is among the 31 athletes named on the Kenyan team for the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 on 1-2 May.... Read More
All eyes on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium with 100 days to go
With every major milestone comes that extra surge of excitement and anticipation for the rescheduled Olympic Games, for which there are now just 100 days to go.... Read More
Linden breaks world 50km best
Desiree Linden has become the first woman to run 50km in under three hours, breaking the world best with 2:59:54 at a specially-organised event in Oregon on Tuesday (13).
Dutch team selected for Silesia
Dafne Schippers, Churandy Martina and Femke Bol are among the 24 athletes selected to represent the Netherlands at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 on 1-2 May.
Host Poland names 44-strong team for World Athletics Relays
The Polish Athletic Association (PZLA) has announced a team of 44 athletes to compete on home soil at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 on 1-2 May.
Stevens: "It was in the back of my mind that I might not throw again"
For the first 15-or-more years of Dani Stevens’s remarkable career, serious injury was something that happened to somebody else.
Britain names World Athletics Relays team
British Athletics has announced a 16-strong team for the women’s, men’s and mixed 4x400m events at the World Athletics Relays Silesia21 on 1-2 May.
New heights reached, Kennedy is riding the wave
For many people, lockdown evokes emotions of frustration and anxiety. Yet for recently-minted Australian pole vault record-holder Nina Kennedy, she credits the period last year for helping transform her career.
Jamaicans speaking with strong voices
Some of the most respected figures in Jamaican athletics have lent their weight of support to the ‘Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics’.
Tanui breaks Italian all-comers' record in Siena
Kenya’s Angela Tanui and Eric Kiptanui claimed victory at the Xiamen Marathon and Tuscany Camp Global Elite Race in Siena on Sunday (11), with Tanui breaking the Italian all-comers' record with 2:20:08 at the specially-organised elite-only event.
Price breaks North American hammer record with 78.60m
In just her second competition of the year, world champion DeAnna Price of the USA added 36 centimetres to her own North American hammer record on Friday (9) at the Tom Botts Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, winning with 78.60m.
Rainbow Nation urges innovation
South African leadership has stressed the need for “a fresh approach” from within the sport to be articulated through the ‘Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics’.
‘A Greek! A Greek!’ 125th anniversary of the first Olympic marathon
On 10 April 1896, Spiridon Louis of Greece won the first ever marathon at an Olympic Games, ancient or modern
AIU welcomes guilty verdicts against nine Russian athletes based on the evidence underlying the McLaren Reports
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has welcomed decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday in relation to nine cases brought by the AIU against Russian Athletes.