Getting to know Portugal's rising shot put star, the 2021 world indoor leader and favourite for this weekend's European Indoor Championships.

It was a photo that said so much about the changing face of a nation, one that triggered a wave of debate on social media and among the highest reaches of Italian politics: four athletes, standing proud in front of their country’s flag at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Following detailed work by World Athletics’ Russia Taskforce, its independent experts, and RusAF, a final plan for the reinstatement of RusAF to membership of World Athletics was recommended to the World Athletics Council last week.

Extreme weather events make running tricky, but climate change means they will become more common. Taking even small steps to prepare for these events can make a big difference.

The 18-year-old clocked 1:58.40 at the Southeast Conference Championships to clip more than half a second from the previous mark.

“Being part of somebody’s success, being able to help someone who’s falling in love with their event, or the sport itself, helping them, it’s a great feeling. It’s very gratifying to be part of that.”

“Hurdlers are sprinters with attitudes,” says Grant Holloway.

World record-holders Joshua Cheptegei, Mondo Duplantis and Brigid Kosgei are among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Gudaf Tsegay remembers her early days in the sport when she would look up to two-time Olympic gold medallist Meseret Defar as a role model.

The sun shone for Toshikazu Yamanishi at the 104th Japanese Championships in Kobe.

The story behind the numbers

Larissa Iapichino broke the world U20 indoor record in the long jump with a leap of 6.91m at the Italian Indoor Championships in Ancona on Saturday.