The World Athletics Council has called on the federations of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal to tighten anti-doping controls ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, following a recommendation from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
A Kenyan court has ordered members of the national athletics governing body to vacate office after serving for eight years without holding elections. The board has been led by Jackson Tuwei who took over the reins when former president Isaiah Kiplagat was suspended over graft allegations in 2015.
Antoine Le Hyaric, Amandine Aftalion and Brian Hanley are scientists who, according to their published study, are developing a mathematical model that promises to optimise 400m and 1,500m running performance using high-resolution data.
In exactly 364 days, the European Athletics Indoor Championships will take place at Omnisport in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. The organisation has just announced former world-class athlete Dafne Schippers as event director.
The organisers of the World Indoor Championships in Athletics aim to raise the standards of international sporting events by prioritising sustainability, equality, diversity, and inclusion, while widening access to sport and physical activity at a local level.
Britain is in the running to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner said on Monday, the day after the conclusion of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
World Athletics is about to change the rules of the long jump. Nothing will be the same for athletes who are resisting to changes they say could turn the discipline into something completely different by removing the starting board.
Devynne Charlton broke her world record in the 60m hurdles, 'Mondo' continued his dominance in the pole vault, and the Netherlands' Femke Bol and Belgium's Alexander Doom added a second gold medal to their 400m gold in the 4x400m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship 2024 in Glasgow.
"Not every day is Christmas," said Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge after suffering a setback in his preparations for the Paris Games when he finished 10th behind winner Benson Kipruto in Sunday's Tokyo Marathon. Kebede won the women's race, followed by Rosemary Wanjiru and Amane Beriso Shankule. Sifan Hassan was fourth.
On Saturday in Glasgow, Record-setting Femke Bol proved unstoppable. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece successfully defended his World Indoor Long Jump Championship, while American sprinter Grant Holloway comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Julien Alfred and Ewa Swoboda in 60m semi-finals.
With sustainability high on the agenda for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024, an environmentally friendly process has been developed to manage meal vouchers for staff and volunteers at the city's venue.
Christian Coleman won in Glasgow his second gold medal in the 60m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. It was a thrilling battle between Coleman and Lyles. The Floridian took silver and Jamaica's Ackeem Blake bronze. In the pentathlon, Spain's Maria Vicente broke her Achilles tendon while leading the the pentathlon.
Eliud Kipchoge, the renowned double Olympic marathon champion, honoured Kelvin Kiptum on 1 March following the world record holder's tragic death last month. The Kenyan died as a result of a car accident when his vehicle hit a tree.
Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol are among the 651 athletes competing for the world titles in 26 events from 1-3 March. Among the favourites are 13 of the reigning individual world champions and seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists.
The 2027 World Athletics Championships will welcome the biggest stars back to Beijing, 12 years after the Chinese capital successfully hosted the premier athletics event and almost two decades after the Beijing Olympic Games.