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'Road to Paris' qualification tracking tool launches
World Athletics has launched ‘Road to Paris 2024', an online tool to help athletes, media and fans track the qualification process for...
Oct 23, 20231 min read


World Athletics Executive Board re-appoints Arat, Hoffman and Sabharwal as members
Hasan Arat, Abby Hoffman and Sunil Sabharwal have been approved by the Executive Board Ex-Officio members as re-appointed members of the...
Oct 20, 20232 min read


Countdown to the World Cross Country Tour Gold
The cross-country season is in full swing and after the World Athletics Cross Country Tour kicked off with Silver and Bronze level...
Oct 19, 20232 min read


AIU BANS TITUS EKIRU FOR TEN YEARS
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned elite marathoner Titus Ekiru for ten years, in a case exposing collusion with a...
Oct 16, 20234 min read


Ayana and Ebenyo win in Delhi, Koyama and Suzuki win Japan’s Olympic marathon trial
Ethiopia’s 2016 Olympic champion Almaz Ayana and Kenya’s world 10,000m and half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo took top honours...
Oct 15, 20232 min read


Belete and Belet triumph at Amsterdam Marathon
Ethiopia’s Meseret Belete and Kenya’s Joshua Belet were victorious at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday (15), winning the World...
Oct 15, 20233 min read


Nominees announced for Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2023
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2023 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2023. World...
Oct 12, 20232 min read


Nominees announced for Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2023
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2023 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2023. World...
Oct 11, 20232 min read


GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON joins SuperHalfs Series: a new SuperJourney begins in 2024
SCC EVENTS joins the SuperHalfs series from 2024 with the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON, one of the most iconic and beloved half...
Oct 11, 20232 min read


Oosterwegel and Tilga win World Athletics Combined Events Tour
Emma Oosterwegel and Karel Tilga have been confirmed as the winners of the 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour, which rewards their...
Oct 9, 20233 min read


Sifan Hassan (NED) set a new women’s course record in 2:13:44
The women’s field chased the world record as well with two-time defending champion Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) and Olympic gold medalist Sifan...
Oct 9, 20233 min read


Kelvin Kiptum Shatters World Record at 45th Running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Broken records were the theme of the day at the 45th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Headlined by a stunning new men’s...
Oct 9, 20232 min read


Hassan and Kiptum take on defending champions Chepngetich and Kipruto in Chicago
This year’s London Marathon champions Sifan Hassan and Kelvin Kiptum will head to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday (8) to...
Oct 7, 20234 min read


Samba, Chopra and Barshim among winners as stadium action concludes at Asian Games
Continental record-holder Abderrahman Samba made a welcome return to form to win the men’s 400m hurdles at the Asian Games in Hangzhou,...
Oct 5, 20233 min read


Best photographs of 2023 to be recognised at World Athletics Awards
An award will be presented for the best athletics photograph of the year as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023. The Awards will be...
Oct 4, 20232 min read


Registration for the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago 13.1 and Shamrock Shuffle Opens
oday the teams behind Chicago’s premier racing portfolio announced registration information for the events that will make up the second...
Oct 2, 20235 min read


Sawe leads second Kenyan medal sweep in Riga with half marathon win
If there was any lingering doubt about who rules the half marathon world, Kenya firmly dispelled it at the World Athletics Road Running...
Oct 2, 20233 min read


Jepchirchir takes third global half marathon title in Riga
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir underlined her status as one of the all-time greats by claiming a third world half marathon title at the World...
Oct 1, 20233 min read


Kessler set world records to win world mile titles in Riga
The men’s mile lived up to its status as the most wide-open event of the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga as Kessler...
Oct 1, 20231 min read


Welteji breaks world mile record in Riga!!
Ethiopian's Diribe Welteji passed like a bullet to Faith Kipyegon of Kenya to win the inaugural women's world mile title in a world...
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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