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Kabelo Seboko-Mulaudzi aims to achieve a hattrick of wins in the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series!
Running in the colours of the Boxer Athletics Club, Kabelo Seboko-Mulaudzi made it two wins from two starts after winning both the Absa...
Aug 30, 20234 min read


Most engaging World Athletics Championships in history finishes on a high in Budapest
The World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 concluded on Sunday (27) after nine days of thrilling action in which superstars of the...
Aug 29, 20235 min read


Chopra back on top with historic gold for India in men's javelin
Each time Neeraj Chopra gets on the runway of a global championship, he takes down a slice of history. And it was no different in the...
Aug 29, 20234 min read


Kabelo Seboko-Mulaudzi, Debash Desta triumphant at inaugural Absa RUN YOUR CITY TSWHANE 10KM
Kabelo Seboko-Mulaudzi (South Africa) made it two for two in the 2023 Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series as he claimed line honours at the...
Aug 27, 20235 min read


USA sets championship record to win women's 4x100m in Budapest
In the end, the women's 4x100m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 came down to a battle between the newly-crowned world...
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Kiplangat's marathon victory completes golden 2023 treble for Uganda
In the end, as he approached the finishing curve in the sunbathed Heroes’ Square, Victor Kiplangat could afford to snatch his national...
Aug 27, 20234 min read


Duplantis delivers gold again and – almost – another world record
Duplantis delivered another peerless exhibition of cool pole vaulting to retain the world title he won last year, but unlike that...
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Kipyegon completes historic women’s 1500m/5000m double
Kipyegon, who had already won a third world 1500m title here, duly added gold in the other championship event in which she has set a...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Treble for Lyles and a relay championship record on night when Kipyegon and Duplantis shine
Day eight at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 ended in joyful fashion for the United States as Noah Lyles and then Sha’Carri...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Jackson and Lyles retain 200m titles, Rojas and Kitaguchi snatch gold in final round
With a bullet start, powerful pick-up, brilliant bend and utterly scintillating home straight, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson sprinted deeper...
Aug 26, 20232 min read


Beriso Shankule leads Ethiopian 1-2 with marathon win in Budapest
Amane Beriso Shankule led an Ethiopian one-two in the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, clocking 2:24:23...
Aug 26, 20235 min read


New Athletes' Commission members announced
World Athletics is pleased to announce the results of the Athletes' Commission elections, which took place during the World Athletics...
Aug 25, 20232 min read


Watson stuns to get 400m gold, 40 years after Cameron’s triumph
In a deep field that had two former world champions headlining the race – one of them also being the world record-holder – not every...
Aug 25, 20233 min read


A day of doubles and redemption on gold rush Thursday in Budapest
It was a dramatic day of doubles all round, it seemed, on gold rush Thursday at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. There were...
Aug 25, 20231 min read


Perez breaks 35km championship record to complete golden race walk double in Budapest
Spain’s Maria Perez completed a golden double here as she added the women’s 35km race walk title to the 20km gold she won on Sunday,...
Aug 24, 20234 min read


South Africa stand up for the son of the soil tonight!!!, Wade van Niekerk
Tonight the 24th of August 2023 the lion of the South, the king of 400 metres and the world record holder Wade van Niekerk will be...
Aug 24, 20231 min read


Super Kipyegon claims record third world 1500m title in Budapest
Just moments after US discus thrower Laulaga Tausaga produced the biggest shock of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 so far,...
Aug 23, 20233 min read


Find your 5km fit at the Boxer Super Run
The Boxer Super Run will create an unforgettable experience for all participants on Sunday 15 October 2023 when it floods the streets of...
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Star-studded field confirmed for Absa RUN YOUR CITY TSHWANE 10K debut!
The inaugural Absa RUN YOUR CITY TSHWANE 10K on August 27, 2023, is primed for intense competition as a formidable assembly of the...
Aug 22, 20235 min read


Cheptegei joins all-time greats after winning third world 10,000m title in Budapest
As in Oregon last year, and as in Doha in 2019, there was no stopping Joshua Cheptegei when it came to the crunch in a World...
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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