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Wade van Niekerk Qualifies for Diamond League Final
World record holder Wayde van Niekerk earned his third World Athletics Diamond League victory of the season in London on Sunday, booking...
Aug 12, 20231 min read


Sustainability at WCH Budapest 23 - what to expect
With sustainability taking on an increasingly important role in the delivery of its events, World Athletics has teamed with the...
Aug 12, 20233 min read


Ignite your passion for 5km running at the Boxer Super Run in Durban
Stillwater Sports, in partnership with Boxer Superstores and Coca-Cola, is excited to launch the Boxer Super Run, a world class 5km road...
Aug 12, 20232 min read


Sosibo crowned 2023 Totalsports Women’s Race Champions in Durban!
Cacisile Sosibo (Soweto) was leaving nothing to chance. She entered the Totalsports Women’s Race Durban because of the fast, flat course...
Aug 11, 20232 min read


Van Zyl crowned 2023 Totalsports Women’s Race Champions in Joburg!
The streets of Johannesburg and Durban resembled a ‘sea of pink’ on Wednesday 09 August 2023 with runners and walkers coming out in their...
Aug 11, 20231 min read


Rudisha, Thompson and Vlasic announced as ambassadors for WCH Budapest 23
David Rudisha, Daley Thompson and Blanka Vlasic have been announced as ambassadors of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, with...
Aug 11, 20232 min read


Final entry lists published for World Athletics Championships Budapest 23
Final entry lists for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 confirm that more than 2100 athletes from 202 teams intend to compete...
Aug 11, 20231 min read


Lohalith leads six-strong Athlete Refugee Team at WCH Budapest 23
Two-time Olympian Anjelina Nadai Lohalith will lead a six-strong Athlete Refugee Team (ART) squad at the World Athletics Championships...
Aug 10, 20233 min read


Wade van Niekerk and Akani Simbine to lead Team SA For World Athletics Championships!
Former world champion Wayde van Niekerk and three-time finalist Akani Simbine will lead the SA team at the World Athletics Championships...
Aug 9, 20232 min read


USA names team of 139 for WCH Budapest 23
Ten world champions from last year’s event in Oregon will return to compete for the US team at the World Athletics Championships Budapest...
Aug 9, 20233 min read


TDK and World Athletics to support world record programme in Budapest
Some 2000 athletes from around 200 teams will descend on Hungary’s new National Athletics Centre on Saturday 19 August for nine days of...
Aug 9, 20232 min read


Stunning fusion of art and sport – World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 medals unveiled
The medals of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 have been unveiled, with 11 days to go until the competition begins. The...
Aug 8, 20232 min read


Ratified: world records for Kipyegon, Girma and Perez
Women’s world 1500m record 3:49.11 Faith Kipyegon (KEN) Florence 2 June 2023 Women’s world 5000m record 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon (KEN)...
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Championship and national records fall at World University Games
Close finishes in the men’s 400m and women’s 100m hurdles resulted in numerous records being broken at the World University Games in...
Aug 7, 20232 min read


Hungary names host nation team for WCH Budapest 23
Hungary will be represented by at least 25 athletes who have qualified by right for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 on...
Aug 5, 20231 min read


Fraser-Pryce and Jackson to lead Jamaican team for WCH Budapest 23
Jamaican sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, the defending champions at 100m and 200m respectively, feature on...
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Ukrainian team prepares for World Athletics Championships
The Ukrainian athletics team will gather in Slovakia this week for a final training camp before travelling to Hungary for the World...
Aug 2, 20232 min read


World Athletics appoints new Director of Communications
World Athletics has appointed Jamie Fox as Director of Communications following a worldwide recruitment process which began in March this...
Aug 1, 20232 min read


New study shows athletes how to beat competition heat
The potentially lethal cocktail of high heat and humidity, strenuous exercise and dehydration hit Czech endurance athlete Hana Švestková...
Aug 1, 20234 min read


Asinga breaks world U20 100m record at the South American Championships
In his first international competition, Surinam’s Issam Asinga broke the world U20 100m record by clocking 9.89* (0.8m/s) on the first...
Jul 30, 20235 min read
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