AIU details comprehensive testing programme ahead of Tokyo Olympics
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has revealed details of its testing programme in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The AIU’s testing programme is highly targeted and intelligence-led and...
View ArticleTokyo Olympics preview: 3000m steeplechase
Women’s 3000m steeplechase The standout steeplechaser over the past few years hasn’t quite been so dominant in 2021, throwing this event wide open going into Tokyo. Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world...
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Mike Powell’s 8.95m record leap becomes permanent as sculpture inaugurated in...
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a world record breaker? As of today, visitors to Laeken, adjacent to Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium, have the permanent opportunity to compare themselves...
View ArticleWorld Cross Championships in Bathurst postponed
World Athletics and the local organising committee (LOC) for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2022 have agreed to postpone the championships, which was scheduled to be held in...
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Reuben Kipyego and Ruth Chepngetich target Chicago Marathon crowns
Kenya’s Reuben Kipyego and Ruth Chepngetich head the fields for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday (10), with Sara Hall and Galen Rupp leading US hopes at the World Athletics Elite Platinum...
View ArticleLetesenbet Gidey and Yalemzerf Yehualaw target world half marathon record in...
The Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP witnessed a men’s world record last year as Kibiwott Kandie ran a stunning 57:32. This time the women’s world record is the target and organisers have...
View ArticleBashir Abdi eyes record in Rotterdam after Olympic bronze
Olympic bronze medallist Bashir Abdi plans to attack the European record while Marius Kipserem will be on the hunt for a hat-trick when the 40th NN Marathon Rotterdam, a World Athletics Elite Label...
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Lane infringement rule changes now in force
The easing of the rules regarding lane infringements are among the competition rule (CR) and technical rule (TR) changes approved by the World Athletics Council which come into force from today (1...
View ArticleMu and Wilson set to clash over 800m at Millrose Games
Organisers of the Millrose Games have announced that Olympic champion Athing Mu will take on world bronze medallist Ajee Wilson in the 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting on 29...
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Life as Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge’s status as an all-time great of the sport cannot be disputed. With his second successive Olympic title earlier this year, the Kenyan distance runner became even more of a marathon...
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