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American Sha'Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning 100-meter world title

Richardson missed the Tokyo Olympics two years ago after a positive marijuana test

American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women's 100-meter world title, outsprinting a star-studded field to take a gold medal two years after a positive marijuana test derailed her Olympic dreams.

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Tentoglou wins long jump gold after more late drama

Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece was involved in yet another last-round drama as he won long jump gold at the World Championships when his final leap of 8.52 metres edged him ahead of Jamaica's Wayne Pinnock by two centimetres on Thursday.

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Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe

The World Athletics president, Seb Coe, has warned that it would be the definition of insanity to keep doing things in the usual way as he promised radical changes in the next few years.

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Caster Semenya wins European Court of Human Rights appeal over ‘discriminatory’ testosterone limit

Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to end “discriminatory” testosterone limits imposed on female athletes, the ECHR said on Tuesday.

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World records fall on thrilling night at 2023 Paris Diamond League

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (men's two miles), Faith Kipyegon (women's 5000m), and Lamecha Girma (men's 3000m steeplechase) re-write the record books on a historic night at the Stade Charléty in Paris.

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Cash boost for UK Athletics before July Diamond League meeting

UK Athletics has received up to £150,000 ($188,323/€174,767) to stage the Diamond League next month.

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World Athletics to create new 'short track' concept to evolve indoor events

The concept of “short track” competition will be introduced to replace the current term “indoor” in the setting of 200-meter tracks to incorporate hybrid competition venues like temporary city locations, World Athletics said on Tuesday.

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New Olympic marathon race walk mixed relay for Paris 2024 revealed

A marathon race walk featuring 25 teams, each comprising one male and one female athlete, who will complete the marathon distance of 26.2 miles in four legs of approximately equal distance, will make its debut at next year's Olympic Games in Paris, it was announced by World Athletics today.

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World Athletics bans transgender athletes, reinstates Russia but retains ban

The World Athletics Council has today banned transgender athletes from women's competition, altered DSD athlete regulations, reinstated the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) following seven years of suspension - and retained the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials.

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ROC President Pozdnyakov invited to Olympic Summit in Lausanne despite Ukraine war

Russia's Stanislav Pozdnyakov is one of only three Presidents of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to be invited to the Olympic Summit in Lausanne later this week, despite his country's invasion of Ukraine, it was announced here today.

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IFs

21.03.2022

WTA chairman defends stance of allowing Russian and Belarusian players to compete as neutrals

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) chairman and chief executive Steve Simon has claimed that Russian and Belarusian players should not be "penalised by the decisions of an authoritarian leadership".

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Athletes

09.03.2022

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins 50th women's Boston Marathon

New marathons - new wins

Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all.

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Gender Equality

21.02.2022

Disgusting and utterly unacceptable': Female athletes main target of online abuse during Tokyo Olympics

World Athletics has found that female athletes were the target of 87% of all online abuse during the Tokyo Olympics.

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Gender Equality

27.12.2021

Understanding new Olympic guidelines for trans athletes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently released its long anticipated new guidelines concerning transgender and intersex athletes.

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The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

This Championship was pretty amazing! And it showed that without Russians it didn’t become less interesting. The public doesn’t need quads by 15 year olds to enjoy the competition

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Elena Anikina: "We hope, especially considering the position and strategy which IOC has now, that very soon the situation will be changed"

Apparently, soon Russia will have to build luge-bobsleigh tracks not only in Russia, but also in partner countries!) In terms of competitiveness for Russian bobsleigh, this is a st

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Athletes

American Sha'Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning 100-meter world title

Athletes

Tentoglou wins long jump gold after more late drama

IFs

Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe

Doping

Caster Semenya wins European Court of Human Rights appeal over ‘discriminatory’ testosterone limit

Athletes

World records fall on thrilling night at 2023 Paris Diamond League

Sports

Cash boost for UK Athletics before July Diamond League meeting

IFs

World Athletics to create new 'short track' concept to evolve indoor events

Olympic Games

New Olympic marathon race walk mixed relay for Paris 2024 revealed

Sports

World Athletics bans transgender athletes, reinstates Russia but retains ban

Politics in sports

ROC President Pozdnyakov invited to Olympic Summit in Lausanne despite Ukraine war

IFs

WTA chairman defends stance of allowing Russian and Belarusian players to compete as neutrals

Athletes

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins 50th women's Boston Marathon

Gender Equality

Disgusting and utterly unacceptable': Female athletes main target of online abuse during Tokyo Olympics

Gender Equality

Understanding new Olympic guidelines for trans athletes

The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

Elena Anikina: "We hope, especially considering the position and strategy which IOC has now, that very soon the situation will be changed"

Alexander Tkachev: "We make sure that our athletes get the most important thing - the opportunity to compete"

Israeli gymnastics hit by allegations parents were asked to bribe judges

Sport and politics: my experiences as an athlete

Olympian, Nassar survivor Tasha Schwikert Moser on USA Gymnastics' board of directors

Disqualified for running in a hijab, Noor Alexandria Abukaram turned pain into action

Suni Lee finds support at Auburn after Olympics 'impostor syndrome'

'Anesthetic injections are....' - WADA chief on doping accusation on French Open winner Rafael Nadal

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