WorldAthletics News and Features News from WorldAthletics.org https://worldathletics.org/news/news/tokyo-host-2025-world-athletics-championships https://worldathletics.org/news/news/tokyo-host-2025-world-athletics-championships Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Council has selected Tokyo, Japan, to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:36:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/2aa848f4-15ac-4395-aaad-b366931bb4a6.jpg?v=-663370506 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/world-mountain-and-trail-running-championship https://worldathletics.org/news/news/world-mountain-and-trail-running-championship World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2023 awarded to Innsbruck and Stubai It is expected that up to 1400 athletes from over 60 nations will compete in the heart of the Alps. Fri, 06 May 2022 22:12:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/a17ef532-c07e-4426-a199-4da1b2134439.jpg?v=-106914926 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/pre-qualification-for-hosting-2024-world-athl https://worldathletics.org/news/news/pre-qualification-for-hosting-2024-world-athl Pre-qualification for hosting 2024 World Athletics Relays launches World Athletics has launched the pre-qualification for hosting the World Athletics Relays 2024. Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:54:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/7caa8e0c-56b7-47da-b738-37eb9c028992.jpg?v=-1284867970 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/pre-qualification-2024-2026-world-athletics-r https://worldathletics.org/news/news/pre-qualification-2024-2026-world-athletics-r Pre-qualification for 2024 and 2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships launches World Athletics has launched the pre-qualification for the next two editions of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, taking place in 2024 and 2026. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:25:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/dfdbb7a1-b069-48e4-a35d-f3e57877944c.jpg?v=-1201032985 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/documentary-film-run-the-athlete-refugee-team https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/documentary-film-run-the-athlete-refugee-team Watch 'RUN - The Athlete Refugee Team Story' 'RUN - The Athlete Refugee Team Story', shares the incredible and inspirational story of the Athlete Refugee Team (ART), from its formal beginnings in early 2017 through the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic last year that halted, albeit temporarily, their seemingly impossible journey towards the Tokyo Olympic Games. Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:36:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/2ac27079-0fc5-4886-8f71-fc6ae7445d38.jpg?v=1796015255 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/tadesse-abraham-world-refugee-day https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/tadesse-abraham-world-refugee-day Abraham – from refugee to Olympic rings It would be understandable for anyone to be fazed by the presence of an athlete like the ground-breaking Eliud Kipchoge in their event. But for Swiss marathon record-holder Tadesse Abraham, competing against the world record-holder and Olympic gold medal-winning Kenyan icon is a modest challenge compared to what he faced as a young refugee. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:01:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/ddbcef85-aa11-4e0d-bb4f-a11380e26452.jpg?v=1477258087 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-gabriyesos-tokyo https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-gabriyesos-tokyo Ready to make history, Gabriyesos looks to send global message of hope Tachlowini Gabriyesos, newly – very newly – selected for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Games, is a restless presence on screen as our Zoom call starts. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:56:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/17591dbc-9f18-4727-ab16-b55b95f2dd77.jpg?v=-2056027017 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/monaco-herculis-2021-warholm-rojas-gayle https://worldathletics.org/news/news/monaco-herculis-2021-warholm-rojas-gayle First wave of champion athletes confirmed for Monaco World champions Karsten Warholm, Yulimar Rojas, Tajay Gayle, Anzhelika Sidorova and Kelsey-Lee Barber are among the first stars confirmed for the Meeting Herculis EBS – part of the Wanda Diamond League – in Monaco on 9 July. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:08:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/bebed6af-0b30-4856-be8f-671fcb5f7676.jpg?v=-859886947 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-lokonyen-tokyo https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-lokonyen-tokyo Lokonyen: "We can give hope to other refugees" “Sport has that power to change a life,” says Rose Nathike Lokonyen, smiling down the camera from her base in Ngong, Kenya. “Especially for refugees.” Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:21:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/7ea8d4aa-d99f-4859-a308-bc4ccd8c71b8.jpg?v=1673695835 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kladno-kladenske-memorialy-belo-roos-pipi https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kladno-kladenske-memorialy-belo-roos-pipi Belo, Roos and Pipi take down meeting records in Kladno Francisco Belo, Fanny Roos and Ama Pipi were among the many athletes to break a meeting record at the Kladno hází a Kladenské Memoriály – a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting – in Kladno on Tuesday (15). Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:05:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/cd08522c-52aa-43ee-b96f-7bc6b7bfa254.jpg?v=-847652959 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/dorian-keletela-sprinter-olympic-refugee-team https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/dorian-keletela-sprinter-olympic-refugee-team Tokyo selection is dream come true for Refugee Olympic Team member Keletela With the exception of the football World Cup, there’s simply no stage in sport that can rival the Olympic Games – its global reach, its captive audience, the knowledge participants have that on that platform, for those few weeks, the whole world is watching. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:00:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/da384303-d9a4-4c57-92a5-cb0f4d895c5b.jpg?v=-1394902868 https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-lohalith-tokyo https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/refugee-olympic-team-lohalith-tokyo Family and opportunity inspires Lohalith ahead of second Olympic appearance Last Tuesday’s confirmation that Anjelina Nadai Lohalith had been picked for the Refugee Olympic Team for a second successive Games was cause for celebration – and the 28-year-old 1500m runner duly marked the occasion at her Ngong training camp in Kenya with much “music and dancing”. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:21:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/83279816-bb6b-4cf3-bce9-2c87fea3ceea.jpg?v=-1322081809 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/arona-zheng-ninali-jiri-sykora https://worldathletics.org/news/report/arona-zheng-ninali-jiri-sykora Zheng and Sykora take the spoils in Arona China’s Zheng Ninali and Jiri Sykora of the Czech Republic came out on top at the Arona Combined Events meeting, the Spanish leg of the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events, held this weekend in the Canary Islands. Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:11:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/26cf6337-21fa-4acf-bb70-063429b5adf4.jpg?v=54052904 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/atleticageneve-2021-magi-debjani https://worldathletics.org/news/report/atleticageneve-2021-magi-debjani Roos breaks Swedish record in Sollentuna, Debjani breaks Belgian record in Geneva European indoor silver medallist Fanny Roos extended her own Swedish record to 19.33m at the Folksam Grand Prix – a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting – in Sollentuna on Sunday (13). Sun, 13 Jun 2021 08:14:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/8e0bbdb1-5c42-49f9-bdf5-4393c541ea49.jpg?v=-9227576 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/british-grand-prix-gateshead-hassan https://worldathletics.org/news/news/british-grand-prix-gateshead-hassan Hassan turns attention to the mile in Gateshead Sifan Hassan will test her speed once again when she races the mile at the Muller British Grand Prix – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – at Gateshead International Stadium on 13 July. Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:58:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/19006a5b-b0a3-40ab-b06b-39fefbdb1003.jpg?v=1499268426 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/stockholm-2021-asher-smith-richardson-muhamma https://worldathletics.org/news/news/stockholm-2021-asher-smith-richardson-muhamma Top head-to-heads set for Stockholm Dina Asher-Smith and Sha'Carri Richardson will meet in the 200m, while a 400m hurdles field featuring Dalilah Muhammad and Femke Bol has been announced for the Bauhaus-Galan, a Wanda Diamond League meeting, in Stockholm on 4 July. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:50:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/6a1962c3-b2ff-4875-9a40-5644c2054710.jpg?v=-1061024453 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/meeting-internacional-arona-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/meeting-internacional-arona-2021 Tokyo marks the target for athletes in Arona Athletes will have Olympic qualification in mind when they head to the Meeting Internacional Arona in Tenerife on 12-13 June. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:36:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/d2685470-4f12-4442-8831-6701c335b1ff.jpg?v=-1852611351 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/florence-2021-ingebrigtsen-hassan https://worldathletics.org/news/report/florence-2021-ingebrigtsen-hassan Ingebrigtsen beats top 5000m field to show superb form in Florence In what may be the most impressive victory of his short but brilliant career, 20-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen upset an exceptional 5000m field, including both the world champion and world record-holder, at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Florence on Thursday (10). Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:39:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/b2ac26ee-96b1-459b-a3eb-edd81c16f4ab.jpg?v=1330115897 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/meeting-marseille-kipsang-reekie-kipruto https://worldathletics.org/news/report/meeting-marseille-kipsang-reekie-kipruto Kipruto, Reekie and Kipsang lead meeting record rampage in Marseille Middle-distance runners Abel Kipsang, Jemma Reekie and Collins Kipruto were among the athletes to break a meeting record at the Meeting de Marseille – a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze competition – in the south of France on Wednesday (9). Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:32:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/6cd93792-4b71-405b-afbd-2d7c1dcb5fda.jpg?v=-404014592 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/how-to-follow-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/how-to-follow-2021 How to follow and watch the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Florence The 2021 Wanda Diamond League continues on Thursday (10), with Florence welcoming many of the world’s best athletes for the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:31:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/65857f90-3e34-4312-87c3-c2a54e37b3f7.jpeg?v=886188493 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/florence-diamond-league-cheptegei-hassan-ashe https://worldathletics.org/news/news/florence-diamond-league-cheptegei-hassan-ashe Global stars feeling inspired to perform in Florence There was inspiration aplenty to be found in the venue for today’s Wanda Diamond League press conference, the splendidly decorated main salon of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, with its soaring painted ceiling and marble statues. Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:32:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/d867170c-9c1d-4557-b91c-26fb5615c2a4.jpg?v=70316155 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/paavo-nurmi-games-turku-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/paavo-nurmi-games-turku-2021 Krukowski and Nowicki secure Polish throws double in Turku In a country that loves its throwing, Marcin Krukowski and Wojciech Nowicki put on an exhibition for local fans on the second evening of the Paavo Nurmi Games – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday (8). Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:10:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/b4ba1644-dcde-4666-b73c-c87a502deb32.jpg?v=-713068946 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/refugee-olympic-team-tokyo https://worldathletics.org/news/news/refugee-olympic-team-tokyo Refugee Olympic Team announced Seven refugee athletes will compete in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, part of a squad of 29 announced today (8) by the International Olympic Committee. Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:35:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/b7dbfdb9-0860-4644-940d-658077e77f21.jpg?v=46794594 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/florence-diamond-league-2021-hassan-cheptegei https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/florence-diamond-league-2021-hassan-cheptegei World record-breakers Hassan and Cheptegei lead distance showcase in Florence Fresh from her heroics at the FBK Games in Hengelo, world record-breaker Sifan Hassan will again take centre stage at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, a Wanda Diamond League meeting, in Florence on Thursday (10). Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:54:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/52c661a0-c7f3-4b37-befc-91e15dbb4ae8.jpg?v=-1990599204 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/2021-how-to-follow https://worldathletics.org/news/news/2021-how-to-follow How to follow and watch the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Turku The 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series continues on Monday (7) and Tuesday (8) with the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:00:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/c8f4f4c5-5aca-4fec-aa40-ee5545950b1c.jpg?v=-2062683209 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/odlozil-memorial-prague-2021-spotakova https://worldathletics.org/news/report/odlozil-memorial-prague-2021-spotakova Spotakova secures 10th Odlozil Memorial victory in Prague Two decades after she made her first appearance at the meeting, world record-holder Barbora Spotakova notched up her 10th javelin victory at the Odlozil Memorial, winning with 60.21m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Prague on Monday (7). Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:00:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/7e04a951-d53e-4dbc-843f-4cdf7c1f0d21.jpg?v=755457941 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/fbk-games-hengelo-world-record-hassan https://worldathletics.org/news/report/fbk-games-hengelo-world-record-hassan Hassan smashes world 10,000m record with 29:06.82 in Hengelo Sifan Hassan continued to make history by smashing the world 10,000m record with a time of 29:06.82 at the FBK Games. Sun, 06 Jun 2021 14:02:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/e458b11a-5438-4cb6-8e72-d4ab428358e1.jpg?v=-971328566 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/paavo-nurmi-games-turku-wlodarczyk-fajdek https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/paavo-nurmi-games-turku-wlodarczyk-fajdek Wlodarczyk and Fajdek to tune up for Tokyo in Turku All eyes will be on the hammer throw circle in Turku, Finland, this week as two titans of the event – Anita Wlodarczyk and Pawel Fajdek – fine-tune their Olympic preparations at the Paavo Nurmi Games, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting. Sun, 06 Jun 2021 08:07:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/f35c9cdc-9e4a-498d-bd92-47b67ad8a115.jpg?v=1208096712 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/new-life-invitational-miramar-bromell https://worldathletics.org/news/report/new-life-invitational-miramar-bromell Bromell speeds to 9.77 100m in Miramar, McLaughlin runs 52.83 in Nashville The USA’s Trayvon Bromell stormed to seventh on the world 100m all-time list on Saturday (5) by running a world-leading 9.77 (1.5m/s) at the NACAC New Life Invitational – a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting – in Miramar, Florida. Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:01:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/719b63fa-99e6-4038-b284-61dca50fae9f.jpg?v=1060804451 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/la-coruna-2021-garcia-arenas https://worldathletics.org/news/report/la-coruna-2021-garcia-arenas Garcia and Arenas win in La Coruna Spain's European bronze medallist Diego Garcia and Colombia's world fifth-placer Sandra Lorena Arenas were successful at the Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna ­– the Spanish leg of this year’s World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking – on Saturday (5) over a flat and fast 1km circuit at sea level. Sat, 05 Jun 2021 20:08:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/9c820f1e-c387-4eaf-a5a3-1a50fdc0582c.jpg?v=-1026437023 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/fbk-games-hengelo-2021-hassan-duplantis https://worldathletics.org/news/news/fbk-games-hengelo-2021-hassan-duplantis Hassan eyes world record, Duplantis ready to soar in Hengelo The 40th edition of the FBK Games – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Hengelo looks set to be celebrated with fireworks on the track and field on Sunday (6), with talk of world and meeting records at the pre-event press conferences. Sat, 05 Jun 2021 10:13:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/19d456b2-bf7b-4dae-92a7-25bc971c692c.jpg?v=-2082190331 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/new-life-invitational-thompson-herah-bromell https://worldathletics.org/news/news/new-life-invitational-thompson-herah-bromell Thompson-Herah, Bromell and Muhammad headline New Life Invitational Jamaica's double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is among the large field of world-class athletes listed for action at the inaugural North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) New Life Invitational on Saturday (5). Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:14:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/b593b289-d609-460d-bb67-55dd4d09e032.jpg?v=64453949 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/fbk-games-hengelo-duplantis-hassan-asher-smit https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/fbk-games-hengelo-duplantis-hassan-asher-smit Global champions and world record-holders ready to clash in Hengelo Five world champions, four Olympic gold medallists and two world record-holders are set to compete at the FBK Games – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Hengelo on Sunday (6). Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:45:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/a830ffd9-4218-4f4c-8148-ba01a623712b.jpg?v=-2044142857 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/meeting-iberoamericano-huelva-dongmo-bradshaw https://worldathletics.org/news/report/meeting-iberoamericano-huelva-dongmo-bradshaw Dongmo throws 19.75m in Huelva, Bradshaw vaults 4.82m Portugal’s Auriol Dongmo provided the main highlight at the 16th Meeting Iberoamericano, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting, thanks to a 19.75m shot put throw on Thursday (3). Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:54:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/96a8dc98-781c-4c76-b017-ce8255385af9.jpg?v=-781154408 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/race-walking-challenge-la-coruna-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/race-walking-challenge-la-coruna-2021 Race Walking Challenge gets under way in La Coruna After last year’s cancellation because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna ¬– the Spanish leg of this year’s World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking – returns on Saturday (5) to confirm that the event is arguably one of the key 20km competitions of the season. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:11:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/d4f19d3c-a3d8-483f-a293-a547ec2cea08.png?v=-1883625451 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/pts-samorin-okagbare https://worldathletics.org/news/report/pts-samorin-okagbare Okagbare sets Slovak all-comers’ record with 10.98 in Samorin Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare produced the first sub-11-second 100m run on Slovak soil when winning at the P-T-S Meeting – a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver competition – in Samorin on Wednesday (2). Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:47:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/9c311bcb-8613-4ff3-9e0c-315780f29fdb.jpg?v=-681760574 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/erriyon-knighton-world-u18-best-200m https://worldathletics.org/news/report/erriyon-knighton-world-u18-best-200m Knighton breaks Bolt’s world U18 200m best with 20.11 in Jacksonville After a string of 200m victories and some swift – albeit wind-assisted – times over 100m in the past two months, 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton finally entered the record books with his 20.11 200m win at the Duval County Challenge, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting, in Jacksonville on Monday (31). Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:22:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/0d459193-e303-4481-a142-1911d5c600ba.jpg?v=807077743 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/hypo-meeting-gotzis-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/hypo-meeting-gotzis-2021 Warner makes history in Götzis with sixth victory and 8995 score Damian Warner had gone into the Hypo Meeting aiming to become the event’s first six-time winner but he ended up making history in other ways at the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events meeting in Götzis on Sunday (30). Sun, 30 May 2021 20:54:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/6a713801-bcab-4a86-90a4-ac1dfc5769f5.jpg?v=788532779 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/battle-teams-prague-2021-rionoripo-kipruto https://worldathletics.org/news/report/battle-teams-prague-2021-rionoripo-kipruto Rionoripo and Kipruto victorious in Prague Kenya’s Purity Rionoripo and Benson Kipruto were first past the post at the inaugural edition of The Battle of the Teams in Prague on Sunday (30), winning the World Athletics Label Road Race in 2:20:14 and 2:10:16 respectively. Sun, 30 May 2021 11:01:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/f95e5327-518b-4e42-acac-095b4b3bf73f.jpg?v=1186086246 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/chula-vista-field-festival-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/chula-vista-field-festival-2021 Brume and Malone break records in Chula Vista Nigeria’s Ese Brume and USA’s Maggie Malone made history at the Chula Vista Field Festival, setting area and national records respectively at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting on Saturday (29). Sun, 30 May 2021 00:01:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/3f2ba299-c23c-41c5-984f-74d7bd67ca61.jpg?v=-445207891 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/asher-smith-diamond-league-gateshead-july-202 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/asher-smith-diamond-league-gateshead-july-202 Asher-Smith returns as Diamond League goes back to Gateshead World 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith will fine-tune her preparations for the Olympic Games when she races in Gateshead on 13 July, following confirmation that the Wanda Diamond League series will be returning to the North East of England for the Muller British Grand Prix. Sat, 29 May 2021 12:18:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/977efeea-9fd5-4685-aeed-ffeaa53f7de3.jpg?v=-545556036 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/tamberi-rojas-bedrani-monaco-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/tamberi-rojas-bedrani-monaco-2021 Tamberi, Rojas and Bedrani set for Monaco The Meeting Herculis EBS will welcome some of the world’s best athletes to Monaco just two weeks out from the Olympic Games in Tokyo and among those competing at the Louis II Stadium on 9 July will be Gianmarco Tamberi, Yulimar Rojas and Djilali Bedrani. Sat, 29 May 2021 10:05:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/93966f5e-2b69-4f79-8aaf-42a7ad093917.png?v=1026740586 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-leads-meeting-records-doha-2021 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-leads-meeting-records-doha-2021 World leads and meeting records are set as season heats up in Doha The Olympic season really started to warm up in Doha on Friday (28) as a series of world-leading performances and meeting record were achieved at the Wanda Diamond League event in Qatar’s capital. Fri, 28 May 2021 20:19:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/3ce89afa-a599-4212-85d2-829499201ee0.jpg?v=-1553523369 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/doha-diamond-league-barshim-benjamin-fraser-p https://worldathletics.org/news/news/doha-diamond-league-barshim-benjamin-fraser-p Barshim, Benjamin and Fraser-Pryce talk legacy as they take steps towards Tokyo in Doha While the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday (28) is an important step for many athletes on the road to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, for Mutaz Barshim it also represents a key milestone in his career. Thu, 27 May 2021 20:11:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/50b93eee-daf0-4d7f-aaf8-557e072edd10.jpg?v=1039228365 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/gotzis-hypo-meeting-2021-warner https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/gotzis-hypo-meeting-2021-warner Warner targets win No.6 in Götzis Canada’s multiple global medallist Damian Warner will aim to become the Hypo Meeting’s first six-time winner when he competes at the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events meeting in Götzis, Austria, on 29-30 May. Thu, 27 May 2021 13:03:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/2a13c814-036e-40e3-932f-ae84c1bcf8c7.jpg?v=1811001765 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/doha-diamond-league-rojas-norman-richardson https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/doha-diamond-league-rojas-norman-richardson Rojas ready to fly again in Doha Thirty-two athletes who earned medals at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 – including 12 champions – will return to the Qatari capital on Friday (28) for the second Wanda Diamond League meeting of 2021. Wed, 26 May 2021 14:11:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/f42a9d88-7c3e-46c7-aab4-2eb18abd6489.jpg?v=680265616 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/wlodarczyk-global-medallists-szekesfehervar https://worldathletics.org/news/news/wlodarczyk-global-medallists-szekesfehervar Wlodarczyk among global medallists set for Szekesfehervar Five-time winner Anita Wlodarczyk will return to the Istvan Gyulai Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, in Szekesfehervar on 6 July. Tue, 25 May 2021 17:30:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/51747efd-ed95-4c79-9b4b-e023c84ba959.jpg?v=-1738987498 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/golden-gala-florence-hassan-kipyegon https://worldathletics.org/news/news/golden-gala-florence-hassan-kipyegon Hassan and Kipyegon in Florence 1500m, Barshim and Stefanidi ready to soar Double world champion Sifan Hassan and Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon will go head-to-head over 1500m at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, a Wanda Diamond League meeting, on 10 June. Tue, 25 May 2021 12:51:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/e56aab9c-58a0-47aa-896c-9ea8edcfc6b7.jpg?v=1536306774 https://worldathletics.org/news/news/gateshead-pole-vault-kendricks-duplantis https://worldathletics.org/news/news/gateshead-pole-vault-kendricks-duplantis How the world's best vaulters have got each other covered If there is an image to epitomise the camaraderie within the pole vault, the photograph of Mondo Duplantis holding an umbrella over Sam Kendricks to protect him from the Gateshead elements would be it. Mon, 24 May 2021 15:49:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/e26f8ce2-b1da-45ef-a81d-a26210152647.jpg?v=391566238 https://worldathletics.org/news/report/adidas-boost-boston-games-harrison-holloway-s https://worldathletics.org/news/report/adidas-boost-boston-games-harrison-holloway-s Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston Meeting records fell in all four hurdles races at the adidas Boost Boston Games – part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series – with world record-holders Grant Holloway and Kendra Harrison among the winners. Sun, 23 May 2021 22:38:00 Z https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/4c56c424-f26b-499e-966c-0d1b4f6e2ae2.jpg?v=-1405035708