ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fastest female sprinter, Tameen Khan, has withdrawn from the upcoming World Athletics Championship in Tokyo due to injury, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Tameen was scheduled to compete in the 100-meter sprint event later this month. However, her injury has forced her to pull out of the prestigious competition. The Athletics Federation of Pakistan … Read more
Semenya won a legal victory against World Athletics regulations. European Court of Human Rights ruled that she was discriminated. The ruling does not overturn World Athletics regulations. Caster Semenya, the double Olympic 800m champion, has taken a possible tiny step towards competing in Paris 2024, but she still has a long way to go in … Read more
World Athletics won’t consider the subject of Russian athletes competing. The IOC is under fire for allowing athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus. The IOC has suggested that Russian and Belarusian athletes might compete. Sebastian Coe said on Friday that World Athletics won’t consider the subject of Russian athletes competing while the conflict in … Read more
Tokyo has been chosen as host city for the 2025. World Athletics Championships, the game’s overseeing body. Current year’s occasion starts in Eugene. Oregon a year after the fact than arranged because of COVID-19. Tokyo held the occasion in 1991, featured by the staggering scene record breaking long leap duel between gold medallist Mike Powell. … Read more
Christian Coleman wins men’s 100m and Aleia Hobbs wins ladies’ 100m at the NYC Grand Prix in New York. “I felt like that was a great race,” said Coleman, who took third at the Prefontaine Classic last month. “I felt quite a bit improved in the final part of my race than I did last … Read more
PARIS: Rules concerning new generation athletics shoes will be tightened after the Paris 2024 Olympics, World Athletics said on Thursday. The move comes at a time where carbon and foam soles in athletics shoes appears to be improving performances. Read More: Warholm and Thompson-Herah named World Athletes of the Year “A long-term sustainable and implementable solution for athletic shoes which balances … Read more
World Athletics announced on Wednesday that Glasgow will host the world indoor championships in 2024, months before the Paris Olympics. The Scottish city held the European indoor championships in 2019 and will likely host the global competition in the March before the Games in France start in July 2024. “This will underline Scotland’s global reputation as the … Read more
Twenty Russian athletes will be allowed to compete as neutrals in 2022, doubling the number who were cleared to take part this year, World Athletics announced on Wednesday. Track and field’s governing body acknowledged earlier this week that Russia had made “steady progress” in meeting the requirements to return to international competition but not yet enough to … Read more
World Athletics on Wednesday acknowledged that Russia had made “steady progress” in meeting the requirements to return to international competition but not enough to lift the ban imposed in 2015 for systematic state doping. The global governing body’s council accepted the recommendation from the Task Force established to monitor Russia’s efforts to turn its back on its … Read more
