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World Athletics publishes new four-year strategic plan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 30 (ANI): World Athletics on Tuesday published its four-year strategic plan, designed to harness the power and accessibility of athletics to drive growth in the sport and create a healthier and fitter world.
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World Athletics ratifies Duplantis' pole vault, Rojas' indoor triple jump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 29 (ANI): Armand Duplantis' world pole vault record of 6.17m and Yulimar Rojas' world indoor triple jump record of 15.43m have been ratified by the World Athletics on Monday.
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World Athletics launches 'Road to Tokyo' qualification tracking tool
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 26 (ANI): World Athletics has launched 'Road to Tokyo', an online tool to help athletes, media and fans track the qualification process for next year's Olympic Games.
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Athletes have talent, just need 'right platform' to showcase it: Sumariwal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): The vice-president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI), Adille Sumariwalla, believes that the country has an abundance of talented athletes but to become world champions, they need the 'right pl
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World Athletics appoints Laurent Boquillet as Head of Global Development
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 22 (ANI): World Athletics on Monday announced the appointment of Laurent Boquillet as the Head of Global Development.
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World Athletics mourns European Athletics president Svein Hansen's demise
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 21 (ANI): World Athletics mourned the demise of European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen, who died on Saturday at the age of 74 after failing to recover from the stroke that he suffered in March.
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193 athletes offered grants from Athlete Welfare Fund
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 21 (ANI): World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) on Sunday announced that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will be offered one-time grants of USD 3000 through an Athlete Welfare Fund declared in April to support professional athlet
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Asian champion runner Gomathi Marimuthu banned for 4 years for doping
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 13 (ANI): Asian Champion middle distance runner Gomathi Marimuthu was suspended on Friday for four years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping and stripped of her Asian Athletics Championships 800-meter title.
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We are gradually getting back: World Athletics president
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 12 (ANI): World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe has said that the body's health and science department is working towards ensuring good health and well-being of the athletes adding that they are "gradually getting back".
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Salwa Eid Naser missed four tests before suspension: AIU
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 7 (ANI): The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Sunday clarified that 400-metre World champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended for registering four "whereabouts failures".
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World Athletics announces four-year Strategic Plan, updated Olympic qualif
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 4 (ANI): World Athletics on Wednesday announced the new four-year Strategic Plan to drive growth and updated Olympic qualifying process for Tokyo Olympics following three online meetings with its 214 Member Federations.
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AFI nominates Neeraj Chopra for Khel Ratna Award, Dutee Chand, 3 others fo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has nominated Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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