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Athletics must work hard to hold attention in cluttered landscape: World A
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The entire track and field fraternity has to work very hard to engage new, especially younger, audiences to attract them to the sport, said World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Thursday.
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World Athletics sets new dates for postponed series due to Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 30 (ANI): World Athletics on Thursday approved new dates for the World U20 Championships Nairobi 2020 and the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Minsk 2020.
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World Athletics amends rules governing shoe technology, Olympic qualificat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 28 (ANI): World Athletics on Tuesday announced revisions to its rules governing shoe technology, designed to give certainty to athletes preparing for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and to preserve the integrity of the elite competition.
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World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 launch virtual mas
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Gdynia [Poland], July 24 (ANI): World Athletics and the Local Organising Committee of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 have launched a new initiative - a virtual mass race on October 17, the same day when the world's elite runners will compete for the championship.
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World Athletics freezes Russia panels due to unpaid fine
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 2 (ANI): World Athletics on Thursday confirmed that it will stand down both the Doping Review Board (DRB) and the Russian Taskforce, allowing Russian track athletes to compete internationally, due to the non-payment of the fine from the Russian Athletics Federatio
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World Athletics publishes new four-year strategic plan
Updated : 5 years, 8 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 mourns European Athletics president Svein Hansen's demise
Updated : 5 years, 8 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, 8 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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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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World Athletics opens registration for support from welfare fund
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 16 (ANI): Professional athletes who are experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to register for a one-off welfare grant till May 31, the World Athletics announced on Friday.
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Top female pole vaulters to face the bar in Ultimate Garden Clash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 15 (ANI): In the second edition of the Ultimate Garden Clash, three of the world's best female pole vaulters-- Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi, two-time US indoor champion Katie Nageotte and Commonwealth Games champion Alysha Newman-- will face-off in a virtual
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International athletics season to run from August to October: World Athlet
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 12 (ANI): World Athletics on Tuesday announced the international athletics season, beginning with a Continental Tour Gold event in Finland on August 11 and ending with a Diamond League meeting in China on October 17.
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