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Athletics must work hard to hold attention in cluttered landscape: World A
Updated : 5 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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Nanjing continental tour meet cancelled due to coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 26 (ANI): The organisers of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nanjing have announced that the competition will not go ahead this year.
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World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 launch virtual mas
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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Kenya's Wilson Kipsang banned for four years for violating anti-doping rul
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 3 (ANI): Kenya's former marathon world-record holder and Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang has been handed a four-year ban for Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday.
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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, 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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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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