World Athletics News

Soufiane Bouchikhi has already put together a fine cross country season and he will look to further embellish his record at the Structabo CrossCup in Hannut, one of three European Athletics Cross Country Permit Meeting this weekend, on Sunday (19).

One of the anticipated highlights of the ISTAF Indoor in Berlin, a European Athletics Indoor Permit Meeting, on 14 February will be the pole vault which features three six metre-plus performers including world record-holder Renaud Lavillenie.

There are 10 days until the first World Athletics Indoor Tour kicks off in Boston and 18 days until the first European Athletics Indoor Permit Meeting of the season in Paris.

World champions Niklas Kaul and Malaika Mihambo have been overwhelmingly voted German Athletes of the Year for 2019.

Sasha Zhoya is expected to make his international debut for France at the 2020 World U20 Championships in Nairobi this July

Reigning European U20 cross country champions Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway and Nadia Battocletti from Italy have been voted European Athletes of the Month for December 2019.

Yuliya Levchenko demonstrated on Saturday (11) became the first athlete to clear 2.00m for the high jump this year.

Switzerland’s Julien Wanders smashed his European 10km record again at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja on Sunday (12) morning.

Napoli’s Stadio San Paolo Stadium, with a Mondotrack WS surface almost identical to that which will be used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will host its second major meeting in less than a year after the announcement that it will stage this year's Golden Gala Pietro Mennea on 28 May..

With the 2020 season in its infancy, we have picked out 10 athletes under the age of 20 to follow in 2020. Some of them have already left her mark on the senior stage whereas others look poised to make an impact in the years ahead.  

Maksim Nedasekau was crowned Belarusian Athlete of the Year on the men’s side for the second year in succession at the Atletika Gala which took place at the Marriott Hotel in Minsk on Thursday (9) evening. 

European Athletics is expanding its Development Department and associated activities in the new year. We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to join our team as Development Coordinator. 

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Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Renelle Lamote have been voted French Athletes of the Year for 2019.

A strong French contingent including world decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer has been confirmed for the 60m hurdles at the Meeting de Paris Indoor which takes place on 2 February at the L’Accor Hotels Arena.

A rematch of the 800m final from the 2018 European Championships beckons at the Stockholm Indoors - Sparet GP, a European Athletics Indoor Permit Meeting, on 11 February when Poland’s Adam Kszczot and home favourite Andreas Kramer both toe the start-line at the Satrahallen.

Only four days into the decade and Spain’s Yasiel Brayan Sotero is celebrating another athletics landmark in his impressive young career.

World 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm was the big winner at the Norwegian Sports Gala on Saturday (4), coming away with three trophies in total.

Wilson Kipketer lost his outdoor 800m world record almost a decade ago but indoors the great Dane’s phenomenal time of 1:42.67 over four laps of the Paris’ Palais Omnisports track at the 1997 World Athletics Indoor Championships remains unsurpassed.

Seven leading Polish athletes have been confirmed to compete at the Orlen Cup in Lodz, a European Athletics Indoor Permit Meeting, on 11 February.