Kids’ Athletics ambassador Tebogo leads school relay in Tokyo
Botswana’s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo led a Kids’ Athletics activation at the Minato City Takanawadai Elementary School on Tuesday.
World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations – IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, such as running, jumping and throwing.
Botswana’s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo led a Kids’ Athletics activation at the Minato City Takanawadai Elementary School on Tuesday.
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The exclusive two-part documentary Built for Speed: The Letsile Tebogo Story tells the story of a sprinter who continues to carry the hopes of his nation.
World records set by Agnes Ngetich, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Mondo Duplantis, and two world U20 short track records set by Cameron Myers have been ratified by World Athletics.
The three-day competition, which will be held at the Arena Torun from 20-22 March 2026, will get underway with action in the men’s heptathlon on the morning of the first day.
World Athletics opens the host selection process for the 2028 edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.
The 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships awarded to South African city of Cape Town, marking the first time the event will be held in Africa.
The Ultimate Championship launches in Budapest in 2026, when the world’s greatest will settle the debate across three sessions of action from 11-13 September.
Olympians Farida Abaroge, Perina Lokure Nakang and Musa Suliman are among the six athletes named on the Athlete Refugee Team (ART) that will represent millions of refugees at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category.
Sally Pearson and Christian Taylor have been announced as World Athletics ambassadors for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World records set earlier this year by Tigist Assefa, Evan Dunfee and Massimo Stano have been ratified by World Athletics.
The bidding process for the 2029 and 2031 editions of the World Athletics Championships is open.
A further 30 teams have qualified for relay events at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 following the final day of action at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
Eight teams have qualified for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in five events contested on day one of competition at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25.
Athletics Kenya selected as the winning Member Federation of the Kids’ Athletics Day challenge, receiving the prize of a US$10,000 award to be used to promote and activate Kids’ Athletics in Kenya.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe reinforced the importance of a “historic” edition of the World Athletics Relays, speaking on the eve of an event that sees the mixed 4x100m make its global debut.
World Athletics and its Member Federations, athletics clubs, schools and people across the globe have celebrated Kids’ Athletics Day on Wednesday with the Relay Around the World Challenge.
Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich became the first athlete to break the 30-minute barrier in a women-only 10-kilometre road race, clocking 29:27 at the Adizero Road To Records event on Saturday.
Athletes entered for the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 have, between them, amassed 34 medals from the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
World Athletics has officially designated Japan Airlines (JAL) as a supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World records achieved by Beatrice Chebet, Mondo Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Toshikazu Yamanishi have been ratified by World Athletics.
The Relay Around the World Challenge 2025 aims to be biggest Kids’ Athletics activation to date with target of 500,000 kids participating across the globe.
The reigning World Athlete of the Year to lead Relay Around the World Challenge ahead of Kids’ Athletics Day 2025.
The World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 will see Botswana host a World Athletics Series event for the first time.
After the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, Guangzhou will host the World Athletics Relays in May and then the World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo in September.
Eleven individual defending champions and 20 medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are among the entries for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 as winners of the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour.
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo breaks the world half marathon record in 56:42 at the 2025 eDreams Mitja Marató Barcelona by Brooks, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on Sunday.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo announced as the overall World Athlete, and Male track athlete of the Year, while Ethiopians Tamirat Tola and Sembo Almayew carted away other awards at the 2024 World Athletics Awards ceremony in Monaco.
Guangzhou will welcome the world’s best sprinters on 10-11 May 2025 as countries compete for relay places at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
The upcoming World Athletics Indoor Tour begins on 2 January in Tallinn, Estonia, and ends on 13 March in Uppsala, Sweden.
World Athletics confirm list of five nominees for Women’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year and five nominees for Men’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year 2024.
The vote to determine the Track Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics social media platforms, closing on 27 October 2024.
Kenyan’s Ruth Chepngetich and John Korir dominate the fields to emerge victorious at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
The 2024 track and field season concluded with the thrilling Wanda Diamond League finale at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Saturday.
Faith Kipyegon claimed her fifth Diamond League title, and with her compatriot Beatrice Chebet, broke the meeting records in their events on the second day of the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on Saturday.
The announcement of the marathon and race walk courses forms part of the local organising committee’s celebrations marking one year to go to the global event.
The future of the sport, on and off the field of play, has been shaped during the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
As an Official World Athletics Supplier, Mondo will be actively involved in all World Athletics Series stadium events from 2025 to 2029.
A record number of 1700 athletes from more than 130 teams are preparing to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei smashes the Olympic 10,000m record to win the first track and field final of the Paris 2024 Games.
World Athletics Council approves the timetable and qualification system for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 and the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in 45 events between 27-31 August, when Lima will become the first city in Peru to host a World Athletics Series event.
Entry lists published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Athletics will take place between 1-11 August in the French capital.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon shatters her own women’s 1500m world record of 3:49.11, racing to an incredible 3:49.04 finish at the 2024 Paris Diamond League.
South Africa’s Jacques Freitag, who won the world high jump title in 2003, has died of multiple gunshot wounds at the age of 42.
World Athletics set to become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games, starting at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led the 2023-2024 World Athletics Cross Country Tour honours list.
Ryan Crouser was one of four winners on Day 1 – Christian Coleman winning a 60m battle, Nicola Olyslagers prevailing in the high jump and Noor Vidts retaining the pentathlon title.
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