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The most important IOC member in history not to have been made President prepares to move upstairs

  • The Big Read

December 31 will bring a seismic moment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC): after 44 years, Richard William Duncan Pound will cease to be a full IOC member, having passed the applicable age-limit of 80.

(The first was the Independent Commission regarding athletics in Russia, which I chaired, which led to

accreditation of the Moscow laboratory, discharge of the lab director and suspension of the Russian Athletics


Yasser Hefny: Modern Pentathlon's switch from Olympic passenger to driver

  • Inside the Blogs

As athletes, we are always trying to improve. We look at what we can control and how we can refine or adjust to give ourselves the maximum chance of success. 

obstacle can become a foundation for sport and physical activity in young kids, in the same way as athletics



Plitukhin elected ROC secretary general after Davydova fled country following Ukraine invasion

  • EOC

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has elected a new secretary general in Rodion Plitukhin, replacing five-time Olympic artistic swimming champion Anastasia Davydova, who fled the country in September.

Velikaya as chair of the ROC Athletes' Commission.Borzakovskiy, also the sports director of the Russian Athletics

has been an Athletes' Commission member since 2016.For six years he was the head coach of the Russian athletics


Russian Antyukh officially loses London 2012 gold after not appealing doping sanctions

  • Athletics

Russia's Natalya Antyukh has had her results from the 2012 Olympic Games in London officially disqualified, allowing a reallocation of medals from the women's 400 metres hurdles final, more than 10 years later.

2015, has been promoted to silver, while Jamaican Kaliese Spencer will receive the bronze medal.The Athletics

Natalya Antyukh, at London 2012 but will now be officially upgraded to the gold medal ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics

 "The integrity of the sport of athletics is our utmost priority and we are pleased, in this instance


Six athletes shortlisted for British Deaf Sports Personality of the Year award

  • Paralympics

A total of six athletes from Britain have been shortlisted for the Deaf Sports Personality of the Year award for 2022, varying from hammer throwers and cricketers, to mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters and futsal players.

Payne has been recognised for her achievements in hammer throwing, becoming the champion at the British Athletics



ANOCA President Berraf pledges support for African countries preparing for Paris 2024

  • ANOCA

President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf, has detailed how the organisation is helping its countries with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris less than two years away.

Tokyo last year, Kenya emerged as the best African representatives.They won four gold medals - all in athletics

Leone set to benefit from a new building in Freetown.The achievements of African athletes at the World Athletics




Wightman donates 1500m world title-winning spikes to World Athletics Heritage Collection

  • Athletics

this year’s world 1500 metres title, has donated the spikes he wore in Eugene, Oregon, to the World Athletics

champions to add items which have been inducted into the 3D virtual platform of the Museum Of World Athletics

(MOWA).Ingebrigtsen is one of the other new donors - the 22-year-old Norwegian has given the World Athletics

States has donated the singlet and shoes she won in winning the Tokyo 2020 discus title to the World Athletics

donated the singlet and bib number he won in earning the final victory of his career coming at the World Athletics


Boston Marathon winner Kipyokei given lengthy doping ban for tampering

  • Athletics

Two more Kenyan runners, Diana Kipyokei and Purity Cherotich Rionoripo, have received lengthy bans for the presence of banned substances, as well as for tampering with doping control.

after alleged that she was guilty.She was further charged with tampering with doping control by the Athletics


CANOC President Joseph hails efforts of predecessor Lewis in overturning 50-year Olympic ban

  • ANOC News

Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) President Keith Joseph has saluted the campaign by predecessor Brian Lewis to end the life ban handed to American sprinters Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett after their protest on the podium at the Munich 1972 Olympics.

VinceMatthews and #WayneCollett, given life bans by the #IOC following a podium protest at #Munich1972 #athletics


Entry standards up across the board for World Athletics Paris 2024 qualifying

  • Paris 2024

World Athletics entry standards for the Paris 2024 Olympics, revealed today as part of the qualification

women's events every event is tougher, save for the javelin throw, which remains at 64 metres.A World Athletics

entry standards for the Paris 2024 Olympics, as agreed by the World Athletics Council ©World Athletics"Any

World Athletics will publish the official qualification monitoring tool (Road to Paris) on the stats

zone of the World Athletics website in the latter part of 2023."

Nassau in The Bahamas will host the World Athletics Relays, the main Olympic qualifying event for the


Francophone Games chief insists further postponement not possible

  • Multi-Sport Games

International Francophone Games Committee (CIJF) director Zeina Mina has insisted that there is now no margin for any further postponement of the 2023 Francophone Games, which are scheduled to be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

courts, and construction works are also taking place at halls to be used for judo and table tennis.The athletics