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Jamaica

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

When the athletics at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begins at Alexander Stadium, much focus

competing in 18 sports.He said he was looking forward to some breakthrough names leaving their mark on the athletics

including the Usian Bolt Track.The baton was taken to a church service at Spanish Town Cathedral and athletics


Mike Rowbottom: World Athletics Championships in Eugene provides richest of fare on final day - but how

  • Inside the Blogs

The concluding day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene produced one of the great athletics

an event that, historically, has always been a story of European, American or Australian success.In athletics

a world title and ran a world record in the 100m hurdles in a stupendous final session at the World Athletics

Ingebrigtsen, right, beaten in the 1500m, defeated a stellar field to win 5,000m gold at the World Athletics

It seems, yes.World Athletics claimed beforehand that it expected "all 10 evening sessions to be full

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/3hf37HAvEp— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022"I


Olympic medallist Barteková hopes to continue EYOF legacy in Banská Bystrica

  • EOC

Ambassador of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) here in Banská Bystrica, Danka Barteková, has vowed to generate excitement and engagement for the event as she looks to continue the Festival's legacy.

Izbașa's compatriots Gabriela Szabo, Camelia Potec, Maria Olaru, and Oana Ban have all won gold in athletics


Pakistan

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

You have to go all the way back to Edinburgh 1970 to find the last time Pakistan won more than two gold medals at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.

significant number of people living in Birmingham who have Pakistani heritage.They will be competing in athletics

thrower Arshad Nadeem, who finished fifth at both the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and this month's World Athletics

Pakistan has a good chance of medals in wrestling, weightlifting, judo and athletics.


World Athletics to introduce repechage round in track events for Paris 2024

  • Athletics

2024 Olympic Games in Paris will get another opportunity to continue in the competition after World Athletics

Under the new format approved by the World Athletics Council, athletes who do not qualify by place in

to "fish up again".Idiomatically, it means "to get a second chance".The new format proposed by World Athletics

of sports on the Olympic programme which already use the repechage system ©Getty ImagesBut, unlike athletics

sports can win a bronze medal at best.Cycling and rowing, however, use a similar system to the one athletics

system of advancement in each event, will be announced well in advance of the Olympic Games, World Athletics


Kenya

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Commonwealth Games but will arrive at Birmingham 2022 with a point to prove.

haul slipped to just four titles at Gold Coast 2018 and the country has also fallen back at the World Athletics

delegation in Eugene, said Birmingham 2022 was a "chance for us to redeem the country's image as an athletics

powerhouse".To that end, a strong athletics team has been selected for the Commonwealth Games, despite

of the World Championships.Olympic and world champion Emmanuel Korir will be part of a strong Kenyan athletics

Not all of Kenya's big athletics names will be travelling to Birmingham, with the likes of back-to-back


Record number of countries on medals table at World Athletics Championships but Lyles laments lost opportunity

  • Athletics

Victory in the final event of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, the women’s 4x400 metres relay

domination of a medals table involving more countries than ever before at an event described by World Athletics

Significant broadcast and social media markers were also achieved as World Athletics’ US partner NBC

first weekend – where there was an average of two million viewers - ranked as the most-watched World Athletics

Federation's official social channels to more than 9.1 million across five platforms.But, despite World Athletics

ever medal performance in winning silver.A total of 29 countries won at least one gold at the World Athletics

of 13 Championship records, 19 area records, 92 national records and one world under-20 record.World Athletics


World records for Amusan and Duplantis on stupendous final night at World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Like the final burst of a fireworks display, the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/PGUzsV9CEU— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022Fittingly

record of 50.68sec, improving upon her own mark by almost a second, will be remembered for as long as athletics

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/3hf37HAvEp— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022She

, a wounded animal in athletics terms after his 1500m defeat, responded in the only way he could stomach

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/MOlqHN8bYQ— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022That



Geoff Berkeley: Commonwealth Games brings pride to Birmingham and beyond

  • Inside the Blogs

An unexpected wave of emotion washed over me when driving past the Commonwealth Games-dressed Coventry Building Society Arena last week.

has successfully staged major events including the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest and the 2003 World Athletics

around 30,000 spectators thanks to the addition of temporary seating, the Alexander Stadium is the major athletics


Warner out of World Athletics Championships after injury

  • Athletics

Damian Warner is contemplating a second day of competition that will take place without him at the World Athletics

Damian Warner is out of the World Athletics Championships ©Getty ImagesIt was an unhappy turn of fate

traditional Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis.But he had to withdraw from the Canadian Championships before these World Athletics


African Games Organising Committee helps stage national athletics meet

  • Ghana 2023

The Accra 2023 African Games Organising Committee has helped stage National Athletics Invitational Championships

The Ghana Athletics Association, Ghana Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Youth and Sports were also

women's race went the way of Mary Boakye in 11.79.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ghana Athletics



Iraqi athletes set to train in Portugal for Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

  • OCA

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) and Anadia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allow Iraqi athletes to use sporting facilities in the Portuguese city to prepare for the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

lightweight weightlifting competition at Rome 1960.At Tokyo 2020, the country only took three athletes - in athletics


London 2012 memories stirred by 10th anniversary amid hopes for a Games return

  • The Big Read

On Wednesday (July 27), the 10th anniversary of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be celebrated at the City's Guildhall.

athletes won three golds at the London 2012 Olympics ©Getty ImagesAs things turned out, only one more athletics

Olympiad and the 26-year-old Sheffield athlete delivered the first British Olympic gold medal on a home athletics

home of Premier League football club West Ham United.He added that discussions are underway for UK Athletics

League meeting, to exit that contract, which would leave the capital once again without a working major athletics

Athletics has been able to get in to hold Diamond Leagues, and the Anniversary Games, and the highly