It was a memorable evening for Ukraine at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, as high

🙌#IgniteTheFire(@BritAthletics) pic.twitter.com/82QvHRIaQs— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June

🔥#IgniteTheFire(@irishathletics | @TeamIreland) pic.twitter.com/sKf4f0IyQf— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs capped another great day for the home team in Rome's Stadio Olimpico as he beat fellow Italian Chituru Ali in the 100m. Leonardo Fabbri and Lorenzo Simonelli also struck gold for the hosts as Sandra Elkasevic won a record seventh women's discus title.

will be remembered ✨🇮🇹#GenerationRoma2024 #Roma2024 pic.twitter.com/cHUQBS0fQP— Roma2024 European Athletics

#Roma2024 pic.twitter.com/dGtvY6P0b8— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 8, 2024Greece's Miltiadis

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) confirmed Thursday that Senior Administration officer Lovie Santana-Duke will serve as team TTO's Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, taking place on 26 July until 11 August, Newsday reported.

The tentative date for the pre-games athletics camp is 18-25 July.With only 50 days to go, today we're

4x400m relay teams confirmed their spots for the Olympics last month in exciting fashion at the World Athletics

An inspired Irish quartet led by Rhasidat Adeleke outstripped Femke Bol's favoured Dutch team to snatch gold in a thrilling 4x400m mixed relay at the European Championships on Friday. The Irish four, also featuring Christopher O'Donnell, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley, clocked a championship record of 3min 09.92sec, just ahead of silver medal winners Italy, in a show of Olympic intent just 49 days out from the Paris Games.

💚Here’s how Ireland won a truly magnificent gold at the European Athletics Championships.

🥇🥈#Roma2024 #RaceWalk #Athletics pic.twitter.com/tnISALJZIe— Eurovision Sport (@EurovisionSport)

Croatian discus legend Sandra Elkasevic got her bid for a record seventh European title off to a smooth start by cruising through qualifiers at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on Friday.

#Roma2024— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 5, 2024Discus thrower Elkasevic, born Sandra Perkovic

The Olympic Torch Relay enjoyed a festive day in the Finistère before leaving Brest to begin a unique chapter in a special journey to light up five French overseas territories. This Friday, the relay continued its tour of Brittany, from surfing to hiking, with a palpable enthusiasm between Port-la-Forêt and Brest.

major figure in sailing.Marie-José Pérec, the only French woman to win three Olympic gold medals in athletics

Long-distance runner Sultan Haydar has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (

cautionary measure issued by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to a statement by the Turkish Athletics

Failing to submit to Sample CollectionDetails here: https://t.co/Y8LF9j2VYN pic.twitter.com/mzMmZwf1DH— Athletics

Following this development, the International Athletics Integrity Unit affiliated with WADA decided to

before the European Championship.Sultan Haydar has been removed from the squad for the Senior European Athletics

Fatih Çintimar, President of the Turkish Athletics Federation, said in the statement.The Ethiopian-born

The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (COIB) has revealed its third batch of athletes chosen to compete in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games this summer. This selection includes 24 athletes, comprising 10 women and 14 men.

current roster boasts 34 selected athletes, with 16 women and 18 men, competing across eleven sports: athletics

After weeks of uncertainty and heavy criticism of World Athletics (WA) changed ranking system, Hugo Catrileo

Gianmarco Tamberi and Marcell Jacobs are among Italy's big hopes at Rome's Stadio Olimpico as the European Athletics

👀(@atleticaitalia)— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 6, 2024Moments after Tamberi won gold in

Another chapter of athletics history awaits! ✨Team Italy 🇮🇹 is ready for #Roma2024!1️⃣ day to go!

⏳ pic.twitter.com/UpYctaGnfO— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 6, 2024Italy finished seventh

World 10,000m bronze medallist and world 10km road record holder Rhonex Kipruto has been suspended for doping related irregularities in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP).

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), through the Disciplinary Tribunal, has suspended Kenyan athlete Rhonex

these irregularities, which the AIU attributes to "a deliberate and sophisticated doping regime".The Athletics

Integrity Unit (AIU) is the independent body established by World Athletics to manage all doping and

in the 24-year-old Kenyan's ABP.Kipruto was provisionally suspended on 11 May last year under World Athletics

The 10,000m bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha and the 10,000m victory at

After securing his inaugural major victory at the PGA Championship last month, Xander Schauffele is entering the defense of his Olympic title in Paris with confidence in his game.

Both of Xander's grandfathers were notable figures in athletics and football, adding to the sentimental

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka won bronze in the 75-79 age category shot put at the 2024 Oceania Athletics

medals in international sporting competition but Rabuka, who represented his country in rugby union and athletics

I was delighted to have participated in the Men’s Masters Shot Put (M65+) in the 2024 Oceania Athletics

Bronze, having thrown a distance of 7.09m in the Men’s Masters Shot Put (M65+) in the 2024 Oceania Athletics

New Zealand high jumper Hamish Kerr is targeting Olympic gold in Paris to complement his world indoor title. He plans to do this by taking tactical toilet breaks to mentally reset.

m with a bronze medal-winning jump of 2.31 m, tying with Gianmarco Tamberi.He also won the Oceania Athletics

After announcing it would pay winning Track & Field athletes in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, the association presided by Sebastian Coe has allotted a $10 million (€9.2 million) prize pot, the largest in the sport’s history, for its newest event.

World Athletics has been quite busy lately.

The just announced World Athletics Ultimate Championship would be a “platform for athletes to promote

is scheduled to send off the summer athletics season and potentially add another top event to World

Athletics’ calendar with the intention is to hold the event every two years, meaning the second edition

“The World Athletics Ultimate Championship will be high on action and excitement for fans, setting a