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Athletics coming from long way back in seeking maximum Oregon World Championships boost, Coe admits

  • The Big Read

Almost 40 years after successfully defending the Olympic 1500 metres title at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Sebastian Coe flew back to that city having attended the Tokyo 2020 Games.

side-stepping the media who wanted to chase them and catch their reunion on domestic shores," the World Athletics

Athletics is on a roll right now, with COVID-19 circumstances meaning it has four years on the spin with

There's always a little bit of arm-wrestling between Local Organising Committees and World Athletics,

Pressed on whether he could supply any details about what kind of footprint World Athletics will seek

Referring to the "challenge" of arranging three major athletics competitions within the space of less



Omission of frame running and T33 events at Paris 2024 sparks protest

  • Paralympics

The decision to omit the frame running and T33 athletics events from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

stated that it is committed to working with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and World Para Athletics

0JKhyQJixR— Hannah Dines (@HannahRDines) November 19, 2021"We are supporting the approach by CPISRA, British Athletics

and the British Paralympic Association to seek an explanation from the IPC and World Para Athletics

World Para Athletics had proposed the inclusion of frame running events in the Paris 2024 programme to


Tokyo 2020 data shows athletics is number one Olympic sport, says Coe

  • Athletics

Athletics emerged from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the number one Olympic sport, according to International

Olympic Committee data revealed by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.

We had the largest number of media articles written - some 10,000.World Athletics President Sebastian

, which was about 700 million, and that led to over 62 million conversations on social media around athletics

determines the share the sport's International Federation receives of Olympic revenue, and as of 2013 athletics

For those watching athletics, they will consume it in a large part on television."

“And the EBU are talking about some creative stuff - maybe a documentary series around athletics that


China's hosting experience will lead to successful Beijing 2022, claims IOC member Bubka

  • Beijing 2022

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine President Sergey Bubka has claimed China's experience of hosting the Olympics in 2008 will benefit the nation in its final preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

freestyle skiing and biathlon.The IOC member stood against Sebastian Coe for the Presidency of World Athletics

- then the International Association of Athletics Federations - in 2015, but lost by 115 votes to 92


Philip Barker: Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon at risk of leaving ever-changing Olympic programme

  • Inside the Blogs

Three sports which have been part of the Olympic Movement for more than a century may well find themselves excluded from Los Angeles 2028.

This included athletics and gymnastic sports, combat sports - which meant fencing and wrestling - the

Eventually, in 1926, agreement was reached for women’s athletics at the Amsterdam 1928 Games.The IOC

format and shooting’s sudden-death medal rounds made each more attractive for the viewing audience.In athletics


Manchester Marathon to serve as British qualifier for Munich 2022 European Championships

  • Athletics

The Manchester Marathon is set to serve as a qualification event for the Munich 2022 European Athletics

marathon in Spring 2022 and the host for the England qualifiers of the Commonwealth Games and the European Athletics

manchestermarathon pic.twitter.com/yZVA8h8JkU— Manchester Marathon (@Marathon_Mcr) December 13, 2021England Athletics

support athletes to have the best possible experience at the England Commonwealth Games and British Athletics



Diamond League "Final Three" format scrapped and field events set to be given spotlight

  • Athletics

The Diamond League General Assembly has approved a revision to the "Final Three" format for throwing and jumping events, scrapping the last-round shootout for the win but giving special coverage for athletes on their sixth attempt.

the Final Three format, which was broadly unpopular among field eventers.Rule changes made by World Athletics




Nakon Ratchasima in Thailand awarded 2023 IWAS World Games hosting rights

  • Paralympics

The 2023 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games are set to take place in Nakon Ratchasima in Thailand from December 1 to 9.

Sports Association for the Disabled of Thailand (SADT) is planning a programme of 14 sports, including athletics

Sochi in Russia was also announced as the host of the 2022 IWAS World Games with archery, athletics,


Mike Rowbottom: F1 title controversy highlights need for clear sporting rules

  • Inside the Blogs

When I was at junior school I took part in a little play written by a classmate. It was entitled "Who Will Be My Gardener?" I thought it very poor and determined to re-shape the work in performance by means of sotto voce directions to my fellow actors.

what you will…Sport is no stranger to legal wrangles over results, of course.Anyone who has followed athletics

But what these examples from athletics and horse racing have in common is that they have involved deliberation


Russia sanctioned by World Triathlon due to number of doping cases

  • Triathlon

Russia has been punished by World Triathlon for "the significant number of doping cases in Russia", it was announced today.

made with World Triathlon disciplinary bodies.Russia has been banned for more than six years by World Athletics

President last December.She replaced Peter Ivanov, who departed to become the new President of the Russian Athletics