The restoration of yesterday’s London Marathon to its familiar route from Greenwich to The Mall, with cheering and whooping crowds back lining the route, was deeply reassuring after the bleakness of COVID-19 lockdown.

and clocking 2hr 46min 12sec.A year earlier she had run 2:48:51 to finish 35th at the inaugural World Athletics

Bahrain's Kalkidan Gezahegne is the new women's world record-holder over 10 kilometres on the road, following a victory at the Giants Geneva 10km in 29min 38sec.

Raul Criardo has secured the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Cup title after winning the men's 42-kilometre race in stage 14 at Zumaia-Flysch in Spain while Charlotte Morgan lived up to expectations to take gold in the women's marathon.

Joyciline Jepkosgei earned a runaway victory on her London Marathon debut in 2 hours 17min 43sec as Kenyan compatriot Brigid Kosgei, the world record-holder who had been seeking a third consecutive title, finished fourth.

The Me Too Movement can be traced all the way back to 2006, attributed to sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke, who posted on Myspace about her ordeal and how she sought empowerment from it - but like most notable activism in recent years, it picked up steam when celebrities posted similar messages.

did not end with gymnastics - these concerns spread to various sports across the spectrum including athletics

since Milano's tweet and we are still having new cases reported and organisations fixing their rules.UK Athletics

sanctioned for sexual assault or severe abuse.Safeguarding procedures are now being put in place across athletics

Next year's Nagoya Women’s Marathon is set to be the highest-paying road race in the world after organisers increased the prize fund to $250,000 (£185,000/€216,000).

The event, the world’s largest women’s marathon and the only women's road race with a World Athletics

Platinum label, is scheduled for March 13.World Athletics said the increase in prize money is "welcome

The London Marathon returns tomorrow to its traditional course from Greenwich to The Mall, with spectators in attendance at what event director Hugh Brasher says will be the most competitive marathon ever seen.

female Briton in the field and will be hoping to qualify for a spot on the British team for the World Athletics

Championships in Oregon in 2022.She also has a point to prove, having felt the British Athletics "threw

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) has reportedly made a bid to host the 2025 World

Athletics Championships before the October 1 deadline.

event, following on from the city holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.Last year, World Athletics

Olympics and Paralympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held at the National Stadium ©ITGWorld Athletics

prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the National Stadium held athletics

The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Cup will head to Spain for the second time as Zumaia-Flysch gears up to host a marathon and half-marathon tomorrow in stages 14 and 15 of the competition.

Former world champion and three-time Paralympian Hermas Muvunyi of Rwanda has announced that he plans to call time on his career after competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

.Sandwiched between those two successes, Muvunyi struck gold in the T46 800m at both the World Para Athletics

his career with a podium place at Paris 2024.Hermas Muvunyi, centre, won gold at the 2013 World Para Athletics

Organisers of the Vienna City Marathon have reported no COVID-19 cases related to its race held last month, despite over 18,000 people competing over the two-day event.

This Sunday’s (October 3) London Marathon, according to event director Hugh Brasher, will be "the most competitive in the world, ever" and "the most memorable in our history."

Germany's four-time Paralympic champion Markus Rehm has called for more joint competitions featuring athletes and Para athletes to be held.

jump gold at the last five editions of the World Championships.Rehm has also competed in able-bodied athletics

would not give him an advantage and saw a bid to feature at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics rejected by World Athletics

The 19th Mediterranean Games are scheduled to open on June 25 next year in the Algerian port city of Oran, but 70 years ago next week, they had just become the newest addition to the sporting calendar. They were held in Alexandria, another North African port city.

World Athletics leader Lord Burghley remained concerned about a possible clash with the European Athletics

Algerian born long distance runner Alain Mimoun was the star name in the French athletics team, but he

all Turks are crying at the wrestling  victories," wrote Burhan Felek, a founder of the Turkish Athletics

Runners arriving at the Boston Marathon Expo must provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested onsite for the event set, which is set to take place from October 8 to 10.