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Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs enjoying "quiet" life in Florida

  • Athletics

Marcell Jacobs says he is enjoying the "quiet" life in Florida after moving from Italy to the United States ahead of his Olympic 100m title defence in Paris this summer.

"There have been a lot of changes since last year," Jacobs told AFP ahead of this weekend's World Athletics

Italian mother and American father, and raised by the former in Italy since childhood, Jacobs stunned the athletics

struggled with a series of muscular problems and was eliminated in the semi-finals at last year's World Athletics

— Eurosport IT (@Eurosport_IT) May 4, 2024Olympic qualification is up for grabs in Nassau and World Athletics


Jesse Owens to be honoured with World Athletics Heritage Plaque

  • Olympic Games History

The Day of Days, when the Olympic champion Jesse Owens established four world records in athletics will

yard low hurdles (22.6), with times faster than the previous records for the 200-yard events.A World Athletics

today from the @iaaforgOur own Ferry Field has been named as an inaugural location for an IAAF World Athletics


Golden showcase - Noah Lyles headlines World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas

  • Athletics

Paris 2024 Olympic spots are up for grabs at this weekend's World Athletics Relays.

Fellow American sprinters Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens won four athletics golds at a single Olympics, but

Catch our #WorldRelays previews for the 4x400m relays.— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 1, 2024Other

The 2024 Relays are the sixth edition of the World Athletics competition, which return to Nassau for



Paris 2024: IOC Refugee Olympic Team to represent over 100 million displaced

  • Paris 2024

36 athletes from 11 different countries, hosted by 15 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and competing in 12 sports, were named on Thursday 2 May as members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024.

-Dominic Lokolong Atiol (South Sudan, athletics).-Dorian Keletela (Congo, athletics).

-John Lokibe Taban (South Sudan, athletics).-Joseph Elia Ernesto (South Sudan, athletics).

-Seyd Taha Ghafari (Iran, athletics).-Simon Lodai Lohuju (South Sudan, athletics).

-Tesfay Felfele (Eritrea, athletics).-Tachlowini Gabriyesos (Eritrea, athletics).

-Ubaa Dinta Achoto (South Sudan, athletics).-Ukuk Utho’o Bul (South Sudan, athletics).



The World Games back in Karlsruhe in 2029, 40 years on

  • World Games

It's official. The World Games will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, which hosted the event 40 years ago in 1989. The Executive Committee approved the city's bid last Wednesday and awarded it the right to host the 13th edition of the multi-sport competition.

commented, "Karlsruhe is a sports city with a sports-mad population, as it shows every year at the Indoor Athletics


No more dirty diesel for Paris Olympic sites

  • Olympics

French sports venues preparing for this year's Paris Olympics are set to ditch their diesel generators in favour of power grid connections as part of efforts to cut the carbon emissions linked to the Games, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday.

place in temporary venues around the city, but major sites such as the national stadium used for the athletics


France to increase airport border guards for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Authorities announced on Tuesday that during the Olympic Games, France will deploy 1,900 more border guards at Paris airports and intensify efforts against clandestine taxis.

organisers have continually faced scrutiny regarding their choice to host the opening ceremony outside the athletics


Refugee Olympian Lohalith suspended for suspected doping

  • Olympics

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Tuesday that Olympic refugee team runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith

Prohibited Substance (Trimetazidine)Details here: https://t.co/Y8LF9j2o9f pic.twitter.com/ZDIFi1M3L6— Athletics


European Athletics and the Alps Mediterranean Group join forces for running

  • Athlete's Websites

In order to implement business strategies and major projects, both organisations have signed a long-term cooperation agreement. The intention is to increase the opportunities for running at both elite and popular levels. The aim is clear: to get more people on the track and to improve the performance of those who are already on the track.

The European Athletics (EA) and the Alps & Mediterranean Group SA (AMGSA) have joined forces and

will be working together in a long-term co-operation to implement the running strategy of the European Athletics

In this way, AMG SA will become the operational arm of the European Athletics in the implementation of

It is responsible for organising many of Europe's major athletics competitions.

These include the European Athletics Championships and the European Indoor Athletics Championships.


Russia outboxes Serbia, amasses gold in EUBC Championships

  • Boxing

Just about everything came out golden for Russia in the European Amateur Boxing Championships. Fans did have to sing along the winner’s anthem because of an alleged technical error, but that was it for its boxers in Belgrade, where they took 11 wins from the host country, who totalled only four.

point of contention between the International Olympic Committee and organizations like IBA or World Athletics



Has Umar Kremlev won?

  • Boxing

Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century as a revival of the competition that had brought glory to ancient Greece, with an increasingly forgotten double motive: to defend sport against political interests and to celebrate amateurism.

 The President of World Athletics was as skilful as he was individualistic.

anyone, the two-time Olympic champion announced that in Paris in 2024 the Olympic champions in each athletics

The prize money in athletics can't be compared to football or basketball, for example," he said.

Will the IOC take action against Coe and his World Athletics as it did against the IBA?

 Karsten Warholm has backed Coe's idea of prize money for athletics at Paris 2024.


Canqueteau-Landi named Co-Head Coach of Georgia gymnastics

  • Gymnastics

Cécile Canqueteau-Landi, the longtime personal coach of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles, has been named co-head coach of the University of Georgia gymnastics program. She joins Ryan Roberts, who has been the Georgia GymDogs assistant coach since 2022.

Reid Parker Director of Athletics, Josh Brooks.