Italy won two golds on the concluding day of the World Athletics Relays Silesia21 held in a chilly Silesian

and women’s 4x100m and 4x400m, and the top 12 teams in the mixed 4x400m, have qualified for the World Athletics

pic.twitter.com/iSl9g8S6Iy— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 2, 2021Akani Simbine brought South

pic.twitter.com/e8C1NQXZ3o— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 2, 2021After European Athletics individual

24.53.The first eight places in each relay for Tokyo were awarded to the top eight teams at the World Athletics

Silesia, the remaining quota places for Tokyo - 16 per event - will be allocated according to the World Athletics

Athlete empowerment, punishments for multiple doping violations, and age and term limits for Executive Board members are some of the points of contention among nations who have sent feedback on a draft Constitution to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

Among International Federations, perhaps only FIFA, IAAF (athletics) and IBU (biathlon) have made such

contesting the Olympic title this summer after setting a national record of 43.86sec tonight at the World Athletics

.— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 1, 2021A great night of sprinting for Denmark was rounded off

producing the fastest qualifying time of the night, with the quartet that earned them the European Athletics

hosts second fastest on 3:28.11 and Belgium third in 3:28.27.The Dutch quartet that won the European Athletics

Tokyo2020:ItalyBrazilDominican RepublicIrelandBelgiumGreat Britain & N.I.NetherlandsSpain— World Athletics

facilities and greater media coverage have been identified as areas that need to be addressed to help grow athletics

World Athletics has released its early findings from "The Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics

The past year has been challenging for everyone, and in athletics we have dearly missed the in-person

By initiating The Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics, we want to give everybody involved

World Athletics says the findings will be used towards the "World Plan for Athletics 2022-2030", a roadmap

to the athletics community and to identify where the sport stands now throughout the world.The World

Olympic kayak champion Joe Clarke has stated his intention to add extreme canoe slalom to his programme for the Paris 2024 Olympics after missing out on Tokyo 2020 due to injury.

of the iconic Olympians did multiple events and it's not so different to doubling up in swimming and athletics

Lydia Nsekera has been re-elected unanimously as President of the Burundi National Olympic Committee (BNOC).

National Federations in Burundi.This includes judo’s Valery Manirakiza, handball’s Félix Nzisabira, athletics

confirmed as Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) for the 2021 season following approval from the World Athletics

international competition.This is allowed under Rule 3.2 of the Eligibility Rules, while the Russian Athletics

been banned since November 2015 in relation to state-sponsored doping.RusAF faced expulsion from World Athletics

indoor high jump champion Danil Lysenko and failing to pay outstanding fines.Last month, the World Athletics

athletes with ANA status may compete at international competitions, including the Olympics.The World Athletics

to compete as ANA athletes at any Championship including the Olympics and the 2021 European Under-23 Athletics

Tokyo 2020 places are the target at the World Athletics Relays which starts tomorrow in Chorzow, Poland

World Championships.Asked at a pre-event press conference about Poland’s ambitions to host the World Athletics

can organise events, that we have an excellent infrastructure and a great team and a big heart for athletics

Relays ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "I’m very conscious that Silesia has

We welcome overtures and interest, particularly from cities and regions that have identified athletics

Reflecting on the challenges of the pandemic, during which Poland has delivered both the World Athletics

The technical operations centre for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games has opened, providing operations support for the event.

laboratory.Presently, this laboratory has completed the testing of contest systems in 16 sports such as athletics

India is set to miss the World Athletics Relays in Poland after travel restrictions were enforced due

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) confirmed that their women's 4x100 metres and men's 4x400m relay

Rajeev, Amoj Jacob, Nirmal Noah Tom and Sarthak Bhambri.India will be unable to compete at the World Athletics

used all the resources to sort this out, we have been constantly speaking to the organisers, World Athletics

introducing travel restrictions from India to prevent the spread of new cases and variants.The World Athletics

A series of countdown clocks have been lit up to mark the 500-days-to-go milestone until the start of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 Official (@19thAGofficial) April 28, 2021The Big Lotus is due to play host to athletics

Britain has named its respective archery teams for this summer's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Archery joins shooting, triathlon, sport climbing, canoeing, swimming, athletics and sailing as the first

Jamaican Olympian Dennis Johnson, who equalled the 100 yards world record of 9.3sec four times in 1961, has died aged 81 after being admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

Australian runners Michael Roeger and Jaryd Clifford have both broken marathon world records to give themselves big boosts for this year’s rearranged Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Proving unstoppable, Roeger recorded his fourth consecutive T46 marathon world record at Athletics Australia

Paralympic gold medals in the 1500m and 5,000m T12 events - the same events he won at the 2019 World Para Athletics

COVID-19 has forced TrackTown USA, organisers of this year’s United States Olympic athletics trials in

field facility at the University of Oregon, which has undergone a major facelift in time for the World Athletics

There had been strong interest in attending the trials, always one of the most high-quality athletics

permanent seats at Hayward Field.The US Olympic Trials are always among the most competitive events on the athletics