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World Athletics panel rules Leeper would gain "competitive advantage" using running specific prostheses

  • Athletics

A World Athletics panel has ruled that Blake Leeper cannot compete using a set of running specific prostheses

compete using the RSPs in competitions against able-bodied athletes.In its verdict the panel said: "World Athletics

sanctioned events is not allowed pursuant to Rule 6.3.4 of the Technical Rules of World Athletics."

In this judgement, the World Athletics panel concluded "that the weight of rational scientific opinion

Following today’s World Athletics ruling, Leeper confirmed he would appeal the latest judgement to the

It's not right that World Athletics continues to discriminate against disabled black athletes, and that


Birmingham 2022 confirms latest three venues for World Games

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 has announced Oak Mountain State Park, Barber Motorsports Park and John Carroll Catholic High School as the latest venues for the World Games.

claimed to focus on the development of the whole person through spiritual growth, academics, the arts, athletics


Canada latest nation to withdraw from World Athletics Relays due to COVID-19

  • Athletics

Athletics Canada has confirmed its withdrawal from the 2021 World Athletics Relays, with it being the

week to participate in its annual relay training camp.Jamaica announced its withdrawal from the World Athletics

The safety of our athletes, coaches and staff is our top priority," said Athletics Canada's high performance


Liz McColgan

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

The biggest hero for the Scottish crowds at the Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games was, by some distance, Liz Lynch, who was unemployed and on the dole when she won the 10,000 metres by a wide margin.

Years later McColgan said that without her love of athletics, and the encouragement of her PE teacher

1986 Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesShe had returned from the US, where she broke records in college athletics


Chengdu 2021 volunteers appear for first time at local tennis event

  • Chengdu 2021

Volunteers for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Chengdu 2021 World University Games are participating in their first event in their roles at the National Games tennis qualifiers at the Sichuan International Tennis Centre.

including archery, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, diving, fencing, tennis, water polo, judo, shooting, athletics


Mike Rowbottom: Athletes tell IOC where to put its Athlete Expression Consultation on protests rule

  • Inside the Blogs

So John Carlos says to Tommie Smith - "Hey Tommie, I left my gloves in the Village. Sorry, man. But listen - Pete Norman’s just said let's wear one each. Why not? Get him one of our badges and let’s go!"

The Athletics Association, established last year to provide an independent voice for track and field

The Athletics Association are deeply disappointed that after many months of deliberation, the IOC have




London 2012 long jump champion Rutherford aiming for bobsleigh success at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford has revealed he has been training with the national bobsleigh team and is eyeing medal success at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Rutherford will not be the first from an athletics background to try the sport and will follow Britain's

where he was one of three British Olympic gold medallists in an evening dubbed "Super Saturday" in athletics

, alongside Jessica Ennis-Hill and Sir Mo Farah.He retired from athletics in 2018.The Beijing 2022 Winter




NOCZ President urges athletes to accept COVID-19 jab as Zambia begins vaccinating Tokyo 2020 team

  • ANOCA

National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) President Alfred Foloko has urged athletes to accept a coronavrius vaccination when offered one ahead of the Olympics.

2021Athletes are able to receive the vaccine either in capital Lusaka or the Copperbelt Province.The women's athletics

team, in Poland for the World Athletics Relays next weekend, missed out on this first phase of the rollout



World Athletics Combined Events Challenge to feature young heptathlon prospects

  • Athletics

heptathlon athletes are set to compete in Lana in Italy at the 34th edition of the Multistars World Athletics

champion, as well as a European bronze medallist in the same age group.She finished third at the World Athletics

show the form of those before her, recently finishing fifth in the pentathlon at the European Indoor Athletics


Jamaican team withdraw from World Athletics Relays over COVID-19 restrictions

  • Athletics

Organisers of next month's World Athletics Relays have been dealt a major blow following the withdrawal

Asafa Powell were among a string of stars set to represent Jamaica in Silesia in Poland.But the Jamaica Athletics

challenging" for the Jamaican athletes and officials, so pulled out.It is another setback ahead of the World Athletics

Rhonda Whyte, Tovea Jenkins, Roneisha McGregor and Christine Day.Last month the staging of the European Athletics

had to self-isolate upon their return because of positive cases in their travelling parties.British Athletics

wrote to European Athletics to express its concerns over the implementation of the COVID-19 countermeasures