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Oceania and Australian 20km Race Walking Championships postponed due to COVID-19

  • Athletics

Athletics Australia has announced that the Oceania and Australian 20 Kilometres Race Walking Championships

chief executive Darren Gocher said the decision was based on the health and safety of the Australian athletics

Championships to be held alongside the 50km Race Walking Championships in Melbourne on March 27, but Athletics

2020.The race has been held in Adelaide since 2015 and has traditionally been been part of the World Athletics


Palmer's appointment to help deliver athletics merger welcomed by Australian Olympic Committee

  • ONOC

Australian sports administrator Kate Palmer to help form a new national sports organisation dedicated to athletics

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates described Palmer’s move to One Athletics as

Australia and Coles Little Athletics Australia to bring to life Australian Athletics through the OneAthletics

the nation to transform athletics into the largest participation sport in the country."

There is a place for everyone in athletics and the vision for athletics in Australia is clear - to create

Australia won two athletics medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, both in race walking,


Ktila holds off home favourite to win 100m at World Para Athletics Grand Prix

  • Athletics News

Ktila held off home favourite Mohammed Al Hammadi to win the men's 100 metres T34 at the World Para Athletics

 "Thankfully, Dubai started the Para-athletics season and it is important for us to perform in our

: James Varghese #ParaAthletics #Dubai2021 pic.twitter.com/k9MAVmq3Of— Para Athletics (@ParaAthletics


Russian racewalker Noskov stripped of 2015 European title for doping

  • Athletics

Russian racewalker Ivan Noskov has been stripped of his team gold medal from the European Race Walking Cup after a reanalysis of his doping test sample showed a banned substance.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced that all of Noskov's results from January 29 to June 2 2015


Kenyan boxing coach thanks NOC for support on road to Tokyo 2020

  • Boxing

Kenyan boxing head coach Musa Benjamin has thanked the country's National Olympic Committee for their financial support on the road to Tokyo 2020.

the only sport the country has won an Olympic medal in outside the traditional Kenyan speciality of athletics


Speed skating at 2026 Winter Olympics could be switched to Milan

  • Milan Cortina 2026

Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics could be moved to Milan's Arena Civica with testing underway to see if the venue would be suitable.

Arena Civica currently hosts an annual athletics meeting ©Getty ImagesArena Civica - also known as the

both of Milan's football clubs had spells playing there in the 1930s and 1940s.The Notturna di Milano athletics




Tsegay smashes Dibaba’s world indoor 1500m record in Liévin

  • Athletics

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women’s world indoor 1500 metres record of 3min 55.17sec set by her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba when she clocked an extraordinary 3:53.09 tonight in the French city of Liévin.

finale to an evening of stunningly good middle distance running in the third of this season’s World Athletics

#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/uqb6SUQywo— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 9, 2021Sweden's


IWF responds to IOC criticism by vetting election candidates

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has responded to intense criticism from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by adopting new rules for its elections, scheduled for March 26 to 27.

Resolutions, an independent specialist company based in the UK.It has worked on high-profile cases for World Athletics



Olympic champion Kipchoge launches Nike clothing line

  • Athletics

Olympic marathon gold medallist Eliud Kipchoge has followed in the footsteps of basketball great Michael Jordan and football star Christian Ronaldo by launching his own Nike clothing line.

Pegasus as well as other running apparel.The line is said to be inspired by Kipchoge’s achievements in athletics


Dubai ready to host World Para Athletics Grand Prix season opener

  • Athletics News

The World Para Athletics Grand Prix season is scheduled to begin in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates

four-day competition at the Dubai Club for People of Determination, part of the UAE’s Fazza International Athletics

Senaani and Noura Alktebi.Al Hammadi will be aiming to repeat his performance at the 2019 World Para Athletics

 Fazza International Athletics Championships chair Thani Juma Berregad pledged to make health and

Fazza International Athletics Championships director Majid Al-Usaimi added organisers were ready for

The World Para Athletics Grand Prix will run until Saturday (February 13). 


USA Wrestling moves Olympic trials from Penn State University

  • Wrestling

USA Wrestling is searching for a new host for its Olympic trials less than two months before the event is due to take place after confirming it would no longer be held on the campus of Penn State University.

to stage the trials at Penn State University was made by USA Wrestling, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics