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Paris 2024's purple athletics track nears completion in Italy

  • Paris 2024

It will be used for 46 of the 48 athletics events. Up to 50% of its components will be recycled.

company that has become a world reference in this type of sports surface and equipment, especially in athletics

Nor will it be the terracotta traditionally used in athletics.

 Recreation of the purple colour of the athletics track at the Stade de France.

There are very strict criteria set by World Athletics.

Bringing this innovation to light is the aim of the World Athletics and the various television networks


Russia has no intention of boycotting Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Russia isn't considering boycotting the Paris 2024 Olympic Games," declared Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsinhas declared, despite the restrictions imposed on its athletes as a result of the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine.

"Some ban participation altogether (such as World Athletics), others allow the right to participate in


Volleyball World Federation continues to lead sport on social league table

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Volleyball's world governing body has topped the Sport on Social League Table for Olympic Federations for the second year running, according to analysis by Redtorch.

performance in 2023 📊Global social media trends in sports revealed 🌎Exclusive interviews with TikTok, World Athletics

Top 10 ranking:1 World Volleyball (FIVB).2 World Athletics.3 International Basketball Federation (FIBA


In a world of disruption, the Olympics faces the World Friendship Games

  • Paris 2024

Now set for September in Russia. At the Olympics: win a medal. Friendship Games: win, get paid. The number one complaint athletes have about the Olympic movement is that they can't make money.

place in Russia this September: 36 sports, 21 venues, 17 in Moscow, four in Ekaterinburg (including athletics

being held in Eugene, Oregon, or London or Lausanne, Switzerland, would this be the reaction of World Athletics

 Can World Athletics stop anyone from going?


The Games of the Future hits 3.2 billion online views

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The Games of the Future's closing press conference was held in Moscow, underlining the international interest in this unique event, that introduced the concept of phygital to the world and provided the impetus for its further growth.

 "The international roster of athletes in Cyber Athletics, Battle of the Robots and Sports Programming


FISU World University Games 2025: New 'Sportpark Lohrheide' on schedule

  • FISU Section Pages

The renovation of the 'Lohrheidestadion' and the surrounding area, designated as the venue for the athletics

Bochum will become the top location for athletics," he added.

 The stadium will hold more than 16,000 fans when the athletics competitions of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025

Similar to the Olympic Games, the athletics competitions in Bochum-Wattenscheid will play a special role

We are very proud to be able to host the athletics competitions here next year as an absolute highlight

Medals will be awarded in sports including athletics, swimming and basketball, among others.


FISU: Gender Equality Webinar highlights great work and the need for more

  • FISU Section Pages

Shortly after International Women's Day, the International University Sports Federation held its Gender Equality Webinar on 11 March with participants from its Gender Equality Committee, national and continental university sports federations, and FISU Student Ambassadors.

of her experience in leading the development of Palestine's first women's football team as head of athletics


AIU: Four federations told to tighten doping controls before Olympics

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Council has called on the federations of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal to tighten

anti-doping controls ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, following a recommendation from the Athletics

imposed on its athletes before the Paris Olympics, a recommendation that was accepted by the World Athletics

receive an adequate response from these federations to clear warnings we gave in the lead up to the World Athletics

this Olympic year, we trust this will be a reminder to all Member Federations that the AIU and World Athletics


Diego Maffia, U SPORTS Basketball Player of the Year

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The Victoria Vikes player has been named the U SPORTS Men's Basketball Most Valuable Player and will receive the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy. Maffia is the third Vikes player to win the trophy, joining the late Eli Pasquale in 1984. Eric Hinrichsen won the award in 1997 and 1999.

Throughout his time at the U of S, Dewar has been a dedicated member of the Huskie Athletics Council.


Kenya Athletics Commission dissolved by court order

  • Athletics

A Kenyan court has ordered members of the national athletics governing body to vacate office after serving

2016 by 10 former international athletes, led by two-time Boston Marathon champion Moses Tanui, asking Athletics

Court judge Lawrence Mugambi delivered the ruling, ending a long legal saga that had prevented the athletics

 "The officials and Executive Committee of the 1st defendant (Athletics Kenya) who have been in

Tuwei was elected as one of four vice-presidents of World Athletics (WA) in August last year.Jackson

Tuwei was elected one of four World Athletics vice presidents.


Lithuanian NOC Walking Challenge: 11,500 participants to celebrate centenary

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To celebrate the centenary of Lithuanian athletes' debut at the Olympic Games, the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania has launched the 100th Anniversary Walking Challenge of the Olympic Movement. More than 11,500 participants have already registered via the #walk15 mobile app.

Other top choices include track and field athletics, cycling, swimming, and football.


Scientists develop mathematical model to improve performance of elite athletes

  • Athletics

Antoine Le Hyaric, Amandine Aftalion and Brian Hanley are scientists who, according to their published study, are developing a mathematical model that promises to optimise 400m and 1,500m running performance using high-resolution data.

nbsp;The scientists used modelling and simulation to analyse the athletic performances of the European Athletics

performances of Norwegian Olympic 1,500 m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Gaia Sabbatini, the European Athletics

 They used chips with IsoLynx technology during the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich

, Germany, and the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.Hudson-Smith in the


A historic Paris 2024: Unprecedented full gender parity

  • Paris 2024

On 8 March, International Women's Day, the International Olympic Committee's achievement for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games: there will be an equal number of male and female athletes, full gender parity. The Olympic Broadcasting Services will also have gender parity. IOC launched #GenderEqualOlympics.

the first time, the women's marathon will be held the day after the men's event and will conclude the athletics


European Indoor Championships 2025: Dafne Schippers, new Event Director

  • Athletics

In exactly 364 days, the European Athletics Indoor Championships will take place at Omnisport in Apeldoorn

Ticket sales for this internationally acclaimed indoor athletics event, themed "Moving People," began

The race has begun for athletics fans to buy their tickets for the European Athletics Indoor Championships

I think it's great to stay involved in this world, athletics is in my heart," she said.Schippers is one

 From 6 to 9 March 2025, the Omnisport Apeldoorn will be the centre of spectacular athletics and

Athletics is very versatile and our supporting programme will certainly be as well.


The unionisation of college basketball

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In a historic move, US college basketball players vote to unionise, an unprecedented move that could signal significant changes in the multi-billion dollar world of American college sports.

For Ivy League students who are varsity athletes, academics are paramount and athletics are part of the