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Gambia Paralympic Committee seeks support

  • Paralympics

The Gambia National Paralympic Committee (GNPC) is currently seeking support from philanthropists and stakeholders as it prepares for the 2024 Paralympic Games, which kick off in France at the end of August.

General Secretary revealed that the Paralympic team left Banjul for Tunisia on 2 March 2024 ahead of the athletics


Official: 326,000 tickets for Paris 2024 opening ceremony

  • Paris 2024

The mystery has finally been solved, as Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed for the first time that 326,000 tickets will be sold or distributed for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine in Paris.

Previous opening ceremonies have been held in the main athletics stadium.Seine river banks, with the


Glasgow's innovative World Indoor Championship comes to end

  • Athletics

The organisers of the World Indoor Championships in Athletics aim to raise the standards of international

The World Athletics Indoor Championships marked a new way of organising this type of sporting event.

 World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "Thank you to Glasgow and Scotland for hosting a

fantastic 19th edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Athletics has enjoyed a long relationship with the city over many years and this has been another great

 Councillor Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, commented: "Events like the World Athletics


Great Britain in the running for 2029 World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Britain is in the running to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, UK Athletics chief executive

Jack Buckner said on Monday, the day after the conclusion of the World Athletics Indoor Championships

#WorldIndoorChamps— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 4, 2024London is expected to be the preferred


Glasgow: World record for Charlton, Duplantis reigns, Bol and Doom also 4x400 champions

  • Athletics

Belgium's Alexander Doom added a second gold medal to their 400m gold in the 4x400m at the 2024 World Athletics

set a few weeks ago in New York and improving on the silver she won two years ago at the 2022 World Athletics

stopping @DevynneCharlton in the 60m hurdles 😤#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/dABrHUbP1y— World Athletics

Dutch quartet to the gold medal in the 4x400m 🙌#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/RQ1ikVMblh— World Athletics


Kipchoge finishes 10th as Kipruto wins Tokyo Marathon

  • Athletics

"Not every day is Christmas," said Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge after suffering a setback in his preparations for the Paris Games when he finished 10th behind winner Benson Kipruto in Sunday's Tokyo Marathon. Kebede won the women's race, followed by Rosemary Wanjiru and Amane Beriso Shankule. Sifan Hassan was fourth.


Record-setting Bol, unstoppable Tentoglou, and Holloway feels comfortable

  • Athletics

On Saturday in Glasgow, Record-setting Femke Bol proved unstoppable. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece successfully defended his World Indoor Long Jump Championship, while American sprinter Grant Holloway comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Julien Alfred and Ewa Swoboda in 60m semi-finals.

Femke Bol's world and we're all living in it 🌏#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/ewDM0v0jDi— World Athletics

youngest long jump medallist in the history of the #WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/09ElhCuZKJ— World Athletics

(@WorldAthletics) March 2, 2024Tentoglou criticized World Athletics' "take-off zone" suggestion in the

," concluded Tentoglou.The second evening session at @wicglasgow24 provided one of the great indoor athletics

#WorldIndoorChamps reports ⬇️— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 3, 2024Holloway, the three-time


Controversy over long jump reform continues

  • Athletics

World Athletics is about to change the rules of the long jump.

This rule could change from 2026 following the decision by World Athletics to remove the controversial

20cm board.In recent days it has been revealed that World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon has stated that

World Athletics is considering removing the take-off board and replacing it with a longer "take-off zone

 Turkey's Rabia Ceren Catay's fault jump at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships in Istanbul.

Tentoglou, after winning gold in the long jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.


Coleman beats Lyles to claim second World Indoor 60m gold

  • Athletics

Christian Coleman won in Glasgow his second gold medal in the 60m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships

reclaims his crown in a world-leading 6.41 👑#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/XFqywA4awt— World Athletics

because it has all my favourite events," concluded the triple gold medallist at last summer's World Athletics


Sustainability tops the agenda at World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow'24

  • Athletics

With sustainability high on the agenda for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024, an

track record in hosting international events, including the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2019 European Athletics

 The Commonwealth Arena is the venue for the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

WAA Local Organising Committee, led by Glasgow Life (on behalf of Glasgow City Council) and UK Athletics



Kipchoge pays tribute to Kiptum ahead of Tokyo Marathon

  • Athletics

Eliud Kipchoge, the renowned double Olympic marathon champion, honoured Kelvin Kiptum on 1 March following the world record holder's tragic death last month. The Kenyan died as a result of a car accident when his vehicle hit a tree.

racing at a high level," he said.The tragic loss of Kiptum sent shockwaves through Kenya and the global athletics


Sebastian Coe: Long ban for anyone participating in 'Enhanced Games'

  • Olympics

, an Olympic-style event where doping would be allowed, has been rejected by the president of world athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has been outspoken in his criticism of the organisation of the

 Coe was speaking at a press conference ahead of this weekend's World Athletics Indoor Championships

 The 'Enhanced Games' will include athletics, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics and martial arts

don't take place.Tune in live to the press conference at @wicglasgow24 📣#WorldIndoorChamps— World Athletics


Morales Williams' indoor 400m record not ratified

  • Athlete's Websites

weekend has not been ratified due to a problem with the starting blocks, which did not comply with World Athletics

— Owen M (@_OwenM_) February 25, 2024The starting blocks used in the race did not comply with World Athletics

The rules require the blocks to be linked to a World Athletics "start information system".


Indoor World Championships in Glasgow set the stage for Paris 2024

  • Athletics

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol are among the 651 athletes competing for the world titles in 26 events from 1-3 March. Among the favourites are 13 of the reigning individual world champions and seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists.

As a precursor to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow will

in Glasgow, including newly crowned US 60m champion Lyles, a three-time gold medallist at the World Athletics

#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/X8FtGz8Jkl— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 27, 2024On

Bol will be running twice on the same day in Glasgow: "That's the beauty of indoor athletics.

men's 3000m final on Saturday at @wicglasgow24 🙌#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/XERmefYlLb— World Athletics