Femke Bol concluded the World Athletics Championships here with a stunning anchor leg to carry The Netherlands

©Getty ImagesAfter it was revealed French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra had summoned French Athletics

Julian Weber to fourth with 85.79m to ensure his country finished without a medal.Afterwards, the World Athletics

World Athletics has appointed Chilean official Ximena Restrepo as its senior vice-president here, President

candidate to hold the senior vice-presidential role, following on from Council elections in which World Athletics

vice-president when she was elected in 2019.It means she would be most likely to take over as head of World Athletics

years and is nationalised in the country.Chile's Ximena Restrepo, right, has been appointed as World Athletics

Hungarian men's 4x100 metres relay Olympic bronze medallist László Zarándi has died at the age of 94.

August 14, 2023Hungary has not won an Olympic sprint medal since the Games in the Finnish capital, its athletics

success mostly coming in field events.Zarándi later became a teacher and head of athletics at the Hungarian

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has sought an explanation for France winning only one silver medal at the World Athletics

Championships here less than one year before Paris 2024, and is set to meet leaders from the French Athletics

World Championships in the Hungarian capital, its biggest team since it hosted the event at Paris 2024 athletics

and Para athletics venue the Stade de France 20 years ago.However, its only medal was a surprise men's

defence after two events because of injury.RMC Sport reported Oudéa-Castéra has summoned French Athletics

below expectations.French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has called for a meeting with French Athletics

France won only one silver medal in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through Mayer in the decathlon

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has joined celebrations from Britain's Loughborough University

men's 4x400m relay bronze medallist Martyn Rooney and Mitcham were among those in attendance.World Athletics

UniversityUniversity vice-chancellor and President Professor Nick Jennings expressed the institution's pride at its athletics

The World Athletics Championships in Budapest is set to conclude today.

The aptly-named Victor Kiplangat of Uganda, Commonwealth marathon champion last year, became World Athletics

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/gN5ur0Gh5U— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 27, 2023Other

also won Commonwealth gold last summer, over 10,000m, have been the main focus of attention in Ugandan athletics

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on the final day ©ISFChina had a good outing in swimming events ©ISFAthletes were all smiles after athletics

By Patrick Burke at Heroes' Square and the National Athletics Centre in Budapest

anchored the United States to a 4x100 metres relay double on a busy penultimate night of the World Athletics

Netherlands, who was second in 14:54.11, closely followed by Kenya's Beatrice Chebet in 14:54.33.The World Athletics

Championships is set to conclude tomorrow with the men's marathon seven finals at the National Athletics

champion Yelena Isinbayeva has criticised fellow International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and World Athletics

greatest female pole vaulter of all time, but was omitted from a list of 40 women celebrated by World Athletics

their impact on the sport alongside the 40th anniversary edition of the World Championships here.World Athletics

I remind to the re-elected President of World Athletics of the influence that Yelena Isinbaeva has had

on the development of athletics in the world over the past 20 years," she wrote on Instagram."

View this post on InstagramA post shared by YELENA ISINBAEVA (@isinbaevayelena)World Athletics said its

It's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago, in 1983, that the first World Athletics Championships

late 1970s, and was a massive challenge for the fledgling, under funded, International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF).It was an enormous undertaking especially as up to this point the global athletics

1970s the Olympics were facing major issues with problems both in Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976, plus athletics

 The first edition of the World Athletics Championships took place 40 years ago in Helsinki ©Getty

ImagesPaulen also knew the importance of athletics creating its own global shop window, as it adapted

Ethiopia took gold and silver in a women’s marathon run in brutal conditions at the World Athletics Championships

#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/F6tOkJYnFg— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 26, 2023Rosemary

After crossing the line - where the finish banner was held by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

By Patrick Burke at the National Athletics Stadium in Budapest

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Getty ImagesNoah Lyles of the US, fourth from top, won a third consecutive men's 200m gold at the World Athletics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was among the spectators on day seven of the World Athletics

her 100m silver.The 29-year-old, the only athlete to medal in the 100m, 200m and 400m at the World Athletics

tendon injury.German official Bach was among the interested spectators on day seven, welcomed by World Athletics

they watched the evening session together.Tomorrow is set to mark the penultimate day of the World Athletics