The Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS) is set to remember Harold Langley, who won selection for the 1924 Paris Olympics, with the award of a special replica medal at the annual Olympian Games in Much Wenlock, England, this weekend.

competed in triple jump at the 1924 Olympics in Paris ©Harold Langley ArchiveLangley later became an athletics

Helsinki 1952 4x100 metres relay gold medallist and Hollywood stuntman Finis Dean Smith has died at the age of 91.

as part of the United States team that had Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino and Andy Stanfield.His athletics

Vetle Thorn of Norway timed his final challenge in today's men's triathlon to perfection as he burst clear from a lead group of eight and sprinted home for gold a day after his team-mate Solveig Løvseth had won the women's title.

its regular arrivals at the small stadium alongside the lake, where riders completed one lap of the athletics

) is set to launch a new scratch card called "My Ticket for Paris 2024" with tickets to the Olympic athletics

groups, they have also received criticism for high prices, with the most expensive regular tickets for athletics

Puerto Rico's Olympic women’s 100 metres hurdles gold medallist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico beat Nigeria’s world champion and record holder Tobi Amusan at Ostrava’s Golden Spike meeting.

champion, Nia Ali of the United States, was fourth in 12.75 at the Městský Stadion in this this World Athletics

JCamachoQuinn12.44 @tia_ajones12.47 @Evaglobal01#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/hY1pZFEpSv— World Athletics

meeting record 👀@mondohoss600 is out of this 🌎#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/59MPIWlN1a— World Athletics

3min 57.38sec.World champion Čeh, fresh from setting a Championship record of 69.94m at the European Athletics

European Olympic Committees President Spyros Capralos has admitted it is "positively surprised" by the regional model deployed for the European Games here, but has admitted low crowds at some events is "something a little bit negative".

spectators for Wisła Kraków football matches.Low attendances were particularly notably at the European Athletics

That guarantees the presence of the best European athletes, and we see that in every sport including athletics

, President of the European Games Organising Committee, has described the inclusion of the European Athletics

is true we had hoped for bigger numbers of spectators in the stadium itself but having the European Athletics

The EOC is very pleased that athletics is among the sports whose best competitors, including Olympic

Dobromir Karamarinov, the European Athletics President, was also happy to accentuate the positive.The

call by Nowak for the organisers of the athletics event - European Athletics and the Silesian Stadium

European Athletics is very pleased that we and the EOC have been able to honour both the winning teams

statement released by the European Games Organising Committee today calling on organisers of the European Athletics

The actual organisers of the ETC in Chorzów were the European Athletics Federation and the Silesian Stadium

Championships, which drew the attention of athletes, fans and the media alike, we asked the organisers of the athletics

insidethegames has contacted European Athletics and the European Olympic Committees for comment.

Gabon Sports Minister Franck Nguema has underlined the importance of staging major sporting events for the growth of Africa and to promote "peace" in the continent.

as the Run in Masuku - 10km de Franceville and the 10km Port Gentil which are all high-level World Athletics

Two years after the original scheduled, the International Island Games (IIG) are returning to Guernsey for the third time next weekend, 20 years after they were last held there.

Ryan.The bowls at the Island Games this week is set to be the indoor variety.Guernsey’s first medal in athletics

The original programme included athletics, badminton, five-a-side football, shooting, swimming and volleyball

was delayed whilst airconditioners were installed.The rains returned during the closing stages of the athletics

Swiss Sliding has strengthened its coaching team prior to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo with a trio of acquisitions in the form of Wolfram Lösch, Wolfgang Adler, and Marina Gilardoni.

 Austrian Adler is due to begin work with Swiss Sliding on September 1 as an athletics coach.He

has worked for various athletics federations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

 In 2019, Adler was presented with the European Athletics Coaching Award by the European Athletics

It’s funny what people remember about…anything really. But about sports events, often it is the odd or apparently insignificant detail that endures when all the rest blurs and fades.

When people look back on the European Athletics Team Championships that have just taken place at the

But will World Athletics ratify it I wonder?

👏 #EG2023(@TeamBelgium, @The_EOC) pic.twitter.com/3rhERw9y5I— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June

The last time athletics followers had witnessed such a conjunction was at the 2012 Olympics in London

Team Championships ©Getty ImagesThe statistics from the concluding event of the latest European Athletics

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Kraków-Małopolska 2023Esther Guerrero of Spain dramatically won the women's 1500m final on the last day of athletics

©Getty ImagesItaly won the European Athletics Team Championships and a European Games team gold ©Getty

Top seeds Daniel Santigosa and Noa Canovas of Spain won the first European Games padel final here, where play did not finish until 1.37am local time.

Ndikumwenayo provided a stunning men's 5,000 metres victory for Spain in 13min 25.48sec on the final day of athletics

Organisers have reflected on the success of a groundbreaking Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, on the final day of action in Germany.

programme in Berlin ©Getty ImagesThe final day of competition saw 400 metres titles up for grabs as athletics