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Bydgoszcz set to host one of the biggest-ever IAAF World Under 20 Championships

  • Athletics

A total of 1,518 athletes have been entered to compete at the 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, where competition is due to begin tomorrow.

On behalf of IAAF President Sebastian Coe, I’d like to thank the Polish Athletics Federation, its President




Coe invites Stepanova to attend first IAAF Values Commission as Hansen pledges “full support”

  • Athletics

Championships before being disqualified for a lane infringement, was today thanked for her courage by Sebastian Coe

imposition of the current international ban on Russian track and field athletes for doping abuses, met Coe

confirmed a partial rupture of the plantar fascia ligament.A release issued by European Athletics said Coe

the IAAF Values Commission which will hold its first meeting later this year.IAAF President Sebastian Coe



IAAF President Coe hails number of female participants at European Athletics Young Leaders Forum

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe said he was pleased

Council.A total of 29 of the 68 participants at the Young Leaders Forum are women, something which Coe

young people - that’s hardly surprising; our sport does throw up smart, young, bright people," said Coe

Sebastian Coe took time to pose for selfies with the young leaders ©Getty ImagesThe Forum aims to equip

about inspiring young people to be part of our sport, it’s not just simply about competition," added Coe

Following the interview with Coe, the young leaders took part in a session and workshop on project management



European Athletics President officially opens 2016 Young Leaders Forum

  • Athletics

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has officially opened the continental governing body’s Young Leaders Forum here today as the participants set about tackling the five-day programme.

guest interview with International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe


IAAF propose to transfer major decision-making power from President to Congress in sweeping reform agenda

  • Athletics

Reducing the number of vice-presidents from four to two and abolishing the position of treasurer are among proposals put forward following a two-day International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Governance Structure Reform Forum in Amsterdam.

Executive Board".Many of the reforms today were manifesto proposals of new IAAF President Sebastian Coe

design a strong diverse and modern organisation which reflects the global reach of athletics," said Coe



IAAF and Rehm to work on rule change to allow athletes with prostheses to compete in World Championships as German abandons Olympic hopes

  • Athletics News

Paralympic and world champion Markus Rehm has officially abandoned his attempt at competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro alongside able-bodied athletes following a meeting with International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) secretary general Jean Gracia today.

IAAF that “he will not be seeking selection for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games”.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

President Sebastian Coe claimed he had been unable to prove he gained no advantage from the blades.

uses does not give him a competitive advantage and at this stage he has not been able to do that,” Coe


Yulia Stepanova - is she a "Judas?" Or is she an "Olympic hero"?

  • The Big Read

Is Yulia Stepanova, the Russian 800m runner whose whistleblowing activity triggered the scandal which has resulted in Russia’s track-and-field athletes being suspended from international competition including the forthcoming Rio Olympics, a “Judas” or a “true Olympic hero”?

Association of Athletics Federations' Task force on June 17, sitting alongside IAAF President Sebastian Coe



Nick Butler: What can Olympic Movement learn from Brexit after another week of doping dominated disorder?

  • Inside the Blogs

“A week is a long time in politics,” former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is adjudged to have told lobby journalists in the early 1960s. His descendent David Cameron learnt this lesson too well last week after Britain's most tumultuous seven days in generations.

At the Vienna press conference following the IAAF Council meeting a few days earlier, Sebastian Coe,


Gender test sprinter Chand earns Rio 2016 sprint qualification as Coe defends Semenya

  • Athletics

Dutee Chand has become the first Indian women’s 100 metres runner to qualify for the Olympic Games since Moscow 1980.

IAAF President Sebastien Coe has claimed Caster Semenya should not be demonised for her performances

Championships in Durban yesterday, having already triumphed in the 1500m, IAAF President Sebastien Coe