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Mike Rowbottom: Ready, Shelly, Go - the madness of school sports day races

  • Inside the Blogs

I hadn’t assumed I would win, of course I hadn’t. But I thought I’d be up there. When "Ready…Steady..Go" was shouted out, however, and I set off with the other dads at my children’s school sports day race, I soon had to configure myself to a more mundane reality. Also-ran.

This was an athletics version of seeing a kid trying to stop a penalty taken by Lionel Messi, or squaring





Paralympics New Zealand to run sport pilots to boost participation

  • Paralympics

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced the launch of a new initiative to enhance participation in athletics

people in Gisborne, Northland and Southland are due to get more opportunities to participate in Para athletics

Athletics New Zealand is very excited to be a recipient of the Paralympics New Zealand Regional Community

the Gisborne, Northland, and Southland regions in 2023," said Peter Pfitzinger, chief executive of Athletics

There has been considerable regional growth in community athletics in recent years."

sport, whether that’s at the Paralympic Games or through participation at the local table tennis club, athletics


AIU Anti-Doping Steering Committee presents first report to Kenyan Government including increased testing plans

  • Athletics

The Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) Anti-Doping Steering Committee has presented a first report to the

Anti-Doping Steering Committee featuring representatives from the AIU, Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya and Athletics

Kenya developing a roadmap to substantially reduce doping in one of athletics' leading countries.Its

of Kenya for the excellent commitment, which will help neutralise the doping menace and keep Kenya’s athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has stressed there is "no suggestion" of state-sponsored doping

in Kenyan athletics.Kenya won four athletics gold medals at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, along with


IOC warns Paris 2024 boycott over Russia presence will "hurt" Ukrainian athletes

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned Ukraine against boycotting qualifying events for next year’s Olympics in Paris due to the presence of Russians and Belarusians, claiming it will "only hurt" Ukrainian athletes and "in no way impact the war that the world wants to stop".

in sailing, boxing, canoeing, volleyball, hockey, triathlon, dance sports, sports shooting, fencing, athletics

Ukrainian Athletic Federation, said track and field athletes from Ukraine should compete after World Athletics



UK Athletics agrees to ban transgender athletes from female competition after World Athletics ruling

  • Athletics

UK Athletics has announced a ban on transgender athletes competing in the female category after claiming

The move comes after the World Athletics Council decided last week to exclude transgender athletes from

there was "insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantages over biological women".UK Athletics

claimed it "appreciates the efforts" made by World Athletics to "protect the female category" and added

for publicising "inaccurate advice".UK Athletics has now released a statement revealing it had received

All… https://t.co/zmpsnVAUaO— Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) March 31, 2023UK Athletics added that


Kickboxer Merinov latest Ukrainian athlete killed in war with Russia

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Kickboxer Vitaly Merinov has become the latest Ukrainian athlete to die in the war against Russia, it has been announced by the Mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

year, including Youth Olympic Games silver medallist boxer Maksym Galinichev earlier this month.World Athletics


Demus and Qieyang officially London 2012 champions as IOC confirm medal reallocation

  • Athletics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognised two medal re-allocations from the London 2012 Olympics, meaning Lashinda Demus of the United States is officially the women’s 400 metres hurdles champion and China’s Shenjie Qieyang is winner of the women’s 20 kilometres race walk.

The results were changed by World Athletics following the disqualification for doping of three Russian

second doping case of her career.Evidence recovered from a Moscow testing laboratory database led to the Athletics



David Owen: "Shakespeare" or "The Professor" - who makes the better politician?

  • Inside the Blogs

For more than 40 years, Thomas Bach has nicknamed Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics chief, "Shakespeare

" - nicknames they have called each other for more than 40 years ©Getty ImagesThe blockbuster World Athletics

Olympics’ bedrock sport "reaffirmed" its decision to keep Russians and Belarusians out of all World Athletics

Cup), there were actually more Olympic winter sports Presidents attending than summer sports.World Athletics

transgender athletes from women's competition, altered DSD athlete regulations" and "reinstated the Russian Athletics

middle-distance star the beginnings of a distinctive campaign platform.These were, to repeat, World Athletics