With 300 days until the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest next year, World Athletics has released the schedule for its event that will offer the biggest payouts in the sport and push the action directly to semifinal and finals events. The Ultimate Championship was created as a method of ensuring championship-level competition in the sport …
UK Athletics announced on Monday that 62 athletes were chosen as part of its World Class Programme, a lottery-funded initiative that backs talent with the best potential to making a podium — or win titles — at major events like the Olympics or world championships. The list is packed with notable athletes from the United …
The voting discounted stellar seasons by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet
World Athletics announced its nominees for field athletes of the year on Monday with Mondo Duplantis leading the way with a stellar season that saw him reach new heights with four world records and a world championship in the pole vault. He is joined by a stacked group of ten athletes that includes Tara Davis-Woodhall, …
World Athletics announced the nominees for its male and female track athlete of the year honors on Monday featuring a list loaded with the top performers of a busy season. Ten athletes will face one final competition as a fan vote will decide the Track Athlete of the Year 2025 awards. Among the stack list …
Erriyon Knighton has been given a four-year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against him after he was given an appeal over a doping violation. Knighton was suspended in May 2024 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for a metabolite of the anabolic steroid trenbolone. He claimed the presence of …
World Athletics ratified a new batch of world marks on Wednesday as Mondo Duplantis, Mykolas Alekna and Beatrice Chebet saw their marks officially entered into the record books, following standout performances from April to August. Alekna set a pair of new records in the men's discus at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational in Ramona, …
USA Track and Field revealed the roster of athletes on Tuesday that will head to Tokyo next week as part of Team USA's World Athletics Championships squad. The bulk of the team was chosen through podium finishes at last month's outdoor national championships in Eugene, Oregon while defending world champions receive automatic byes for Tokyo. …
Gabby Thomas revealed on Tuesday that she will miss the World Athletics Championships because of an Achilles injury. Thomas has been dealing with the injury since May, which has continued to be an issue and it worsened in July. "I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this news, but …
The eyes of the track and field world and running will be fixed on Tokyo next week for the start of the World Athletics Championships from September 13-21 — as an exciting season reaches its pinnacle. Heartbreak Hill Running Company, a mainstay in running lifestyle culture and retail, is teaming up with A Mile. A …