World Athletics announced its three finalists for Photograph of the Year on Thursday that illustrate a packed year of competition that ultimately came to close in September’s world championships in Tokyo. Photographers from 41 countries submitted 141 images for consideration and a panel of four judges (Sally Pearson, Christian Taylor and Pascal Rondeau and Christel …
World Athletics reported on Thursday that it discovered that two employees and a contractor were responsible for $1.7 million in corporate theft that spanned several years. According to governing body, an internal audit lead by a new group of financial analysts revealed that the funds were taken over time in what it labels as "systematic …
World Athletics announced the inaugural World Treadmill Championship on Monday as part of its RUN X series in collaboration with Technogym. The virtual treadmill competition kicks off in 2026 and is a global 5k race where runners can sign up in their local gyms and fitness centers to battle for a $100,000 prize pool in …
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 …
Five world records became official on Friday as World Athletics announced that marks set by Mondo Duplantis, Agnes Ngetich, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Cameron Myers are now ratified. The records span from April 2024 to June 2025 and include a pair of U20 short track times from Myers from the same race, a pole vault height …
Ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September, World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has revealed that the gender tests implemented by the governing body in time for the event are mostly complete. World Athletics announced in July that any athlete looking to compete in the female category at world championships would need to submit …
World Athletics revealed the details of the type of gender verification athletes hoping to compete in the female category would need to undergo, including a one-time genetic test. The governing body announced on Wednesday that the new regulation would be implemented on September 1, ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from September 13 …
World Athletics ratified five world records on Friday, officially clearing marks set by Beatrice Chebet, Mondo Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Toshikazu Yamanishi. And of the five records confirmed by World Athletics, Ingebrigtsen set two in the same race in February. The first record of the group was set by Beatrice Chebet on December 31 with …
World Athletics has revealed plans to implement gender eligibility testing for athletes prior to competition in the female category, the governing body announced on Tuesday. In a press conference in Nanjing, China following the World Indoor Championship last weekend, World Athletics head Sebastian Coe addressed the media and noted that the tests would include cheek …