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 …
Track and Field Updates: Diamond League London - July 19
The British government will support a bid to bring the World Athletics Championships back to London in 2029, officials revealed on Saturday. The announcement comes just hours before the start of Diamond League's London meet on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and inside London Stadium — site of the 2017 championships and 2021 …
As all roads lead to World Championships in Tokyo in September during a busy outdoor season, one of the more iconic stops is Diamond League's London stint on Saturday at the London Athletics Meet. London Stadium will once again host some of the biggest names in the sport who bring numerous Olympic titles, world records …
The Diamond League shifted to Monaco on Friday, with a loaded lineup that delivered equal parts of start power and world-leading times in another preview of what to expect at World Championships in September. Emmanuel Wanyonyi carved out a world lead in the men's 800m, while Femke Bol grabbed her own leading time in the …
Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya secured a partial victory in the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday as the 17-judge tribunal ruled 15-2 that some of her rights were violated in a Switzerland’s Supreme Court hearing. The ruling is the latest in a seven-year legal battle Semenya has waged in her fight against eligibility …
Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet pulled off a Kenyan world record double at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, shattering the marks in the women’s 1,500m and 5,000m world records, respectively. Their electrifying performances stole the show during a stacked meet that served as a preview of September's world championships in Tokyo, but …
The 50th Prefontaine Classic on Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon marks one of the most important — and stacked — track and field events of the Diamond League schedule this year as all roads continue to lead to World Championships in September. Nearly 100 Olympic and Paralympic medalists will take the stage in one of …
Rai Benjamin, Marileidy Paulino and Faith Cherotich were among the notables who put on electric performances on Friday at Diamond League's Paris stop at the Meeting de Paris at Stade Charlety — the eighth event of the season. Benjamin surges in the men's 400m hurdles Rai Benjamin set the meet record in the men's 400m …
More than 100 of Great Britain's track and field stars of past and present have appealed to the prime minister for government to fund a bid for London to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships. In a open letter posted on Tuesday, standout athletes like Mo Farah, Keely Hodgkinson, Josh Kerr, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina …