World Athletics renews funding for Ukrainian athletes
1 year, 9 months ago

World Athletics renews funding for Ukrainian athletes

The Hindu  

World Athletics will once again help fund Ukrainian athletes’ as they prepare for the August 19 to 27 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, the sport’s global governing body said on Tuesday. World Athletics announced it was renewing the Ukraine Solidarity Fund, plus several steps planned towards achieving gender equity as part of its #WeGrowAthletics campaign in celebration of Wednesday’s International Women’s Day. “You forget about your career, about your dreams and you think about how to survive and how to help your family and friends to survive, and the World Athletics Solidarity Fund really saved our athletes’ careers, and gave us a chance to fight for our country in our own way.” Ryzhykova is a member of World Athletics’ athletes commission and has pledged to run for a WA administrative position in the future. Among its steps toward gender equity, World Athletics is set to have 40% female participation and at least one female vice-president on the World Athletics Council this year.

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World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe
1 week ago

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

The Independent  

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Exclusive: World Athletics president invites Ukraine president Zelensky to the Paris Olympics in surprise visit to Kyiv
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Exclusive: World Athletics president invites Ukraine president Zelensky to the Paris Olympics in surprise visit to Kyiv

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Olympics as his personal guest during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Friday. “I did use the opportunity to make him absolutely understand that, if he does make it to Paris, then he has an open invitation to watch the number one, …

World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival
6 months, 3 weeks ago

World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for gold medalists. World Athletics said the first Ultimate Championships will be hosted in Budapest from Sept. 11-13, 2026 showcasing Olympic, world and Diamond League champions over three evening sessions. …

World Athletics introduces prize money at the Olympics; Paris winners to get $50,000
8 months, 2 weeks ago

World Athletics introduces prize money at the Olympics; Paris winners to get $50,000

The Hindu  

Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe told reporters that the move is meant "to recognize that the revenue share that we receive is in large part because our athletes are …

Banning Russia was only decision that was left open to IOC: World Athletics president
1 year, 2 months ago

Banning Russia was only decision that was left open to IOC: World Athletics president

The Hindu  

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Saturday the International Olympic Committee had made the "only decision left open to them" in suspending Russia's national Olympic body for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine's membership. The IOC's move, made Thursday during an ongoing executive board meeting in Mumbai, came after the Russian Olympic Committee recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories …

World Athletics Championships 2023 schedule: Dates, times and day-by-day event guide to Budapest
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023 schedule: Dates, times and day-by-day event guide to Budapest

The Independent  

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World Athletics Championships Budapest ‘23 curtain-raiser, events start Saturday
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships Budapest ‘23 curtain-raiser, events start Saturday

The Hindu  

Hungary has named its capital’s airport after virtuoso pianist and composer Ferenc Liszt, but if you are a fan of track and field, there’s another soundtrack that’s music to your ears. Coach Bobby George grins ear to ear, like a gear head at a Formula 1 race, when he hears that beat on the practice track next to Budapest’s National …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 200m sprint in Budapest: Shericka Jackson FILE PHOTO: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Though she doesn’t have the season-leading mark, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica should be the favourite as she comes …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 400m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 400m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 400m in Budapest: Marileidy Paulino Current world No. Paulino, the Dominican Republic’s first Olympic individual medallist in track & field events, also finished second in the 2022 World Championship in 49.60 seconds. PB …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s high jump
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s high jump

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s high jump in the Hungarian capital: Yaroslava Mahuchikh Yaroslava Mahuchikh is a 21-year-old jumper from Ukraine. She is a two-time World Championships silver medallist, Olympic bronze medallist and the reigning Diamond League and …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Faith Kipyegon A week after she set the 1500m world record in Florence, Faith Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for the 5000m, with a timing …

World Aquatics looks to move from Olympic home city in Switzerland to Hungary
1 year, 6 months ago

World Aquatics looks to move from Olympic home city in Switzerland to Hungary

The Hindu  

The governing body of swimming said on Friday it is looking to leave the Olympics’ home city in Switzerland and move its headquarters to Hungary. World Aquatics has signed a working agreement with officials from the government in Budapest of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Budapest staged the aquatics world championships in 2017 and 2022, and is set to host again …

Ukraine athletes offered funding to train for World Championships
1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine athletes offered funding to train for World Championships

The Hindu  

Dozens of Ukrainian track and field athletes and officials preparing for their world championships in August can get funding for training camps, World Athletics said on Monday. World Athletics will invest 190,000 USD and prioritise replacing equipment for pole vaulters — the event of Ukrainian great Sergey Bubka — which has been destroyed in Russian missile attacks. World Athletics president …

World Athletics set to lift Russia doping ban, tighten transgender rules
1 year, 9 months ago

World Athletics set to lift Russia doping ban, tighten transgender rules

The Hindu  

World Athletics is likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body on Thursday that should Administrators behind the leading Olympic sport have taken a different approach from that of swimming which has effectively banned transgender athletes from elite female competition. Track and field’s global body have said …

World Athletics Pledges to Have 40 Per Cent Female Representation
1 year, 9 months ago

World Athletics Pledges to Have 40 Per Cent Female Representation

News 18  

World Athletics on Wednesday pledged to have 40 per cent female representation in its Council, the all-powerful decision making body, and a woman vice president this year in a significant step towards gender equity in the sport. In a number of initiatives announced on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the world athletics governing body also committed itself to …

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe
1 year, 10 months ago

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe

The Hindu  

World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently to be reinstated, Sebastian Coe said on Friday. World Athletics President Coe said doping would still take precedence when the governing council meets next month to decide …

US eyes more athletics events after successfully pulling off World Championships
2 years, 4 months ago

US eyes more athletics events after successfully pulling off World Championships

Firstpost  

Eugene will host the finale of the Diamond League season while others have even wondered whether Los Angeles could be a contender to host the World Championships in 2027, a year ahead of the Olympics. Eugene: As a metaphor for a sport with lofty ambitions, Armand Duplantis soaring to a pole vault world record was the perfectly scripted final act …

World Athletics Championship: Ukraine's Smallest Delegation Hoping to Offer 'Positive Emotions'
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship: Ukraine's Smallest Delegation Hoping to Offer 'Positive Emotions'

News 18  

Ukraine might have sent its smallest delegation of athletes ever to a world championships, but acting federation president Yevhen Pronin said the 22-strong team were just glad to be present in Eugene and offering up a glimmer of hope for compatriots. The first day we came to a student dining room here in Eugene, five or six people asked ‘can …

Participation of Russian Athletes at the Worlds is Inconceivable, Says World Athletics President Sebastian Coe
2 years, 5 months ago

Participation of Russian Athletes at the Worlds is Inconceivable, Says World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

News 18  

The leader of global track and field said it would have been “inconceivable" to have allowed Russians into this week’s world championships given the country’s war against Ukraine. At his news conference Thursday, the eve of the championships, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said there was no budging from the position the federation took shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in …

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe favours 'fairness' over inclusion
2 years, 6 months ago

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe favours 'fairness' over inclusion

Firstpost  

Under World Athletics rules, transgender women have to show they have low testosterone levels for at least 12 months before competition. London: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted track and field could follow swimming in bringing in a tougher policy on transgender athletes competing in women’s events. Swimming’s governing body FINA announced on Sunday it intends to set up …

World Athletics Day 2021: History, significance and everything else you need to know about occasion
3 years, 7 months ago

World Athletics Day 2021: History, significance and everything else you need to know about occasion

Firstpost  

World Athletics Day was started with the aim of spreading awareness among youngsters about athletics. World Athletics Day, an occasion to promote sporting activities, was started in 1996 by the then President of the International Association of Athletics Federations Primo Nebiolo. World Athletics Day 2021 As per News18.com, in 2021, several National Federations participated in the World Athletics Day on …

Athletics Federation of India joins hands in global effort to shape future of athletics
3 years, 8 months ago

Athletics Federation of India joins hands in global effort to shape future of athletics

Hindustan Times  

Athletics Federation of India on Monday announced their active support for World Athletics’ unprecedented campaign to gather feedback and set the future strategy for athletics across the world. The campaign, named a ‘Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics’, offers the opportunity for all those with an active interest in the sport to share their opinion on the steps that …

World Athletics launches campaign to shape future roadmap
3 years, 9 months ago

World Athletics launches campaign to shape future roadmap

China Daily  

PARIS -- Athletics' world governing body launched a Global Conversation survey campaign on Monday in order to help develop a "World Plan" for the sport over the rest of the decade. "Today, we are embarking on an unprecedented Global Conversation with all those who love our sport and want to have a say in its future," said Sebastian Coe, president …

World Athletics launch 'Global Conversation' initiative to plan course for following decade
3 years, 9 months ago

World Athletics launch 'Global Conversation' initiative to plan course for following decade

Firstpost  

“Today, we are embarking on an unprecedented Global Conversation with all those who love our sport and want to have a say in its future,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said in a release. World Athletics on Monday launched an ambitious initiative named “The Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics” to develop the profile of the sport through the …

World Athletics launches #WeGrowAthletics campaign for greater gender parity, pledges gender balanced council by 2027
3 years, 9 months ago

World Athletics launches #WeGrowAthletics campaign for greater gender parity, pledges gender balanced council by 2027

Firstpost  

New Delhi: World Athletics on Monday pledged to bring gender parity in its highest decision making body and in its administrative staff by 2027 to empower women by bringing them to leadership positions and “breaking traditions” regarding how the competitions are being held. “WA will ensure gender parity on panels for technical officials and across staff at World Athletics headquarters, …

World Athletics President Seb Coe Believes Sport Can Grow Further in Post-coronavirus World
4 years, 4 months ago

World Athletics President Seb Coe Believes Sport Can Grow Further in Post-coronavirus World

News 18  

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Monday claimed that more people took to running to stay fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown, something his sport can capitalise on once the world is back to being normal. Some research even say there is 80 per cent increase at the global exercise pattern,” he said at an online media seminar organised by Asian …

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe says having women in all governance structures a key element in global body's reforms
4 years, 6 months ago

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe says having women in all governance structures a key element in global body's reforms

Firstpost  

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says a key element of his organisation’s reforms has been to recognise the importance of having women in all governance structures. Coe took part in a five-day online seminar for women technical officials organised earlier this month by Athletics Federation of India and South Asian Athletics Federation. He said: “Nothing was more important than the …

Olympic sports fall short of gender equality at board level
4 years, 6 months ago

Olympic sports fall short of gender equality at board level

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A review of Olympic sports bodies published Tuesday found none had equal representation of women on their ruling boards. “The amount of work being done varies considerably from one sport to another.” The gender gap is comparable to the International Olympic Committee, which has four women on its 15-member executive board, or 27% representation. With some Olympic bodies …

World Athletics unveils four-year strategic plan
4 years, 6 months ago

World Athletics unveils four-year strategic plan

India TV News  

World Athletics has come out with a new four-year strategic plan with an aim of driving the growth of the sport worldwide, as its headquarters in Monaco reopened this week after an 11-week shutdown. In three online meetings that spanned the globe on Wednesday, World Athletics and its 214 member federations discussed the direction athletics will take over the next …

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