Track's world indoors in China postponed again to 2025
The world indoor track championships in China were postponed for a third time Thursday, pushing the event first scheduled for 2020 back to 2025.
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World Indoor Championships in Nanjing 2023 postponed due to COVID
The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled to be held in Nanjing from March 17-19 in 2023, have been postponed due to the ongoing pandemic conditions in China, governing body World Athletics said on Thursday.
World Champion Wightman eyes middle-distance double in 2023
NEW YORK : New 1,500 metres world champion Jake Wightman will close the book on a career-defining season at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York next month, and will look to bring British athletics back to its roots with a middle-distance double in 2023.
US mulls more events after World Athletics Championships success
EUGENE, Oregon: As a metaphor for a sport with lofty ambitions, Armand Duplantis soaring to a pole vault world record was the perfectly scripted final act that a thrilling World Athletics Championships deserved.
World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris Games
World Athletics will introduce a repechage round in individual track events from 200m to 1500m at the Paris 2024 Games, the global governing body for athletics said on Monday (Jul 25).
Who is Jake Wightman? Profile of Edinburgh's 1500m world champion
Born in Nottingham, Wightman is a product of Edinburgh Athletic Club and is now based in Arizona. His dad and coach Geoff was chief executive at Scottish Athletics, which led to him being schooled in Edinburgh. He was educated at Erskine Stewart’s Melville, Fettes College and Loughborough University.
Semenya welcome at world champs, says World Athletics chief Coe
Caster Semenya, who will make her first appearance in a world championships in five years when she competes in the women's 5 000m in Eugene, has every right to be there, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Tuesday.
Briton Wightman takes surprise 1,500m gold with dad commentating
EUGENE, Ore. :Briton Jake Wightman took a superb world championship 1,500m gold as he outkicked Olympic champion and hot favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the final lap on Tuesday, with his proud father Geoff calling him home as the stadium announcer.