World Athletics

— 2 March 2022

Olympic movement hits Russia in the legs

The year 2022 has not yet completed its first quarter, but it is already over for the vast majority of Russian and Belarusian athletes. They can put away their... Read more »

— 29 November 2021

Study reveals extent of child abuse in sport

World Athletics is looking at social issues. After using the Tokyo Games to conduct a study on the harassment of athletes via social networks, the international athletics body has... Read more »

— 26 November 2021

Women more targeted than men on social networks

Worrying. World Athletics published on Thursday 25 November the detailed results of a study carried out during the Tokyo 2020 Games on the harassment and abuse suffered by some... Read more »

— 23 November 2021

Five champions, one trophy

A dazzling cast. With nine days to go until the annual awards ceremony for 2021, scheduled for 1 December in virtual mode, World Athletics has unveiled the list of... Read more »

— 19 November 2021

World Athletics wants more of everything

The 53rd World Athletics Congress opened with the eternal Russian question on Wednesday 17 November and closed the next day with a more universal second day. The delegates, meeting... Read more »

— 18 November 2021

EBU back for another five years

No change in the world of international athletics. World Athletics announced in a press release that it has once again extended its partnership agreement with the EBU (European Broadcasting... Read more »

— 18 November 2021

For Russian athletes, the nightmare continues

And that’s seven. The suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) was once again extended on Wednesday 17 November by the World Athletics Congress. Russia will remain excluded as... Read more »

— 2 November 2021

Athletes are concerned about global warming

World Athletics took the opportunity of the COP 26, currently taking place in Glasgow (Scotland), to survey international athletes on their perception of global warming and the threat to... Read more »

— 25 October 2021

Forgotten by World Athletics, Italy cries foul

The long litany of awards and distinctions at the end of the year has barely begun in the Olympic movement, but it is already marked by controversy. It comes... Read more »

— 4 October 2021

After the Games, Tokyo wants the World Athletics Championships

The Japanese are incredible. The Tokyo Games will leave the peninsula with a historic bill to be wiped out by taxpayers, but the country continues to dream of the... Read more »