World Athletics
World governing body for the sport of athletics
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World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term.
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World Athletics announces new global competition with record prize fundWorld Athletics announces a new global championship to start in 2026 which will feature the sport's biggest prize fund.BBC Sport - Published | |
Record prize fund for World Athletics' new finaleWorld Athletics announces a new global championship to start in 2026 which will feature the sport's biggest prize fund.BBC Sport - Published | |
Federations critical of World Athletics prize moneyWorld Athletics' decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics "undermines the values of Olympism", a group of sport federations say.BBC Sport - Published | |
Prize money at Paris 2024 against 'Olympic spirit'World Athletics' decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling's governing body.BBC Sport - Published | |
World Athletics to award prize money at OlympicsWorld Athletics will reward gold medallists at this year's Olympic Games in Paris with $50,000 (£39,400) in prize money.BBC Sport - Published | |
Coe dismisses Enhanced Games as nonsenseWorld Athletics president Lord Coe calls the proposed Enhanced Games, where doping is allowed, nonsense.BBC Sport - Published | |
Take-off change not what long jump needs - SawyersBritain's Jazmin Sawyers says plans by World Athletics to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs is "not what the event needs".BBC Sport - Published | |
World Athletics to trial new long jump take-offThe new format will see long jumps measured in a take-off zone rather than the traditional wooden board.BBC Sport - Published | |
Athletes impacted by climate change, survey findsThree-quarters of athletes have been directly impacted by climate change, a survey by World Athletics finds.BBC Sport - Published | |
Watch: World Athletics day five - Hodgkinson, Asher-Smith & HughesFollow live coverage from day five of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes in action.BBC Sport - Published | |
Indoor athletics to be renamed 'short track' Indoor track and field is to be renamed 'short track' by World Athletics in a bid to grow the sport through official outdoor competition.BBC Sport - Published | |
'We need to achieve inclusion in a way that is fair' British long jumper Abigail Irozuru says "we need to achieve inclusion in a way that is fair" after World Athletics' decision on transgender women in sport.BBC Sport - Published | World Athletics bans transgender female athletesWorld Athletics has banned transgender female athletes from competing in the female category at international events.BBC Sport - Published |
World Athletics to exclude transgender women from female eventsWorld Athletics has decided to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from female events.Sky News - Published | British shot putter criticises athletics' transgender plans The new transgender rules proposed by World Athletics "would leave women at a serious disadvantage" says British shot putter Amelia Strickler.BBC Sport - Published |
McLaughlin & Duplantis win World Athletics awards Sydney McLaughlin and Armand Duplantis are named world athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards.BBC Sport - Published | Kenya to 'build back trust' after doping cases Kenya will not face a ban from competition but has a "long journey" to rebuild trust after a string of doping violations, World Athletics president Lord Coe says.BBC Sport - Published |
Kenya looks to avoid doping ban by World Athletics A Kenyan government minister urges World Athletics not to ban the country from the sport following a string of doping violations.BBC Sport - Published | Transgender athletes: Lord Coe hints athletics could follow swimming in banning trans womenWorld Athletics president Lord Coe hints the sport could follow swimming in banning transgender women from elite female competitions, insisting "fairness is non-negotiable".BBC Sport - Published |
World Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson 'below her best' in pentathlon high jumpDefending pentathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson fails at a height of 1.86m in the high jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.BBC Sport - Published | World Athletics: Daryll Neita wins 60m heat at World IndoorsDaryll Neita qualifies for the semi-finals of the 60m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade.BBC Sport - Published |
BBC Sport secures media rights to broadcast next five World Athletics ChampionshipsThe next five World Championships will be broadcast by BBC Sport after an extension to its media deal with World Athletics.BBC Sport - Published | |
