Katerina Stefanidi overcomes heat to win pole vault Garden Clash
The strategy of reigning Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi throughout a fast-paced, race-against-the-clock pole vault competition: keep cool. Not exactly easy on a sweltering day or with a shaky hand struggling to set the bar back on the holder late in the competition. The Greek standout stayed ...
World Athletics chief hopes for 'belated season' starting in August
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is still hoping that a belated outdoor athletics season can be staged from August to October this year, he said on Friday. Like all sport around the world, athletics is at a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic with little ...
World Athletics Championships' dates flexible, may be pushed back to 2022
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said Friday the next athletics world championships, slated for August 2021 in Oregon, could be moved to 2022 following the postponement of this summer's Olympic Games for about a year amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Nobody saw this problem (with the ...
Nike announced on Wednesday that later this month it will begin selling a version of the running shoe Eliud Kipchoge wore when he broke the two-hour marathon barrier last October. The Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% has 3.95-cm thick sole, according to The Guardian, making ...
World Athletics approves Nike's controversial Vaporfly shoes for 2020 Games
World Athletics ruled Friday that a shoe recently developed by sports equipment manufacturer Nike Inc., can be used in competition at this summer's Tokyo Olympics. The shoe, marketed by Nike as the Vaporfly, incorporates a carbon fiber plate fused with a foam layer that acts ...
Russian track and field athletes may be banned from a second straight Summer Olympics after the Athletics Integrity Unit recommended severe sanctions be imposed on the Russian Athletics Federation on Wednesday. The AIU ordered the national federation to admit its complicity in doping offenses and ...
2020 Olympic organizers unveil course for Sapporo marathons
The course for the men’s and women’s marathon competitions in Sapporo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been set, the organizers announced on Thursday. Toshiro Muto, CEO of the host committee, said at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday that the International Olympic Committee, ...
IAAF cuts 200m and steeplechase from Diamond League 'core' list
The IAAF has dropped the 200-meter sprint, 3,000m steeplechase, triple jump and discus from its list of "core" disciplines at Diamond League meetings in 2020. The International Association of Athletics Associations said its decision was based on online research in China, France, South Africa and ...
