World Athletics

World Athletics’ cash for Paris Olympics winners creates problem, says BOA chief

World Athletics has created a problem by announcing that gold medallists at the Paris Olympics will receive cash prizes, according to the head of the British Olympic Association Andy Anson

Guardian sport

17, Apr, 2024 @10:42 AM

‘We work just as hard’: Team GB swimmers want Olympic prize money

Britain’s double Tokyo 2020 champion Tom Dean has joined a chorus of calls for prize money to be paid at the Olympic Games

Sean Ingle

16, Apr, 2024 @4:14 PM

Gold medal for politics: why Olympic prize money is a smart move by Seb Coe | Sean Ingle

The $50,000 is unlikely to change athletes’ motivation while Seb Coe, the head of World Athletics, is a likely candidate for IOC president in 2025

Sean Ingle

10, Apr, 2024 @4:49 PM

Coe defends World Athletics’ move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold winners

World Athletics has broken 128 years of Olympic tradition by announcing it will give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the Games

Sean Ingle

10, Apr, 2024 @2:13 PM

Sebastian Coe vows Enhanced Games athletes would be ‘banned for long time’

The World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hit out at plans for an Enhanced Games, that would allow athletes to take steroids

Sean Ingle in Glasgow

29, Feb, 2024 @3:10 PM

World Athletics long jump plans will not solve the problem. Here is a better idea | Sean Ingle

A take-off zone, called an ‘April Fool’s joke’ by Carl Lewis, is a bad idea. But we need jeopardy. Why not make it a knockout?

Sean Ingle

26, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM

Coe sounds warning over Paris 2024 athletics prices with tickets up to €990

The World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has expressed concern over ticket prices for the Olympic Games next year, warning they will price out genuine fans

Sean Ingle

18, Dec, 2023 @8:00 PM

Caster Semenya: ‘How would I label myself? I’m an African. I’m a woman. I’m a different woman’

She’s the Olympic gold-winner whose elevated testosterone levels led people to question her right to compete. With a few choice words for World Athletics, the middle-distance runner talks about labels, leaked medical records and how lowering her hormones took its toll on her body

Tshepo Mokoena

28, Oct, 2023 @6:00 AM

Coe applauds Budapest atmosphere claiming city is ready to host Olympics

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, has hailed the ‘electric atmosphere’ in Budapest and says the city is ready to host the Olympics

Sean Ingle in Budapest

27, Aug, 2023 @6:43 PM

‘I know I can run as fast’: Christine Mboma on the medical minefield of World Athletics’ DSD ruling

Instead of chasing gold at the world championships, the Olympic silver medallist is 5,000 miles away, taking pills to lower her testosterone level

Exclusive by Ben Bloom

17, Aug, 2023 @4:00 PM

Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe

Seb Coe, the World Athletics president, admitted that the sport was in a ‘race against time’ to stay relevant among young people

Sean Ingle in Budapest

17, Aug, 2023 @3:37 PM

British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance

Furious British athletes have accused the national federation of ‘stealing’ their chance to compete at next month’s World Championships, with UK Athletics set to rip up their invitations

Exclusive by Ben Bloom

26, Jul, 2023 @1:00 PM