World Athletics
World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge | Sean Ingle
Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too
Sean Ingle
23, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category
World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under a ‘preferred option’ proposal to be voted on in March
Sean Ingle
21, Jan, 2023 @5:28 PM
Amusan shatters 100m hurdles world record to revive super shoes debate
A foot injury prompted Tobi Amusan to start wearing bouncy longer-distance Adidas shoes instead of track spikes
Sean Ingle in Eugene
25, Jul, 2022 @6:35 AM
Coe hints athletics may bar transgender women from female competition
Sebastian Coe suggested his sport may follow swimming’s lead, saying ‘biology trumps gender’ and World Athletics’ policies will reflect this
Sean Ingle
20, Jun, 2022 @4:00 PM
Fixer. Spiritual leader. Corruptor. But what secrets did Lamine Diack take to his grave? | Sean Ingle
The convicted super criminal Lamine Diack’s death could lead to a series of revelations with his son dropping hints of unexposed secrets
Sean Ingle
06, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM
Caster Semenya: ‘They’re killing sport. People want extraordinary performances’
South African Olympic champion on her ECHR appeal, her 5,000m ambitions and campaigning for athletes like her in the future
Steve Brenner
23, Apr, 2021 @11:00 AM
Caster Semenya launches final bid to save career and defend Olympic title
The double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has filed an application to the European court of human rights in a final bid to overturn the ban on her defending her title at Tokyo
Sean Ingle
25, Feb, 2021 @1:01 PM
Sebastian Coe 'excited' after Elliot Giles breaks GB 800m record in super spikes
Sebastian Coe said he was delighted to see Britain’s Elliot Giles record the second fastest indoor 800m record of all time while wearing new super spikes
Sean Ingle
17, Feb, 2021 @11:12 PM
Sebastian Coe shrugs off concerns that Nike track spikes give unfair advantage
The World Athletics president has warned against stifling innovation as concerns have been raised over the slew of recent world records
Sean Ingle
03, Jan, 2021 @10:00 PM
Sebastian Coe warns it will be harder than ever to cheat at Tokyo Olympics
Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said athletics drug cheats will be ‘fearlessly weeded out’
Sean Ingle
22, Dec, 2020 @5:00 PM
World Athletics accused over 'abusive sex testing' of athletes from global south
Human Rights Watch says testing regulations are demeaning and target women based on racial stereotypes
Kaamil Ahmed
04, Dec, 2020 @4:05 PM
How Lamine Diack's 16-year reign in charge of IAAF led to a jail term
Diack’s corruption, covering up Russian doping cases for bribes, was discovered after police raided a Paris hotel
Sean Ingle
17, Sep, 2020 @10:12 AM
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