World Athletics

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Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each to end a 128-year tradition. Although the concept of purely amateur…

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Nigeria’s World Record holder, Tobi Amusan, has not yet been cleared to compete at next week’s World Athletics Championships, said athletics' governing body, World Athletics. The competition is scheduled to hold between August 19th -…

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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) reprimanded a Kenyan runner Joel Maina Mwangi on Friday after he attended two online courses conducted by World Athletics when the conditions of his ban prevented him from participating in any activity by…

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South African double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya said she is "elated" at the outcome of  the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, with the verdict raising"serious questions" about the validity of World Athletics’…

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The world governing body of athletics, World Athletics (WA), announced that they will have a female vice-president by the end of the year as part of its gender equality plans for the sport. WA will also have 40 per cent female…

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Kenya's government is urging World Athletics not to ban the East African country from the sport, promising to step up its fight against the use of banned substances after a series of its athletes were suspended for doping. Renowned for its…

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Nigeria's World Record (WR) holder in the Women’s 100m Hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has made the final-five shortlist for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year award, as the countdown to the 2022 World Athletics Awards continues. Amusan…

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Nigerian athlete Ese Brume leapt into the history books on the final day of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first African (male or female) to claim two Long Jump medals at the Championships, winning Silver with a…

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Nigeria's hope for medals at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon has fallen on the women representing the nation, particularly long jumper Ese Brume and Hurdler Tobi Amusan, after the failure by their male athletes to…

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On the third day of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships, four (4) Nigerian athletes were in action, competing in the women’s 400m, men’s 400m hurdles, women’s 100m and men’s Shot Put. Grace Nwokocha ran in the first heat of the…