World Athletics Championships

Nairobi to host 2029 World Athletics Championships in African first

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash

Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) wins the women's long jump at 23-4 3/4 (7.13m) in the 51st Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field.

Nairobi submits bid to host 2029 World Championships

FILE PHOTO: Runners compete during the women's 5000 meters run at IAAF World Athletics Championships national trials at the Nyayo national stadium Nairobi, Kenya, September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

London submits bid to host 2029 World Championships

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - London Stadium, London, Britain – August 13, 2017. General view. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

Kenya's Wanyonyi breaks 1,000m world record

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - July 10, 2026 Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi poses with the screen after winning the men's 1000m final and setting a new world record REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Keely Hodgkinson in ‘shape of her life’ with eye on Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 800m record

Britain's Keely Hodgkinson celebrates winning the women's 800 metres during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland, on March 22, 2026.

World Athletics decision to hand Asia two world indoors ‘strategic’: Sebastian Coe

President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe reacting during the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland, on March 20, 2026.

Armand Duplantis masterclass in Torun, as Josh Kerr and record-setter Simon Ehammer shine

Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates winning the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Jordan Anthony, Chase Jackson nail US double at athletics world indoors c’ships

Sprint king Jordan Anthony clocked a season’s best of 6.41 seconds to come out on top of a stacked field.

Record setters Armand Duplantis, Keely Hodgkinson headline Torun athletics world indoors

Sweden's Armand Duplantis after setting a new world record of 6.31m during the pole vault gala in Uppsala.

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