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Letesenbet Gidey sets 10000m record

Letesenbet Gidey 10000m

Netherlands – Just two days after Sifan Hassan clocked a world 10,000m record of 29:06.82 in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by five seconds with 29:01.03* to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday (8). [Read more…]

Sifan Hassan new 10000m record

Netherlands – There was little about Sifan Hassan’s 10000m run at the FBK Games in Hengelo on Sunday (6) that gave the impression she was being patient. Eyes firmly fixed on the track ahead, her arms pumping and legs turning with incredible consistency, she looked like a person who had places to be – and fast. [Read more…]

Gudaf Tsegay sets indoor 1500m record

France – On an evening of stunning middle-distance performances at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay produced the highlight by taking two seconds off the world indoor 1500m record*, winning at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in 3:53.09. [Read more…]

Duplantis and Rojas named World Athletes of the Year

World record-breakers Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2020, a ceremony held virtually on Saturday (5). [Read more…]

Wanda Diamond League 2021 calendar

Under the provisional calendar released today, the 2021 Wanda Diamond League season will take place across four continents and 14 different cities from May to September next year. [Read more…]

Joshua Cheptegei 5000m record ratified

Joshua Cheptegei’s world 5000m record of 12:35.36 set at the Wanda Diamond League in Monaco on 14 August has been ratified. [Read more…]

Gidey and Cheptegei break world records in Valencia

Joshua Cheptegei and Letesenbet Gidey smashed world records* over 10,000m and 5000m respectively at the aptly named NN Valencia World Record Day on Wednesday (7). [Read more…]

Continental Tour Gold action during 2020

The international athletics season will commence in earnest in exactly four weeks’ time when the first of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meetings is held at Turku in Finland. [Read more…]

Oregon World Championships New Dates

The World Athletics Championships in Oregon have been rescheduled to 15-24 July in 2022, following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. [Read more…]

Nanjing Indoor Championships postponed

It is with regret that we have agreed with the organisers of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing (13-15 March 2020) to postpone the event to March 2021. [Read more…]