World Athletics has underscored its commitment to the “athlete experience” after some competitors at the world championships in Tokyo – including Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson – criticised the warm-up logistics.
Yoyogi Park, where the main warm-up facility is located, is a two-and-half-kilometre drive from Japan National Stadium – a bus journey the PA news agency understands takes about 15 minutes on average, a set-up World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe has admitted “isn’t perfect”.
