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Caster Semenya returns to world athletics championships, but not in her pet event due to rules around testosterone levels

Caster Semenya switches to 5,000m because of hormone-treatment rules imposed upon her that she calls "an affront to the spirit of the sport".

ABC News

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport's thorniest problem

South African runner Caster Semenya's surprise return to the world championships this week coincides with a new reckoning over the rules in track and field that regulate the participation of women with high natural testosterone in female events

The Independent UK

Inside the 'crazy' plan to boost track and field's popularity before the 2028 Olympics

With a gold-medal stride and an image gracing Nike marketing campaigns, Sanya Richards-Ross was one of the United States' most successful track and field stars during her decade-plus career — a stature she sustained, every year, by leaving the United States.

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce fixes wig mid-race but still qualifies in worlds 200m

World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to fix her wig halfway through her women’s 200m heat as she suffered a surprise defeat

The Guardian - AU

NFL rookie Devon Allen disqualified for false start at world athletics championships despite not going early

Devon Allen was trying to lock up a hurdles world title before starting his NFL career, but he was shown the door at the start line of the final despite not leaving his blocks early.

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Laura Muir confident for World Championships medal as she takes on ‘the greatest’

Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir is feeling confident about her medal chances ahead of the 1500metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon

Daily Mirror

Australian athletes through to finals at World Athletics Championships

Eleanor Patterson and Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers will contest the women's high jump final, while Australian teammates Jess Hull and Georgia Griffith reached the decider of the 1,500 metres.

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Fred Kerley crowned 100m world champion after leading USA clean sweep

27-year old Texan comes from behind on night of drama to add World gold to silver medal he won in Tokyo last year

Daily Mirror

Under-investigation sprint coach apprehended and cautioned in Eugene

US sprint coach Rana Reider, already under investigation for sexual misconduct, has been removed by security for unauthorised access to warm-up area

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds

It took three days by car for high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh to escape from Ukraine

The Independent UK

Visa delays force Chris Thompson to miss World Athletics Championships

British athlete says he is ‘absolutely devastated’ as Michael Johnson criticises World Athletics over problems

The Guardian - UK

Chris Thompson ruled out of World Athletics Championships due to US visa delay

World Athletics president Seb Coe promises lessons will be learned after tens of athletes are denied entry to the States

Daily Mirror

On U.S. soil, Ukraine's athletes bring message: 'We protect our country on the track'

LOS ANGELES — The acting president of Ukraine's track and field federation logged into the Zoom meeting from his olive-green tent near the front lines, the country's yellow and blue flag in the background.

Los Angeles Times

US visa issues plague World Athletics meet: All you need to know

Hundreds of athletes, mostly Africans, have faced visa delays in getting to the US to participate in the event.

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Tokyo to Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday. The World Athletics Council confirmed that Tokyo would stage the championships for the second time after beating out competition from Kenya, Poland and Singapore, AFP said. It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the…

The Guardian - UK

Small town, big dreams: USA banks on hosting worlds to boost athletics

The world’s best athletes are heading for a town with a population of 170,000 where track and field still reigns supreme

Bangkok Post

World Athletics Champs organisers scrambling to fix visa issues

EUGENE, Oregon: Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to clear a visa issuing logjam that threatened to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the competition, which starts on Friday.

The Independent UK

Coe: 'Inconceivable' Russians would be allowed at worlds

The leader of global track and field said it would have been “inconceivable” to have allowed Russians into this week’s world championships given the country’s war against Ukraine

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The Independent UK

Tokyo to host World Athletics Championships in 2025

The decision comes on the eve of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene

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Mark Zeigler: Ukraine track team escapes horrors of war at Chula Vista training center

SAN DIEGO — Viktor Bryzhin and Olga Vladykina won Olympic track gold medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. Bryzhin was on the 4x100-meter relay team. Vladykina won the individual 400 meters and got the baton in the anchor leg of the 4x400…

Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson confident of medal chances after injury hell

Katarina Johnson-Thompson believes she can get back into the medal mix at the upcoming World Athletics Championships after ending her injury nightmare.

Daily Mirror

Usain Bolt admits World Athletics Championship buzz is 'impossible' to replicate

Exclusive: Track legend on life after athletics as sport's best gather for global showpiece looking to reverse falling ratings

The Hindu

Eldhose running around to get visa for Worlds

KOCHI: With just four days to go for the World Athletics Championships in the USA, triple jumper Eld

The Hindu

AFI clears Jeswin Aldrin for World Athletics Championships

This comes after two trials and days of suspense; India will have three long jumpers for the first time ever at the Worlds

The Times of India

200m runner Dhanalakshmi yet to complete US visa formalities for July 15-24 World C'ships

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian 200m runner Dhanalakshmi Sekar is yet to complete her US visa formalities, which was the reason why her name was not there in the list of Indian participants released by the international track and field governing body for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA.

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