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Cole Hocker breaks silence after being disqualified in 1500m at World Athletics Championships

The Olympic champion will not compete in Wednesday’s 1500m final after being penalised for ‘jostling’ with Germany’s Robert Farken

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis claims pole vault world record as Kambundji wins 100m hurdles – as it happened

Mondo Duplantis broke his 14th world record while Ditaji Kambundji won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics Championships: Molly Caudery and Emile Cairess forced into early exits on day three

Britain’s hopes for medals in women’s pole vault and men’s marathon dashed by injury and tricky conditions

Evening Standard

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Great Britain dealt double blow after medal hope forced to withdraw

Molly Caudery sustained an ankle injury in the warm-up, while Emile Cairess battled through the heat before bowing out

The Independent UK

What are the false start rules at World Athletics Championships?

World Athletics operates a strict ‘one strike and you’re out’ policy

The Independent UK

Gout Gout’s future races towards him as he introduces himself to the world

Results show the 17-year-old is ready for more than what Australia can offer but his team are putting the brakes on his rise to stardom

The Guardian - AU

Gender testing returns to track, stirring up harsh memories and doubts that date to the 1980s

World Athletics portrayed gender testing as a common-sense way to protect the female category in track and field

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Heat Risks Force World Marathons And Race Walks To Start Earlier

The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.

Medical Daily

Doping in spotlight on eve of World Athletics Championships with two runners banned

US sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been banned for four years for a failed test and Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji is ineligible to run because of a pending appeal

The Guardian - UK

Duplantis, humidity and Gout Gout: what to look out for at World Athletics Championships

Who are the biggest stars, what are their chances and how will the Brits fare in Tokyo? All your questions about the World Athletics Championships answered

The Guardian - UK

Japan athletics chief breaks down in tears over memories of Tokyo ‘Covid Olympics’

The tearful head of Japanese athletics promised hosting the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo would help erase negative memories of 2021

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics Championships move road race start times over high heat fears

Japan has experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1898

The Independent UK

Heat Risks Force World Marathons And Race Walks To Start Earlier

The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.

International Business Times

Lord Coe backs ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson to become one of all-time greats

Olympic champion Hodgkinson will look to add a first world title to her Paris 2024 800 metres gold at the World Athletics Championships.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Gout Gout frenzy drives huge Australian interest in World Athletics Championships

The emergence of Gout Gout has supercharged Australian interest in the world athletics championships which get under way this week in Tokyo

International Business Times

US Athletes Need Domestic Recognition Ahead Of LA Olympics -- Coe

The US track and field team might be "one for the ages", but they need to be better known in their own country ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.

The Independent UK

World Boxing will require sex testing for fighters before world championships in September

The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women’s division at its world championships next month

International Business Times UK

Cooper Lutkenhaus Stuns Donavan Brazier, Leaves 800m Veterans Behind at USATF Championships — Is It the End of an Era?

16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus stuns veterans at USATF 800m final, breaking the U18 world record and earning a spot on Team USA for Tokyo 2025.

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The Conversation

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe recently announced a new rule for women athletes, requiring mandatory genetic tests to verify their biological sex.

The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Kenyan doping is ruining athletics, so what can be done?

The list of Kenyan athletes to have been found to be doping is astonishingly long, and includes women's world marathon record holder, Ruth…

Al Jazeera

World Athletics gene test introduced for female category

World Athletics mandates gene test for female category eligibility setting September 1 deadline for Tokyo Championships.

Euronews

World Athletics announces new DNA testing rules for women athletes

From 1 September, only those athletes who have passed the SRY gene test will be allowed to participate in women's competitions organised by World Athletics.

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics monitoring outstanding Grand Slam Track payments to athletes

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said ‘it’s not good’ as athletes wait on payments from the series, which was cut last month from four meetings to three

The Independent UK

Why the Caster Semenya sex eligibility battle confounded sports for 16 years and still isn't over

The sex eligibility case of champion runner Caster Semenya has been one of the most contentious and most complex that sports has seen

Al Jazeera

Human rights court rules Olympic champion Semenya did not get fair hearing

South African runner Caster Semenya wins partial victory in appeal against ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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