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Athletics needs lift in Budapest as Olympics loom with Usain Bolt legacy still impossible to replace

The World Athletics Championships must provide an injection of interest in the sport as the Netflix cameras roll into town

Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes leads race for gold as downsizing Brits hope to profit

Great Britain are sending their smallest team for 15 years to Budapest as UK Athletics hope streamlined selection will pay off

Evening Standard

Coe re-elected as supremo of world athletics on eve of Budapest championships

Former Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe was on Thursday elected as the president of World Athletics for a third consecutive four-year term.

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Adille Sumariwalla now vice-president of World Athletics

The 65-year-old is the first Indian to be elected to the post

The Hindu

Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe

Seb Coe, the World Athletics president, admitted that the sport was in a ‘race against time’ to stay relevant among young people

The Guardian - UK

Russia doping questions persist because of the war in Ukraine

The task force created nearly eight years ago to chart Russia’s path back into track and field after its doping scandal holds its final meeting this week before being disbanded

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships schedule: Dates, times and event-by-event guide to Budapest 2023

Everything you need to know ahead of the event in Budapest

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Lord Coe backs Keely Hodgkinson and Zharnel Hughes for World Championship glory

Hodgkinson has tasted just one defeat over 800m so far in 2023, while Hughes broke 30-year-old British 100m and 200m records in the space of a month.

The Independent UK

Darren Campbell no longer with GB on eve of World Athletics Championships

Britain’s preparations for the World Athletics Championships are facing more turbulence with Darren Campbell, the head of sprints and relays, no longer with the team

The Guardian - UK

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya: ‘I’m sure my career would be over if I was in Belarus now’

Sprinter who defected after the Tokyo Olympics has built a new life in Warsaw and won the right to run for Poland at this month’s world championships

The Guardian - UK

Outrage after untrained Somali runner enters 100m sprint in athletics championship

Somali sprinter clocks 200m time for 100m at championship in China

Evening Standard

UKA chief defends ‘winning’ selection policy that sees British athletes miss out

UK Athletics’ chief selector has defended the organisation’s strict policy that will mean at least 19 athletes miss out on next month’s world championships

The Guardian - UK

British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance

Furious British athletes have accused the national federation of ‘stealing’ their chance to compete at next month’s World Championships, with UK Athletics set to rip up their invitations

The Guardian - UK

Paris 2024, one year out: radical Olympics reboot amid French unrest

Organisers begin countdown confident France will come together despite recent raft of strikes and civil disobedience

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The Conversation

Caster Semenya's legal victory is significant for human rights, but doesn't necessarily mean she'll be able to compete again – here's why

Olympic athlete Caster Semenya has repeatedly come into conflict with competition rules set out by the athletics governing body, World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). These rules require athletes like Semenya, who has what is known as a difference of sexual development (DSD), to reduce their blood testosterone level…

France 24

African voices amplified by continental podcast explosion

Podcasts are on the rise in Africa. The huge sector has been dominated by voices from outside the continent, but more African producers are now turning to the mic to tell their stories. Also the European Court of Human Rights finds that South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya was discriminated…

Daily Mirror

Caster Semenya speaks out after winning human rights court appeal against testosterone rules

Caster Semenya has spoken out after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in her favour over rules regarding testosterone levels in female athletes

The Independent UK

Martina Navratilova starts Twitter row with Megan Rapinoe over trans women in sports

18-time Grand Slam winner had a one word response to Rapinoe’s claims that she was fueling transphobia

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It has been a long time coming – Caster Semenya ‘elated’ over ECHR ruling

The South African, who won 800m Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, has been unable to compete at her favoured distance since 2019.

France 24

Caster Semenya wins testosterone discrimination case at European court

In tonight's edition: South African double 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins her appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against World Athletics rules requiring her to artificially lower her testosterone levels. Also, the WHO says a new anti-malaria vaccine is a major breakthrough. Some 18 million doses have…

Daily Mirror

Martina Navratilova makes her feelings clear on Megan Rapinoe's transgender sports stance

United States soccer star Megan Rapinoe would welcome transgender women competing with or against her, but tennis icon Martina Navratilova has a very different view

The Hindu

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years

Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal decision when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by rules in track and field

Evening Standard

Who is Caster Semenya? Olympic champion wins appeal against testosterone rules

South African 800-metre runner will not have to artificially lower her testosterone levels, the ECHR has decided

Radio France Internationale

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins EU appeal against Swiss ruling over 'rights infringement'

South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won her appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, which challenged whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs.

The Independent UK

European court rules that Caster Semenya’s human rights were violated

Semenya won Olympic gold over 800 metres in 2012 and 2016.

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