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Track's proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others

Track and field moved toward adopting rules that would place athletes assigned female at birth but have higher testosterone levels, like Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female

The Independent UK

Trump's view on transgender athletes resonates among some candidates running for IOC president

Whether to allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports already was a key debate among Olympic leaders before U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that puts pressure on them before the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Sharron Davies urges Keir Starmer to follow Trump’s lead on transgender athlete ban

Davies made her appeal after Trump signed an executive order barring transgender women from female competitions in the US

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What President Trump’s transgender ban means for athletes at the LA 2028 Olympics

The US president has vowed to deny visas to any transgender athletes who want to compete at the Games in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Coe Hopeful With IOC Vote Finishing Line In Sight

Sebastian Coe said on Friday he feels he has a fighting chance of becoming the next leader of the Olympic movement after he and his rivals faced an intense day of presentations.

International Business Times

World champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed plane

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on American Airlines plane that crashed near Washington DC, among six members of the Skating Club of Boston among passengers

The Guardian - UK

Inside the race for the biggest job in sport – can Sebastian Coe win the IOC presidency?

Sebastian Coe is a serial winner but faces stiff competition from all sides, as well as opposition from the current president

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Olympic sprint king Tebogo to run at Melbourne meet

Botswana's first Olympic gold medallist, sprinter Letsile Tebogo, will be the star attraction at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne in March.

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Seven IOC Members Vie For Presidency In 2024 Election

Learn about the seven candidates vying for the IOC presidency and their visions for global sports. Get insights into key themes and differences in opinions...

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Lord Coe plans event shake-up between summer and winter Olympics if he wins IOC presidency

Two-time Olympic 1500m champion demands IOC change

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe vows to shake up IOC if he wins presidency race

Coe sees himself as the reform candidate in the contest to succeed Thomas Bach.

The Independent UK

She’s up there – Lord Coe places Keely Hodgkinson among all-time British greats

Hodgkinson claimed 800 metres gold in Paris in the summer and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Tuesday night.

The Independent UK

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was killed in September, with her former partner accused of setting her on fire.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe does not see Grand Slam Track as a threat to World Athletics

The new track event is scheduled to make its debut in 2025.

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The World Treadmill Championships sounds like the best idea I've heard in a while

Virtual running just got serious—here’s how World Athletics is transforming treadmills into the next global sporting stage

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe pledges ‘clearcut policy’ on protecting women’s sport in IOC pitch

Sebastian Coe is in contention to be elected as IOC president and has made it clear that he wants clearer rules on transgender competitors

The Independent UK

IOC must act to protect women’s sport, says presidential candidate Sebastian Coe

Coe says he has been ‘in training for most of his life’ for the Olympic movement’s top job.

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe tells AP his run to be IOC president might not be such a longshot after all

A common observation about Sebastian Coe’s lifetime of going against the grain is that it makes him more of a thorn in the side of the International Olympic Committee than an ideal candidate to become its next president

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The Independent UK

What time is the IOC presidential election, who are the candidates and how does the vote work?

Seb Coe battles Juan Antonio Samaranch – son of the seventh IOC president – and decorated Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry for the prestigious role running the Olympic movement

The Independent UK

Lord Coe promises ‘laser-like focus on sport’ if elected IOC president

Coe is currently president of World Athletics.

Evening Standard

Lord Coe among seven candidates shortlisted in race to become new IOC president

World Athletics president is vying to succeed Thomas Bach, who will not seek a third IOC term

The Guardian - UK

‘Laser-like focus’: Coe makes pitch for IOC presidency against tough field

The 67-year-old will have to face off against several tough challengers, with the deciding vote to be held at the 143rd IOC session in March 2025

The Independent UK

Lord Coe confirms bid to be next IOC president as seven candidates confirmed

Coe is the current president of World Athletics and will hope to succeed Thomas Bach

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe faces a fight to become IOC president – but write him off at your peril

Despite his record running London 2012 and World Athletics, the Olympian cannot count on winning the popularity contest

The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Bach still hoping to have the last word in IOC power battle with Coe

There are few things pettier than two older privileged men behaving increasingly passively aggressively towards each other in the pursuit of…

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