The Latest Breaking News from World Athletics

Los Angeles (AFP) - Tori Bowie, the 100m silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2017 world champion, has died at the age of 32, USA Track and Field and her management company said on Wednesday.

Bowie won relay gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, where she also claimed individual 100m silver and 200m bronze

The Mississippi native burst onto the scene at the Rio Olympics and went on to add a world title to her resume the following year.

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Paris (AFP) - Two-time Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser's world record throw of 23.38m has been ruled out due to technical faults with the competing area in Idaho, the second time in 15 months he has lost a record.

Paris (AFP) - World Athletics on Saturday released details of a new event, the marathon race walk mixed relay, to be staged at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Paris (AFP) - International sports bodies are taking wildly varying stances on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete while the war in Ukraine continues.

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UKA confirmed on Friday it had received the required assurances from relevant bodies that the sporting exemption in the Equality Act 2010 applies to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

“It was a victory few had expected,” said Janice Turner in The Times. When Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, unveiled the organisation’s response to the issue of transgender women taking part in elite female events, it seemed likely that it would be a mere tweak to current rules…

Elite athletics won’t feel any sweeping change as a result of a new ruling which prioritises competitive fairness over inclusion, but life for transgender people who participate in sport might get a little harder