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World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules and lift Russia doping ban

Paris (AFP) - World Athletics is likely to tighten rules governing the participation of transgender women in female competition on Thursday after a meeting that is also expected to decide to lift the ban imposed on Russia for mass doping.

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World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules, lift Russia doping ban

Paris (AFP) - World Athletics are likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body Thursday that should also see the doping ban on Russia lifted.

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Intersex runner Annet Negesa fighting for everyone's right to compete in sport

Ugandan middle-distance runner Annet Negesa was preparing for the London Olympics when she was told she had high testosterone levels. What followed effectively ended her career and up-ended her life. Now she's speaking out.

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World Athletics commits to gender equality with female vice president promise

The governing body will have 40 per cent female representation on its Council.

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World's best athletes return to Glasgow ten years on from Commonwealth Games

Eilidh Doyle has been announced as ambassador for World Athletics Indoor Championships

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Climate change could force 'decoupling' of long-distance athletics events - Coe

Sydney (AFP) - World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Friday long-distance events could be "decoupled" from major championships due to climate change as concerns mount about competitor welfare in soaring heat.

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Why athletes rate Bathurst's World Athletics Cross Country Championships course 'toughest' they've seen

When they were designing the course in Bathurst, event organisers were told by governing body World Athletics to "make it difficult". They delivered, with a circuit set to challenge the best international cross country runners.

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'Not so rosy': Russian athletes face prospect of Olympics ban

Russian athletics stars are no strangers to being barred from international competitions, and the prospect of missing next year's Olympics over the invasion of Ukraine has piled onto years of frustration felt towards global sports bodies.

Reuters

Athletics-Kazakhstan added to World Athletics' competition manipulation watch list

Kazakhstan have been placed on World Athletics' watch list following an investigation of suspicious competition results conducted by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russian athletes handed neutral status in boost amid Olympics uncertainty

Several Russian athletes have been granted approval to compete under a neutral flag at international events but uncertainty still reigns over involvement at the Olympics

Daily Mirror

UK Athletics accused of misinterpreting transgender ‘sporting exemption’ clause

UK Athletics said it believed its desire to reserve the women’s category for female-born competitors would be “very difficult” to realise.

The Independent UK

UK Athletics urges Government to change legislation on transgender athletes

UKA wants the women’s category to be lawfully reserved for female-born competitors

Evening Standard

UK Athletics urges government to change legislation on transgender athletes

World Athletics has proposed to continue to allow transgender women to compete in female international track and field events.

The Independent UK

Eilish McColgan insists one per cent advantage for trans women athletes ‘too much’

World Athletics is currently consulting member federations over its transgender policy

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Eilish McColgan: One per cent advantage for trans women athletes ‘too much’

World Athletics is currently consulting member federations over its transgender policy.

The National (Scotland)

Kirsty Law demands fairness in transgender debate

EXACTLY how and where trans athletes fit into the competitive sport picture is a conversation set to rumble on for some time.

The Independent UK

World track body proposal: No ban on transgender athletes

Track and field’s governing body is facing renewed criticism from some for a proposal to allow transgender athletes to continue competing in top female events with stricter rules

The Independent UK

World Athletics says transgender policy not set in stone after athlete criticism

The global organisation is consulting with member federations over a new policy.

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The Guardian - UK

World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge

Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too

The Independent UK

Lord Coe details ‘important questions’ in possible run to become International Olympic Committee president

Coe has been World Athletics president since 2015

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category

World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under a ‘preferred option’ proposal to be voted on in March

Daily Mirror

Transgender athletes to be allowed to compete against women in new World Athletics rules

World Athletics have reportedly sent a 'confidential consultation' to member federations with the preferred option to tighten rules around trans women athletes but not ban them from female events

France 24

Benin: Civil society leaders running in elections hope to influence decision making

In tonight's edition: 46 Ivorian troops appear at a court of appeal in Bamako as West African leaders decide not to sanction Mali following the arrest of the soldiers back in July. Also, in Benin, fresh faces have emerged on the political scene and a youthful electorate is looking to…

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Coe says Kenya faces 'long journey' to tackle athletics doping

Nairobi (AFP) - World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said Thursday that Kenya faced a "long journey" to tackle a doping crisis that has mired the sport in the track and field powerhouse.

Evening Standard

Seb Coe backs UK Athletics to recover from financial slump of £1.8m

World Athletics boss Seb Coe has backed UK Athletics to recover from its current financial predicament.

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