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Seven Candidates Announced to Succeed Thomas Bach as IOC President

Seven candidates will compete in the election for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee at the 143rd IOC Session held from March 18–21, 2025, in Greece. The seven applicants officially announced their candidacies by the deadline of midnight on September 15. The group includes two former Olympic champions, a prince and the son of […]

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Ryan Crouser of the United States poses after winning the gold medal in the shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Crouser is a fan of World Athletics' plan to pay gold medalists in athletics at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

World Athletics’ Cash for Paris Olympic Winners Debated Worldwide

Winning an Olympic gold medal gives an athlete a spot in history, the chance to forever be called a gold medalist and go down in the record books. But in the modern era of the Games, athletes have pointed out repeatedly how those things are intrinsic but do not pay the increasing bills that come […]

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World Athletics Announces Ultimate Championship for 2026

World Athletics will start a new competition featuring a $10 million prize pool for gold medalists called ‘Ultimate Championship’ with its inaugural competition in September 2026 in Budapest. The new event will feature world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year’s best performing athletes against each other. World Athletics said the event […]

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Hansle Parchment, of Jamaica, center, the gold medal winner in the men's 110-meter hurdles poses with Grant Holloway, of United States, left, silver, and Ronald Levy, of Jamaica, bronze, at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Matthias Hangst/Pool Photo via AP)

World Athletics to Pay Paris Olympic Winners

World Athletics will become the first international federation to award prize money to winning athletes at an Olympic Games starting at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris. The federation will make available a total prize pot of $2.4 million, which will come from the International Olympic Committee’s revenue share allocation that World Athletics receives every […]

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Beijing to Host 2027 World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Council has selected Beijing to host the 2027 World Athletics Championships, the first time the event has been in the Chinese capital since 2015. “With a population of more than 1.4 billion, China is one of the biggest sports markets in the world,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. “This poses a […]

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TEAMSEurope
Lord Sebastian Coe, double Olympic gold medalist and president of World Athletics, discusses the sports world and the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the inaugural TEAMS Europe withJason Gewirtz, vice president, Sports Division, Northstar Meetings Group and the executive editor and publisher of SportsTravel.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Re-Elected to Third Term

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe was elected for a third term at the 54th World Athletics Congress in Budapest as the international federation also announced its goal of having 13 members of each gender elected to its council has been reached four years ahead of schedule. A total of 192 voting members of Congress voted […]

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Eugene, San Diego Awarded World Athletics Championship Events

World Athletics has awarded the 2025 Road Running World Championships to San Diego and the 2026 U20 World Championships to Eugene, Oregon, the international federation’s council announced on Monday. “We are grateful that so many great cities around the world are interested in hosting our events and we’re delighted with the quality of the candidates […]

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World Athletics’ SEMS System Achieves Global Recognition

World Athletics has announced the Sustainable Event Management System it created to provide sustainability for its events has achieved a globally recognized standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization. The SEMS has received certification for the ISO 20121 standard, which provides guidelines for sustainability risks and opportunities. Developed in 2012, the standard addresses reducing […]

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World Athletics Awards Championship Events to Turkey, Poland

The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya, Turkey, and the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Torun, Poland. “Both Turkey and Poland have established good records as hosts of international athletics events,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. “Turkey most recently hosted the European Athletics Indoor […]

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Rugby America’s Aspiration
The U.S. team sings the national anthem ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool C game at Kobe Misaki Stadium against England in Kobe, Japan. The U.S. will host the 2031 Rugby World Cup for the first time in program history. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

A Decade of Big Events on Tap in United States

For the next decade, there may not be a season where a sports fan cannot enjoy a major international sporting event to travel to within the United States. This past summer alone saw World Athletics host the world track-and-field championships in the United States for the first time at the renovated Hayward Field in Eugene, […]

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