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World Athletics

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded on 17 July 1912. The IAAF's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 2015 congress before the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. The IAAF hosts its World Championships in Athletics every two years.

Chairman / President

Sebastian Coe

CEO / Managing Director

Ximena Restrepo

CFO / Finance Director

Vineesh Kochhar

Industry

Sports

Website

worldathletics.org

Headquarters address

6–8, quai Antoine-1er, Monaco

Year founded

1912

last updated:

30 September, 2024

Rico Cheung (left) won his third senior 110 metres hurdles race in a row. Photo: Shirley Chui

Su Bingtian

Hong Kong’s world-class junior hurdler Rico Cheung on fast track as a senior

Months after reaching the final at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Cheung wins his third senior 110 metres hurdles race in a row, in a personal best.

22 May 2022 - 9:15AM

Illegal wind ruins Yue’s giant leap, but long jump record in reach, she says

16 May 2022 - 9:21PM

Tiffany Yue on track to beat Hong Kong long jump record

10 May 2022 - 7:10PM

Asian Games 2023

Hong Kong hurdlers head to Europe, but Asian Games the top prize

Mui Ching-yeung, Cheung Wang-fung and Vera Lui Lai-yiu to compete at Thionville meet this weekend, as selection for Hangzhou Asian Games draws near.

22 Apr 2022 - 3:50PM

Hurdler Vera Lui is now training in Europe as she attempts to get a second Asian Games medal in Hangzhou later his year. She won a bronze at the 2018 Games in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters

LGBTQ

Transgender athletes threaten integrity of women’s sport, says Coe

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe calls state of women’s sport ‘very fragile’ and issues go ‘way, way beyond sport’.

22 Mar 2022 - 10:00AM

Ukrainian war refugee wins gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships

The Olympic bronze medallist hid in a cellar before making the trip over three panic-stricken days to Belgrade, where the Championships took place.

20 Mar 2022 - 12:56PM

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Vera Lui just shy of PB at World Indoor Championships, hails ‘great experience’

Hong Kong hurdler clocks 8.45 seconds in 60m heats – 0.13 seconds off the unofficial Hong Kong record – as coach eyes more world-class competitions.

20 Mar 2022 - 6:22PM

Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu (third from left) in the World Athletics Indoor Championships 60m hurdles heats event at the Stark Arena in Serbia. Photo: AFP

Asian Games 2023

Hong Kong sprinter Ng praises influence of Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian

Pair are training together in Shenzhen ahead of the Asian Games in September. Ng Ka-fung says he has learned more from Chinese sprinter than just how to run faster, and praises Su’s character.

10 Mar 2022 - 9:43AM

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

New mega sports park a welcomed boost for Hong Kong athletics

Hong Kong athletics has welcomed a plan to build the city’s first ever indoor track and field stadium in Ma On Shan, a move they said will help Hong Kong athletes continue to succeed at a regional level.

3 Mar 2022 - 9:54AM

Former controversial world athletics chief Lamine Diack dies, aged 88

Diack was sentenced to four years in prison for covering up the payment of bribes by Russian athletes involved in doping cases.

3 Dec 2021 - 5:22PM

Lamine Diack, the controversial former president of the International Athletics Federation, has died, his family said Friday. He was 88. Photo: AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Su Bingtian

Who is Su Bingtian? China sprint star is Asia’s fastest man

The 32-year-old had best year of his career in with history making appearance in Tokyo Olympic 100m final – and he could yet get relay medal.

9 Oct 2021 - 7:34PMvideocam

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Chinese weightlifter clinches gold at Tokyo Olympics

2 Aug 2021 - 6:27PM

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Profile | Who is legendary Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake?

From promising youth cricketer to multiple-time track gold medallist, ‘Beast’ Yohan Blake explains why he would ‘rather miss the Olympics than take a vaccine’.

30 Jun 2021 - 4:46PM

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong hurdler Lui pins Tokyo Games hopes on Europe events

Lui easily wins the Series 3 100-metre hurdles at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground on Hong Kong’s hottest day since records began in 1880s.

23 May 2021 - 10:59PM

Vera Lui wins the women's 100 metre hurdles in the Athletics Series 3 at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. Photo: HKAAA

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong runner Christy Yiu gets Milan Marathon invite

Hong Kong marathon record holder has not raced in a marathon for 22 months because of the pandemic but finally gets a chance now – if the event goes off

5 May 2021 - 10:51PM

Christy Yiu and her husband Chan Ka-ho after breaking the Hong Kong women's marathon record at the 2019 Gold Coast Marathon in Australia. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Long jumper Chan Ming-tai back in Olympic groove

Leung’s 7.70m was his best result in two years while high jump queen Cecilia Yeung continues to impress since recovering from an Achilles tendon injury.

2 May 2021 - 10:21PM

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Hurdler Vera Lui records seasonal best as she chases Games dream

Hong Kong’s top women’s hurdler clocks 13.49 seconds in the heats for her fourth best result ever as she continues to chase her Olympics dream.

1 May 2021 - 10:36PM

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Long jumper Chan hopes for 8m leap as he targets wild card entry to Tokyo Games

The Hong Kong record holder is unlikely to make it to the Games through ranking or qualifying mark so he needs to convince selectors he is deserving of a wild card.

25 Apr 2021 - 6:21PM

Chan Ming-tai wins the long jump in the Athletics Series 2 at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground. Photo: HKAAA

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Fuming Vera Lui takes five-hour wait fury out on hurdle rivals

She arrives at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground at 8.30am expecting to run in the heats but ends up waiting five hours to win the straight final.

26 Apr 2021 - 10:29AM

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

China’s Nina Schultz aiming to fulfil grandma’s Olympic dream

Story dates back to 1957 when Schultz’s grandmother Zheng Fengrong became first Chinese world record holder.

5 Apr 2021 - 2:17PMvideocam

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Tearful Vera Lui leaves 2020 behind as she eyes Tokyo Games ticket

The 26-year-old sees her ranking drop to 106 from 35 because of a lack of competition caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

28 Mar 2021 - 6:22PM

Vera Lui clears the bar on her way to winning the 100m hurdles at the 2021 Athletics Series 1 at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. Shing Cho-yan (left) was third. Photo: HKAAA

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Long jumper ‘could have gone further’ but for Covid-19 rules

Hong Kong record holder limited to four attempts rather than the usual six after organisers changed the rules as precautionary health measure.

27 Mar 2021 - 9:44PM

Long jumper Chan Ming-tai in action during the 2021 Hong Kong Athletics Series – Series 1 at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. Photo: HKAAA

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Road racing returns to Hong Kong in April at Disneyland

All participants will be required to test for Covid-19 to be completed within two days before the April 18 race in the first local race of its kind since January 2020.

24 Mar 2021 - 7:38PM

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Semenya takes ‘discriminatory’ gender case to human rights court

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya’s lawyers say Swiss Federal Tribunal ‘failed’ to protect her from World Athletics’ ‘humiliating’ rules to limit her testosterone levels.

26 Feb 2021 - 4:42PM

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Hong Kong athletics chief still hoping to stage 2020 championships

Officials will ask World Athletics for permission to hold the meet early next year but the government will have final say.

30 Dec 2020 - 10:38PM

Hurdler Vera Lui is aiming to secure a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: Reuters

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Race walker Ching Siu-nga wins award ahead of first race in a year

Association finally announces 2019 results after long delays caused by the pandemic as 33-year-old Ching gets boost before race in Japan on Friday.

30 Dec 2020 - 9:27AM

The 2019 best athletes celebrate their win at the Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates awards ceremony. Photo: Chan Kin-wa

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

20 for 2020: the sports stars who shone in a difficult year

In a tough year for sport, these athletes and officials pushed past Covid-19 to soar on and off the court.

18 Jan 2021 - 12:42PMvideocam

Coronavirus Hong Kong

HK Athletics Championships postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions

The HKAAA is proposing to extend the 2020 event to more competition days so that less people will be inside the venue to maintain a safer environment.

16 Dec 2020 - 10:41PM

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