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The World Athletics Championships is a biennial competition organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). They started in 1976 and were originally held every four years before switching to a two-year cycle in 1991.
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis shone on the biggest stage again, setting his 14th pole vault world record this year. Photo: Xinhua
Year in Review

Year in athletics: Mondo Duplantis shines, the US enjoys a stellar year

Doping still lingers over the sport, with Kenyan and Russian athletes the biggest offenders.

Doping in sport

Hospital video helps clear Chinese long jump world champion Wang of doping

Fame and celebrity

Who is Mondo Duplantis, serial pole vault world record breaker?

Doping in sport

Kenyan athletes shine at Tokyo world championships, but doping remains a problem

The East African nation has invested millions to combat the issue, but it remains on anti-doping agency Wada’s watch list.

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet (left) and Faith Kipyegon celebrate first and second place in the women’s 5000m at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo on Saturday. Photo: dpa
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Explainer | Why Hong Kong’s fastest marathon runner was exiled by athletics chiefs

How a sponsorship deal and a switch of accommodation spiralled into a stand-off between Wong Wan-chun and the HKAAA.

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Watch ‘box office’ McLaughlin-Levrone blast her way to historic 400m time

American athlete powered through Tokyo rain to post the fastest women’s 400m time in 40 years.

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Marathons

Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in Tokyo after amazing marathon finish

Men’s marathon proves closer than men’s 100m final as it ends in a photo finish, a first for a major championship.

Armand Duplantis celebrates his world record in the pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
Usain Bolt

World Athletics Championships: Gout Gout, 17, eyes Tokyo test, then school exams

Compared to Usain Bolt, teen sprinter says he hopes to become first Australian to run 200m in under 20 seconds.

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Lui’s dream comes true after shock World Athletics Championships call-up

The 30-year-old, who becomes the first hurdler from the city to take part in the event in 14 years, got a wild card late last month.

Noah Lyles

Tokyo world championships: Tebogo’s legs to ‘do the talking’ in Lyles showdown

Softly spoken Botswana Olympic champion and ‘arrogant’ American rival set to square off in the 100m, 200m races from Saturday.

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo runs with children around a course during a visit to a primary school gymnasium on Tuesday before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
Doping in sport

From doping to damaged goods: Russian athletics’ long road to reintegration

As Russia sits out September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, its national federation is battling to rebuild trust.

Illustration: Brian Wang

‘Big and punchy’: athletics chief Coe looks to future in final 2 years in role

Sebastian Coe looking to remind world that his sport is ‘still there’ with unashamed courting of TV.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong ‘great’ base for Team GB athletes starting World Championships quest

Toby Harries targeting more Olympic glory after sacrificing potential international rugby career and coming back from brink of retirement.

India’s Chopra withdraws invite to Pakistani javelin rival after Kashmir attack

Arshad Nadeem’s potential involvement in Neeraj Chopra Classic prompted ‘hate and abuse’, Chopra says, adding it was now ‘out of question’.

India’s Neeraj Chopra has withdrawn an invite to his Pakistani rival following the deadly terror attacks in Kashmir. Photo: EPA-EFE

100 metres in 9 seconds? Usain Bolt’s record may be beaten thanks to Hongkonger

Times could soon be 20 per cent quicker, according to entrepreneur Alvina Chen, whose company has made ‘world’s fastest running surface’.

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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (centre, in yellow) crosses the finish line in a new world record time to win global 100m gold in 2009. Photo: AFP

Diamond League CEO bats away concerns over rival Grand Slam Track series

Competition’s CEO says the circuit remains integral to global athletics, despite the launch of Michael Johnson’s track-event-only series.

Trending in China

Wu Yanni wants Asian 100m hurdles record, but admits Olympics a step too far

Chinese athlete says she can’t compete with Western counterparts, targets top eight finish at LA Games in 2028.

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Tearful Wu Yanni’s 60m hurdles Worlds failure sparks furious social media debate

Despite setting a new national record time of 8.01 seconds, the 27-year-old missed out on qualification by 0.01 seconds.

China’s Wu Yanni of China celebrates after breaking the national record during the women’s 60 metres hurdles semi-finals at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Photo: Xinhua

Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout, 17, clocks world-leading 200m time

Youngster rose to prominence in December when he clocked the quickest time ever by a 16-year-old – beating Usain Bolt’s best at the same age.

Trail running and hiking

Clean air and empty runway offer elite women chance to break 10km world record

The race on the new tarmac will be held in November, with organisers hoping to attract 12,000 runners, including 50 of the world’s top women.

Ingebrigtsen smashes 3,000m world record, soaring Swede Duplantis hits new heights

Norwegian Ingebrigtsen breaks 28-year-old world record at Diamond League meet in Poland, and Swedish Olympic champion Duplantis raises own pole vault mark.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen takes a moment after realising he has set a 3,000m world record at the Silesia Diamond League. Photo: EPA-EFE

Athletics great Johnson launches ‘best of the best’ circuit for track runners

Grand Slam Track will debut in April 2025 with two 3-day meetings in the US and two global one, with US$3m in prize money at each event

Michael Johnson (with his wife, Armine Shamiryan) is launching a track league with US$12.6m in prize money over its first season. Photo: AP

World Athletics launches richest competition ever, with US$10 million prize fund

New three-day World Athletics Ultimate Championship will take place every two years, starting in Budapest in 2026.

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Long jumper Yue’s Paris Olympics tall order: just match her personal best 3 times

The 26-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist hopes to become the first female long jumper from Hong Kong to compete at the Games.

Beijing named as host of 2027 World Athletics Championships

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe hails ‘massive opportunity’ to grow sport, but acknowledges commercial motivation behind decision.

Sebastian Coe believes hosting the World Athletics Championships in Beijing presents another huge opportunity to grow the sport. Photo: Laureus
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash in Kenya

Coach Gervais Hakizimana also killed after car 24-year-old Kiptum was driving rolls on journey from Kaptagat to Eldoret, police chief says.

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum celebrates winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon in a world record time of two hours and 35 seconds. Photo: AFP
Noah Lyles

Opinion | World Athletics Championships were roaring success, but we need to move forward

My experiences as an athlete at World Championships were not as much fun as they have been as president, now we need to modernise our sport.

Asian Games 2023

Athletics stars test waters in regional championships ahead of Asian Games

Hong Kong sending squad of 20 to this week’s Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where they will rub shoulders with the region’s best.

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