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How Adidas built the £450 supershoe that finally broke through two hours – and why it’s probably not for you

Elite shoes are likely to re-ignite controversy about ‘shoe doping’ and whether the spirit of the marathon is being undermined – but have carried the men wearing them into history

The Independent UK

A look at some notable milestones achieved in world athletics over the years

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya became the first person to break the 2-hour barrier in an official marathon on Sunday

The Independent UK

London Marathon 2026 schedule, prize money, elite fields and how to watch on TV

Everything you need to know ahead of the London Marathon 2026

The Independent UK

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World Athletics turns down 11 athletes’ requests to transfer allegiance to Turkey

World Athletics claimed the requests resulted from a “coordinated recruitment strategy” by the Turkish government ahead of the LA 2028 Olympics

The Independent UK

World Athletics to launch standalone marathon world championships from 2030

The event has previously been part of the biennial World Athletics Championships

The Independent UK

The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.

The Conversation

Olympic committee moves to require genetic testing for all female competitors ahead of Los Angeles Games

New rules force female Olympic Games athletes to prove their sex

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Keely Hodgkinson pokes fun at West Ham over world championships stadium dispute

Keely Hodgkinson has playfully poked fun at West Ham after it emerged they could ruin London’s chances of hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships

The Guardian - UK

Keely Hodgkinson roasts West Ham’s trophy cabinet over London Stadium row

West Ham insist their matches at the London Stadium should take ‘priority’ over a bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships

The Independent UK

US runners led off course in chaotic half-marathon given entry to world championships

Three runners who were led off course in a race that served as a qualifier for the 2026 World Road Running Championships have been given entry into the upcoming competition

The Guardian - US

West Ham stadium stance could block London’s World Athletics Championships bid, warns Coe

Sebastian Coe has warned that London’s bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships could be scuppered by West Ham’s refusal to allow their stadium to be used in September

The Guardian - UK

Academics slam mandatory testing for female athletes as ‘harmful anachronism’

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The Independent UK

Mandatory genetic sex tests for female athletes branded a ‘backwards step’ in new report

Mandatory testing was brought in last year, with World Athletics president Sebastian Coe declaring it would "protect and promote the integrity of women’s sport"

The Independent UK

Aussie runner set for world medal after rival cops ban

Australian runner Georgia Griffith is set to receive a world indoor championship 1500m bronze medal after Ethiopian Diribe Welteji's doping-violation ban.

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World Athletics: 'Unconscionable' for bankrupt Grand Slam Track to look ahead before paying bills

Track and field’s international federation says it will only support future events held by the bankrupt Grand Slam Track league once its debts from the 2025 season are settled

AAP

Jumping for joy: Olyslagers and her Brisbane vision

As Nicola Olyslagers targets another soaring year, the Australian athletics great also has a distant if enticing vision of a "Hollywood" end to her career.

The Guardian - UK

‘As perfect as it can get’: pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis on his stellar 2025

The world record holder tells Sean Ingle about his stellar year, that viral kiss and why he’s serious about music

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Olyslagers wins McAvaney award for golden win in Zurich

Australian high jump star Nicola Olyslagers has won another award in the wake of her stellar 2025 season, where she beat the world record holder at a key event.

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The Guardian - UK

No guarantee Grand Slam Track will be allowed back, warns World Athletics

The Michael Johnson-led Grand Slam Track has been warned by World Athletics that it may not be permitted to return in 2026 even if it pays off its huge debts

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics scraps takeoff zone idea to avoid ‘war’ with long jumpers

World Athletics has scrapped plans to introduce a takeoff zone for the long jump rather than the traditional board because of widespread hostility from athletes

The Guardian - UK

‘Your column was very unfair’: what happened when I met World Athletics CEO

John Ridgeon believes I was downbeat about state of his sport. He may have a point … so we thrashed out our differences

The Independent UK

Mondo Duplantis takes aim at Grand Slam Track after winning World Athletics award

The Swedish pole vaulter won after another dominant year, while the similarly dominant American runner and hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone took home the women’s prize

AAP

Aussie high jumper soars to rare World Athletics award

Nicola Olyslagers is the World Athletics female field event athlete of the year, while Aussie broadcast legend Bruce McAvaney has also been honoured in Monaco.

The Guardian - UK

Duplantis wins top award and takes aim at Grand Slam Track’s exclusion of field events

Armand Duplantis capped a remarkable 2025, in which he broke four world records and won a world title, by being named World Athletics’ male athlete of the year

The Independent UK

LA Olympics to feature women’s 100m final on day one in event shakeup

The women’s 100m finalists will run three times on the opening day of the Games, a marked change from the usual two

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