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Gateshead revisited
The Wanda Diamond League will be reopening a treasure trove of world class athletics heritage when the 2021 season gets underway with Mondo Duplantis, Dina Asher-Smith and co in action at the Muller Grand Prix Gateshead in two weeks today, Sunday 23 May.
Irena Szewinska: The first lady of Polish sport
Only one athlete in history has set world records at 100m, 200m and 400m: Irena Szewinska – the brightest star of Polish athletics.
Athletics 2021 is published
'Athletics 2021 - The International Track and Field Annual’ has been published
Szewinska souvenirs on show in Silesia
The career of Irena Szewinska – the only athlete to have set world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m – is being honoured in a heritage display in Chorzow’s Silesia Stadium during the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21.
Ten years having passed, Norway celebrates the legacy of Grete Waitz
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg will today lead her nation in marking the extraordinary life of women’s running pioneer Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) who tragically lost her life to cancer ten years ago today.
Gebrselassie vs Tergat in Sydney: a race about (almost) nothing
Remembering one of the most iconic races in Olympic history
'Progression of World Athletics Records' ebook published
The latest edition of the ‘Progression of World Athletics Records’, published in 2020 by World Athletics Heritage, is now available as an ebook.
‘A Greek! A Greek!’ 125th anniversary of the first Olympic marathon
On 10 April 1896, Spiridon Louis of Greece won the first ever marathon at an Olympic Games, ancient or modern
Nawal El Moutawakel: the 54 seconds that changed her life
The incredible story of Nawal El Moutawakel, who inspired a generation of Arab female athletes.
Stawell Gift unveils World Athletics Heritage Plaque
At the 139th Powercor Stawell Gift Carnival on Easter Monday (5), the World Athletics Heritage Plaque was unveiled jointly by The Hon. Jaala Pulford, Minister for Western Victoria, and Neil Blizzard, president of Stawell Athletic Club.
From pigeons to Olympic participation – Centenary of the first Women's Olympiad
The clay pigeon shooting ground perched on the terraces of the Monte-Carlo Casino Gardens were in 1921 the stage for the first international athletics tournament for women.
World Athletics launches the world’s first 3D virtual sports museum
World Athletics has today announced the launch of a 3D virtual museum of athletics, bringing a new level of innovation and creative technologies to the world of sport.
Evelyn Ashford: from racing the boys to four-time Olympic gold medallist
Evelyn Ashford's remarkable and unique journey has inspired female athletes around the globe
Vaulting pioneer Dragila recalls memories of landmark global title
To have any gold medal in your trophy cabinet is rare enough, but to have the very first global one in your sport is rarer still.
Remembering the landmark 1991 World Indoor Championships in Seville
The third edition of the World Indoor Championships, staged 30 years ago in Seville's Palacio De Los Deportes from 8-10 March 1991, proved – in terms of records – to be the best yet.