The World Athletics scoring tables have been updated for 2025 and are available to download from the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/technical-information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Athletics website</a>.
These tables are separate from the combined events scoring system, which remains unchanged.
Statistical data has been analysed since the last edition of the scoring tables &ndash; including performances from 2022, 2023 and 2024 &ndash; and has been used to produce this latest version. Updated on 23 April, the document now also includes scoring tables for the 300m hurdles, and the half marathon and marathon race walk events.
Created in 1982 by the late Bojidar Spiriev, the scoring tables have in recent years been maintained by his son Attila.
The World Athletics scoring tables can be found in the <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/technical-information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">technical information section of the World Athletics website</a>.
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 This post was first published on 9 January and updated on 23 April to reflect changes made to the scoring tables

The World Athletics scoring tables have been updated for 2025 and are available to download from the World Athletics website

World Athletics scoring tables updated for 2025

Japan Airlines (JAL) has been announced as an official World Athletics supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
This collaboration reflects JAL&rsquo;s commitment to empowering the next generation by inspiring young people to take their first steps toward global aspirations through the power of sport.
The WCH Tokyo 25, taking place on 13-21 September, will see the World Athletics Championships return to Tokyo for the second time, and for the first time since 1991, welcoming elite competitors from around the globe back to Japan.
With a history spanning more than 70 years, JAL has long connected Japan to the world, supporting and cheering on those who dare to challenge global boundaries.
As an official supplier for this prestigious event, JAL will implement a variety of initiatives to provide the next generation with opportunities to witness world-class competition up close and to inspire them to take their first steps on to the world stage by sharing the passion that can only be experienced on-site.
JAL remains dedicated to connecting young people to the world through the power of sport, encouraging them to pursue their dreams.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;We are delighted to have Japan Airlines sign on as an official supplier for our World Championships this summer, transporting athletes and key stakeholders to the vibrant city of Tokyo. As an organisation focused on innovation and pushing boundaries, Japan Airlines is a natural fit for World Athletics as we look to continue growing our ever-expanding group of partners and suppliers, with a sharp focus on those who share common goals and values with us, particularly the critical role athletes play in our sport, and who also work every day to reach new heights, speeds and distances.&rdquo;
&ldquo;We are honoured to be a part of World Athletics and welcome athletes and fans from around the world at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in September,&rdquo; said Mitsuko Tottori, President &amp; Group CEO of Japan Airlines. &ldquo;This global event showcases the spirit of pushing beyond limits, and we hope it inspires young people in Japan to take that first courageous step toward the world.
&ldquo;By sharing the excitement of the genuine ultimate stage with young people, we aim to keep standing as a backbone of Japan&rsquo;s youth wishing to challenge themselves on the world stage.&rdquo;
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World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025

Japan Airlines (JAL) has been announced as an official World Athletics supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.

World Athletics announces Japan Airlines as official supplier for WCH Tokyo 25

Jamaica dominated the Carifta Games, which concluded on Monday (21) after three days of action in Port of Spain, Trinidad &amp; Tobago.
The Caribbean powerhouse earned 78 medals, 30 of them gold, giving them their 47th win since the games began in 1972. The Bahamas finished second with 16 gold medals ahead of the host nation, Trinidad and Tobago (9 gold).
In his introductory speech, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stated that the event is usually his first appearance in the athletics calendar each year. Stuart Young, the recently appointed Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and NACAC President and World Athletics Council Member Mike Sands were also in attendance.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Kamari Kennedy was deservingly voted the most outstanding athlete. Kennedy collected the Austin Sealy Award after breaking two U17 championship records. He first won the shot put with 18.90m, adding 10cm to the previous mark, then returned the following day to win the discus with 60.87m, surpassing the previous record by more than seven metres.
Jamaican U20 record-holder Marla-Kay Lampart broke the Games record in an enthralling girls&rsquo; shot put final with a massive heave of 17.44m in the fourth round. Lampart, who got injured while completing the effort, watched anxiously as Bahamian rival Annae Mackey also breached the 17-metre mark with a lifetime best effort of 17.14m in the final round. Both went beyond the previous Games&rsquo; record of 15.75m.
&ldquo;My expectations coming here was to beat my personal best of 15.98m,&rdquo; said Lampart. &ldquo;I started tentatively because I was nervous, but I stayed calm and gradually got my groove back and trusted my capabilities.&rdquo;
There was a dramatic conclusion to the U20 girls&rsquo; long jump contest when Trinidadian Gianna Paul sailed out to 6.48m in the final round to leapfrog teammate and defending champion Janae De Gannes for gold. Gianna&rsquo;s effort was two centimetres shy of equalling the Games record set last year by De Gannes.
In the girls&rsquo; U20 100m final, defending champion Sabrina Dockery and world U20 200m bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas were expected to finish 1-2 for Jamaica. But after Dockery suffered another false start &ndash; as had been the case at the 2023 Carifta Games &ndash; Douglas went on to win comfortably in a PB of 11.26 (0.3m/s).
&ldquo;The crowd was noisy, and I just kept my composure and focused on blocking out the noise and executing the perfect race,&rdquo; said Douglas, who went on to complete the sprint double by taking the 200m in 23.02.
In the boys&rsquo; equivalent, Jamal Stephenson &ndash; a late addition to the Jamaican team after Gary Card had to pull out with an injury &ndash; took the title in a PB of 10.24 (-1.4m/s).
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very grateful for this opportunity and I&rsquo;m happy to make my country proud,&rdquo; said Stephenson, who suffered two disqualifications at the Jamaican High School Championships in March.
Stephenson&rsquo;s compatriot Michael Graham won the U17 boys&rsquo; final in 10.53, while St Lucia&rsquo;s Jady Emmanuel ran a lifetime best of 11.50 to win the girls&rsquo; U17 100m final. Emmanuel, who takes inspiration from her compatriot Julien Alfred, completed the sprint double in 23.47.
The 400m finals produced their fair share of surprises. After defending champion Tianna Springer of Guyana romped to victory in the U20 girls&rsquo; final in 53.07, teammate Malachi Austin, the defending champion in the boys&rsquo; equivalent, lost a thriller to Bahamian Zion Miller 46.51 to 46.54.
A few minutes earlier, the highly touted Bahamian Eagan Neely won the boys&rsquo; U17 final in 47.80. Tyra Fenton of Antigua and Barbuda ran a 53.93 lifetime best in the girls&rsquo; U17 final to stun pre-race favourite Keyezra Thomas (54.34) of The Bahamas.
Defending champion Michelle Smith of the US Virgin Islands continued her chokehold on both the 400m hurdles and 800m. Smith, who has not lost either event since 2022, romped to victory in 56.60 in the 400m hurdles before returning to wrap up proceedings in the 800m in 2:07.23.
Robert Miller won the U20 boys&rsquo; 400m hurdles in 50.42 while Bahamian Jahcario Wilson produced a storming homestretch run to win the U17 boys&rsquo; title in 52.44. He then added 110m hurdles title (13.70) the next day.
Defending champion Shaquane Gordon of Jamaica was pushed to a Games record (13.19) by compatriot Daniel Clarke (13.21) in an exciting U20 boys&rsquo; 110m hurdles final.
Christopher Sammy and Oshea Cummings raised the decibel levels of the home crowd several notches on Saturday when they won the U17 boys&rsquo; and girls&rsquo; 1500m titles respectively, a few minutes apart. Sammy, who was competing at his first Carifta Games, returned the next day to land the 3000m title in 9:11.51
Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s Tyrique Vincent was impressive in winning the first-ever decathlon competition at the games, amassing 6522 points.
Jamaica&rsquo;s U17 girls&rsquo; 4x100m team set a Games record of 44.86. The Bahamas, anchored by Eagan Neely, scored an impressive win in the U17 boys&rsquo; 4x100m in 41.11.
Jamaica, stung by a defeat in the U17 boys final, came roaring back in the U20 category. The girls ran 43.65, then the boys clocked 39.56, both teams registering world-U20-leading times.
The Bahamas outclassed defending champions Jamaica in the U20 boys&rsquo; 4x400m, clocking 3:06.18 to Jamaica&rsquo;s 3:07.44.
Noel Francis for World Athletics

Jamaica dominated the Carifta Games, which concluded on Monday (21) after three days of action in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Kennedy, Lampart and Douglas stand out at Carifta Games

Women&rsquo;s World Athlete of the Year Sifan Hassan, who next Sunday (27) returns to London where she won her career marathon debut in 2023, has generously donated her victorious Paris 2024 Olympic Games marathon singlet and name bib to <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/visitMOWA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA)</a>.
On Sunday 11 August, Hassan claimed the final athletics gold medal of the Paris 2024 Games, winning the women&rsquo;s marathon in an Olympic record of 2:22:55 to complete an impressive medal treble.
The Dutchwoman, who had already bagged 5000m and 10,000m bronze medals in Paris, held off Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tigist Assefa in a frantic sprint finish to win by three seconds, the closest ever winning margin in a women&rsquo;s Olympic marathon.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/6807b12dcd2f3e8f40088a8e.jpeg" alt="Sifan Hassan's vest and bib from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games" />
Sifan Hassan's vest and bib from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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<h2>Comparisons with legends</h2>
&ldquo;During the World Athletics Awards weekend in Monaco, I had the chance to visit the World Athletics offices and see the amazing memories from the 1948 Olympics that belonged to Fanny Blankers-Koen,&rdquo; said Hassan. &ldquo;It was so inspiring to see her history up close in the Museum of World Athletics.
&ldquo;I am so happy that my Paris 2024 marathon-winning singlet will now be part of the museum, and I feel honoured that it will be included alongside the Netherlands items Fanny wore at the London Games.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited to know that my singlet will be on display in Tokyo later this year during the World Athletics Championships. I hope it will inspire young girls everywhere to believe in themselves, start playing sports, and chase their dreams &ndash; even if they seem impossible."
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe commented: &ldquo;With an extraordinary range which has seen Hassan win global golds from 1500m to the marathon, she is unquestionably already one of the sports greats.
&ldquo;Hassan&rsquo;s three medals in Paris reminded the world of another flying Dutchwoman, Fanny Blankers-Koen, whose four golds in 1948 made her the icon of those Games.
&ldquo;Hassan has, across two Olympics, amassed six medals. Three of those &ndash; her titles at 5000m, 10,000m and marathon &ndash; are a triple which is unmatched in the history of women&rsquo;s sport and conjures up comparisons with the legendary Emil Zatopek.
&ldquo;World Athletics is extremely proud to accept Hassan&rsquo;s generous donation of her marathon-winning singlet from the Paris Olympic Games, a dramatic race which she won in impressively determined style.&rdquo;
<h2>Running into the sunlight</h2>
Hassan has become accustomed to overcoming challenges, so it was perhaps no great surprise that she found the strength to conquer the mighty one that presented itself on the streets of Paris on the final day of the 2024 Olympic Games.
The challenge of tackling the most difficult Olympic women&rsquo;s marathon course &ndash; with its prolonged rise of 428m at 15km and its 13.5% gradient at 29km &ndash; was not an insurmountable one for a woman of Hassan&rsquo;s considerable mettle, even if she was tackling it with legs that were far from as fresh as those of her rivals.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/674f0eebaf5869093fddd2a2.jpg" alt="Sifan Hassan during the marathon in Paris" />
Sifan Hassan during the marathon in Paris (&copy; Mattia Ozbot)
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Just 37 hours earlier, she had finished third in the 10,000m final in the Stade de France. Six days previously, she had also earned the bronze medal in the 5000m final.
With 20km of racing already in her legs, could a runner of even Hassan&rsquo;s formidable calibre possibly become the first woman to emulate Emil Zatopek by winning an Olympic medal at the same Games in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon?
She had, of course, completed a historic hat-trick of her own at the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, adding 1500m bronze to golds from the 5000m and 10,000m. This time, however, after accomplishing another medal double at 5000m and 10,000m, had to contend with the gruelling 26.2-mile course from Hotel de Ville to Les Invalides and the challenge of Tigist Assefa, the fastest female marathon runner in history at the time.
<h2>&lsquo;Why did I do that? What is wrong with me?&rsquo;</h2>
Throughout the race, Hassan was rueing her decision to contest the track races, rather than save herself for the marathon, at which her 2:13:44 European record in Chicago the previous October put her second on the world all-time list, behind Assefa&rsquo;s 2:11:53 in Berlin in the same year.
&ldquo;I was regretting that I had run the 5000m and the 10,000m,&rdquo; she later confided. &ldquo;I was telling myself, &lsquo;If I hadn&rsquo;t done that, I would feel great today&rsquo;.
&ldquo;It was so hard. Every step of the way I was thinking, &lsquo;Why did I do that? What is wrong with me?&rsquo;&rdquo;
Hassan had been wracked by similar self-doubt on her marathon debut in London in April 2023, twice stopping to stretch her injured hip, and looking set for a DNF, before making up a 28-second deficit and securing a sensational sprint finish victory.
In Paris she was dropped by the lead pack on the huge incline at 29km but fought her way back into contention. With 250m to go, the marathon came down to a sprint battle between the big two.
In a snapshot brilliantly captured by Michael Steele in the World Athletics Photograph of the Year, at the final bend leading to the finishing straight at Les Invalides, the two women clashed shoulder-to-shoulder, elbow-to-elbow, as they fought for the inside line.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/673b828f74549a2448fee5d6.jpg" alt="Tigist Assefa and Sifan Hassan collide during the marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games" />
Tigist Assefa and Sifan Hassan collide during the marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (&copy; Michael Steele)
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It was a fittingly dramatic denouement to the Paris 2024 athletics programme. Both women were blessed with the speed of sub-two-minute 800m performers &ndash; the distance at which they made their Olympic bows in Rio in 2016.
But it was Hassan who not just held her ground in the physical clash of the titans but who proceeded to surge clear, drawing upon the basic speed that took her to the world indoor 1500m title in Portland in 2016 and to the world outdoor crown at the same distance in Doha in 2019. The flying Dutchwoman surged clear to win by three seconds.
Her time, 2:22:55, an Olympic record, had a neat historical echo. Zatopek&rsquo;s winning time in Helsinki in 1952, also an Olympic record, was 2:23:03.
<h2>A female breakthrough</h2>
And so, at the end of a route inspired by la marche de femmes, the mass march on Versailles by the women of Paris in the French Revolution, Hassan had a place in athletics posterity alongside the Czech legend with the French first name.
&ldquo;I was scared of this race,&rdquo; Hassan reflected in the aftermath, struggling to come to terms with her achievement. &ldquo;I thought they would break me. When I finished, I was thinking, &lsquo;I am the Olympic champion. How is this possible?&rsquo;&rdquo;
At the age of 31, Hassan had won a third Olympic gold medal, one shy of Fanny Blankers Koen&rsquo;s ground-breaking tally from the London Games of 1948. Track and field&rsquo;s original Flying Dutchwoman was honoured as the Female Athlete of the 20th Century by the IAAF. Hassan was named the Women&rsquo;s World Athlete of the Year by World Athletics.
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics Heritage

Women’s World Athlete of the Year Sifan Hassan has generously donated her victorious Paris 2024 Olympic Games marathon singlet and name bib to the Museum of World Athletics

Hassan donates Paris Olympic marathon singlet and bib to MOWA

<h3>Five highlights from the ABW Standard year 1 review</h3>
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When the Wanda Diamond League kicks off its 16th season in Xiamen this weekend as the world&rsquo;s premiere one-day meeting athletics circuit, it will also embark on its first as the sport&rsquo;s pioneering competition group on the sustainability front.
Each of the 15 Wanda Diamond League meetings held in 2024 reported their sustainability progress against the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletics-better-world/sustainability/athletics-for-a-better-world-standard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Athletics for a Better World (ABW) Standard</a>, the tiered evaluation system implemented by World Athletics last year that measures an event&rsquo;s achievements in sustainable delivery. Underscoring the league&rsquo;s commitment to sustainability principles, 10 of the meetings reached a certificate recognition.
The Oslo Bislett Games achieved platinum level, the first one-day meeting to reach the ABW Standard&rsquo;s highest tier.
The Welklasse Zurich, like Oslo an athletics pioneer in sustainable delivery, achieved gold. Monaco&rsquo;s Herculis meeting achieved silver, while the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Stockholm&rsquo;s Bauhaus Galan and the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia all reached bronze.
The Wanda Diamond League Xiamen, Athletissima Lausanne, the Meeting de Paris, and the London Athletics Meet all reached the recognised event level, the tier that all events were encouraged to target during the standard&rsquo;s first year.
<h3>Focus on fan mobility</h3>
The ABW Standard consists of 55 action areas that address efforts to minimise an event&rsquo;s environmental impact and maximise its social and local economic benefits.
Organisers of more than 100 events that took place last year reported their sustainability achievements against the ABW Standard. An extensive review and analysis of its first year will be released in June; below are some of the highlights seen across the Diamond League last year beginning with efforts around fan mobility.
More than 400,000 spectators attended Diamond League meetings in 2024. Reducing the environmental impact of getting fans to an event is a key focus of the ABW Standard, with promising figures reported during the standard&rsquo;s inaugural year.
More than three-quarters of the spectators in Oslo (80%), Zurich (75%) and London (75%) used public transit or active travel to reach the event. About two-thirds of attendees in Stockholm (68%), Xiamen (65%) and Monaco (62%) took a tram, metro, bus or bike and more than half did in Lausanne (52%). In Doha, 40% used public transportation, double the figure from 2023.
To encourage the use of public transit options, Zurich, Oslo, Lausanne, Monaco and Silesia offered ticketed spectators free transport to the event through partnerships with municipal and regional public transport service providers &ndash; a long-standing practice for some &ndash; while Brussels offered a discount fare for the first time.
To further reduce their CO2 emissions and to improve local air quality near event venues, events are increasingly including more fully electric vehicles in their fleets. In 2024 this was supported by Diamond League sponsor Zeekr.
One of the most noteworthy initiatives was a zero-emission transfer of 120 athletes, personnel and media from Oslo to Stockholm for the Bauhaus-Galan meeting in the Swedish capital. Electric buses transported everyone from the meeting hotel to Oslo&rsquo;s central station, where specially booked trains awaited. The five-hour train journey ended at the central station in Stockholm, just a two-minute walk from the meeting&rsquo;s main hotel. That one-way train journey released 247.46kg of CO2 equivalent into the atmosphere, 12 times less than the CO2e that would have been emitted if those 120 people flew, contributing to a substantial reduction in the event&rsquo;s carbon footprint.
<h3>Impacts of food</h3>
An area where organisers can immediately reduce their environmental impact is through the food provided. The ABW Standard sets seven criteria to define a robust food management plan; three meetings &ndash; Oslo, Zurich and London &ndash; put six of those in action, providing a menu that was locally sourced, well balanced, offered vegetarian and vegan options, carefully managed food waste, and provided a donation scheme for any unused food.
Stockholm and Xiamen hit five criteria, and Silesia, Monaco, Paris and Brussels successfully delivered on four.
<h3>Powered by renewables</h3>
The ABW Standard looks at the type of power that is used by venues. Some Diamond League events are scoring exceptionally well, using every tool available to them.
Through power provided by solar panels on their roofs, strong renewable grid infrastructures in their cities and renewable energy tariff schemes, the Zurich and Oslo events receive more than 90 percent of their power from renewable energy sources. Renewable energy tariffs, certificate systems that ensure energy has been generated from renewable sources, also power stadiums in Stockholm (100%), Lausanne (90%) and Monaco (75%).
<h3>Commitment to local economic impact</h3>
The ABW Standard also examines where events are purchasing or renting their goods and services. Here too, meetings are also showing a strong commitment to working with local businesses and suppliers to maximise local economic benefits. One hundred percent of the Zurich&rsquo;s suppliers are located within 100 kilometres of the venue. For Oslo that figure is nearly 93%, for Lausanne 84% and Monaco 73%. Xiamen and London report 63% and 61% respectively.
<h3>Athlete engagement</h3>
Involving the stars of the day, the meeting&rsquo;s athletes, around sustainability initiatives is also an important piece of the ABW Standard pie.
Karsten Warholm, Jemma Reekie and Molly Caudery led fellow athletes at tree-planting events, the former in Oslo an the latter two in Doha. Wu Yanni and Zhu Yaming served as the sustainability ambassadors in Xiamen, sharing initiatives on social media platforms while Amandine Brossier and Melina Robert-Michon spearheaded athlete initiatives in Paris. And a video created by Zurich&rsquo;s sustainability ambassador Ajla Del Ponte, who is also part of the World Athletics Champions for a Better World programme, received more than 1200 likes on Instagram.
<h3>About the ABW Standard</h3>
In January 2024, sustainability reporting through the Athletics for a Better World Standard became a requirement for most global elite competitions managed or awarded by World Athletics. When fully adopted, the ABW standard will be the largest sustainability evaluation system in the sport industry.

Five highlights from the ABW Standard year 1 review

Ten Diamond League meetings earn recognition for sustainable delivery in 2024

<h3>&middot; Strategy highlights the progress and achievements to date and the need to build on this and continue to grow the pipeline of female leaders for decision-making positions throughout athletics</h3>
<h3>&middot; Objectives include increasing gender equity across administrators, referees and coaches</h3>
 World Athletics has released further detail about its three-year gender leadership strategy as a clear roadmap to reinforce its commitment to empower women, promote sustainable change, and position athletics as a global model for equity and inclusion.
The World Athletics Gender Leadership Strategy 2025-2027 outlines key objectives focused on promoting awareness, initiating policy change, and implementing education to support progression and growth of the pool and pipeline of female leaders aligned to defined targets.
Those targets include:
<ul>
<li>Sustain and grow the pipeline of female leaders for decision-making positions throughout athletics Administrators: Achieve minimum of 40% female representation on member federation executive boards by 2029 (phased approach with current mandatory minimum of 20%) Referees: - Achieve minimum of 40% female representation across all World Athletics Referee Education and Certification System exams (Bronze, Silver, Gold) by 2027 Coaches: - Achieve minimum of 40% female representation for CECS Level 1 coaches by 2029 (phased approach with interim goal of 35% by 2027) &amp; 30% female representation for CECS Level 2 coaches by 2029 (phased approach with interim goal of 25% by 2027) </li>
<li>Increase gender equity across administrators, referees and coaches Administrators: - Ensure the mandated gender provisions regarding the World Athletics Constitution are filled (50% in 2027 on Council) as well as the minimum gender provisions in the area association constitutions Referees: - 50/50 gender balance in International Technical Officials (ITOs) at the World Athletics Championships Beijing 2027 - 50/50 gender balance in ITOs at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Coaches: - Achieve minimum of 40% female representation in team coaches at the 2030 World Athletics U20 Championships (phased approach with interim goal of 30% by 2028 and 25% by 2026) - Achieve minimum of 25% female representation in team coaches at the 2029 World Athletics Senior Championships (phased approach with interim goal of 20% by 2027) </li>
<li>Strengthen governance frameworks and initiate policy to embed gender equity &ndash; Introduce recommended minimum levels of gender representation at MF executive level and within WA course participation aligned to our gender equity targets (40% minimum) </li>
<li>Continue to raise awareness and promote gender equity through engagement and advocacy with supporting programmes and campaigns </li>
<li>Develop gender leadership and equity-based education programmes and initiatives (aligned with the World Plan for Athletics)</li>
</ul>
 The Gender Leadership Strategy 2025-2027 builds on the previous strategy and work done since the establishment of the Gender Leadership Taskforce in 2017. In 2023, the World Athletics Council achieved gender equality, becoming the first Olympic sport to do so.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;I am incredibly proud of the progress we&rsquo;ve made to date to increase female representation in athletics &ndash; highlighted by our 50/50 gender balanced Council. This strategy reflects our continued commitment toward ensuring women are not only present but prominent in leadership and decision-making roles across our sport.
&ldquo;We know challenges remain in getting more female coaches, referees and administrators into athletics but we are committed to equality and opportunity to drive lasting change across the athletics community worldwide.&rdquo;
World Athletics Gender Leadership Taskforce Chair Stephanie Hightower said: &ldquo;This strategy is not just a roadmap - it&rsquo;s a commitment to building a culture where women are equally represented, empowered, and equipped to lead at every level of athletics.
&ldquo;We are proud of our achievements to date, but even more energised by the work ahead. We know by collaborating with leaders in this area we can create a stronger, more inclusive future for women and girls in athletics.&rdquo;
More information about the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/strategic-plans-and-reports#collapsegender-leadership-strategy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gender Leadership Strategy 2025-2027 can be found here</a>. A French version will be available at a later stage.
World Athletics

Strategy highlights the progress and achievements to date and the need to build on this and continue to grow the pipeline of female leaders for decision-making positions throughout athletics

World Athletics sets ambitious targets with three-year gender leadership strategy

World and Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis claimed one of the biggest prizes in sport on Monday (21) by being named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.
The Swedish superstar was presented with the accolade at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid in a ceremony that brought together the greatest athletes not only of the past 12 months, but of the 21st Century.
It was fourth time lucky for Duplantis, who had been nominated for this award for the past three years. He is just the second track-and-field athlete to win this award, after four-time winner Usain Bolt.
Still just 25 years old, the Swede shows no signs of loosening his grip over the competition following a historic 2024 season. After winning his second world indoor title in Glasgow last year, Duplantis went on to win Olympic gold in Paris with a world record clearance, before breaking it again at the Silesia Diamond League meeting the following month.
&ldquo;I am incredibly honoured to have won my first Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in the sporting capital of Madrid and to have the great Usain Bolt pay tribute to me, who I follow as the second track and field athlete to win this award,&rdquo; said Duplantis, who received his award from last year&rsquo;s winner, Novak Djokovic.
&ldquo;The Laureus Awards are the ultimate awards that we athletes want to win. I know because this is the fourth time I have been nominated &ndash; and that proves it&rsquo;s harder to win a Laureus than an Olympic gold medal!
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never forget receiving this beautiful Laureus from the great Novak Djokovic &ndash; I&rsquo;m following in the footsteps of giants like Novak, Usain, Rafael Nadal and Lionel Messi. The list of past winners of this award is like a history of sporting greatness over the past 25 years.
&ldquo;The fact that these awards are voted on by the 69 world-class athletes of the Laureus World Sports Academy elevates them to another level. These are athletes who know the dedication and commitment that lies behind sporting successes; they have set the mark that athletes like me strive for. To be recognised by them is truly something special.&rdquo;
US gymnast Simone Biles won her fourth Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award.

World and Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis claimed one of the biggest prizes in sport on Monday (21) by being named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.

Duplantis wins Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award

Kenyan duo Sharon Lokedi and John Kipkosgei Korir notched up their second US-based World Marathon Majors victories, winning at the Boston Marathon &ndash; a World Athletics Platinum Label road race &ndash; on Monday (21).
Lokedi won in 2:17:22, taking two minutes and 37 seconds off the course record that had stood for 11 years. Hellen Obiri, the winner in Boston for the past two years, was second in 2:17:41 while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yalemzerf Yehualaw was third in 2:18:06.
Korir, meanwhile, took the men&rsquo;s title in 2:04:45, the second-fastest winning time ever achieved in Boston. The 2024 Chicago Marathon champion finished comfortably ahead of Tanzania&rsquo;s Alphonce Felix Simbu and Kenya&rsquo;s Cybrian Kotut, who both clocked 2:05:04.
The women&rsquo;s course record was under threat from the outset as a group of 15 women &ndash; including Lokedi, Obiri, Yehualaw, world champion Amane Beriso and Irine Cheptai &ndash; ran together through 10km in 32:51.
The pace then increased and the lead group was whittled down quickly to just five women &ndash; Yehualaw, Obiri, Lokedi, Beriso and Cheptai &ndash; as 20km was reached in 1:05:04, giving them a predicted finish time of 2:17:17.
After passing through the half-way stage in 1:08:46, Beriso started to force the pace. By 17 miles, Cheptai&rsquo;s challenge started to fade, leaving four women out in front. The lead quartet reached 20 miles &ndash; the infamous Heartbreak Hill section &ndash; in 1:45:08, now 22 seconds ahead of Cheptai with a chase pack of five women some three minutes adrift of the leaders.
Beriso was the next to fall behind and it soon became clear the podium would comprise Obiri, Lokedi and Yehualaw. The latter started to fade with about two miles to go, leaving Kenyan duo Obiri and Lokedi to battle it out for victory.
Lokedi &ndash; who placed second in Boston last year and fourth at the Olympic Games in Paris, both times finishing just behind Obiri &ndash; dug deep in the closing stages and pulled clear of her domestic rival with one kilometre to go.
She extended her lead and crossed the finish line in 2:17:22, smashing the course record and clocking her fastest marathon to date (though it won&rsquo;t count for PB purposes as the Boston course isn&rsquo;t record eligible). Obiri finished in 2:17:41, also her fastest ever time in a marathon, while Yehualaw followed 25 seconds later.
&ldquo;It feels so good, so great. I can&rsquo;t believe it, I&rsquo;m so excited,&rdquo; said Lokedi, who won the 2022 New York Marathon on her debut at the distance. &ldquo;We went through half way in 68 minutes and I thought &lsquo;that&rsquo;s so fast&rsquo;, but we hadn&rsquo;t got to the hills yet. We just kept the pace honest, but I was worried we were going too fast.
&ldquo;I have finished behind Hellen so many times, but this time I told myself it wasn&rsquo;t going to happen again. I fought and wanted it so bad. I loved every part of this race.&rdquo;
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John Korir wins the Boston Marathon (&copy; Getty Images)
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The men&rsquo;s race played out quite differently in the latter stages. A large lead pack of about 20 men ran together through the first 10km in 28:52, putting them on course for a sub-2:02 finish. Defending champion Sisay Lemma was part of that group, along with Korir, two-time world 5000m champion Muktar Edris, Kenya&rsquo;s Cybrian Kotut, USA&rsquo;s Conner Mantz, Tanzania&rsquo;s Alphonce Simbu and Australia&rsquo;s Patrick Tiernan.
The pack had been reduced slightly to 16 men by the half-way stage, reached in 1:01:52 with the predicted finishing time having now slipped some way outside the course record pace.
About four miles later, Lemma &ndash; the fourth-fastest man in history and one of the big pre-race favourites &ndash; stopped and withdrew from the race. Mantz, meanwhile, continued to lead a 13-man pack through 30km in 1:28:39.
Little more than a mile later, Korir made his presence known and started to force the pace. Within the space of a few minutes, he had blown apart the lead pack and forged a lead of almost 20 seconds, reaching 21 miles in 1:39:40.
With about five kilometres to go, Korir was out in front with victory in his sights while Kotut, Edris, Simbu and Mantz followed about 40 seconds behind. Edris, who was making his marathon debut, drifted off the chase pack in the closing stages, leaving Kotut, Mantz and Simbu to battle it out for second and third place.
Korir, however, could not be caught and he charged through the finish line in 2:04:45, emulating his older brother Wesley who won in Boston 13 years prior. Simbu came through to take second place in 2:05:04, just ahead of Kotut, who was given the same time in third place. Mantz finished fourth in 2:05:08 while Edris held on for fifth in 2:05:59.
&ldquo;I was aiming to win Boston and I had promised my brother that I was going to win,&rdquo; said Korir.
With five inside 2:06, nine inside 2:08 and 12 inside 2:09, it was the deepest men&rsquo;s race in Boston Marathon history.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Sharon Lokedi (KEN) 2:17:22 2 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2:17:41 3 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) 2:18:06 4 Irine Cheptai (KEN) 2:21:32 5 Amane Beriso (ETH) 2:21:58 6 Calli Thackery (GBR) 2:22:38 7 Jess McClain (USA) 2:22:43 8 Annie Frisbie (USA) 2:23:21 9 Stacy Ndiwa (KEN) 2:23:29 10 Tsige Haileslase (ETH) 2:23:43
Men 1 John Kipkosgei Korir (KEN) 2:04:45 2 Alphonce Felix Simbu (TAN) 2:05:04 3 Cybrian Kotut (KEN) 2:05:04 4 Conner Mantz (USA) 2:05:08 5 Muktar Edris (ETH) 2:05:59 6 Rory Linkletter (CAN) 2:07:02 7 Clayton Young (USA) 2:07:04 8 Tebello Ramakongoana (LES) 2:07:19 9 Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 2:07:52 10 Ryan Ford (USA) 2:08:00

Kenyan duo Sharon Lokedi and John Kipkosgei Korir notched up their second US-based World Marathon Majors victories, winning at the Boston Marathon in 2:17:22 and 2:04:45 respectively

Lokedi smashes Boston course record with 2:17:22 to lead Kenyan double

As the defending champions stood poised on the start line for the 1985 London Marathon, Ingrid Kristiansen just along from Charlie Spedding, the veteran television commentator David Coleman highlighted some of the sights that lay ahead of them on the 26.2mile journey from Blackheath to Westminster Bridge.
&ldquo;The collection of historic ships at St Katherine&rsquo;s Dock includes Discovery, in which Scott made his historic voyage to Antarctica,&rdquo; said the BBC&rsquo;s venerable voice of athletics.
By the time the television cameras caught their first glimpse of Kristiansen in action, passing the Cutty Sark, just after the 10km mark, it was clear that the 29-year-old Norwegian was embarking on her own voyage of discovery &ndash; a potentially historic one.
&ldquo;Believe it or not, she suggests that she&rsquo;s going for 2 hours 20 minutes, which would smash the world record for a female marathon runner,&rdquo; said Coleman.
Having scorched through 5km in 15:25, Kristiansen passed 10km in 32:52 &ndash; 2:18:30 pace for a marathon. Joan Benoit&rsquo;s world record (or &lsquo;world best&rsquo;, as it was officially termed at the time) stood at 2:22:43, set on home ground in Boston in 1983.
&ldquo;The first man to break 2 hours 20 minutes was Jim Peters,&rdquo; said Coleman.
&ldquo;And how great was he!&rdquo; interjected Brendan Foster, an expert summariser with the pedigree of an Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist and world record breaker at two miles and 3000m.
&ldquo;He was an institution, one of the greatest marathon runners of all time. He ran under 2:20 in 1953, and here in London today Ingrid Kristiansen is quite seriously attempting to run close to that time.&rdquo;
<h2>Motherhood, the turning point</h2>
When Peters died in 1999, he was lauded in The Independent on Sunday as: &ldquo;one of the giants of 20th century sport, the man who transformed marathon running from a plodding battle of endurance into a high-speed race against the clock. He pushed the world record through the 2:20 barrier, wearing a pair of Woolworth plimsolls.&rdquo;
The plimsolled pioneer produced the marathon&rsquo;s first sub-2:20 performance with a 2:18:40 clocking at the 1953 edition of the celebrated Polytechnic Harriers race in the western suburbs of London. A full-time optician, Peters improved to 2:17:39 in the 1953 &lsquo;Poly&rsquo; Marathon.
By the time of the 1985 London Marathon, 40 years ago today, he had long retired from running and from work.
Peters sat gripped in front of his television at home in Thorpe Bay, 45 miles east of London, as a relatively recent entrant into motherhood clipped along at 2:18:30 marathon pace on the streets of the UK&rsquo;s capital city.
It was almost exactly two years since Kristiansen had sought medical advice after feeling sluggish when finishing a disappointing 35th at the 1983 World Cross Country Championships. Her doctor told her she was four months pregnant.
After the birth of her son, Gaute, Kristiansen forged a major breakthrough in the marathon.
She won the 1984 London race in 2:24:26, an improvement of 62.7 seconds on the European record held by Grete Waitz, the Norwegian trailblazer who led women&rsquo;s marathon running into the modern era, smashing through the 2:30 barrier.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/667e8f3c2c3daac64e9aa710.jpg" alt="Ingrid Kristiansen (F1) in action at the 1984 London Marathon" />
Ingrid Kristiansen (F1) in action at the 1984 London Marathon (&copy; Getty Images)
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It put Kristiansen second on the global all-time list, behind Benoit&rsquo;s 2:22:43, and she proceeded to become a barrier-breaker herself, cracking 15 minutes for 5000m with a 14:58.99 clocking on the hallowed Bislett Stadium track in her adopted home town of Oslo.
In her youth as a Norwegian cross country skiing prodigy, the Trondheim native won the European U20 title in 1974 and had been selected as a reserve for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
<h2>Spurred by Olympic disappointment</h2>
She headed to the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles with high hopes but missed out on a medal in the inaugural Olympic women&rsquo;s marathon, placing fourth behind world record-holder Benoit, world champion Waitz, and European champion Rosa Mota from Portugal.
The disappointment cut deep, driving Kristiansen to new heights in training through a bitterly harsh Norwegian winter. She hammered away on a treadmill in her basement, facing a mirror and a poster of Benoit crossing the line in world record time in Boston in 1983, also venturing out on her cross-country skis for 10 to 25 miles most mornings.
The benefits of her punishing regime were evident on the streets of London. Another significant advantage was the company of male runners.
The previous year Kristiansen and the rest of the elite women&rsquo;s field had a 10-minute start on the main field. She was out in front on her own until Spedding caught her at 30km.
This time the women set off with the men. Kristiansen was helped along the way by two of her male training partners from back home and by a host of British club runners with international experience.
After passing halfway in 1:10:09, half a minute down on her target schedule, she clawed her way back inside 2:20 pace, with splits of 1:20.7 at 15 miles and 1:46:40 at 20 miles. Thereafter, however, dehydration caused her to slow. Suffering from a stomach upset, she had taken little liquid on board.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/68062545ab533e01f0948f88.jpg" alt="Ingrid Kristiansen after winning the 1985 London Marathon" />
Ingrid Kristiansen after winning the 1985 London Marathon (&copy; Getty Images)
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Still, Kristiansen made it to the finish line in 2:21:06 &ndash; 1 minute and 37 seconds inside Benoit&rsquo;s world best. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve witnessed the most aggressive piece of running in women&rsquo;s athletics history, one of the greatest runs of all time,&rdquo; Foster proclaimed.
Kristiansen herself reflected: &ldquo;I wanted to run fast today because I wasn&rsquo;t satisfied with the Olympics. I could have played it safe and gone for 2:25 but I took the chance of going for 2:20 and maybe not finishing.
&ldquo;In the last 7km I slowed down and lost one minute. But you have to dare to try.&rdquo;
<h2>Intrepid Kristiansen</h2>
The daring Norwegian went on to become the first runner &ndash; male or female &ndash; to simultaneously hold world records at 5000m and 10,000m and at the marathon. She also won world 10,000m gold in Rome in 1987 and the world cross-country title in Auckland in 1989.
Her marathon world record stood for 13 years, until the Kenyan Tegla Loroupe clocked 2:20:47 in Rotterdam in 1998.
Not until the third millennium was the 2:20 barrier breached by a female marathon runner.
Japan&rsquo;s Naoko Takahashi was the history maker, running 2:19:46 in Berlin in 2001. It was the intrepid Kristiansen, however, who brought the landmark into view.
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics Heritage

Remembering Ingrid Kristiansen's world record run at the 1985 London Marathon

‘You have to dare to try’ – 40 years since Kristiansen smashed Benoit’s record

Saint Lucia&rsquo;s Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred made a big statement with her opening 200m of the season, running 21.88 (0.2m/s) at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, on Friday (18).
That performance is the second-fastest wind legal outdoor women&rsquo;s 200m ever recorded this early in the year and is just 0.02 off Alfred&rsquo;s own national record set in London last July.
She won the race by almost half a second. Favour Ofili was runner-up in 22.34, Tamari Davis was third in 22.37 and Rhasidat Adeleke was fourth in 22.57.
After a couple of indoor races, including a 36.16 300m, Alfred opened her outdoor season with a 4x400m in Austin before running 36.05 for 300m in Miramar two weeks ago.
Last year the 23-year-old clocked 22.58 in her first outdoor 200m of the season. She went on to claim Olympic 200m silver as well as Olympic 100m gold in Paris and the race in Gainesville was her first 200m since that Olympic final in August.
In 2023, Alfred clocked 21.91 on her 200m season opener and she now owns two of the three fastest times ever recorded in April.
Zimbabwe&rsquo;s Makanakaishe Charamba went quickest in the men&rsquo;s 200m races, clocking 19.99 (-0.8m/s). Liberia&rsquo;s Olympic finalist Joseph Fahnbulleh won another race in 20.07 (1.3m/s).
The action continued on Saturday (19), when USA&rsquo;s Trey Cunningham and Grace Stark pipped the Olympic champions to clinch sprint hurdles wins.&nbsp;
Cunningham, the 2022 world silver medallist, was just 0.9 off his PB on his season opener. He clocked 13.09 (1.5m/s) to win the 110m hurdles by 0.9 ahead of Grant Holloway, also making his season debut and racing for the first time since securing his third consecutive world indoor 60m hurdles title in Nanjing. Dylan Beard was third in 13.33.
Olympic and world indoor finalist Stark had a successful season opener too as she won the 100m hurdles in 12.59 (-0.7m/s), finishing ahead of Masai Russell, who clocked 12.65. Christina Clemons was third in 12.82. Stark had earlier clocked 12.51 (0.2m/s) in the heats.
The early world lead was improved twice in the men&rsquo;s 400m. First Jacory Patterson ran 44.27 to win a race in which Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles, contesting his first 400m race as a professional, clocked 45.87. Two races later, 400m hurdles specialist Chris Robinson ran a big PB of 44.15 to win ahead of Matthew Boling (44.92).
Lyles had earlier anchored a relay quartet also featuring Christian Coleman, Pjai Austin and Erriyon Knighton to a 4x100m win in 37.90.
Aaliyah Butler ran the quickest women&rsquo;s 400m of the day, improving her PB to 49.44, while Anavia Battle became the first woman to dip under 11 seconds in the 100m this year, running a PB of 10.98 (1.6m/s).

Saint Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred made a big statement with her opening 200m of the season, running 21.88 at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville

Alfred storms to 21.88 200m season opener in Gainesville

Defending Boston Marathon champions Hellen Obiri and Sisay Lemma are among the many star names set for the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Monday (21).
Obiri &ndash; the only woman in history to have won world titles indoors, outdoors and at cross country &ndash; is aiming to become the first woman to achieve three consecutive Boston Marathon wins since Fatuma Roba achieved the feat in 1999.
&ldquo;Defending a win is never easy, and to win the Boston Marathon twice in a row was hard, but I am happy to have done it,&rdquo; said Obiri, the 2023 and 2024 winner. &ldquo;On race day I will again push for the win and hope to make it three in a row.&rdquo;
But the three-time Olympic medallist won&rsquo;t have it all her own way as she&rsquo;ll be up against six women with sub-2:20 PBs, including world champion Amane Beriso. The 2023 runner-up, who has a PB of 2:14:58, is the fastest in the field and will be joined on the start line by her compatriot Yalemzerf Yehualaw, the 2022 London Marathon champion.
Obiri is one of several strong Kenyans in the field, alongside two-time Boston winner Edna Kiplagat, 2022 New York Marathon winner Sharon Lokedi, Hamburg Marathon champion Irene Cheptai, and 2012 Boston Marathon winner Sharon Cherop.
Former North American record-holder Keira D&rsquo;Amato is the fastest of the US entrants. She&rsquo;ll be joined by Emma Bates, Sara Vaughn, Sara Hall and 2018 Boston Marathon winner Desiree Linden.
Not only is Sisay Lemma the defending champion, he is also the fastest entrant in the men&rsquo;s field. His PB of 2:01:48, set when winning in Valencia in 2023, makes him the fourth-fastest marathon runner in history.
&ldquo;I was very happy after winning the Boston Marathon last year, and in 2025 I know it will be an even bigger challenge to win again,&rdquo; said Lemma. &ldquo;I was unlucky, because of an injury, not to be able to participate at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and I was not completely ready at the Valencia Marathon last December, but I will be 100% ready in April because the Boston Marathon is a special event.&rdquo;
Four of the top seven men&rsquo;s finishers from last year&rsquo;s Boston Marathon return, including two-time winner Evans Chebet, who was third last year. Chicago Marathon champion John Korir, who finished fourth last year and is second fastest in the field with the PB of 2:02:44 he ran to win in Chicago, will also return.
Cybrian Kotut and Haymanot Alew were second and third at last year&rsquo;s Berlin Marathon and both have lifetime bests inside 2:04. World champion Victor Kiplangat seeks to become the first Ugandan man to win in Boston, while two-time world 5000m champion Muktar Edris will be making his marathon debut.
Other leading names include two-time Boston winner Lelisa Desisa, Kenya&rsquo;s Daniel Mateiko, Tanzania&rsquo;s Alphonce Felix Simbu, Lesotho&rsquo;s Tebello Ramakongoana, Kenya&rsquo;s Abel Kipchumba and Eritrea&rsquo;s Yemane Haileselassie.
Conner Mantz and Clayton Young, who were eighth and ninth respectively in the Olympic marathon last year before finishing in the top 10 at the New York Marathon, lead the US charge.
<h3>Elite field</h3>
Women Amane Beriso (ETH) 2:14:58 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) 2:16:52 Irine Cheptai (KEN) 2:17:51 Keira D'Amato (USA) 2:19:12 Rahma Tusa (ETH) 2:19:33 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:19:50 Buze Diriba (ETH) 2:20:22 Mary Ngugi (KEN) 2:20:22 Sara Hall (USA) 2:20:32 Calli Hauger-Thackery (GBR) 2:21:34 Tsige Haileslase (ETH) 2:22:10 Sharon Cherop (KEN) 2:22:28 Viola Cheptoo (KEN) 2:22:44 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2:23:10 Sharon Lokedi (KEN) 2:23:14 Emma Bates (USA) 2:23:18 Sara Vaughn (USA) 2:23:24 Lindsay Flanagan (USA) 2:23:31 Stacy Ndiwa (KEN) 2:23:42 Gabi Rooker (USA) 2:24:29 Dakotah Popehn (USA) 2:24:40 Jackie Gaughan (USA) 2:24:40 Cynthia Limo (KEN) 2:25:10 Lily Partridge (GBR) 2:25:12 Jess McClain (USA) 2:25:46 Desiree Linden (USA) 2:25:55 Tristin Colley (USA) 2:25:58
Men Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:01:48 John Korir (KEN) 2:02:44 Evans Chebet (KEN) 2:03:00 Cybrian Kotut (KEN) 2:03:22 Haymanot Alew (ETH) 2:03:31 Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 2:04:24 Alphonce Felix Simbu (TAN) 2:04:38 Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2:04:45 Victor Kiplangat (UGA) 2:05:09 Asefa Boki (ETH) 2:05:40 Tebello Ramakongoana (LES) 2:06:18 Abel Kipchumba (KEN) 2:06:49 Tsegay Weldlibanos (ERI) 2:07:25 Patrick Tiernan (AUS) 2:07:45 Conner Mantz (USA) 2:07:47 Clayton Young (USA) 2:08:00 Rory Linkletter (CAN) 2:08:01 CJ Albertson (USA) 2:08:17 Amanuel Mesel (ERI) 2:08:17 Yemane Haileselassie (ERI) 2:08:25 Erenjia Jia (CHN) 2:08:32 Zach Panning (USA) 2:09:16 Colin Bennie (USA) 2:09:38 Brian Shrader (USA) 2:09:46

Hellen Obiri and Sisay Lemma are among the many star names in the elite fields for the Boston Marathon

Defending champions Obiri and Lemma take on strong fields in Boston

Global senior champions Femke Bol and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, plus rising stars Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Gout Gout, have been announced for the Ostrava Golden Spike, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, on 24 June.
World 400m hurdles gold medallist Bol will contest the 400m at the Golden Spike, where she will be joined by her new training partner Manuel, the world U20 champion who was born in Ostrava.
Dutch star Bol set a world 400m short track record of 49.17 indoors last year and has an outdoor best of 49.44, while Manuel set a Czech U20 record of 50.59 at last year&rsquo;s Golden Spike and improved to 50.52 at the European Championships.
The meeting record of 49.67 has stood since 1983.
Norway&rsquo;s Ingebrigtsen will return to race in Ostrava for the first time since 2020, when he won the 1500m in 3:33.92. Since then, he has become a multiple world record-holder, two-time Olympic champion and two-time World Championships gold medallist.
The distance he will race this time at the Golden Spike is to be confirmed.
Australia&rsquo;s Gout is set to make his European professional debut when he races the 200m in Ostrava. The 17-year-old clocked 20.04 in December to break the long-standing Oceanian record and also improve Usain Bolt&rsquo;s world age-16 best.
He more recently ran a wind-assisted 19.84 (2.2m/s) to win the Australian title in Perth. Bolt's Golden Spike record of 19.83 was set in 2008.
They will be joined in Ostrava by Czech athletes including sprinters Karolina Manasova, Lada Vondrova, Tereza Petrzilkova and Milan Scibrani, hurdler Nikoleta Jichova, high jumper Jan Stefela and shot putter Tomas Stanek.

Global senior champions Femke Bol and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, plus rising stars Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Gout Gout, have been announced for the Ostrava Golden Spike

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