The third edition of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) will take place in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain, between 25-28 September 2025.
The awarding of the event to Canfranc in the Pyrenees follows a successful bid by the Government of Aragon, the Canfranc Town Council, the Huesca Provincial Council, the Higher Sports Council and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) to event partners the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU), the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) and the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), alongside World Athletics.
As well as the four-day elite race programme, the event will include a summer-long cultural and leisure festival to promote the Pyrenees Mountain Range.
Around 1700 athletes from 70 countries are expected to meet in September 2025 in Canfranc-Pirineos, which takes over from Innsbruck in Austria &ndash; host of the next edition of the championships, taking place this year between 6-10 June.
The race programme will feature&nbsp;uphill mountain running, classic up and down mountain running, short trail, long trail and U20 classic up and down mountain events.
&ldquo;On behalf of the LOC, we are thrilled to be hosting the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in our country and look forward to welcoming the best mountain and trail runners from all corners of the globe,&rdquo; said RFEA President&nbsp;Raul Chapado.
&ldquo;As a team, we express our deep satisfaction and appreciation to World Athletics and its partners WMRA, IAU and ITRA for choosing our beautiful region of Canfranc and the stunning Aragonese Pyrenees as the venue for this world-class event.
&ldquo;The championships offer a unique opportunity for fans to witness the best mountain and trail runners from around the world compete in an unparalleled natural environment. We are excited to collaborate with the public administrations, sponsors and volunteers to leave a permanent legacy and create an unforgettable experience for all participants.&rdquo;
The Aragonese proposal was backed by great experience in the organisation of sporting events such as the Canfranc-Canfranc, an annual event that features two Gold level Valsir Mountain Running World Cup races.
Canfranc-Pirineos offers a superb sporting environment, which will allow each athlete to perform to the best of their ability and create a complete competitive experience for athletes, teams, federations and international associations. That is proven by the list of world champions who have run and won at the Canfranc-Canfranc: from Kenya&rsquo;s Joyce Muthoni Njeru to USA&rsquo;s Grayson Murphy and Britain&rsquo;s Charlotte Morgan, as well as Spain&rsquo;s Oihana Kortazar, Manuel Merillas, Luis Alberto Hernando and Daniel Osanz.
In 2024, the Canfranc-Canfranc will host the World Masters Championships, before the region welcomes athletes for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in 2025.
Events due to take place as part of the associated festival include a series of awareness days, with emphasis on respectful use of the environment, and a natural running congress on the technical history and future convergence between the disciplines of athletics in nature: cross country, mountain running and trail running.
&ldquo;It is our great pleasure to see the joint initiative to organise the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships continue its great momentum and we are excited that the third WMTRC will take place in Canfranc, Spain, in 2025 in the beautiful Pyrenees &ndash; a paradise for mountain and trail running,&rdquo; said ITRA President Janet Ng, IAU President Nadeem Khan and WMRA President Tomo Sarf in a joint statement.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It will be the second time that the championships have been held in Europe. The initial event took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and was a huge success. We are confident that the second edition in Innsbruck and Stubai will build on that in the coming days and that the third edition in Canfranc will reach even greater heights.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We would like to thank the bidding committee, the Spanish athletics federation and World Athletics for all the cooperation and support during the application process to host the championships. The bidding committee worked extremely hard to prepare a compelling and impressive bid and we are all very much looking forward to being in Canfranc with the world&rsquo;s best athletes in 2025.&rdquo;
<h2>Innsbruck-Stubai entries confirmed</h2>
A total of 1122 athletes from 67 member federations are entered to compete in the next edition of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, taking place in Innsbruck-Stubai in Austria between 6-10 June.
That number includes 506 athletes entered into 574 women&rsquo;s events and 616 athletes entered into 710 men&rsquo;s events, with the programme featuring uphill mountain running, classic up and down mountain running, short trail and long trail. U20 men and women will compete in classic up and down mountain running.
USA&rsquo;s Allie McLaughlin and Adam Peterman, Kenya&rsquo;s Patrick Kipngeno, Norway&rsquo;s Stian Angermund, Romania&rsquo;s Denisa Dragomir and Blandine L'Hirondel of France were among the winners at the inaugural World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November.

The third edition of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) will take place in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain, between 25-28 September 2025.

Canfranc to host 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships

The World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series continues on Saturday (27) with the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/los-angeles-grand-prix-duplantis-crouser-camacho-quinn-andersen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix</a>.
Some of the biggest talents in athletics are set to showcase their fitness under the California sun, with the fields featuring the likes of&nbsp;Mondo Duplantis, Katie Moon, Brooke Andersen, Chase Ealey, Ryan Crouser, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Tobi Amusan, Sha&rsquo;Carri Richardson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Marvin Bracy-Williams.
Here&rsquo;s how you can follow the action. 
<h2>Follow and watch</h2>
<a href="https://results.usatf.org/LAGrandPrix23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schedule and live results</a> | <a href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/6470f7d92658a4415c11f87f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media information sheets and athlete biographies</a>
A two-hour live stream of the meeting, on Saturday 27 May, will be available in a number of territories via the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/worldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Athletics YouTube channel</a>. The live stream will start at 13:00 local time (20:00 GMT, 21:00 BST, 22:00 CEST). 
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<h2>Social media</h2>
- World Athletics: <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WorldAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@worldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> - USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix: <a href="https://www.usatf.org/events/2023/2023-usatf-la-grand-prix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/USATF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/usatf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/usatf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>
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Catch all the action from the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix

How to follow and watch the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Los Angeles

Olympic champion Damian Warner and Olympic silver medallist Anouk Vetter will be in the spotlight at the Hypomeeting in G&ouml;tzis, a World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting, this weekend (27-28).
Warner will compete at the M&ouml;sle-Stadium for the 10th time in pursuit of a record-extending eighth win at the meeting. The Canadian star became the first decathlete to win the Hypomeeting six times in 2021, scoring a then PB of 8995 points. The performance was highlighted by his 10.14 in the 100m and an 8.28m long jump, which was a world decathlon best at the time.
Warner went on to win Olympic gold in Tokyo with a national record of 9018 points, becoming the fourth decathlete in history to surpass the 9000-point barrier. He then won world indoor heptathlon gold in Belgrade in 2022, setting another national record and the second best performance on the all-time list with 6489 points, before clinching his seventh overall &ndash; and sixth consecutive &ndash; victory in G&ouml;tzis with 8797 points.
This weekend Warner returns to decathlon action for the first time since last July when he suffered a hamstring strain during the 400m at the World Championships in Oregon.
Warner&rsquo;s compatriot Pierce LePage will make his fourth appearance at the Hypomeeting. LePage placed second behind Warner in G&ouml;tzis in 2021 with 8534 and won the world silver medal in Oregon with a lifetime best of 8701. He also finished fifth at both the 2019 World Championships in Doha and at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/6292765b02749390bb397548.jpg" alt="Simon Ehammer, Damian Warner and Pierce LePage in the 100m in G&ouml;tzis" />
Simon Ehammer, Damian Warner and Pierce LePage in the 100m in G&ouml;tzis (&copy; AFP / Getty Images)
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Simon Ehammer from Switzerland broke Warner&rsquo;s world decathlon long jump best with 8.30m in Ratingen in 2022 and improved the mark to 8.45m at last year&rsquo;s edition of the Hypomeeting en route to third place with 8377 points. Ehammer won world indoor heptathlon silver behind Warner with a national record of 6363 points in Belgrade and he also claimed world bronze in the long jump with 8.16m in Oregon and European silver in the decathlon with a national record of 8468 points in Munich.
He opened his 2023 season with 8.12m in the long jump and a PB of 13.43 in the 110m hurdles in Basel on 13 May.
The Swiss contingent also features Finley Gaio, who finished fifth in the European Championships 110m hurdles final and set a decathlon PB of 7949 in G&ouml;tzis last year.
Lindon Victor from Grenada returns to G&ouml;tzis, where he placed second last year with 8447 before finishing fifth at the World Championships in Oregon. He went on to win Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham and won at the Decastar meeting in Talence, setting a national record of 8550. He was later rewarded for his consistency as he took the overall title in the 2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour. Particularly strong in the javelin, Victor set his PB of 71.56m in that discipline en route to his seventh place at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Australia&rsquo;s Ashley Moloney is also back in G&ouml;tzis, where he finished 13th with 8038 on his debut in 2019 and received the 'rookie of the meeting' award. Moloney, who won the world U20 title in Tampere in 2018, went on to claim two bronze medals at the Olympic Games with an Oceanian record of 8649 points and at the World Indoor Championships in with another area record of 6344 points, the highest third-place tally for a heptathlon competition. He will be joined by his compatriot and training partner Cedric Dubler, who won Commonwealth Games bronze in Birmingham and finished eighth at the World Championships in Oregon with 8246.
Sander Skotheim from Norway will make his debut in G&ouml;tzis after a successful indoor season highlighted by European indoor heptathlon silver, while Karel Tilga from Estonia will compete in his second decathlon competition in a month after winning at the Multistars in Desenzano del Garda with a meeting record of 8482 points.
The Belgian contingent will feature European U20 champion Jente Hauttekeete and Niels Pittomvils, seventh at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2017.
The line-up also includes Poland&rsquo;s 2021 European indoor bronze medallist Paweł Wiesiolek, Sweden&rsquo;s 2019 European indoor fourth-place finisher Fredrick Samuelsson and USA&rsquo;s Devon Williams, third at this year&rsquo;s Multistars in Desenzano.
<h2>Vetter aims to retain</h2>
Vetter became the first Dutch heptathlon winner in Hypomeeting history last year with a score of 6693, adding four points to the national record she set at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where she won silver. In the 2022 edition of the G&ouml;tzis meeting Vetter broke Nafissatou Thiam&rsquo;s meeting record in the javelin with a sensational throw of 59.81m.
Vetter went on to win world silver in Oregon with another national record of 6867 points, five years after her bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in London.
The strong Dutch contingent also features Emma Oosterwegel, the Olympic bronze medallist in Tokyo with 6590 who also finished seventh at the World Championships with 6440, plus Sofie Dokter and Marijke Esselink, who finished fourth and 10th respectively at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
Adrianna Sulek from Poland returns to G&ouml;tzis, where she improved her PB to 6429 points to finish second last year. Sulek &ndash; the overall World Athletics Combined Events Tour winner in 2022 &ndash; won world indoor silver with 4851 points in Belgrade and improved the Polish record to 6672 points to finish fourth at the World Championships in Oregon. She started 2023 with a pentathlon silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 5014 points, surpassing the previous world record set by Nataliya Dobrynska at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in the same arena. Finishing first in the 800m, Sulek held the world record for about six seconds, but she had to settle for No.2 all time, as Thiam followed her over the finish line to improve the mark even further, achieving 5055 points.
NCAA champion Anna Hall will make her debut in G&ouml;tzis. The 22-year-old won world bronze, becoming the third-best heptathlete in US history with her PB of 6755 points. She holds the third-fastest ever heptathlon 800m time with 2:03.11 and has a PB of 54.48 in the 400m hurdles. This year Hall broke Brianne Theisen-Eaton&rsquo;s North American record with 5004 points in the pentathlon at the US Indoor Championships and at the same championships she later won the 400m, clocking a PB of 51.03.&nbsp;
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/63ef78d22c2119c457c4a7e2.jpg" alt="Anna Hall crosses the 800m finish line to break the area indoor pentathlon record at the US Indoor Championships" />
Anna Hall crosses the 800m finish line to break the area indoor pentathlon record at the US Indoor Championships (&copy; Kevin Morris)
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USA&rsquo;s Taliyah Brooks will compete in her second heptathlon meeting this year after taking the win at Multistars with a world-leading score of 6330 points. There she performed well in the long jump, leaping 6.65m in what is one of her strongest events &ndash; one in which she holds a PB of 6.78m. She also excels in the 100m hurdles and has a PB of 12.61.
The other top US heptathlete is Annie Kunz, who won the US Olympic Trials in 2021 with her PB of 6703 and finished sixth at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
British combined events star Katarina Johnson-Thompson returns to the M&ouml;sle-Stadium, scene of her victories in 2014 (6682) and 2019 (6813).
The 2019 world champion, who improved Jessica Ennis-Hill&rsquo;s national record when she won in Doha with 6981, claimed her second consecutive Commonwealth Games crown in Birmingham last year in her most recent heptathlon competition. The 2018 world indoor pentathlon champion clocked 13.73 in the 100m hurdles and threw 13.13m in the shot put in Loughborough last weekend.
Great Britain will be also represented by Jade O&rsquo;Dowda, Holly Mills and Niamh Emerson. O&rsquo;Dowda won bronze at the Commonwealth Games and placed second in Desenzano del Garda this year, while Mills finished fourth at both the World Indoor Championships and Commonwealth Games and Emerson is the 2018 world U20 gold medallist.
Hungary&rsquo;s Xenia Krizsan has fond memories of G&ouml;tzis, as she won this meeting in 2021 with a national record of 6651. She finished fifth at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 4493.
German star Carolin Sch&auml;fer also returns to the Hypomeeting, where she has claimed three top three finishes (2015-17). Sch&auml;fer won world silver in London in 2017 and European bronze in Berlin 2018. The German contingent also includes Sophie Weissenberg and Vanessa Grimm, who was third in last year&rsquo;s edition of the Hypomeeting with her lifetime best of 6323.
The rising star to watch is Saga Vanninen from Finland, who won two world U20 titles in Nairobi in 2021 and Cali in 2022 as well as European U20 gold in Tallin in 2021 with her lifetime best of 6271.
Other athletes with a PB over 6200 are Canada&rsquo;s Georgia Ellenwood, Cuba&rsquo;s Adriana Rodriguez, Maria Huntington from Finland and Paulina Ligarska from Poland.
Austrian hopes are carried by 2016 world U20 gold medallist Sara Lagger, who finished fourth at this year&rsquo;s Multistars with 6010 in her first heptathlon competition since July 2021, when she finished fourth at the European U23 Championships. She is joined by local athlete Chiara-Belinda Schuler, who won the bronze medal at the European U18 Championships in 2018.
Diego Sampaolo for World Athletics

Olympic champion Damian Warner and Olympic silver medallist Anouk Vetter will be in the spotlight at the Hypomeeting in Götzis

Warner and Vetter defend titles against strong fields in Götzis 

In the sixth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of this season, the field truly represents the gold standard.
Some of the biggest talents in athletics are set to showcase their fitness under the California sun during the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, which spans Friday (26) and Saturday (27). The event will be held at Drake Stadium on the University of California, Los Angeles campus.&nbsp;
With the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 drawing closer, champions will battle with their rising and returning competition in a thrilling range of events including the pole vault, where Mondo Duplantis and Katie Moon continue their reign; the 100m and 200m, where stars like Sha&rsquo;Carri Richardson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Marvin Bracy-Williams and Aaron Brown chase each perfect second; and throwing disciplines including the hammer throw and shot put, where powerhouses Brooke Andersen, Chase Ealey and Ryan Crouser test their limits.&nbsp;
<h2>Pole vault domination&nbsp;</h2>
Los Angeles&rsquo; line up of global pole vault talent is generating a swell of excitement. Sweden&rsquo;s world champion and world record-holder Duplantis is expected to attempt yet another show-stopping improvement on the record.
If he tops his current best height of 6.22m, it will mark his seventh world record-breaking vault.
Duplantis won&rsquo;t be alone in showcasing internationally-recognised pole vault talent &ndash; two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the USA returns after recovering from a knee surgery that put him out of competition last season, and world silver medallist Chris Nilsen, also of the USA, is going to put up a challenge.
An exciting neck-and-neck matchup will take place in the women&rsquo;s pole vault between world champion Moon and world silver medallist Sandi Morris. The training partners from the USA competed in Doha during the recent Wanda Diamond League meeting. Morris, who finished in third (4.71m), will be looking to improve in Los Angeles and chase Moon&rsquo;s world-leading height of 4.81m.&nbsp;
The pair will be joined by Canada&rsquo;s top pole vaulter, Alysha Newman, and Gabriela Leon from the USA.&nbsp;
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/63ed67bd78366e95e18346ba.jpg" alt="Katie Moon celebrates her world-leading pole vault performance in Lievin" />
Katie Moon (&copy; Dan Vernon)
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<h2>Faceoff between sprint world leads</h2>
The women&rsquo;s sprints are bound to stir up some fierce competition. Eyes are on Richardson in the 100m after her big win in Doha &ndash; she set the best time so far this season (10.76) and beat 200m world medallists Shericka Jackson and Dina Asher-Smith in the process.
Richardson will be pushed by world silver medallist Ta Lou, who holds the second-best time in the world this season (10.78). Ta Lou represents Cote d&rsquo;Ivoire and took bronze in Oregon last July.
Also in the mix is USA&rsquo;s Aleia Hobbs, who continues her outdoor season following a remarkable &ndash; and national record-setting &ndash; 60m (6.94) indoor performance in February.
Christian Coleman is prepared to bring a show to the men&rsquo;s 100m after he ran a wind-assisted 9.78 in Bermuda last weekend. The 2019 world champion is joined by Bracy-Williams, the world silver medallist, and Jamaica&rsquo;s Ackeem Blake.
In the 100m hurdles, world champion and world record-holder (12.12) Tobi Amusan lines up against Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the Olympic champion and world bronze medallist. Camacho-Quinn clocked a wind-aided 12.17 at the Bermuda Grand Prix &ndash; also a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting &ndash; last week, which is the third-best performance of all time in all conditions.&nbsp;
The line up also includes the USA&rsquo;s Tia Jones, who beat Amusan at the Drake Relays in April, and former world record-holder Kendra Harrison.
The men&rsquo;s 200m features Canadian Olympian Brown against Jereem Richards, the world indoor 400m champion for Trinidad and Tobago. Most recently, Brown showed out in April at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix, with a 20.00 performance to take the runner-up spot.
Brown and Richards are joined by world finalist Alexander Ogando and Josephus Lyles.&nbsp;
World silver medallist Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic and world bronze medallist Sada Williams of Barbados gear up for a 400m rematch, while Olympic bronze medallist Gabby Thomas prepares to take on her compatriot Jenna Prandini in the women&rsquo;s 200m.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/6455413ec76c8415c6982343.jpg" alt="Marileidy Paulino on her way to 400m victory at the Doha Diamond League" />
Marileidy Paulino on her way to 400m victory at the Doha Diamond League (&copy; Marise Nassour / Diamond League AG)
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Three-time Olympic medallist Kirani James from Grenada is one to watch in the men&rsquo;s 400m. He opened his outdoor season in Botswana and took second place in 44.76. He&rsquo;ll be aiming to improve his most recent world championships medal from silver to gold this season.
World bronze medallist Trevor Bassitt takes on a close competition against Khallifah Rosser, also a finalist in Oregon, in the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles. They&rsquo;ll be up against Kyron McMaster, who boasts the fastest personal best for the event &ndash; and a national record for the British Virgin Islands &ndash; with his 47.08 from the Olympics in Tokyo.
<h2>Middle distance matchups</h2>
In the 800m, USA&rsquo;s world indoor bronze medallist Bryce Hoppel is likely to be a leader, as is 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Clayton Murphy. And Ajee Wilson, the world indoor champion, should be at the front of the women&rsquo;s 800m if she isn&rsquo;t outrun by Uganda&rsquo;s Halimah Nakaayi, whose season's best is the closest to 2 minutes flat compared to the rest of the field.
Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia, who was fourth in the world 800m final in Oregon last year, is expected to bring her incredible strength to the 1500m, in which she has a personal best of 3:56.91. Emma Coburn, the 2017 world champion in the 3000m steeplechase, is refining her speed in the flat event alongside USA distance specialists like Elise Cranny.
Kenya&rsquo;s 2019 world champion Timothy Cheruiyot has the time-tested abilities to lead the men&rsquo;s 1500m. But the medal-laden Matthew Centrowitz &ndash; the 2016 Olympic champion in the event &ndash; returns to competition after an injury sidelined him for all of the 2022 season.
Other standout names in the event include Kenya&rsquo;s Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot, the world U20 champion, and US champion Cooper Teare.
<h2>Abundance of riches from Andersen, Crouser</h2>
Get ready for action in the throws this weekend, particularly from the USA&rsquo;s world champion Andersen, who recently broke 80.00m (80.17m) in the hammer throw at the USATF Throws Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting. With her throw, Andersen became the third woman of all time to surpass 80 metres.
The timing could not be better, as Los Angeles will bring Andersen up against the second woman of all time to surpass 80 metres &ndash; the 2019 world champion and US record-holder (80.31m) DeAnna Price. Price seems to be making a strong return to the event this season after building back from injuries over the last two years &ndash; she recently set a world best in the weight throw, becoming the first woman to throw over 26 meters at the USATF Indoor Championships in February.&nbsp;
The USA&rsquo;s Rudy Winkler will challenge Wojciech Nowicki of Poland, the Olympic champion and world silver medallist, in the men's hammer throw.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/62a8db99a71c1036b727aa28.jpg" alt="Wojciech Nowicki in the hammer in Silesia" />
Wojciech Nowicki in the hammer in Silesia (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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The women&rsquo;s discus features Olympic champion Valarie Allman alongside Yaime Perez, the 2019 world champion. The 2019 world silver medallist Fredrick Dacres from Jamaica will be joined by his compatriot and national champion Traves Smikle, who has yet to break 70m, as well as the in-form Alex Rose of Samoa, who improved the area record to 70.39m in April.
In the shot put, men from last year&rsquo;s World Championships podium get a reprise as world champion Crouser and world bronze medallist Josh Awotunde face off once again. Crouser&rsquo;s world record (23.37m) may be under threat, despite &ndash; or due to &ndash; adjustments to his technique this season.&nbsp;
USA&rsquo;s world champion Ealey is a strong favourite for the women&rsquo;s shot put after throwing the world-leading distance of 20.06m on 20 May in Halle, Germany. Jamaica&rsquo;s Danniel Thomas-Dodd and New Zealand&rsquo;s Maddison-Lee Wesche will join her, although neither has cracked the 20-metre mark yet.
Back-to-back world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada brings his powerful 90-metre throws form to the men&rsquo;s javelin competition on Saturday, while the women&rsquo;s javelin features the USA&rsquo;s back-to-back national champion Maggie Malone.
Madeline Ryan for World Athletics

Some of the biggest talents in athletics are set to showcase their fitness under the California sun during the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix

Global stars in top-class clashes ready to light up Los Angeles

World champions Shericka Jackson, Grant Holloway, Ryan Crouser and Mutaz Barshim are the latest stars to join a world-class line-up for the Wanda Diamond League meeting in London on Sunday 23 July.
Jackson will join the already announced Dina Asher-Smith in the women&rsquo;s 100m which is set to be one of the highlights of the meeting. The Jamaican sped to a 10.82 clocking in Kingston last month, then went on to finish second at the Diamond League opener in Doha.
The 28-year-old earned world silver over 100m in Eugene last summer, then moved to sixth on the world all-time list for that event when she recorded 10.71 at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco. She also sits second on the world all-time list for 200m with the 21.45 she ran to win the world title in that event last year.
&ldquo;I am excited to be competing back in London, and for the first time over 100m in this stadium,&rdquo; said the five-time Olympic medallist. &ldquo;Last time I ran there (2019), I won the 400m so I have good memories of racing on that track.
Holloway, the world indoor champion and world record-holder over 60m hurdles, is the second-fastest 110m hurdler of all time with a best of 12.81. Holloway&rsquo;s victory at the World Championships in Oregon made him the first man to capture back-to-back world titles in the 100m hurdles for almost 20 years.
&ldquo;This will be my first time competing in London and it means a lot as I build towards another World Championships,&rdquo; said Holloway, who has clocked 13.01, 13.03 and 13.05 already this year. &ldquo;There have been some incredible performances in the stadium over the years. I was only 14 during the 2012 Olympics but I still remember Aries Merritt winning the hurdles gold.&rdquo;
Along with being the world champion, US shot putter Crouser is a two-time Olympic gold medallist. He also holds the world records, indoors and out. This will be his first time competing in the London Stadium since the 2017 World Championships.
&ldquo;The Diamond League events always bring a strong competition, so I look forward to being part of a great show with my fellow shot putters,&rdquo; he said.
Barshim is another world and Olympic champion who&rsquo;ll be in London. The Qatari high jumper won his first world title in the British capital in 2017, then went on to add two more world gold medals to his collection in Doha (2019) and Oregon (2022).
&ldquo;London, where I won my first World Championships title, is always close to my heart,&rdquo; said the 31-year-old. &ldquo;I know I&rsquo;ve achieved a lot, but I&rsquo;m still chasing and aiming for more. Competing in London is the perfect preparation for Budapest where I&rsquo;m aiming to win my fourth world title.&rdquo;
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World champions Shericka Jackson, Grant Holloway, Ryan Crouser and Mutaz Barshim are the latest stars to join a world-class line-up for the Wanda Diamond League meeting in London on Sunday 23 July.

World champions Jackson, Holloway, Crouser and Barshim set for London

Organisers of the Bislett Games have confirmed that Olympic champions Yulimar Rojas and Andre De Grasse will compete at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Oslo on 15 June.
Rojas, the world champion and world record-holder, has dominated the triple jump in recent years. The last time someone jumped farther than the Venezuelan in a triple jump competition was August 2019.
In Oslo Rojas will be reunited with the other podium finishers from last year&rsquo;s World Championships: silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts and bronze medallist Tori Franklin. European champion Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and USA&rsquo;s Keturah Orji are also in the line-up.
It will be Rojas&rsquo;s first Wanda Diamond League competition of 2023, and the first time she has competed in the Norwegian capital.
De Grasse, meanwhile, is no stranger to the Bislett Games. The Canadian sprinter has won in Oslo four times over the past seven years. After winning the 100m at the Bislett Stadium last year, this time De Grasse will race over 200m &ndash; the distance at which he is the Olympic champion &ndash; and will go up against the likes of USA's world bronze medallist Erriyon Knighton, and world and Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek.
More leading athletes have been added to the men&rsquo;s 400m, following the announcement that world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk will be competing in Oslo. The 2016 Olympic champion will take on 2012 Olympic champion Kirani James, European champion Matt Hudson-Smith and world leader Muzala Samukonga.
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Multiple global champion Yulimar Rojas will make her Bislett Games debut

Rojas and De Grasse announced for Oslo

<a href="#FR">Fran&ccedil;ais</a>
World Athletics intends to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the current term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track, traditionally staged indoors.
The World Athletics Council is supporting the concept of 'short track' competition to allow more flexibility in the setting of 200m tracks, which may, in the future, be constructed outdoors or in temporary city locations, rather than in a traditional indoor arena. Performances set on outdoor or temporary 200m tracks could therefore be recognised as official results for the purpose of records and rankings.
For more than 150 years, athletics has been divided between 'outdoor' competition, staged on a standard 400m oval track, and 'indoor' competition, which developed in cold climates to provide athletes from those countries with an indoor venue, typically a 200m oval track, to train and compete during the winter season.
Because these events were conducted in a different environment, with the closed indoor facility protected from any weather interference, the performances were not regarded as comparable with outdoor marks.
Consequently, World Athletics and the National Federations have always maintained separate lists of indoor and outdoor events and performances for statistical and records purposes.
However, with the advent of modern athletics and the development of hybrid competition venues &ndash; city squares, shopping malls, train stations &ndash; it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the separation between outdoor and indoor athletics.
In some field events, the separation has been eliminated altogether for world record purposes.
This evolution has prompted World Athletics to redefine the boundaries of outdoor and indoor athletics, so they relate to the competition facility rather than to the environment.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;This change is designed to remove an unintentional barrier to competition innovation, by offering organisers the chance to explore solutions and opportunities which the current rules may discourage. Under this new concept, the 200m short track will no longer be confined to the indoor environment, and a world of opportunities will open up for meeting organisers to stage official competition in whatever facilities they have available, either indoors or outdoors, using 200m or 400m tracks. This change will allow and actively encourage the possibility for 200m tracks to move to an outdoor environment and will provide a more affordable option to cities, especially where space is in short supply, while stimulating the growth of the sport through investment in new infrastructure.&rdquo;
Indoor championships (whether at national, area or world level) would continue to exist but, in those regions / areas where there are no or very limited indoor facilities, short track championships could be held, which would be the equivalent of the indoor championships, and could be used as qualifying competitions for major indoor championships.
Events held in temporary facilities (whether part of an event-specific competition or within the frame of a larger competition), could also find a place in the official competition structure as well as in statistics and record books regardless of the environment in which they are conducted.
The World Athletics Council unanimously supports the move towards short track and the detailed rule changes required to initiate this innovation will be formally approved at its August meeting in Budapest.
These will be published in the new edition of the Competition and Technical Rule Book, coming into effect 1 November 2023.
<h2>Proposed new world record list</h2>
Proposed list of officially recognised events for world record purposes (not including road). sh = short track
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="22%">Running</td>
<td width="28%">50m</td>
<td width="22%">Field events</td>
<td width="28%">High jump</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>60m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Pole vault</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>100m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Long jump</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>200m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Triple jump</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>200m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Shot put</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>400m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Discus</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>400m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Hammer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>800m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Javelin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>800m sh</td>
<td>Combined events</td>
<td>Pentathlon sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Heptathlon sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1000m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Heptathlon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1500m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Decathlon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1500m sh</td>
<td>Race walking</td>
<td>3000m sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1 Mile</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5000m sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1 Mile sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>10,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>20,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>35,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>50,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5000m</td>
<td>Relays</td>
<td>4x100m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5000m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x200m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>10,000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x200m sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1 hour</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m SC</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hurdles</td>
<td>50m hurdles</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m mixed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>60m hurdles</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m mixed sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>100m hurdles</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x800m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>110m hurdles</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x800m sh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>400m hurdles</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x1500m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Distance medley</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<a name="FR"></a>&nbsp;
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<h1>World Athletics s&rsquo;appr&ecirc;te &agrave; lancer son nouveau concept de piste courte pour faire cro&icirc;tre l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme</h1>
World Athletics envisage d&rsquo;introduire le nouveau terme &laquo;&thinsp;piste courte&thinsp;&raquo; (&laquo;&thinsp;short track&thinsp;&raquo; en anglais) en remplacement du terme &laquo;&thinsp;en salle&thinsp;&raquo; (&laquo;&thinsp;indoor&thinsp;&raquo;) actuellement en vigueur pour d&eacute;crire les comp&eacute;titions et les performances qui se d&eacute;roulent sur une piste de 200 m, traditionnellement dans une salle.
Le Conseil de World Athletics soutient le concept de comp&eacute;tition sur &laquo;&thinsp;piste courte&thinsp;&raquo; afin de permettre une plus grande souplesse en ce qui concerne les pistes de 200 m, qui pourraient, &agrave; l&rsquo;avenir, &ecirc;tre construites en plein air ou sur des sites temporaires en ville, plut&ocirc;t que dans un espace en int&eacute;rieur comme c&rsquo;est de coutume. Les performances r&eacute;alis&eacute;es sur des pistes de 200 m en plein air ou temporaires pourraient donc &ecirc;tre reconnues comme des r&eacute;sultats officiels aux fins de records et de points de classement.
Depuis plus de 150 ans, l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme est divis&eacute; entre les comp&eacute;titions en plein air, qui se d&eacute;roulent sur une piste oblongue standard de 400 m, et les comp&eacute;titions en salle, qui se sont d&eacute;velopp&eacute;es dans les pays o&ugrave; le climat induit des temp&eacute;ratures plus fraiches pour permettre aux athl&egrave;tes de ces pays de disposer d&rsquo;un espace couvert, g&eacute;n&eacute;ralement dot&eacute; d&rsquo;une piste oblongue de 200 m, pour s&rsquo;entra&icirc;ner et concourir pendant la saison hivernale.
&Eacute;tant donn&eacute; que ces &eacute;v&eacute;nements se sont d&eacute;roul&eacute;s dans un environnement diff&eacute;rent, les infrastructures en int&eacute;rieur &eacute;tant prot&eacute;g&eacute;es de toute contrainte m&eacute;t&eacute;orologique, les performances n&rsquo;ont pas &eacute;t&eacute; consid&eacute;r&eacute;es comme assimilables &agrave; celles r&eacute;alis&eacute;es en plein air.
Par cons&eacute;quent, World Athletics et les F&eacute;d&eacute;rations nationales ont toujours tenu des listes distinctes d&rsquo;&eacute;preuves et de performances en salle et en plein air &agrave; des fins de statistiques et de records.
Ceci dit, avec l&rsquo;av&egrave;nement de l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme moderne et le d&eacute;veloppement de sites de comp&eacute;tition hybrides (places en centre-ville, centres commerciaux, gares), il devient de plus en plus difficile de conserver cette s&eacute;paration entre l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme en plein air et l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme en salle.
&Agrave; ce titre, pour certaines &eacute;preuves de concours, la s&eacute;paration a &eacute;t&eacute; supprim&eacute;e pour les besoins des records du monde.
Cette &eacute;volution a incit&eacute; World Athletics &agrave; red&eacute;finir les contours de l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme en plein air et de l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme en salle, de sorte que ces deux modes se rapportent aux infrastructures de comp&eacute;tition plut&ocirc;t qu&rsquo;&agrave; l&rsquo;environnement.
Le pr&eacute;sident de World Athletics, Sebastian Coe, a d&eacute;clar&eacute; : &laquo;&thinsp;Ce changement vise &agrave; effacer un obstacle non voulu &agrave; l&rsquo;innovation en mati&egrave;re de comp&eacute;tition, en offrant aux organisateurs la possibilit&eacute; d&rsquo;explorer des solutions et des opportunit&eacute;s que les r&egrave;gles actuelles peuvent d&eacute;courager. Dans le cadre de ce nouveau concept, la piste courte de 200 m ne sera plus confin&eacute;e &agrave; l&rsquo;environnement int&eacute;rieur, et un monde de possibilit&eacute;s s&rsquo;ouvrira aux organisateurs de meetings qui pourront proposer des comp&eacute;titions officielles dans les installations dont ils disposent, en salle ou en plein air, en utilisant des pistes de 200 m ou de 400 m. Ce changement permettra et encouragera activement une transition vers l&rsquo;am&eacute;nagement de pistes de 200 m en plein air ce qui constituera pour les villes une solution plus abordable financi&egrave;rement, en particulier dans les r&eacute;gions o&ugrave; l&rsquo;espace peut manquer, tout en stimulant la croissance de l&rsquo;athl&eacute;tisme gr&acirc;ce &agrave; l&rsquo;investissement dans de nouvelles infrastructures.&thinsp;&raquo;
Les championnats en salle (que ce soit au niveau national, continental ou international) continueraient d&rsquo;exister. Toutefois, dans les r&eacute;gions o&ugrave; il n&rsquo;y a pas ou tr&egrave;s peu d&rsquo;installations en salle, il deviendrait alors possible d&rsquo;organiser des championnats sur piste courte, qui seraient l&rsquo;&eacute;quivalent des championnats en salle, et qui pourraient &ecirc;tre utilis&eacute;s comme comp&eacute;titions qualificatives pour les grands championnats en salle.
Les &eacute;v&eacute;nements organis&eacute;s sur des installations temporaires (que ce soit dans le cadre d&rsquo;une comp&eacute;tition sp&eacute;cifique ou d&rsquo;une comp&eacute;tition plus importante) pourraient &eacute;galement trouver leur place dans la structure officielle des comp&eacute;titions ainsi que dans les livres de statistiques et de records, quel que soit l&rsquo;environnement dans lequel ils se d&eacute;roulent.
Le Conseil de World Athletics soutient unanimement la transition vers le syst&egrave;me de &laquo;&thinsp;piste courte&thinsp;&raquo;. Aussi, les modifications d&eacute;taill&eacute;es des r&egrave;gles n&eacute;cessaires pour mettre en &oelig;uvre cette innovation seront formellement approuv&eacute;es lors de sa r&eacute;union du mois d&rsquo;ao&ucirc;t &agrave; Budapest.
Ces modifications figureront dans la nouvelle &eacute;dition du manuel compos&eacute; des R&egrave;gles de comp&eacute;tition et des R&egrave;gles techniques, entrant en vigueur le 1er novembre 2023. 
<h2>Proposition de nouvelle liste d&rsquo;&eacute;preuves reconnues &agrave; des fins de records du monde</h2>
Proposition de liste des &eacute;preuves officiellement reconnues par World Athletics &agrave; des fins de records du monde (&agrave; l&rsquo;exclusion des &eacute;preuves sur route)
&laquo;&thinsp;pc&thinsp;&raquo; = piste courte
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid;" border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="22%">Courses</td>
<td width="28%">50m</td>
<td width="22%">Concours</td>
<td width="28%">Saut en hauteur</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>60m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Saut &agrave; la perche</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>100m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Saut en longueur</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>200m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Triple saut</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>200m sh</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Lancer du poids</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>400m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Lancer du disque</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>400m pc</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Lancer du marteau</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>800m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Lancer du javelot</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>800m pc</td>
<td>&Eacute;preuves combin&eacute;es</td>
<td>Pentathlon pc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Heptathlon pc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1000m pc</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Heptathlon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1500m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>D&eacute;cathlon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1500m pc</td>
<td>Marche athl&eacute;tique</td>
<td>3000m pc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1 Mile</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5000m pc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1 Mile pc</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>10,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>20,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>35,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m pc</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>50,000m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5000m</td>
<td>Relais </td>
<td>4x100m</td>
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<td>5000m pc</td>
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<td>4x200m</td>
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<td>10,000m</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x200m pc</td>
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<td>1 heure</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3000m steeple</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m pc</td>
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<td>Haies</td>
<td>50m haies</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m mixte</td>
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<td>60m haies</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x400m mixte pc</td>
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<td>100m haies</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x800m</td>
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<td>110m haies</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x800m pc</td>
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<td>400m haies</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4x1500m</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Distance medley</td>
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World Athletics intends to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the current term 'indoor'

World Athletics to create new short track product to grow the sport

Faith Kipyegon will return to the scene of her world record-threatening 1500m performance when she races at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on 21 July.
The two-time Olympic and world champion ran 3:50.37 at the Stade Louis II during last year&rsquo;s Herculis EBS meeting, going close to Genzebe Dibaba&rsquo;s 2015 world record of 3:50.07.
That came after the Kenyan won a second world 1500m title in Oregon and she went on to claim a third Diamond League crown at the final in Zurich.
Four current world records were set in Monaco &ndash; Dibaba&rsquo;s 3:50.07 1500m, Sifan Hassan&rsquo;s 4:12.33 mile, Beatrice Chepkoech&rsquo;s 8:44.32 3000m steeplechase and Joshua Cheptegei&rsquo;s 12:35.36 5000m &ndash; and Kipyegon will no doubt be looking for another fast time as she warms up for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest one month later.
She started her season on the right note, winning at the opening Diamond League meeting in Doha in 3:58.57.
Another world and Olympic champion, Kipyegon&rsquo;s compatriot Emmanuel Korir, will also be in Monaco looking to make a statement ahead of the World Championships. After finishing second in the 800m in 2021, the 27-year-old raced the 1000m in Monaco last year but returns to his specialist distance in July &ndash; a discipline in which he won his third Diamond Trophy last September.
<h2>Kiplimo and Aregawi in 5000m head-to-head</h2>
They claimed the top two spots at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 in February and now Jacob Kiplimo and Berihu Aregawi will clash again, this time over 5000m on the track.
Kiplimo added cross country gold to his world half marathon title and world record, plus 10,000m bronze medals at the Olympics and World Championships, while Aregawi secured silver in Bathurst to go with his 2021 5000m Diamond Trophy and world 5km record.
Uganda&rsquo;s Kiplimo then claimed a half marathon win in New York in March but is yet to compete on the track this year &ndash; his last track races being the Commonwealth Games 5000m and 10,000m finals, and he won both.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Aregawi opened his season at the Diamond League meeting in Doha and ran 7:27.61 to finish third in the 3000m, the distance he contested in Monaco last year and achieved a runner-up spot in 7:26.81.
They will be joined by Jimmy Gressier of France, who has twice improved the European 5km record in Monaco.
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Jacob Kiplimo and Berihu Aregawi

World champions Kipyegon and Korir among middle-distance stars set for Monaco

World 400m hurdles record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will race without the barriers and test herself in the 400m flat when Wanda Diamond League action heads to the Meeting de Paris on 9 June.
The Olympic and world champion is among a number of US stars named for the event at the Charlety stadium. As well as the already-announced Noah Lyles, Grant Holloway and Devon Allen, the meeting will feature global gold medallists Katie Moon and Sandi Morris in a top-class pole vault clash, Olympic champion Valarie Allman in the discus, and Olympic and world silver medallist Rai Benjamin in the 400m hurdles.
McLaughlin-Levrone improved her own world 400m hurdles record to 50.68 in Oregon last year &ndash; a time that is highly competitive for one lap of the track without there being 10 barriers in the way. The 23-year-old last raced the 400m in 2021 and she clocked her PB of 50.07 in 2018.
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s still so much to be done in the 400m hurdles, but I also haven&rsquo;t run the 400m truly competitively since college, so there&rsquo;s room for improvement there,&rdquo; she said last year ahead of being named World Athlete of the Year.
As well as a return to 400m flat racing, Paris offers a return to Diamond League competition for McLaughlin-Levrone, who last raced on athletics' premier one-day circuit in 2019.
Her competition at the Charlety stadium will include Dominican Republic&rsquo;s Marileidy Paulino, the Olympic and world 400m silver medallist who has a PB of 48.99 and who claimed the Diamond Trophy in the discipline last year.
Paulino won at Diamond League meetings in Doha, Rabat, Lausanne and Zurich last year and also took top spot at the Meeting de Paris in 2021.

The world 400m hurdles record-holder will go up against Olympic and world 400m silver medallist Marileidy Paulino

McLaughlin-Levrone heads to Paris for 400m test

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The confirmation of competition dates for three World Athletics Series events are among the recent decisions made by the World Athletics Council.
The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya, Turkiye, will be held on 20-21 April 2024.
The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, will take place between 21-23 March 2025.
And the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, will be held on 20-22 March 2026.
Meanwhile, the following dates have been agreed by the Global Calendar Unit for the protected National Championships Windows for the northern hemisphere: 8-9 July 2023 - National Outdoor Championships 29-30 July 2023 - National Outdoor Championships 17-18 February 2024 - National Indoor Championships 29-30 June 2024 - National Outdoor Championships 22-23 February 2025 - National Indoor Championships 2-3 August 2025 - National Outdoor Championship 23-24 August 2025 - National Outdoor Championship 25-26 July 2026 - National Outdoor Championships
The World Athletics Council also approved the timetable for next year&rsquo;s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Athletes will compete on 1-3 March 2024, with the women&rsquo;s pentathlon getting the action under way on the morning of day one.
Finals feature in each of the six sessions, the first being the women&rsquo;s shot put on the morning of Friday 1 March, while the women&rsquo;s 1500m will bring the action to a close during the evening session on Sunday 3 March.
The qualification system for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 was released last month.
<a href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/646f94a6a6556612f5cfcd6f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Timetable</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/qualification-system-indoor-championships-glasgow-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/qualification-system-indoor-championships-glasgow-24">Qualification system and entry standards</a>
<h2>Competition changes to be introduced at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23</h2>
The World Athletics Council has approved a series of competition changes, to be introduced starting at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
<ul>
<li>Lane allocation after the first round There have been growing requests to differentiate the method of lane allocation after the first round between straight and oval events and the Council agreed to the following: 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 600px; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/646b760d551115a09489b661.png" alt="Lane allocation after the first round" /></div>
The same will apply to the combined events, where the qualification best in a heptathlon or a decathlon is to be used for seeding.</li>
<li>Relays seeding Relay teams do not always feature the same four athletes and therefore their best times are often not reliably comparable. This makes it difficult to properly seed the teams based on best times alone. Council approved that the relays be seeded based on a combination of two factors (each contributing 50 percent): - Each team&rsquo;s qualification best performance. - Each team&rsquo;s qualification best performances set by the individual athletes entered for the relay team (or for the 100m/400m). An adjusted qualification best will be considered in other events (e.g. 110mH, 200m, 400mH) if the athlete does not have one in the 100m/400m.</li>
<li>Qualification to the next round in middle distance events There has been widespread feedback on the significant disadvantage to athletes in the first heat or semifinal, and advantage to athletes in subsequent heats or semifinals, when receiving qualification based on time due to knowing what is required to qualify. The new criteria establishes that, for all events from 1500m and up to 5000m in World Athletics Series competitions, qualification to the next round will be by place only. Based on World Athletics Championships target numbers, the below table shows what the new situation would be in Budapest (&ldquo;Q&rdquo; = qualified by place; &ldquo;q&rdquo; = qualified by time): 
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<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 600px; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/646b5b0d9f5b9e8abd056c5c.png" alt="Qualification to the next round in middle distance events - updates for WCH Budapest 23" /></div>
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</li>
<li>Athlete replacement policy The Council strongly supports the opportunity of trying to avoid empty lanes or starting places in finals and semifinals at all applicable World Athletics Series competitions when these are due to withdrawals from injury or other justifiable reasons, and approved that an Athlete Replacement Policy may be introduced subject to certain conditions.</li>
<li>Personal implements The Council agreed to remove the ban on submitting for approval personal implements that are already present in the official list, and to allow athletes to submit no more than two personal implements for inclusion in the pool regardless of them being on the list or not.</li>
<li>Relay teams final confirmation and running order In the interests of improved efficiency, while creating more excitement and making the races less predictable, Council approved the following: - Set a later deadline for confirming the relay team (not individual athletes) to allow teams to assess potential injuries occurred during the day. The new deadline will be the evening of the previous day, instead of the morning of the previous day. - Declare the final team members and running order (for the first or subsequent round) at the latest at the time of reporting for first call, with no need for pre-declaration. Consequently, there will be no need to report any injuries to the Medical Delegate for replacements.</li>
</ul>
The Competition and Technical Rules will be updated shortly with the full changes approved by the Council and will be available in the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules">Book of Rules</a> section of the World Athletics Library.
<h2>Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay</h2>
In addition, the Council approved recommendations concerning the new <a href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/olympic-race-walking-event-paris" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/olympic-race-walking-event-paris">Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay</a>, which will make its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
<ul>
<li>Qualification pathway - The Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay will replace the 35km at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya and the top 22 finishing teams in Antalya will qualify automatically for Paris. - Up to five of the 22 teams can be a second team from the same country. - Three additional teams (which cannot be from a country already qualified from Antalya) will qualify through the Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay top performance lists during the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024).</li>
<li>Judging This is a new event that is based on team participation. The priority is to allow every team to finish while ensuring that no team gets an advantage by walking irregularly. Therefore, time penalties will replace disqualifications in case of additional red cards for the team.</li>
</ul>
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<h1><a name="FR"></a> Le Conseil de World Athletics annonce de nouvelles d&eacute;cisions en mati&egrave;re de comp&eacute;titions</h1>
Parmi les r&eacute;centes d&eacute;cisions prises par le Conseil de World Athletics figure la confirmation des dates de trois comp&eacute;titions de la S&eacute;rie mondiale de World Athletics.
Les Championnats du monde de marche par &eacute;quipes &agrave; Antalya, en T&uuml;rkiye, se tiendront les 20 et 21 avril 2024.
Les Championnats du monde en salle &agrave; Nankin, en Chine, auront lieu du 21 au 23 mars 2025.
Enfin, les Championnats du monde en salle &agrave; Toruń, en Pologne, se d&eacute;rouleront du 20 au 22 mars 2026.
Entre-temps, l&rsquo;Unit&eacute; de gestion du calendrier g&eacute;n&eacute;ral a approuv&eacute; les dates des p&eacute;riodes r&eacute;serv&eacute;es au d&eacute;roulement des championnats nationaux pour l&rsquo;h&eacute;misph&egrave;re nord : 8-9 juillet 2023 - Championnats nationaux en plein air 29-30 juillet 2023 - Championnats nationaux en plein air 17-18 f&eacute;vrier 2024 - Championnats nationaux en salle 29-30 juin 2024 - Championnats nationaux en plein air 22-23 f&eacute;vrier 2025 - Championnats nationaux en salle 2-3 ao&ucirc;t 2025 - Championnats nationaux en plein air 23-24 ao&ucirc;t 2025 - Championnats nationaux en plein air 25-26 juillet 2026 - Championnats nationaux en plein air
Le Conseil de World Athletics a &eacute;galement approuv&eacute; l&rsquo;horaire de comp&eacute;tition des Championnats du monde en salle de l&rsquo;ann&eacute;e prochaine &agrave; Glasgow, en &Eacute;cosse. Les athl&egrave;tes concourront du 1er au 3 mars 2024, le pentathlon f&eacute;minin ouvrant le bal dans la matin&eacute;e du premier jour.
Des finales sont pr&eacute;vues dans chacune des six sessions, la premi&egrave;re &eacute;tant le lancer du poids f&eacute;minin le matin du vendredi 1er mars, tandis que le 1500m f&eacute;minin cl&ocirc;turera le spectacle lors de la session du soir le dimanche 3 mars.
Le syst&egrave;me de qualification pour les Championnats du monde du monde en salle Glasgow 24 a &eacute;t&eacute; publi&eacute; le mois dernier.
<a href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/646fafa3c511b486bafe52dc.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/646b4b71a06b3f9cfdb0af72.pdf">Horaire de comp&eacute;tition</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/qualification-system-indoor-championships-glasgow-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/qualification-system-indoor-championships-glasgow-24">Syst&egrave;me de qualification et minima</a>
<h2>Changements dans les comp&eacute;titions applicables aux Championnats du monde de World Athletics Budapest 23</h2>
Le Conseil de World Athletics a approuv&eacute; une s&eacute;rie de changements dans le domaine de la comp&eacute;tition, qui seront en vigueur &agrave; compter des Championnats du monde de World Athletics de Budapest 23.
<ul>
<li>Attribution des couloirs apr&egrave;s le premier tour En raison d&rsquo;un nombre croissant de demandes en faveur de m&eacute;thodes d&rsquo;attribution des couloirs diff&eacute;rentes apr&egrave;s le premier tour selon s&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;&eacute;preuves en ligne droite ou d&rsquo;&eacute;preuves avec virages, le Conseil a convenu ce qui suit&nbsp;: 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 600px; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/646b77c2f615a814552796d0.png" alt="Lane allocation after the first round FR" /></div>
Le m&ecirc;me principe vaudra pour les &eacute;preuves combin&eacute;es pour lesquelles la meilleure performance de qualification d&rsquo;un heptathlon ou d&rsquo;un d&eacute;cathlon est utilis&eacute;e pour la r&eacute;partition des athl&egrave;tes.</li>
<li>R&eacute;partition des &eacute;quipes de relais Les &eacute;quipes de relais ne sont pas toujours compos&eacute;es des quatre m&ecirc;mes athl&egrave;tes et leurs meilleurs temps ne sont donc pas toujours comparables. Il est donc difficile de r&eacute;partir correctement les &eacute;quipes dans les s&eacute;ries en se basant uniquement sur les meilleurs temps. Le Conseil a donc approuv&eacute; que les athl&egrave;tes soient r&eacute;partis dans les s&eacute;ries de relais sur la base d&rsquo;une combinaison de deux facteurs&nbsp;(chacun contribuant &agrave; hauteur de 50 %) : - meilleure performance de chaque &eacute;quipe en tour de qualification&thinsp;; - meilleures performances de qualification de chaque &eacute;quipe &eacute;tablies par les athl&egrave;tes individuels engag&eacute;s dans l&rsquo;&eacute;quipe de relais (ou pour le 100m/400m). Une meilleure performance de qualification ajust&eacute;e sera prise en compte dans d&rsquo;autres &eacute;preuves (par exemple 110m haies, 200m, 400m haies) si l&rsquo;athl&egrave;te n&rsquo;en a pas r&eacute;alis&eacute; pour le 100m/400m.</li>
<li>Qualification pour le tour suivant dans les &eacute;preuves de demi-fond De nombreux retours nous sont parvenus concernant l&rsquo;avantage pour les athl&egrave;tes d&rsquo;une s&eacute;rie ou demi-finale (par rapport aux athl&egrave;tes de la s&eacute;rie ou demi-finale pr&eacute;c&eacute;dente) qui, lors des &eacute;preuves avec des qualifi&eacute;s au temps, connaissent le temps &agrave; effectuer pour se qualifier. Les nouveaux crit&egrave;res &eacute;tablissent que, pour toutes les &eacute;preuves &agrave; partir du 1500m et jusqu&rsquo;&agrave; 5000m dans les comp&eacute;titions de la S&eacute;rie mondiale, la qualification pour le tour suivant se fera uniquement par le classement d&rsquo;arriv&eacute;e. Sur la base des chiffres de r&eacute;f&eacute;rence pour les Championnats du monde de World Athletics, le tableau ci-dessous illustre quelle sera le nouveau mod&egrave;le pour Budapest (&laquo; Q &raquo; = qualifi&eacute; gr&acirc;ce au classement d&rsquo;arriv&eacute;e, &laquo; q &raquo; = qualifi&eacute; au temps) : 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 600px; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/646b6d0ec00dd0a0d0f1b5e9.png" alt="Qualification to the next round in middle distance events - updates for WCH Budapest 23 FR" /></div>
</li>
<li>Politique de remplacement des athl&egrave;tes Le Conseil soutient fermement le principe consistant &agrave; &eacute;viter les couloirs vides ou les places de d&eacute;part non occup&eacute;es dans les finales et les demi-finales de toutes les comp&eacute;titions de la S&eacute;rie mondiale concern&eacute;es lorsque celles-ci sont dues &agrave; des forfaits pour cause de blessure ou pour d&rsquo;autres raisons justifiables. Le Conseil a donc approuv&eacute; l&rsquo;introduction d&rsquo;une politique de remplacement des athl&egrave;tes sous r&eacute;serve de certaines conditions.</li>
<li>Engins personnels Le Conseil a d&eacute;cid&eacute; de lever l&rsquo;interdiction de soumettre pour approbation des engins personnels qui figurent d&eacute;j&agrave; sur la liste officielle et d&rsquo;autoriser les athl&egrave;tes &agrave; d&eacute;poser une demande pour faire figurer au maximum deux engins personnels dans la liste des engins autoris&eacute;s, que le mod&egrave;le figure d&eacute;j&agrave; ou non sur la liste.</li>
<li>Confirmation d&eacute;finitive de la composition des &eacute;quipes de relais et ordre des coureurs Dans un souci d&rsquo;efficacit&eacute; et afin de cr&eacute;er plus de suspens et de rendre les courses moins pr&eacute;visibles, le Conseil a approuv&eacute; ce qui suit. - Fixer une date butoir plus tardive pour la confirmation de l&rsquo;&eacute;quipe relais (et non des athl&egrave;tes individuels) afin de permettre aux &eacute;quipes de faire le point sur d&rsquo;&eacute;ventuelles blessures survenues au cours de la journ&eacute;e. La nouvelle date butoir sera fix&eacute;e au soir de la journ&eacute;e pr&eacute;c&eacute;dente, au lieu de la matin&eacute;e de la journ&eacute;e pr&eacute;c&eacute;dente. - Annoncer la composition des &eacute;quipes et l&rsquo;ordre des coureurs (pour le premier tour ou les tours suivants) au plus tard au moment du premier appel, sans qu&rsquo;il soit n&eacute;cessaire de proc&eacute;der &agrave; une d&eacute;claration pr&eacute;alable. Par cons&eacute;quent, il ne sera pas n&eacute;cessaire de signaler les &eacute;ventuelles blessures au D&eacute;l&eacute;gu&eacute; m&eacute;dical pour proc&eacute;der &agrave; des remplacements.</li>
</ul>
Les R&egrave;gles de comp&eacute;tition et les R&egrave;gles techniques seront prochainement mises &agrave; jour avec l&rsquo;ensemble des changements approuv&eacute;s par le Conseil et seront disponibles dans la section d&eacute;di&eacute;e au <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules">Livre des r&eacute;glementations</a> de la biblioth&egrave;que num&eacute;rique de World Athletics.
<h2>Marche sur un marathon en relais mixte</h2>
Le Conseil a approuv&eacute; des recommandations concernant la nouvelle &eacute;preuve de <a href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/olympic-race-walking-event-paris?mibextid=zxz2cz" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/olympic-race-walking-event-paris?mibextid=zxz2cz">Marche sur un marathon en relais mixte</a> qui fera ses d&eacute;buts aux Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024.
<ul>
<li>Parcours qualificatif - La Marche sur un marathon en relais mixte remplacera le 35km lors des Championnats du monde de marche par &eacute;quipes de World Athletics &agrave; Antalya en 2024. Les 22 &eacute;quipes qui termineront en t&ecirc;te &agrave; Antalya se qualifieront automatiquement pour Paris. - Jusqu&rsquo;&agrave; cinq de ces 22 &eacute;quipes peuvent constituer une deuxi&egrave;me &eacute;quipe pour repr&eacute;senter le m&ecirc;me pays (le m&ecirc;me Comit&eacute; national olympique - CNO). - Trois &eacute;quipes suppl&eacute;mentaires (qui ne seront pas issues d&rsquo;un pays d&eacute;j&agrave; qualifi&eacute; &agrave; Antalya) se qualifieront gr&acirc;ce aux listes des meilleures performances de Marche sur un marathon en relais mixte au cours de la p&eacute;riode de qualification (du 31 d&eacute;cembre 2022 au 30 juin 2024).</li>
<li>Arbitrage Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une nouvelle &eacute;preuve bas&eacute;e sur la participation par &eacute;quipes. La priorit&eacute; est de permettre &agrave; chaque &eacute;quipe de terminer l&rsquo;&eacute;preuve tout en veillant &agrave; ce qu&rsquo;aucune &eacute;quipe ne soit avantag&eacute;e par une technique de marche irr&eacute;guli&egrave;re. Des p&eacute;nalit&eacute;s de temps remplaceront donc les disqualifications en cas de cartons rouges suppl&eacute;mentaires pour l&rsquo;&eacute;quipe.</li>
</ul>
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The confirmation of competition dates for three World Athletics Series events are among the recent decisions made by the World Athletics Council.

World Athletics Council competition decisions announced

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn clocked one of the fastest ever 100m hurdles times in all conditions, Tara Davis-Woodhall won an exciting long jump clash and Steven Gardiner continued his comeback with a win at a blustery USATF Bermuda Grand Prix in Devonshire on Sunday (21).
Athletes battled their rivals and the windy conditions at the fifth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season.
In the 100m hurdles, Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Olympic champion Camacho-Quinn followed her win at the Doha Diamond League by blazing to the third-fastest ever time in the event recorded in all conditions. She crossed the finish line in a wind-assisted 12.17 (3.5m/s) and only Nigeria&rsquo;s Tobi Amusan &ndash; with her world record of 12.12 and the wind-assisted 12.06 she clocked to win the world title in Oregon &ndash; has ever gone faster.
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Jamaica&rsquo;s 2015 world gold medallist Danielle Williams didn't get the best start but still won the battle for the runner-up spot, running 12.38 to Tonea Marshall&rsquo;s 12.39.
The meeting opened with the women&rsquo;s long jump, featuring the much-hyped head-to-head between USA&rsquo;s Davis-Woodhall and Quanesha Burks. It certainly delivered, and the thrilling contest ended with both athletes surpassing seven metres with wind-aided attempts.
The pair were separated by a single centimetre until the final round &ndash; Burks with 7.04m (2.9m/s) from the third round and Davis-Woodhall with 7.03m from the second (3.7m/s) and third (2.3m/s) rounds of the contest.
But Davis-Woodhall wasn&rsquo;t prepared to settle for second and she saved her best for last, soaring a marginally wind-aided 7.11m (2.1m/s) to triumph. Nigeria&rsquo;s Ruth Usoro finished third with an outdoor PB of 6.82m (1.2m/s).
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The men&rsquo;s long jump also really came alive in the last round. In third place with one attempt remaining, Commonwealth champion LaQuan Nairn of The Bahamas soared out to a wind-aided 8.32m (2.2m/s) to win by 9cm ahead of USA&rsquo;s Steffin McCarter, who jumped 8.23m in rounds five (2.5m/s) and six (2.1m/s). USA&rsquo;s Will Williams was third with 8.18m (3.8m/s).
Back on the track, Olympic champion Gardiner of The Bahamas made a statement in his first 400m of the season, cruising to victory in 44.42. The 2019 world champion missed much of the 2022 season due to injury, but he picked up from where he left off, winning by 0.82 ahead of his compatriot Alonzo Russell (45.24).
Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Gabby Scott got top spot in the women&rsquo;s 400m, clocking 51.65 to win clear ahead of USA&rsquo;s Courtney Okolo (52.23) and Jamaica&rsquo;s Candice McLeod (52.30). USA&rsquo;s 2019 world 400m hurdles champion Dalilah Muhammad raced without the barriers and clocked 53.41 to finish sixth in the flat event.
The wind picked up again for the men&rsquo;s 100m and there were some quick times, USA&rsquo;s Christian Coleman winning in 9.78 (4.4m/s) as the 2019 world champion held off a fast-finishing Noah Lyles, the two-time world 200m champion coming through to finish second in 9.80. Jamaica&rsquo;s Ackeem Blake clinched third in 9.87 and Terrance Laird fourth in 9.94.
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400m winner Steven Gardiner in Bermuda (&copy; Alex Andrei)
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The top two dipped under 11 seconds in the women&rsquo;s 100m, USA&rsquo;s Tamari Davis winning in 10.91 (2.0m/s) and Jamaica&rsquo;s Shashalee Forbes making the most of the slight dip in the wind to record a PB of 10.98, the Olympic and world 4x100m medallist going sub-11 for the first time in her career.
World 4x100m and 4x400m champion Abby Steiner continued her unbeaten run this season in the 200m, this time clocking 22.06 (3.1m/s) to win ahead of Anthonique Strachan of The Bahamas in 22.34.
The men&rsquo;s 200m featured a win for USA&rsquo;s Elijah Morrow as he held off Canada&rsquo;s Olympic champion Andre De Grasse and USA&rsquo;s Kendal Williams. Morrow&rsquo;s winning time was 20.11 (4.7m/s) while De Grasse and Williams both clocked 20.28.
USA&rsquo;s Jamal Britt dipped under 13 seconds in the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles and despite the wind being well over the legal limit at 4.0m/s, he was still happy to have broken the barrier. He won in 12.99 ahead of Eric Edwards (13.07) and Freddie Crittenden (13.13) in a US top three. Robert Dunning suffered a fall in the closing stages.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Andrenette Knight may have found the conditions tough going, particularly down the home straight, but she persevered to win the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in 54.90 ahead of USA&rsquo;s Cassandra Tate (55.06). There was disappointment for USA&rsquo;s 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Ashley Spencer, who fell at the first hurdle.
USA&rsquo;s Olivia Baker pipped Uganda&rsquo;s Susan Aneno in the women&rsquo;s 800m, with world indoor silver medallist Baker securing a narrow win with 2:03.15 to Aneno&rsquo;s 2:03.17, while Canada&rsquo;s Rob Heppenstall took the men&rsquo;s 1500m in 3:41.83 to Ethan Hussey&rsquo;s 3:42.52.
In the men&rsquo;s triple jump, USA&rsquo;s multiple Olympic and world triple jump medallist Will Claye bounded out to a wind-assisted 17.45m (3.1m/s) to win his second competition of the year, with USA&rsquo;s Donald Scott and Jamaica&rsquo;s Jordan Scott both jumping wind-aided marks of 17.06m to finish second and third, respectively, on countback.
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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn clocked one of the fastest ever 100m hurdles times in all conditions, Tara Davis-Woodhall won an exciting long jump clash and Steven Gardiner continued his comeback at the Continental Tour Gold meeting

Camacho-Quinn, Davis-Woodhall and Gardiner breeze to wins in Bermuda

USA&rsquo;s world champion Brooke Andersen became the third athlete in history to surpass 80 metres in the women&rsquo;s hammer, throwing 80.17m to win at the USATF Throws Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Tucson, USA, on Saturday (20).
With that performance the 27-year-old, who threw her previous best of 79.80m exactly a month prior, consolidates her place at No.3 on the world all-time list behind only Anita Wlodarczyk and USA&rsquo;s DeAnna Price. Poland&rsquo;s Wlodarczyk holds the world record with the 82.98m she threw in 2016, while USA's Price recorded 80.31m in 2021.
Andersen won by more than three-and-a-half metres in Tucson, where Janee' Kassanavoid threw 76.60m for the runner-up spot and Annette Echikunwoke recorded 75.00m for third.
Their US compatriot Rudy Winkler also achieved an 80m-plus throw in the men&rsquo;s event, as he launched the implement 80.88m. Mexican record-holder Diego del Real was second with 78.05m and Denzel Comenentia third with a Dutch record of 78.01m.
There were wins for New Zealand&rsquo;s Tom Walsh (21.86m) and Canada&rsquo;s Sarah Mitton (19.58m) in the shot put, Samoa&rsquo;s Alex Rose (67.73m) and Cuba&rsquo;s Yaime Perez (65.88m) in the discus, and USA&rsquo;s Curtis Thompson (79.34m) and Maggie Malone (62.28m) in the javelin.
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USA&rsquo;s Chase Ealey was among the winners at the HALPLUS &ndash; Westerfage, a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger meeting, in Halle, Germany, on Saturday (20).
The world shot put champion threw a world-leading 20.06m to beat Portugal&rsquo;s world indoor champion Auriol Dongmo (19.16m).
Italy&rsquo;s Zane Weir led an Italian top two in the men&rsquo;s event, throwing 21.74m to Leonardo Fabbri&rsquo;s 20.75m.
China&rsquo;s Feng Bin was another world champion to secure success as she threw 66.70m to win the women&rsquo;s discus contest ahead of Germany&rsquo;s Olympic silver medallist Kristin Pudenz (66.34m).
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<h2>Alem impresses with sub-30:00 10,000m</h2>
A barrier was also broken at the Night of the 10,000m PBs, another World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track in London, UK, on Saturday (20), as Ethiopia&rsquo;s Mizan Alem Adane ran 29:59.03 to become the 12th woman to ever go sub-30:00 in the discipline.
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Mizan Alem Adane on her way to 10,000m triumph at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London (&copy; Getty Images)
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The 21-year-old, who won the world U20 5000m title in 2021, stayed true to the meeting&rsquo;s name as she took almost three minutes off her previous 10,000m PB, set during her only other race over the distance in 2019.
She won by more than a minute and was followed over the finish line by USA&rsquo;s Weini Kelati (31:04.16) and Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti (31:06.42), who both also set PBs, while Britain&rsquo;s Jessica Warner-Judd finished fourth (31:09.28) and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Hawi Feysa placed fifth (31:09.85).
The men&rsquo;s race was won by USA&rsquo;s Olympic and world 5000m medallist Paul Chelimo, who ran a PB of 27:12.73 in the third 10,000m race of his career.
He claimed a clear victory, with the runner-up spot secured by Kenya&rsquo;s Vincent Kiprotich Mutai in a PB of 27:31.31.
Israel&rsquo;s Tadesse Getahon was third (27:33.99 PB), Burundi's Egide Ntakarutimana fourth (27:37.09) and Japan&rsquo;s Ren Tazawa fifth (27:40.40).
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