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Gout Gout: Australian teen sensation betters his own 200m national record
Dec 07, 2025

Gout Gout: Australian teen sensation betters his own 200m national record

Teenager Gout Gout set a new personal best and an Australian record with victory in the men's 200m on his senior international debut at the Golden Spike meeting...

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Ruth Chepngetich: Women's marathon world record holder suspended after testing positive for banned substance
Dec 07, 2025

Ruth Chepngetich: Women's marathon world record holder suspended after testing positive for banned substance

Ruth Chepngetich, the women's marathon world record-holder, has been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test on Thursday.Chepngetich tested positive...

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Government backs UK bid for 2029 World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Government backs UK bid for 2029 World Athletics Championships

The Government has thrown its support behind the United Kingdom's bid to host the World Athletics Championships and World Para Athletics Championships in 2029.T...

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World Athletics approves SRY gene tests for athletes wanting to compete in female category ahead of World Championships
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics approves SRY gene tests for athletes wanting to compete in female category ahead of World Championships

World Athletics has approved SRY gene tests for athletes wishing to compete in the female category, with the regulations taking effect on 1 September 2025 ahead...

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Sha'Carri Richardson: World 100m champion issues public apology to boyfriend Christian Coleman after her domestic violence arrest
Dec 07, 2025

Sha'Carri Richardson: World 100m champion issues public apology to boyfriend Christian Coleman after her domestic violence arrest

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman....

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Keely Hodgkinson makes winning 800m return ahead of World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson makes winning 800m return ahead of World Athletics Championships

Keely Hodgkinson made a stunning, winning return to action at the Diamond League in Poland in her first race since the 2024 Paris Olympics.The 23-year-old Olymp...

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Keely Hodgkinson eases to victory as she continues return from injury ahead of World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson eases to victory as she continues return from injury ahead of World Athletics Championships

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson produced a dominant display to win the women's 800 metres at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, with British team-mate Georg...

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World Athletics Championships: Seb Coe reveals SRY test receives 90 per cent uptake by athletes in female categories
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Seb Coe reveals SRY test receives 90 per cent uptake by athletes in female categories

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, says over 90 per cent of athletes who are set to compete in female categories at the upcoming World Athletics Cham...

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Great North Run organisers apologise for Newcastle-Sunderland mix-up on 2025 medals, saying: 'Wear sorry!'
Dec 07, 2025

Great North Run organisers apologise for Newcastle-Sunderland mix-up on 2025 medals, saying: 'Wear sorry!'

Great North Run organisers have issued an apology, saying "Wear sorry!" after medals awarded to finishers of Sunday's event featured the incorrect city and rive...

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World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new 'sex test' is introduced in world first
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new 'sex test' is introduced in world first

The world's best athletes will take to the track and field this weekend when the World Athletics Championships get under way in Tokyo from September 13-21.Many...

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