• Campaign focus now shifts to gender equity and participation at grassroots level On International Women's Day, World Athletics is celebrating the resounding success of its #WeGrowAthletics campaign, three years on from its initial launch in 2021.Designed around pledges aimed at improving gender equity and closing the gender gap in athletics, the #WeGrowAthletics campaign's ambition of eliminating gender bias in athletics has made notable strides in fulfilling or actioning the pledges that were made in the last 36 months.Some of the campaign's most notable achievements...

With little more than three weeks to go until the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24, organisers have unveiled the medals for the global event on 30 March. More than 500 athletes from roughly 60 teams will converge on Friendship Park in the Serbian capital at the end of this month to race for a place on the podium in individual, relay and team contests. For the athletes who make it on to the podium, they will be rewarded with one of the championship medals that were commissioned by the Serbian Athletics Federation.

Kids' Athletics Day World Mile Challenge • World Mile Challenge web app to keep track of miles run across the globe World Athletics is pleased to launch the World Mile Challenge ahead of this year’s Kids’ Athletics Day – an annual celebration of children and young people being active and participating in athletics – which will take place on 7 May 2024. An exciting twist has been added to the 2024 Kids' Athletics Day theme – the World Mile Challenge. In honour of the 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile on 6 May 1954, this year's focus is on running,...