March 19, 2024
In a dominant performance just weeks before the University Sport South Africa (USSA) championships in Stellenbosch, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Athletics Club secured a haul of 47 medals at the Central Gauteng (CGA) Championships on March 16th, 2024. UJ athletes impressed, bringing home 15 gold, 17 silver, and 15 bronze medals at the Athletics Stadium in Westdene.
While securing these impressive results, many UJ athletes, both men and women across various categories, also achieved qualifying times for the upcoming national ch...
Athletics legend Carl Lewis has been announced as World Athletics ambassador for the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24, with 50 days to go until the relay spectacular in Nassau. The nine-time Olympic and eight-time world gold medallist claimed five global 4x100m titles during his incredible career and now he will be trackside as the sport's current stars look to secure Olympic places on 4-5 May. "The thrill of relay competition is like nothing else and I'm looking forward to watching the world's best in their bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris," said Le...
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.
• 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 achi...
Final session in Glasgow sees world record by Charlton, Doom and Bol at the double, and shock win for Beamish
Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas produced the second world record of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 as she lowered her 60m hurdles mark to 7.65 in securing her first global title.
There might have been a third world record as Mondo Duplantis, having successfully defended his pole vault title despite a few wobbles with a clearance of 6.05m, had two out of three decent attempts at increasing his world record to 6.24m.
Femke Bol followed her world 400...
