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The World Athletics Championships is a biennial competition organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). They started in 1976 and were originally held every four years before switching to a two-year cycle in 1991.
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, unbeaten since 2023, set his 15th pole vault world record earlier this year, clearing 6.31m in Sweden. Photo: AP
Armand Duplantis

Two-time Olympic champion Armand Duplantis kicks off Diamond League season in China

The US-born Swede will be joined by Faith Kipyegon, Karsten Warholm, Letsile Tebogo and Tobi Amusan in a high-octane start to the series.

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt hopes Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has strong support system

World Athletics awards indoor championships to India in 2028, Kazakhstan in 2030

Armand Duplantis

Fear of failure still drives Duplantis despite 15 world records, Olympic golds

Swedish pole vault great aiming for fourth World Athletics Indoor Championships title in Poland on Saturday.

Armand Duplantis celebrates breaking the world record for the 15th time last week. Photo: Reuters
Year in Review

Year in athletics: Mondo Duplantis shines, the US enjoys a stellar year

Doping still lingers over the sport, with Kenyan and Russian athletes the biggest offenders.

Doping in sport

Hospital video helps clear Chinese long jump world champion Wang of doping

China’s anti-doping body says this week athlete was not negligent or at fault after failing an out-of-competition test last year.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Mondo Duplantis, serial pole vault world record breaker?

At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September, the Swede, who is still coached by his parents, set his 14th world record in the sport.

Two-time Olympic gold-medallist Armand “Mondo” Duplantis with his fiancée, Desiré Inglander. Photos: @mondo_duplantis, @desireinglander/Instagram
Doping in sport

Kenyan athletes shine at Tokyo world championships, but doping remains a problem

The East African nation has invested millions to combat the issue, but it remains on anti-doping agency Wada’s watch list.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Explainer | Why Hong Kong’s fastest marathon runner was exiled by athletics chiefs

How a sponsorship deal and a switch of accommodation spiralled into a stand-off between Wong Wan-chun and the HKAAA.

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Watch ‘box office’ McLaughlin-Levrone blast her way to historic 400m time

American athlete powered through Tokyo rain to post the fastest women’s 400m time in 40 years.

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United States’ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins the women’s 400 meters final at the World Athletics Championships. Photo: AP
Marathons

Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in Tokyo after amazing marathon finish

Men’s marathon proves closer than men’s 100m final as it ends in a photo finish, a first for a major championship.

Armand Duplantis celebrates his world record in the pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP
Usain Bolt

World Athletics Championships: Gout Gout, 17, eyes Tokyo test, then school exams

Compared to Usain Bolt, teen sprinter says he hopes to become first Australian to run 200m in under 20 seconds.

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Lui’s dream comes true after shock World Athletics Championships call-up

The 30-year-old, who becomes the first hurdler from the city to take part in the event in 14 years, got a wild card late last month.

Noah Lyles

Tokyo world championships: Tebogo’s legs to ‘do the talking’ in Lyles showdown

Softly spoken Botswana Olympic champion and ‘arrogant’ American rival set to square off in the 100m, 200m races from Saturday.

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo runs with children around a course during a visit to a primary school gymnasium on Tuesday before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
Doping in sport

From doping to damaged goods: Russian athletics’ long road to reintegration

As Russia sits out September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, its national federation is battling to rebuild trust.

Illustration: Brian Wang

‘Big and punchy’: athletics chief Coe looks to future in final 2 years in role

Sebastian Coe looking to remind world that his sport is ‘still there’ with unashamed courting of TV.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong ‘great’ base for Team GB athletes starting World Championships quest

Toby Harries targeting more Olympic glory after sacrificing potential international rugby career and coming back from brink of retirement.

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India’s Chopra withdraws invite to Pakistani javelin rival after Kashmir attack

Arshad Nadeem’s potential involvement in Neeraj Chopra Classic prompted ‘hate and abuse’, Chopra says, adding it was now ‘out of question’.

India’s Neeraj Chopra has withdrawn an invite to his Pakistani rival following the deadly terror attacks in Kashmir. Photo: EPA-EFE

100 metres in 9 seconds? Usain Bolt’s record may be beaten thanks to Hongkonger

Times could soon be 20 per cent quicker, according to entrepreneur Alvina Chen, whose company has made ‘world’s fastest running surface’.

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Diamond League CEO bats away concerns over rival Grand Slam Track series

Competition’s CEO says the circuit remains integral to global athletics, despite the launch of Michael Johnson’s track-event-only series.

Trending in China

Wu Yanni wants Asian 100m hurdles record, but admits Olympics a step too far

Chinese athlete says she can’t compete with Western counterparts, targets top eight finish at LA Games in 2028.

Wu Yanni celebrates after breaking the national record in women’s 60m hurdles at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Photo: Xinhua
Trending in China

Tearful Wu Yanni’s 60m hurdles Worlds failure sparks furious social media debate

Despite setting a new national record time of 8.01 seconds, the 27-year-old missed out on qualification by 0.01 seconds.

China’s Wu Yanni of China celebrates after breaking the national record during the women’s 60 metres hurdles semi-finals at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Photo: Xinhua

Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout, 17, clocks world-leading 200m time

Youngster rose to prominence in December when he clocked the quickest time ever by a 16-year-old – beating Usain Bolt’s best at the same age.

Trail running and hiking

Clean air and empty runway offer elite women chance to break 10km world record

The race on the new tarmac will be held in November, with organisers hoping to attract 12,000 runners, including 50 of the world’s top women.

Ingebrigtsen smashes 3,000m world record, soaring Swede Duplantis hits new heights

Norwegian Ingebrigtsen breaks 28-year-old world record at Diamond League meet in Poland, and Swedish Olympic champion Duplantis raises own pole vault mark.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen takes a moment after realising he has set a 3,000m world record at the Silesia Diamond League. Photo: EPA-EFE

Athletics great Johnson launches ‘best of the best’ circuit for track runners

Grand Slam Track will debut in April 2025 with two 3-day meetings in the US and two global one, with US$3m in prize money at each event

Michael Johnson (with his wife, Armine Shamiryan) is launching a track league with US$12.6m in prize money over its first season. Photo: AP

World Athletics launches richest competition ever, with US$10 million prize fund

New three-day World Athletics Ultimate Championship will take place every two years, starting in Budapest in 2026.

Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Long jumper Yue’s Paris Olympics tall order: just match her personal best 3 times

The 26-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist hopes to become the first female long jumper from Hong Kong to compete at the Games.

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