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Concerns Over Heat as Tokyo Prepares for World Athletics Championship
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Concerns Over Heat as Tokyo Prepares for World Athletics Championship

High temperatures and record heat have hit Tokyo, as the World Championship in athletics is now approaching with giant strides.
Norwegian Athletes Face Challenges with Gender Testing for World Championship
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Norwegian Athletes Face Challenges with Gender Testing for World Championship

All women who want to compete in the World Championship in athletics in Tokyo must undergo a gender test. The Norwegian athletes must leave their samples abroad – the testing is illegal in Norway
Jakob Ingebrigtsen's Comeback Blocked by Diamond League Rule
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen's Comeback Blocked by Diamond League Rule

Running star Jakob Ingebrigtsen has not competed at all outdoors this year, but now wanted to make a comeback on 1,500 meters after his injury hell. Then he got a flat no from the organizer of the Diamond League final – due to a rule
Aregawi Sets Sights on Olympic Marathon After Missing World Championship
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Aregawi Sets Sights on Olympic Marathon After Missing World Championship

It will be no World Championship in Tokyo for Abeba Aregawi – but she is aiming to run a marathon in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in three years. In her first Finnkampen in ten years, she was warmly received by the home crowd at Stockholm stadium
Abeba Aregawi Returns to Swedish Athletics After Decade Away
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Abeba Aregawi Returns to Swedish Athletics After Decade Away

Controversial Abeba Aregawi meets the Swedish athletics audience for the first time in a decade when the Finland-Sweden athletics international is decided at Stockholm Stadium. We welcome her with open arms, says long jumper Khaddi Sagnia
Aregawi Returns to Compete for Sweden After Nine-Year Hiatus
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Aregawi Returns to Compete for Sweden After Nine-Year Hiatus

As an SVT expert, Kajsa Bergqvist thought Abeba Aregawi would never compete for Sweden again. Nine years later, she has selected the former world star for the Finnkampen
Controversial Gender Tests for World Championship Underway in Sweden
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Controversial Gender Tests for World Championship Underway in Sweden

Under the Finland-Sweden athletics international, Sweden's female athletes will undergo the controversial gender tests required ahead of the World Championship in Tokyo. We will not force anyone to do it, but then you are not eligible for selection, says David Fridell, Secretary General of the association
Gender Testing Issues Emerge Before World Athletics Championship
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Gender Testing Issues Emerge Before World Athletics Championship

All women who will compete in the World Championship in athletics in Tokyo in September must be gender-tested before the championship. For two major athletics nations, it has caused problems just 15 days before the deadline, reports Reuters
Duplantis Prepares for World Athletics Ultimate Championship Debut
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Duplantis Prepares for World Athletics Ultimate Championship Debut

Armand Duplantis is the first star to be presented ahead of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, which will be held for the first time next year. "It's an honor", says the pole vault giant
World Athletics Reintroduces Gender Testing for Fair Competition
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World Athletics Reintroduces Gender Testing for Fair Competition

For the first time in almost 30 years, all women who participate in the World Championship in athletics must be gender-tested before the championship. Something blue-and-yellow athletes think is positive
Mandatory Sex Tests for Women Athletes at World Championship in Tokyo
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Mandatory Sex Tests for Women Athletes at World Championship in Tokyo

International Athletics Federation (WA) decided in the spring to introduce mandatory sex tests for all who want to compete as a woman. Now it is clear that women who will compete in the World Championship in Tokyo in September must be tested
Russian Swimmer Responds to Criticism Over World Championship Participation
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Russian Swimmer Responds to Criticism Over World Championship Participation

Swedish team captain Martina Aronsson is critical of Russia being allowed to participate with a large team in the World Championship. Russian star Kliment Kolesnikov, gold candidate on 100 meters backstroke, counters: Everyone can think what they want, I just do my job
Caster Semenya Wins Right to New Trial in European Court
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Caster Semenya Wins Right to New Trial in European Court

The European Court gives the South African runner Caster Semenya right. She got no fair trial in the court in Switzerland
IOC Forms Working Group to Address Women's Class Protection
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IOC Forms Working Group to Address Women's Class Protection

The International Olympic Committee sets up a working group whose task is to "investigate the protection of women's classes". This is announced by the new IOC Chairman Kristy Coventry at a press conference
Karsten Warholm's 300m Hurdles Record Not Recognized by Athletics Federation
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Karsten Warholm's 300m Hurdles Record Not Recognized by Athletics Federation

Karsten Warholm achieved a world record on 300 meter hurdles in front of the home crowd during the Diamond League gala in Oslo. But now he will lose it
Trans Players Banned from Women's Football in England
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Trans Players Banned from Women's Football in England

Trans people will soon be stopped from playing women's football in England. The country's football association, FA, states that a new regulatory framework will come into force on June 1
World Athletics to Implement Saliva Gender Tests for Female Competitors
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World Athletics to Implement Saliva Gender Tests for Female Competitors

All female athletes must take saliva tests to prove they are women. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to compete in the women's class
Double World Records by Norwegian Star
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Double World Records by Norwegian Star

Jakob Ingebrigtsen crushed the world record in the English mile (1,609 meters) at the indoor athletics gala in Lievin, France, with a time of 3:45. 14
Athletics' proposal: gender testing for women
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Athletics' proposal: gender testing for women

Female athletes may in the future need to undergo a gender test to compete at elite level. Furthermore, the International Athletics Federation proposes a new set of rules that may lead to women with naturally high testosterone levels being completely excluded from competing
Trump's message: Ban on transgender people in competitions
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Trump's message: Ban on transgender people in competitions

USA's president Donald Trump signed the presidential decree in the evening, which stops trans people from competing in women's and girls' sports competitions in the USA. The war against women's sports is over, said Trump
New World Championship rules - how they affect the Swedes
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New World Championship rules - how they affect the Swedes

New rules await long jumpers and triple jumpers as well as throwers in the World Championship. "I am positive about the change", says Maja Åskag to friidrott
Make Handball a Winter Olympic Sport
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Make Handball a Winter Olympic Sport

Move handball to the Winter Olympic Games. The radical proposal is now launched by the International Athletics Federation's chairman Sebastian Coe – who wants to become the top chief of the Olympic movement
Duplantis praised – and snubbed
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Duplantis praised – and snubbed

Want to Introduce Prize Money in the Olympic Games: "The IOC Should Pay"
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Want to Introduce Prize Money in the Olympic Games: "The IOC Should Pay"

The prize money is increasing in biathlon. Now, both the fastest in the pursuit and the best on the relay tracks will get paid
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