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I disagree with the current honours system (not least the glorifying of a now thankfully non-existent empire).

OTOH, I'm all in favour of honouring the likes of Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Marianela Núñez. A great athlete and a great dancer, honoured on the same day!

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jdv

Katarina Johnson-Thompson smiles as she is presented with an award by King Charles
BBC NewsKing Charles presents honours in return to public dutiesAmong those receiving honours are Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Alan Titchmarsh.
#KatarinaJohnsonThompson#MarianelaNunez#athletics
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brad m

#running #athletics #trackandfield

#DiamondLeague ready for 2025 lift-off
"It is 15 years since the Wanda #DiamondLeague was created and 2025 will see a number of changes” athleticsweekly.com/athletics-

The league’s debut season begins with the inaugural Slam in Kingston, Jamaica, April 4–6
"#GrandSlamTrack, the newly launched track competition created by four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson, has unveiled an extensive series of global broadcast partnerships” athleticsweekly.com/featured/g

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brad m

#running #athletics
“Schools could theoretically offer as many scholarships as they have roster spots, but few track programs are expected to do so due to budgetary constraints”
"could cause budgets of #Olympic #sports to shrink—or be cut altogether”

A Historic Change Could Bring New Money to #College #Athletes—but It’s Already Crushing Some #Runners’ Dreams
#NCAA #trackandfield and #crosscountry #athletes are being cut because of a transformative legal settlement runnersworld.com/news/a6427676

Runner's World · A Historic Change Could Bring New Money to College Athletes—but It’s Already Crushing Some Runners’ DreamsBy Theo Kahler
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Sue Briccay :verifiedace:

World Athletics is to introduce chromosome testing in female atheletes to determine the presence of a 'Y' chromosome.

The reason given by the bigoted Sebastian Coe is ' "We'll doggedly protect the female category and do whatever it takes to do it." '

This approach was dropped by the IOC in 1999 because it excluded some cis women.

thepinknews.com/2025/03/25/wor

medicine.yale.edu/news-article

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · World Athletics introduces mandatory sex testing for female athletesBy Amelia Hansford
#Athletics#Transphobia#Misogyny
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brad m

#athletics #running
“#GrantHolloway has been nothing but unbeatable over the 60m #hurdles … have to turn the clock back to March 16, 2014, when he was just 16 and competing at the New York New Balance Nationals to unearth the last time the now 27-year-old didn’t finish first”
“#Trackandfield is a weird sport … we can do a better job of marketing certain #athletes that have certain skills, or are going for history more so than marketing just this regular shoe brand”
athleticsweekly.com/interviews

AW · Why Grant Holloway is Mr InvincibleBy Euan Crumley
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brad m

#athletics #trackandfield
“saying it as a fan. Our top people winning is wonderful but are the fans seeing anything to get them off their feet?”
"Lewis believes that the jumps and throws will end up moving away from stadia and arenas in future … Imagine a street meet”

Nine-time #Olympic champion #CarlLewis on why he’s so troubled by #WorldAthletics’ long jump proposals, why the #sport needs an overhaul in its outlook and why the way it’s governed should be reconsidered athleticsweekly.com/interviews

AW · Carl Lewis: “World Athletics are trying to erase Mike Powell’s world record”By Tim Adams
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brad m

#athletics #trackandfield
“It has not been a normal start to the year. In the space of nine February days, no fewer than nine #worldrecords were shattered – only one of those coming outdoors in the form of #JacobKilpimo’s astonishing #halfmarathon exploits”

#GrantFisher: “The sport is moving forward”
America’s distance star talks about the art of record-breaking, raising standards and #running towards the unknown with Grand Slam Track athleticsweekly.com/interviews

AW · Grant Fisher: “The sport is moving forward”By Euan Crumley
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