Track and field gold medallists will receive prize money at Paris 2024, prompting questions about whether the move adheres with the tradition and spirit of the Games
World Athletics’ cash for Paris Olympics winners creates problem, says BOA chief
World Athletics has created a problem by announcing that gold medallists at the Paris Olympics will receive cash prizes, according to the head of the British Olympic Association Andy Anson
‘We work just as hard’: Team GB swimmers want Olympic prize money
Gold medal for politics: why Olympic prize money is a smart move by Seb Coe
Sean Ingle
Coe defends World Athletics’ move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold winners
February 2024
Sebastian Coe vows Enhanced Games athletes would be ‘banned for long time’
World Athletics long jump plans will not solve the problem. Here is a better idea
December 2023
Coe sounds warning over Paris 2024 athletics prices with tickets up to €990
The World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has expressed concern over ticket prices for the Olympic Games next year, warning they will price out genuine fans
October 2023
Weekend
Olympian Caster Semenya speaks out, Marina Hyde on GB News, plus the ghost hunter turned skeptic – podcast
Caster Semenya: ‘How would I label myself? I’m an African. I’m a woman. I’m a different woman’
August 2023
Coe applauds Budapest atmosphere claiming city is ready to host Olympics
USA’s Noah Lyles wins 100m world title as Hughes seals bronze for GB
‘I know I can run as fast’: Christine Mboma on the medical minefield of World Athletics’ DSD ruling
Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe
July 2023
British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance
‘A long time coming’: Caster Semenya ‘elated’ to win discrimination case
European court rules that Caster Semenya’s human rights were violated
Air pollution could kill London as a sporting capital, Sebastian Coe warns
March 2023
World Athletics announces ban on transgender women from female events – video
Sebastian Coe, the president of the World Athletics Council, confirmed the position at a press conference on Thursday
January 2023
Sportblog
World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge
Sean Ingle
Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too
