| There are five Wanda Diamond League meetings in June, while the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold continues with six events as the season ramps up. For the Diamond League, there are stops in Rome, Stockholm, Oslo, Doha and Paris. The Continental Tour Gold travels to Turku, Texas, Los Angeles, Ostrava, Hengelo and Zagreb, and the Combined Events Tour Gold hits Ratingen. Then there’s the first of the national championships windows as athletes look to make their mark in a season that ends with the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in September. |
| The month ahead in athletics |
| A summary of competitions and stories that will be covered on the World Athletics website and its social media channels. Publication dates can be subject to change. An extensive calendar of international events can be found on the World Athletics website. Wednesday 3 June • Paavo Nurmi Games, Turku FIN (Continental Tour Gold) Thursday 4 June • Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, Rome ITA (Diamond League) Saturday 6 June • USATF Lone Star Grand Prix, Texas USA (Continental Tour Gold) Sunday 7 June • BAUHAUS-Galan, Stockholm SWE (Diamond League) Wednesday 10 June • Oslo Bislett Games, Oslo NOR (Diamond League) Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 June • USATF LA Grand Prix, Los Angeles USA (Continental Tour Gold)Tuesday 16 June • Ostrava Golden Spike, Ostrava CZE (Continental Tour Gold)Friday 19 June • Doha Meeting, QAT (Diamond League)Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 June • National championships windowSunday 21 June • FBK Games, Hengelo NED (Continental Tour Gold)Friday 26 June • Boris Hanžeković Memorial, Zagreb CRO (Continental Tour Gold)Friday 26 – Sunday 28 June • Pan American Championships, Medellín COLSaturday 27 – Sunday 28 June • Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting, Ratingen GER (Combined Events Tour Gold)Sunday 28 June • Meeting de Paris, FRA (Diamond League) |
| RECAP OF THE PAST MONTH Headline news |
Qualification system approved for World Athletics Championships Beijing 27The World Athletics Council has approved the qualification system and entry standards for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27. More |
| Other featured news |
| Action replay |
 Yan and Russell reign supreme in Xiamen with second-best marks in history Schilder breaks Diamond League record with 21.09m in Shanghai |
| FOR THE RECORD World record watch (as at 1 June) Ratifiedmen’s 10km: 26:31 Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) Castellón, 16 Feb 25 men’s 800m short track: 1:42.50i Josh Hoey (USA) Boston, 24 Jan 26U20 women’s 1500m short track: 4:01.23i Saron Berhe (ETH) Ostrava, 3 Feb 26U20 men’s 800m short track: 1:44.03i Cooper Lutkenhaus (USA) Winston Salem, 14 Feb 26 men’s half marathon race walk: 1:20:34 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) Kobe, 15 Feb 26 U20 men’s 200m: 19.67 Gout Gout (AUS) Sydney, 12 Apr 26 Pending ratificationmen’s distance medley relay: 9:14.58 United States (USA) Eugene, 19 Apr 24 U20 men’s 10,000m: 26:37.93 Biniam Mehary (ETH) Nerja, 14 Jun 24U20 women’s 5000m short track: 14:44.79i Jane Hedengren (USA) Boston, 6 Dec 25men’s 4x800m short track: 7:10.29i United States (USA) Philadelphia, 6 Feb 26men’s 400m short track: 44.52i Khaleb McRae (USA) Fayetteville, 13 Feb 26women’s 800m short track: 1:54.87i Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) Liévin, 19 Feb 26 men’s 5000m race walk short track: 17:54.48i Francesco Fortunato (ITA) Ancona, 28 Feb 26men’s half marathon: 57:20 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) Lisbon, 8 Mar 26men’s pole vault: 6.31m Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Uppsala, 12 Mar 26men’s heptathlon: 6670 Simon Ehammer (SUI) Toruń, 21 Mar 26women’s 60m hurdles: 7.65 Devynne Charlton (BAH) Toruń, 22 Mar 26 women-only marathon: 2:15:41 Tigst Assefa (ETH) London, 26 Apr 26men’s marathon: 1:59:30 Sabastian Sawe (KEN) London, 26 Apr 26mixed 4x100m: 40.07 Canada (CAN) Gaborone, 2 May 26mixed 4x100m: 39.99 Jamaica (JAM) Gaborone, 2 May 26mixed 4x100m: 39.62 Jamaica (JAM) Gaborone, 3 May 26U20 women’s javelin: 71.74m Yan Ziyi (CHN) Xiamen, 23 May 26 |
| Athletes sanctioned for a doping offence An up-to-date list is available on the Athletics Integrity Unit website. |
| New member federation officers – recent elections / appointments Member federationPresidentGeneral secretaryCROIvan Veštić (re-elected)-MLTMario Bonello (re-elected)Antonella Chouhal (re-elected)NRUKen Blake (re-elected)James Akibwib (elected)ISLSveinn Margeirsson (elected)Rannveig Oddsdóttir (appointed)COKSimone Fe’ao (re-elected)Sally Malcolm (elected)The above information is supplied by the World Athletics governance, member and international relations department and represents member federation election results received since the last World Athletics newsletter. |