The bidding process for the 2028 and 2030 editions of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is now open

Over 150 athletes from more than 10 countries are set to compete across 20 disciplines in the bronze-level global meet.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe makes a keynote speech during the European Athletics Young Leaders Forum in Munich on Aug. 18, 2022. (Simon Hofmann/Getty Images for European Athletics)

The journey to Japan is intensifying for athletes around the world, with just two months to go to the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25

Gadson, is among ten candidates vying for six available seats on the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission. Voting is expected to take place before and during the World Athletics Championship to be held in Tokyo

BAHAMIAN athletics icon, Tonique Williams, said she is truly honoured to be selected as one of four commentators worldwide for the prestigious World Athletics

Sally Pearson and Christian Taylor have been announced as World Athletics ambassadors for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, with two months to go until the 20th edition of the global showpiece in Japan.

As the countdown to the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 continues, we shine a spotlight on some of the podium sweeps that have lit up past editions of the global showpiece. This five-part series continues with a look back at Kenya’s dominance in the men’s 3000m steeplechase in Athens in 1997.