Former junior world champions Mona Mitterwallner of Austria and Frenchman Victor Koretzky took golds following a pair of thrilling races at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Haute-Savoie.

Mitterwallner, who won the cross-country marathon at the Cycling World Championships earlier this year

points to her name.Her compatriot Koretzky clinched his first title of the season ahead of Rio 2016 Olympic

Schurter of Switzerland in the men's cross-country.He finished 17 seconds clear of Schurter, who also has Olympic

made to ban Iran from next year’s Olympics in Paris after claims that the country is violating the Olympic

for Iran’s exclusion from Paris 2024.A letter was reportedly issued by the group to the International Olympic

are banned under the Islamic regime.French lawyer Frédéric Thiriez has claimed that Iran has violated Olympic

welfare of athletes and discrimination in sports in the Middle East nation.Bach summoned the National Olympic

Islamic Republic of Iran President Hashem Siami quit in May after photos showed women running in a marathon

in Shiraz without hijabs.Iran has previously been accused of breaching the Olympic Charter through Government

In a statement after this year's Mexico City Marathon, organisers insisted that the annual event represents

Your programme should know that not everyone who signs up for a marathon intends to finish it; many take

It was Madrazo’s participation in one particular marathon, the Berlin marathon of 2007, which earned

continued.The Mexico course dodgers - however many they may turn out to be - were following in a great Olympic

nine-mile mark and covered the next 11 miles in his manager’s car before making his way back on foot to the Olympic

Let’s go with the flow on this and promote it as a new strand within the marathon day.

billion (£765 million/$955 million/€892 million) is to be invested into the development of the Tianfu Olympic

The Tianfu Olympic Sports Park is situated in the Eastern New District of the Chinese city and is set

exceed CNY¥7 billion, according to a report by Chinese website Sohu.Among those include the Tianfu Olympic

of global sporting organisations.Another large chunk of the investment is due to go until the Tianfu Olympic

investments include CNY¥220 million (£24 million/$30 million/€28 million) into the Sancha Lake International Marathon

Track and CNY¥200 million (£22 million/$27 million/€25 million) into the Olympic Sports Cultural Tourism

Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced there would be

"Due to ongoing discussions between the IOC and the Organising Committee, the Olympic Programme Commission

Angeles almost 40 years ago,In 1984, then the major programme changes were the inclusion of a women’s marathon

road race.As many sports have been added, there remains the suspicion that not all of them regard an Olympic

goal as the highest peak.The women's marathon was included for the first time at an Olympic Games the

gold and is now one of very few in the men’s game to possess both an Olympic and World Cup winner’s

Arriving back at Paris Orly airport from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest I felt almost guilty speaking to some of my friends from L’Equipe.

Stuttgart ©Getty ImagesMaybe next year there will be one glorious finale for Mayer, who has won two Olympic

Not many people in Britain really expected that Jake Wightman would beat Norway’s Olympic champion Jakob

©Getty ImagesAs a 40-year-old Sir Mo Farah, with six world and four Olympic golds to his name over 5,000

in the United States on October 14 seeking the Olympic qualifying mark of 2:26:50.Her victory came thirty

While training earlier in the year at altitude in Albuquerque in preparation for the London Marathon

Hungary’s Vanda Kiszli captured her second gold of the International Canoe Federation Canoe Marathon

in the women's K2 race as the country topped the overall standings ©Svend-Erik Boysen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon

medal went to Poland’s Mateusz Zuchora and Mateusz Borgiel who clocked a time of 1:38:05.63.Double Olympic

of drama on the final day of competition at Lake Jels in Denmark ©Svend-Erik Boysen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon

excited over the "great potential" of portages in canoe sprint with a view to possible inclusion at the Olympic

Konietzko visited Lake Jels in Denmark yesterday to watch the penultimate day of competition at the Canoe Marathon

Denmark’s Mads Pedersen overcame double Olympic medallist Fernando Pimenta of Portugal to win men’s K1

As you can see from the canoe marathon, portages bring some action-packed moments and could bring in

I don’t think we should sell out the history but hopefully with the Olympic community and ICF we can

we have a highlight here with this year’s World Championships in marathon."

International Canoe Federation (ICF) President Thomas Konietzko has insisted that "we do not force" organisers to permit Russian and Belarusian athletes after they were refused entry into major events due to a lack of assurances over security.

Belarus was cited by the Danish Canoe Federation as the reason for their omission at the ICF Canoe Marathon

not affiliated with the military.But they have yet to return to major events and face missing another Olympic

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is working to establish a Paracanoe Marathon World Championships

Para athletes were invited to the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships for the first time to compete

over the long distance.A total of 14 Paracanoe marathon categories were added to the programme, with

We want to have a Paracanoe Marathon World Championships."

Ruud Heijselaar, chair of the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee, wants the Paracanoe marathon to be a medal

There are not too many Para athletes here but that’s because we have the test event for the Olympic and

Russia and Belarus as the reason for their omission from the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon

the war in Ukraine.More than 400 elite athletes from 32 countries are taking part at the ICF Canoe Marathon

I think it will still be a topic over the coming year due to the continental [Olympic] qualifying that

Ruud Heijselaar, chair of the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee, said he was keen to shine a light on the

[Russian and Belarusian athletes] are concentrating on Olympic disciplines and we are not Olympic," said

They have come to marathon for a long time."

The Danish Canoe Federation (DCF) has reiterated its commitment to creating a permanent venue in Copenhagen in a bid to cut the cost of staging major events.

Denmark is currently staging the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships with Vejen playing host, while

revealing that a budget of €1.2 million (£1 million/$1.3 million) had been set for this year’s Canoe Marathon

Denmark has a strong history in canoe sprint at the Olympic Games, winning three golds, six silvers and

Championships in Budapest Faith Kipyegon and Mary Moraa have targeted further success at next year's Olympic

Maalim Madey on their heroes return to Nairobi.Kipyegon is already the back-to-back women's 1500 metres Olympic

record.After returning home to Kenya, Kipyegon declared her ambition to become the first woman to win Olympic

golds in the 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m at Paris 2024 before tackling the marathon distance after the

I will be moving to marathon after the Paris Olympics."

Moraa finished third in her women's 800m semi-final at her only Olympic Games appearance at Tokyo 2020

Monica City Council are set to recommend that the body guarantees the use of its beach for the 2028 Olympic

 "It's been over four decades since the Olympic Torch was last in Santa Monica, back in 1984.

 "And then we hosted the marathon, the beach wasn't even used and the volleyball was held in Long

The United States will be aiming to extend their Olympic beach volleyball medal tally on home sand at

The Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) produced 50 collectors' cards available at its Heritage Exhibition during the World Championships in Budapest, which was attended by around 40,000 visitors during its four-month opening.

further five gold medals at the World Championships in Rome in 1987 and Tokyo in 1991.He also won nine Olympic

Helsinki.Kenyan long-distance runner Paul Tergat, runner Doris Brown of the US, Los Angeles 1984 Olympics marathon

champion Carlos Lopes of Portugal, the 1995 5,000m world champion Sonia O'Sullivan of Ireland and 2005 marathon

Holloway's winning vest and bib from the 110m hurdles in Budapest and a visit by Monaco's International Olympic