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World Athletics,formerly known as theInternational Amateur Athletic FederationandInternational Association of Athletics Federationsand formerly abbreviated as theIAAF,is the internationalgoverning bodyfor thesport of athletics,coveringtrack and field,cross country running,road running,race walking,mountain running,andultra running.Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management ofworld records,and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including theWorld Athletics Championships.The organisation's president isSebastian Coeof theUnited Kingdom,who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term.[2][3]

World Athletics
Formation18 July 1912;112 years ago(1912-07-18)
Founded atStockholm,Sweden
TypeSports federation
Headquarters6–8, quai Antoine-1er,Monaco
Membership
214 member federations
President
Sebastian Coe
Revenue(2019)
US$55 million[1]
Websiteworldathletics.orgEdit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
IAAF (to October 2019)

History

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The process to found World Athletics began inStockholm,Sweden, on 18 July 1912 soon after the completion of the1912 Summer Olympicsin that city. At that meeting, 27 representatives from 17 national federations agreed to meet at a congress inBerlin,Germany, the following year, overseen bySigfrid Edströmwho was to become the fledgling organisation's first president. The 1913 congress formally completed the founding of what was then known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).[4][5][6]

It was headquartered inStockholmfrom 1912 to 1946, inLondonfrom 1946 to 1993, and thereafter moved to its current location inMonaco.

In 1926, the IAAF created a commission to regulate all ball games that were played by hand, includingbasketballandhandball.Subsequently, theInternational Amateur Handball Federationwas founded in 1928, and theInternational Basketball Federationwas founded in 1932.

Beginning in 1982, the IAAF passed several amendments to its rules to allow athletes to receive compensation for participating in international competitions. However, the organization retained the wordamateurin its name until its 2001 congress, at which it changed its name to the International Association of Athletics Federations. In June 2019 the organization chose to rebrand asWorld Athletics,with a rollout beginning after the2019 World ChampionshipsinDoha.[7]

Following repeated requests, World Athletics became the last body within theAssociation of Summer Olympic International Federationsto make public its financial reports in 2020. It revealed the organisation had revenue of around US$200 million spread over a four-year Olympic cycle, with around a fifth of that revenue coming from Olympic broadcasting rights. The reports showed a deficit in each of the non-Olympic years of 2017 and 2018 of around US$20 million. It also showed heavy dependence on its partnership with Japanese marketing agencyDentsu,which made up half of 2018's revenue. It also highlighted reserves of US$45 million at the end of 2018, which would allow the organisation to remain solvent in the face of delays to the2020 Summer Olympicsdue to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]World Athletics Day is celebrated on 7 May.

In 2022, World Athletics imposed sanctions against the Member Federations of Russia and Belarus because of theRussian invasion of Ukraine,and all athletes, support personnel, and officials from Russia and Belarus were excluded from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, and Russian athletes who had received ANA status for 2022 were excluded from World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future.[10]World Athletics Council also applied sanctions on theBelarus Athletic Federation,including banning its hosting of any international or European athletics events, representation at Congress or in decisions which require Congressional votes, involvement of its personnel in programs, and accreditation to attend any World Athletics Series events.[11]

Governance

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PresidentSebastian Coeduring a media session at the 2015Doha Diamond League

World Athletics is headed by apresident.The World Athletics Council has a total of 26 elected members, comprising one president, fourvice-presidents(one senior), the presidents of the six area associations, two members of the Athletes' Commission and 13 Council members. Each member of the Council is elected for a four-year period by the World Athletics Congress, a biennial gathering of athletics officials that consists of the Council, Honorary Members, and up to three delegates from each of the national member federations.[12]Chairpersons and members of Committees, which manage specialist portfolios, are also elected by the Congress. There are four committees: the Cross Country Committee, the Race Walking Committee, the Technical Committee, and the Women's Committee.[13]A further three committees were launched in 2019: Development, Governance and Competitions.[14]The governance structure is outlined in the World Athletics Constitution, which may be amended by the Congress.[15]

The World Athletics Council appoints achief executive officer(CEO), who is focused on improving the coverage of the sport and the organisation's commercial interests. This role was created and merged with the General Secretary role that had existed previously. British former athlete and businessmanJon Ridgeonwas appointed to the role in December 2018.[16]Olivier Gerswas the first person to officially hold the position in 2016, succeeding the interim CEO/General SecretaryJean Gracia.[17]

In order to give active athletes a voice in the governance of the sport, World Athletics created the Athletes' Commission. Athletes are elected to the commission by other athletes, typically held at the Congress attached to the World Athletics Championships. The commission chairperson and one other athlete of the opposite sex are given voting rights on the Council. The last election was held in October 2019 at the2019 World Athletics Championships.[18]

Following doping and corruption issues, a Code of Ethics was agreed in 2013 and an Ethics Commission was appointed in 2014.[19]The Council appoints the chairperson from the elected members, and in turn, the chairperson appoints a deputy chair.[20]The Ethics Board's scope was limited in 2017 with the creation of the independentAthletics Integrity Unit,headed by Australia'sBrett Clothier,to oversee ethical issues and complaints at arm's length.[21]

The International Athletics Foundation is a charity closely associated with World Athletics that engages in projects and programmes to develop the sport.Albert II, Prince of Monacois the Honorary President and the role of IAF President is held by the World Athletics President.[22]A World Athletics Heritage department was created in 2018 to maintain historic artifacts and display them through a physical gallery in Monaco, a virtual online gallery, and a traveling exhibition. The department also issues World Athletics Heritage Plaques to commemorate locations of historic interest to the sport.[23]

Presidents

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The fourth IAAF president,Primo Nebiolo

There have been six presidents since the establishment of World Athletics:

Name Country Presidency
Sigfrid Edström Sweden 1912–1946
Lord Burghley United Kingdom 1946–1976
Adriaan Paulen Netherlands 1976–1981
Primo Nebiolo Italy 1981–1999
Lamine Diack Senegal 1999–2015
Lord Coe United Kingdom 2015–present

World Athletics Council

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Former athlete and World Athletics Council memberNawal El Moutawakel
Name Role Country Profession
Sebastian Coe President United Kingdom Former athlete and politician
Sergey Bubka Senior Vice-President Ukraine Former athlete
Ximena Restrepo Vice-President Colombia Former athlete
Geoff Gardner Vice-President
Area Association President		 Norfolk Island Politician
Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud Vice-President Saudi Arabia Prince and sports administrator
Hiroshi Yokokawa Council Member Japan Businessman
Antti Pihlakoski Council Member Finland Sports administrator
Anna Riccardi Council Member Italy Translator and sports administrator
Nan Wang Council Member China Sports administrator
Adille Sumariwalla Council Member India Former athlete and businessman
Nawal El Moutawakel Council Member Morocco Former athlete
Abby Hoffman Council Member Canada Former athlete
Sylvia Barlag Council Member Netherlands Former athlete and physicist
Alberto Juantorena Council Member Cuba Former athlete
Willie Banks Council Member United States Former athlete
Raúl Chapado Council Member Spain Former athlete
Dobromir Karamarinov Council Member Bulgaria Former athlete and coach
Beatrice Ayikoru Council Member Uganda Sports administrator
Víctor López Area Association President Puerto Rico Track and field coach
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum Area Association President Cameroon Former athlete and military official
Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad Area Association President Qatar Sports administrator
Svein Arne Hansen Area Association President Norway Track meet director
Roberto Gesta de Melo Area Association President Brazil Sports administrator
Iñaki Gómez Athlete's Commission Member Canada Former athlete
Valerie Adams Athlete's Commission Member New Zealand Former athlete

Athletes' Commission

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French pole vaulterRenaud Lavilleniewas elected to the Athletes' Commission in 2019.
Members elected in 2019

Following

Existing members

Chairpersons

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Area associations

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Map of world with six area associations

World Athletics has a total of 214 member federations divided into 6 area associations.[24][25]

AAA –Asian Athletics Associationin Asia
CAA –Confederation of African Athleticsin Africa
CONSUDATLE –Confederación Sudamericana de AtletismoinSouth America
EAA –European Athletic Associationin Europe
NACAC –North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic AssociationinNorth America
OAA –Oceania Athletics AssociationinOceania

Partner organisations

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As of 1 November 2015:[26]

Rules and regulations

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Age

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To allow athletes of different ages to compete against athletes of similar ability, several age categories are maintained. The open class of competition without age limit is defined as "senior". For younger athletes, World Athletics organises events forunder-20 athletes(athletes aged 18 or 19 years on 31 December of the year of the competition) as well asunder-18 athletes(athletes aged 16 or 17 years on 31 December of the year of the competition), historically referred to as "junior" and "youth" age groups, respectively.[28]Age-group competitions over the age of 35 are organised byWorld Masters Athleticsand are divided into five-year groupings.

Doping

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The organisation is a signatory to theWorld Anti-Doping Agency's World Anti-Doping Code and applies sanctions to athletes, coaches and other sportspeople who breach the code through doping or impeding any anti-doping actions.[29]Dopingis still a serious issue in worldathleticsdue to the increased use of banned substances by athletes to improve their athletic performance.[30]To address the problem, athletes participating in sports are required to sign theWorld Anti-Doping Agencycode and are subjected to random urine or blood samples testing, leading to penalties like game suspension, or lifetime ban for violating code.[31]

Sex

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Main article:Testosterone regulations in women's athletics

International level athletics competitions are mostly divided by sex and World Athletics applies eligibility rules for the women's category. World Athletics has regulations forintersexandtransgenderathletes. Thedifferences of sex development(DSD) regulations apply to athletes who are legally female or intersex and have certainphysiology.DSD athletes who are legally female or intersex are subject to specific rules if they haveXY male chromosomes,testesrather thanovaries,circulating testosterone in the typical male range (7.7 to 29.4 nmol/L), and areandrogen-sensitiveso that their bodies make use of that testosterone. World Athletics requires any such athlete to reduce their blood testosterone level to 5 nmol/L or lower for a six-month period before becoming eligible for international competition.[32]

The rules have been challenged by affected athletes in theCourt of Arbitration for Sport(CAS), though no athlete has done so successfully. In May 2019, CAS upheld the rules on the basis that discrimination against the minority of DSD athletes was proportional as a method of preserving access to the female category to a much larger majority of women without DSDs.[33]

In 2023, World Athletics tightened their regulations further, excluding transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in the female category. The new regulations also reduced the testosterone limit for androgen-sensitive XY DSD athletes to 2.5 nmol/L and extended the limit to apply to all women's events, where it had previously only applied to track events of distances between 400m and one mile. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe described this as "decisive action to protect the female category in our sport".[34]

Certified Athletic Facilities

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Main article:List of World Athletics-certified Athletic Facilities

World Athletics provides approval certificates to venues of athletic facilities: Class 1, Class 2 and Indoor.[35]To receive certification, venues are required to submit measurement reports of their track and field facilities.

Class 1 venues are fully certified along with in-situ tests of the actual synthetic track surface, whilst Class 2 venues only ensures that the synthetic surface has a valid Product Certificate (from an accredited synthetic track surface manufacturer) and the facility conforms to the stringent requirements for accurate measurement contained in World Athletics Rules and Regulations.

Competitions

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World Athletics organizes many major athletics competitions worldwide.

World Athletics Series

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TheWorld Athletics Championshipsis the foremost athletics competition held by the governing body
Competition Sport Frequency First held Last held
World Athletics Championships† Outdoor athletics Biennial 1983 Ongoing
World Athletics Indoor Championships Indoor track and field Biennial 1985 Ongoing
World Athletics Cross Country Championships Cross country running Biennial 1973 Ongoing
World Athletics Road Running Championships‡ Half marathon,5K run,mile run Biennial 1992 Ongoing
World Athletics U20 Championships†† Outdoor track and field Biennial 1986 Ongoing
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships††† Racewalking Biennial 1961 Ongoing
World Athletics Relays Outdoor track relays Biennial 2014[36] Ongoing
World Athletics Ultimate Championships Outdoor track and field Biennial 2026 Ongoing
World Athletics Trail and Mountain Running Championships Trail and mountain running Biennial 2021[37] Ongoing
IAAF Continental Cup†††† Outdoor track and field Quadrennial 1977 2018
IAAF World U18 Championships in Athletics Outdoor track and field Biennial 1999 2017
IAAF World Marathon Cup Marathon Biennial 1985 2011
IAAF World Road Relay Championships Ekiden Biennial 1986 1998
IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships 10K run/15K run Annual 1983 1991
†Formerly IAAF World Championships in Athletics
‡Known as the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships before 2023, except for in 2006 and 2007 when it was known as the IAAF World Road Running Championships, with a 20 km race in 2006
††Formerly IAAF World Junior Championships
†††Formerly IAAF World Race Walking Cup
††††Formerly IAAF World Cup

One-day events

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Competition Sport First held Last held
Diamond League Outdoor track and field 2010 Ongoing
World Athletics Continental Tour Outdoor track and field 2020 Ongoing
World Athletics Indoor Tour Indoor track and field 2016 Ongoing
World Athletics Label Road Races Road running 2008 Ongoing
World Athletics Cross Country Tour Cross country 2021 Ongoing
World Athletics Combined Events Tour Decathlon/heptathlon 1998 Ongoing
World Athletics Race Walking Tour Racewalking 2003 Ongoing
World Athletics Cross Country Permit Cross country 1999 2021
IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Hammer throw 2010 2019
IAAF World Challenge Outdoor track and field 2010 2019
IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings Indoor track and field 1997 2015
IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final Racewalking 2007 2012
IAAF World Athletics Tour Outdoor track and field 2006 2009
IAAF Golden League Outdoor track and field 1998 2009
IAAF Super Grand Prix Outdoor track and field 2003 2009
IAAF Grand Prix Outdoor track and field 1985 2009
IAAF World Athletics Final Outdoor track and field 2003 2009
IAAF World Outdoor Meetings Outdoor track and field 2003 2006
IAAF Grand Prix Final Outdoor track and field 1985 2002
IAAF World Cross Challenge Cross country 1990 2000
IAAF Golden Events Outdoor track and field 1978 1982

World Athletics became involved in annual one-day meetings as the sport began to professionalise in the late 1970s. Between 1978 and 1982, World Athletics staged twelveGolden Events,all for men and principally in track running, which saw World Athletics offer prizes to encourage competition. Three years later in 1985, an annualtrack and fieldcircuit was created in the form of theIAAF Grand Prix,which linked existing top-level one-day meetings with a season-endingIAAF Grand Prix Finalfor a selection of men's and women's events.[38]TheIAAF World Cross Challengefollowed in 1990 and began an annual series forcross country running.[39]The track and field circuit was expanded in 1993 with the creation of theIAAF Grand Prix IIlevel, and theIAAF Golden Leaguein 1998. World Athletics began recognising annual indoor track meets via theIAAF Indoor Permit Meetingsseries in 1997,[40]and in 1998 decathletes and heptathletes found seasonal support with the creation of theIAAF Combined Events Challenge.[38]The World Cross Challenge was disbanded in 2000 and cross country reverted to a permit format via theIAAF Cross Country Permit Meetings.[41]TheIAAF Race Walking Challengewas initiated in 2003 to provide a seasonal calendar for racewalking.[42]

World Athletics reformed its track and field circuit in 2003, with theIAAF World Outdoor Meetingsseries grouping five tiers of annual track and field competitions: the Golden League,IAAF Super Grand Prix,Grand Prix, Grand Prix II, and theIAAF World Athletics Final.The new final format was introduced with a new global performance ranking system for qualification and featured an increased programme of track and field events, mirroring theWorld Championships in Athleticsprogramme bar the road events, combined events, relays, and the10,000 metres.The final achieved gender parity in events in 2005, with the inclusion of a women's3000 metres steeplechase.[43]The track and field circuit was rebranded as theIAAF World Athletics Tourin 2006, which removed the global rankings and the IAAF Grand Prix II (replaced with a level of meetings given permit status by continental governing bodies).[44]With World Athletics having recognised the sport ofmountain runningin 2002,[45]the annualWMRA World Cupmeetings received official sanctioning in 2006, organised underWorld Mountain Running Association.[46]TheIAAF Race Walking Challenge Finalwas created in 2007 to serve as a seasonal final for the Race Walking Challenge. World Athletics designed a sanctioning process for theroad runningcompetitions in 2008, with races having to meet organisational requirements to achieve Gold or Silver status under theIAAF Road Race Label Eventsbrand. This incorporated theWorld Marathon Majors(a privately run series for major marathons initiated in 2006) within the Gold Label category. Road running was the last sport governed by World Athletics to receive seasonal sanctioning.[47]

The 2010 season saw several changes to World Athletics' one-day governance. The World Athletics Tour was made defunct and replaced with three separate series: the 14-meetDiamond Leagueas the top level of track meetings, theIAAF World Challengeas a second tier of track meetings, and theIAAF Hammer Throw Challengeas the top level of hammer throwing contests (as hammer was not included in the Diamond League). The Road Race Label grouping was also expanded that year with the creation of a Bronze label status.[48]The Race Walking Challenge Final was removed from the racewalking schedule after 2012, as the series focused on international championship performances.[49]In 2016, theIAAF World Indoor Tourwas introduced as a replacement of the Indoor Permit Meetings series.[50]

The track and field circuit is due for further changes in 2020, including an increase in the number of Diamond League meetings, the reduction of Diamond League events from 32 to 24, reduction of the Diamond League television running time to 90 minutes, the creation of a one-day Diamond League final, and the relaunch of the World Challenge series as theWorld Athletics Continental Tour.[51][52]

Awards

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The organisation hosts the annual World Athletics Awards, formerly the World Athletics Gala until 2017, at the end of each year to recognise the achievements of athletes and other people involved in the sport. Members may also be inducted into theIAAF Hall of Fameas part of the ceremony. The following awards are given:[53][54]The World Athletics Heritage Plaque for (a) Legend, and (b) Culture was started in 2023.[55]

  • Male Athlete of the Year
  • Female Athlete of the Year
  • Male Rising Star Award
  • Female Rising Star Award
  • Coaching Achievement Award
  • Distinguished Career Award
  • Women's Award
  • President's Award
  • Athletics Photograph of the Year
  • World Athletics Heritage Plaque: (a) Legend, and (b) Culture

Doping controversy

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Main article:Doping in Russia

In 2015, awhistleblowerleaked World Athletics' blood test records from major competitions. The records revealed that, between 2001 and 2012, athletes with suspicious drug test results won a third of the medals in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships—a total of 146 medals including 55 golds—but the World Athletics caught none of them.[56]After reviewing the results, Robin Parisotto, a scientist and leading "anti-doping" expert, said, "Never have I seen such an alarmingly abnormal set of blood values. So many athletes appear to have doped with impunity, and it is damning that the IAAF appears to have idly sat by and let this happen."[56]Craig Reedie, president of theWorld Anti-Doping Agency(WADA), said his organisation was "very disturbed by these new allegations... which will, once again, shake the foundation of clean athletes worldwide", and that its "independent commission will investigate the claims".[56]

Around the same time, theUniversity of Tübingenin Germany claimed that World Athletics suppressed publication of a 2011 report in which "[h]undreds of athletes", as many as a third of the world's top athletes, "admitted violating anti-doping rules".[57]

Vladimir Putin and Lamine Diack

On 1 November 2015, former World Athletics presidentLamine Diackwas arrested in France and is under investigation on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.[58][59]Diack allegedly accepted "$1.2 million from theRussian athletics federationto cover up the positive doping tests of at least six Russian athletes in 2011. "[58]The IOC provisionally suspended Diack,[60]and he resigned his position as an IOC Honorary Member.[61]In 2016, theWorld Anti-Doping Agencyreported that with his influence,[62]Diack was able to install two of his sons and a friend into positions that exerted influence over the IAAF.[62]The report says that Lamine Diack "was responsible for organizing and enabling the conspiracy and corruption that took place in the IAAF."[62]In 2018, Diack was handed an additional charge of "breach of trust" by French prosecutors.[63]On 18 June 2020, the trial of Diack and five other people, including his son, concluded. Diack was sentenced to jail for four years, two of them suspended.[64]

In November 2015, WADA published its report, which found "systemic failures" in the World Athletics had prevented an "effective" anti-doping programme and concluded thatRussiashould be banned from competing in international competitions because of its athletes' test results.[65]The report continued that "the World Athletics allowed the conduct to occur and must accept its responsibility" and that "corruption was embedded" in the organization.[66]

In January 2016, as a result of the doping scandal and WADA's report, the World Athletics' biggest sponsor,Adidas,announced that it was ending its sponsorship deal with the World Athletics four years early. The BBC reported that as a result World Athletics would lose $33 million (£23 million) worth of revenue. The 11-year sponsorship deal with Adidas was due to run until 2019.[67]World-record holding sprinterMichael Johnsondescribed the scandal as more serious than that faced byFIFA.[66] In February 2016,Nestléannounced that it was ending its World Athletics sponsorship.[68]

In June 2016, following a meeting of the IAAF's ruling council, World Athletics upheld its ban on Russia's track and field team from entering the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.[69] In February 2017, All-Russia Athletic Federation was disqualified by decision of the World Athletics Council for eight years for the creation of a doping system.

World Athletics has since resisted demands that Russia be re-instated, on the basis that the country repeatedly failed to satisfy all the agreed criteria. The decision was supported bySean IngleofThe Guardianwho wrote in a column that World Athletics should maintain their ban on Russia through the2016 Olympics in Rio.[70]That meant Russian athletes could compete at all major events in the following years, including the2017 IAAF World Championships in London[71]and the2018 European Championships in Berlin.In September 2018, World Athletics faced a legal challenge by Russia to overturn the suspension after the reinstatement of theRussian Anti-Doping Agency,butHugo Lowellof thei newspaperreported the country's status would not change.[72]The legal case was later dropped.

Russian suspension

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World Athletics was the first international sporting body to suspend theRussian Athletics Federation(RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to host World Athletics events or send teams to international championships.[10]However, Russian athletes were eligible to compete pursuant to theAuthorised Neutral Athlete(ANA) process.[10]

In 2022, though, World Athletics imposed sanctions against the Member Federations of Russia and Belarus because of theRussian invasion of Ukraine,and all athletes, support personnel, and officials from Russia and Belarus were excluded from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, and Russian athletes who had received ANA status for 2022 were excluded from World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future.[10]World Athletics Council also applied sanctions on theBelarus Athletic Federation,including banning its hosting of any international or European athletics events, representation at Congress or in decisions which require Congressional votes, involvement of its personnel in programs, and accreditation to attend any World Athletics Series events.[11]

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