The highly anticipated 2023 World Athletics Championships are set to take place against the backdrop of Budapest, Hungary, from August 19th to the 27th. While the event will undoubtedly showcase well-established names such as Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, Mondo Duplantis, Karsten Warholm, Yulimar Rojas, Faith Kipyegon, Sha'Carri Richardson, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, it also offers a stage for emerging talents to leave their mark. A group of promising young athletes, already familiar with the global stage due to their participation in the previous year's World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, are poised to capture the audience's attention. For a closer look, Olympics.com has thoughtfully curated a selection of ten exceptional athletes—five women and five men—whose performances are anticipated to shine brightly in Budapest.
The Australian Athletics Team has arrived in Budapest from their staging camp in France, ready to make history as the country’s largest-ever team fielded for a World Athletics Championships.
Australia will field one of its strongest line-ups in athletics history, when a team of 67 don the green and gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from August 19-27.
Abbey Caldwell, one of Australia's most exciting young athletes, has broken Linden Hall's Australian 1000m record in Bern, Switzerland. Racing at the Citius Meeting, Abbey took the line victory and posted a nice confidence boosting run, just two weeks out from the Budapest World Champs.
Reece Holder has won silver at the World University Games, and in doing so has run the 5th fastest time in Australian history over 400m. Victorious runs are possible if you have the best shoes, check out Tarkine Goshawk V2 running shoes.
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Melbourne, Australia; 1 August 2023 - Athletics Australia welcomes Sport Integrity Australia’s confirmation today, of the news that every sports fan has been hoping for… Peter Bol has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to his out-of-competition test from October 2022.
In an exclusive interview with World Athletics, the legendary sprinter Usain Bolt recently shared his thoughts on the longevity of his 100m and 200m world records. The astonishing records, set during the 2009 Berlin World Championships, have remained unbroken for an impressive 14 years. While Bolt believes the 200m record might be in jeopardy sooner than expected, he remains confident that the 100m record will stand the test of time.
Prepare to witness the enthralling world of athletics like never before, as an exciting behind-the-scenes documentary is currently in the works, giving audiences an exclusive glimpse into the lives of the world's finest sprinters.
The Commonwealth Games 1500m champ, and Australian record holder over the 1500m and mile distances, has annouced that he is taking some time off, to heal.
"I have a small grade 1 sports hernia and significant swelling in the pubic sythnesis, athletic pubalgia."
Adam Spencer has dumped 5 seconds off his 1500m PB at the London Diamond League.
Spencer capitalised on his Diamond League debut when roaring to qualifiers for both the Budapest 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic Games, clocking 3:31.81 to finish in 12th place.
