Usain Bolt, whose 9.58 seconds world record for the 100 metres is now 16 years old, says he could have run 9.42 in the carbon-plated “super-spikes” that today’s sprinters are racing in.

Fiji’s triple Pacific Games gold medalist Yeshnil Karan will make his World Athletics Championships debut in the 1500m this Sunday in Tokyo, Japan.

South African sprinter Akani Simbine has been close to winning medals many times, finishing in the top five in the 100 meters at four major championships.

Olympic shot put silver medallist Raven Saunders has accepted a 30-month suspension for whereabouts failures, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday.

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Gabby Thomas will not feature at this month’s World Athletics Championships in Japan.

Champion Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will hang up her spikes after next month’s world championships in Tokyo having redefined what is possible for women in sport.

Olympic decathlon champion Markus Rooth will miss the upcoming World Championships due to an injury, he said on Monday.

Over 60 athletes, coaches, and technical officials will be part of an Athletics Fiji Challenging Horizons workshop in Suva tomorrow.

Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson will not run in the 100 metres at the Lausanne Diamond League on Wednesday, with media reports citing shin discomfort as the reason for the Jamaican’s absence.

Kishane Thompson laid down a marker ahead of next month’s world championships when the Jamaican came out on top in the highly-anticipated 100 metres against Olympic champion Noah Lyles at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

Female Canadian athletes have been told that the new gene tests they recently underwent do not comply with World Athletics’ requirements, leaving them scrambling to complete new tests before the September 1 deadline for the world championships.