Clean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
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World Athletics was founded to fulfil the need for a world governing authority, for a competition programme, for standardised technical equipment and for a list of official world records. All of these requirements remain today.
Clean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
Leave WithdrawalWorld Athletics extends Russia and Belarus ban. The global governing body for the sport decided to maintain the suspension on athletes from both countries, originally imposed since March 2022, due to the war in Ukraine. The measure will remain in place until further notice, Sebastian Coe confirmed at a press conference in London.
Ban on all Russian competition. World Athletics upholds ban on Russian athletes ahead of Paris Olympics. The head of the International Athletics Federation (World Athletics), Sebastian Coe, became the first of seven candidates for the post of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to openly support the idea of Russia's prompt return to world sport, although he linked it to the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.