World Athletics Championships

In total, 374 visa cases have been escalated to a joint group comprising of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Oregon22 and World ...

Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala, who set the African 100m record of 9.77 seconds last year and is the third-quickest man in the world this season, is one of the most high-profile names to experience visa issues. "It's been known US entry visa may be one of the most difficult and WA [World Athletics] and the organizing committee didn't get ahead of this?" It is the first time the World Athletics Championships will be held in the US and it's the most significant track and field competition being held in the country since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Not all competitors will have their visa issues resolved in time to appear at the World Championships, World Athletics president Lord Coe admits.

There isn't one thing which you can look at and say it's the dominant problem." "Tears and pain. "We are happy to the extent we can be with our work with the USOPC in all our effort to get this done," Washington told BBC Sport Africa on Thursday. In relative percentage terms, it's a small number but it's of no comfort if you are in that category." No, we won't be," Lord Coe told BBC Sport Africa. It is complicated.

Details for every event taking place on Day 1 at the World Athletics Championships taking place today at Hayward Field in Eugene including how to watch and ...

Brooke Andersen, United States (244-0); 3. Katarzyna Zdzieblo, Poland (1:27:31); 3. Janee’ Kassanavoid, United States (244-3); 2. Jamaica (3:13.95); 8. Italy (3:13.89); 7. Poland (3:13.70); 5. Ireland (3:13.88); 6. Netherlands (3:12.63); 3. United States (3:11.75); 2. JuVaughn Harrison, United States (7-5¾); T9. Shelby McEwen, United States (7-5¾). Read more Daniel Haugh, United States (260-3); 3. Rudy Winkler, United States (257-11); 12.

To the outsider, Eugene appears a baffling choice to host America's first world athletics championships. Especially when its population is only 170,000. Dina ...

“And it’s an amazing opportunity for athletics to showcase itself.” “We don’t want to come out of the world championships in Oregon without a very defined footprint for our sport in that country.” “I think it’s going to be a really exciting championship,” she added. But TV executives suffered a massive blow when Sha’Carri Richardson, a true breakthrough star who was banned from last year’s Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, failed to qualify for the women’s 100m or 200m. If you build it, people will come, goes the line from Field of Dreams. That soon will be put to the test. And for the next 10 days Eugene, Oregon will seek to conjure up an even greater feat: by making the rest of America follow suit.

The best athletes in the sport of track and field come together for the World Athletics Championships today.

Today starts with the men’s hammer throw - Qualification Group A to kick off the 10-day event. In the late afternoon the men have events in 3000 meter steeplechase (Heats), long jump (Qualification), 100 meter (Heats) and shot put (Qualification). The women feature the shot put (Qualification), long jump (Qualification) and 1500 meter (Heats) with the 4x400 meter relay (Final) for both groups. From there the women take over the bulk of the afternoon with their hammer throw (Qualification Group A), 20 kilometers race walk (final) and the second hammer throw (Qualification Group B).

The World Athletics Championships are back - and you won't miss a moment of the action in Oregon with this full summary of each event, schedule and how to ...

1055 local (1855 UK) Women’s Heptathlon Javelin (A) Here is the full event schedule so you never a miss a second of the action. After starring in Tokyo last summer, names like Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir will be desperate to add to their medal totals.

Here's everythingy you need to know as the World Championships get underway.

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British athlete Chris Thompson will miss Sunday's marathon at the World Championships in Oregon because of delays processing his US visa.

In relative percentage terms, it's a small number but it's of no comfort if you are in that category." No, we won't be," Lord Coe told BBC Sport Africa earlier on Friday. African 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala is one of those affected.

Great British athlete Chris Thompson is the latest competitor to face visa issues ahead of the World Athletics Championships, and will miss the event in ...

“I’ll never know what might have been, but I had high expectations of myself going out. “I’m absolutely devastated I won’t be in Eugene to compete,” Thompson said. World Championships

Day-by-day highlights and results from Eugene, Oregon.

The Kenyan sprinter finished third in heat 7, three hours after arriving in Eugene in a scramble. Johnson kicked off the competition with a fourth-place finish in heat 1. Prior to Friday’s race, the 19-year-old African champion held a personal best of 9.96. After being overtaken in the final moments of the race, Team USA’s anchor leg, Kennedy Simon held on for bronze in 3:10.16. Soufiane El Bakkali looks to be in top form heading into the men’s steeplechase final. The Olympic champion cruised to victory in heat 1, winning the race in 8:16.65. Behind the world leader, Kenyan duo Leonard Bett and Abraham Kibiwott finished 2-3 to automatically advance. In her last global championship, Allyson Felix contributed to Team USA’s bronze medal in the mixed 4 x4 00-meter relay. Jager finished in 8:18.44, right behind race winner Hailemariyam Amare of Ethiopia (8:18.34). The 2022 World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, mark the first time this international track event has taken place on U.S. soil. The Netherlands followed for silver in 3:09.90, a national record. Join Runner’s World+ to keep up with the latest race coverage! →You love watching the biggest races.

A brief day-by-day breakdown and viewing guide of the World Championships starting with the first weekend.

The World Championships don’t waste any time in presenting you what is always one of the premier events, the men’s 100m final, and for US fans it will be on primetime NBC. Doesn’t get any better than this. American Galen Rupp, the greatest American long-distance runner of his generation, will get to compete in Eugene where he ran for the University of Oregon. Rai Benjamin of the USA and Alison Dos Santos of Brazil will be ready to fill any holes left if Warholm is not healthy as they became the 2nd and 3rd fastest ever at last year’s Olympics in getting silver and bronze, in a race that may have been the greatest race in track and field history. In the 10,000m, world record holder Joshua Cheptegei will square off against Selemon Barega, who beat him at the Olympics last year. For the first 4 days of Worlds, the action is broken up into “morning” (which may be in the afternoon on the East Coast) and evening sessions. The highlight of this session is the women’s 10,000m final. American medallists Courtney Frerichs and Emma Coburn get started in the steeplechase. Plus we’ll see if African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya, who beat American favorite Fred Kerley earlier this year, is able to advance after arriving Eugene less than 3 hours before the race starts after he only got a visa at the last minute. There is now a mixed-gender 4×400 relay where 2 men and 2 women run the legs for each country. We’ll have a brief overview of the key events and tell you where you can watch them. On TV, the action will be split between the USA, CNBC, and NBC networks with the weekend primetime action being on NBC. They start Friday, July 15 in Eugene, Oregon, and continue for the next nine days ending on Sunday, July 24.

The World Athletics Championships starts this weekend in Oregon. As usual, all eyes will be on who is crowned the fastest man and woman on the planet in the ...

Sunday, July 17: 10:50 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 7:50 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 5:33 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 8:33 p.m. ET Saturday, July 16: 5 p.m. PT Saturday, July 16: 8 p.m. ET Saturday, July 16: 7:50 p.m. PT Saturday, July 16: 10:50 p.m. ET Sunday, July 17: 11 a.m. AEST Sunday, July 17: 2 a.m. BST Saturday, July 16: 2:30 a.m. BST Friday, July 15: 12:30 p.m. PT

Watch live coverage and follow text updates from the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

Bradshaw just missed out on the medals in Doha 2019 finishing fourth so will be on the hunt for a podium finish here. (02:10 BST) Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir contests the 1500m. Watch as Team GB and Northern Ireland fail to qualify for the 4x400m mixed relay finals with a time of 3:14.75 behind USA, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy and Nigeria on day one of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

Christopher O'Donnell, Sophie Becker, Jack Raftery, and Rhasidat Adeleke produced a blistering run this evening.

Team Ireland have exploded from the blocks at the World Athletics Championships, with the Irish mixed 4 x400m securing a place in tomorrow morning’s final (Sat 3.50am)🇮🇪 - Leg 3: Raftery 45.37 (Fastest third leg) Christopher O’Donnell, Sophie Becker, Jack Raftery, and Rhasidat Adeleke exploded from the blocks at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon22 and secured a place in tomorrow morning’s showpiece [Saturday 3.50am Irish time].

Chris O'Donnell, Sophie Becker, Jack Raftery and Rhasidat Adeleke turned in a sparkling 4x400m performance, finishing second in their heat to secure another ...

Raftery produced the performance of his life to elevate the team to third ahead of the final leg, the Donore Harrier clocking the fastest split of the race with 45.37. “But we still expect more later on.” “Just go out and perform and hopefully we can improve on what we did just now.

Ireland is through to a global final in the mixed 4x400m relay for the second straight year after Chris O'Donnell, Sophie Becker, Jack Raftery and Rhasidat ...

The team was led off by national 400m champion O’Donnell, who clocked 46.33, with Becker clocking 52.36 on the second leg. Try out best to hopefully get a medal.” The Ireland mixed 4x400m relay team, from left, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Chris O'Donnell and Jack Raftery after finishing second in their heat during day one of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce its Athlete Engagement Program for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (WCH Oregon22) in ...

WADA Athlete Committee member Dr. Jeff Porter said: “I am thrilled to represent WADA at WCH Oregon22. Our presence at this event allows us to interact with our athlete peers, answer their questions and listen to their concerns in real-time. They are helping us in building sustainable relationships with athletes and our anti-doping partners from around the world at WCH Oregon22 while promoting clean sport values.” We are particularly proud to say that our Athlete Engagement Program will be led by three of our athlete leaders from three continents.

The World Athletics Championships starts this weekend in Oregon. As usual, all eyes will be on who is crowned the fastest man and woman on the planet in the ...

Sunday, July 17: 10:50 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 7:50 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 5:33 p.m. PT Sunday, July 17: 8:33 p.m. ET Saturday, July 16: 5 p.m. PT Saturday, July 16: 8 p.m. ET Saturday, July 16: 7:50 p.m. PT Saturday, July 16: 10:50 p.m. ET Sunday, July 17: 11 a.m. AEST Sunday, July 17: 2 a.m. BST Saturday, July 16: 2:30 a.m. BST Friday, July 15: 12:30 p.m. PT

Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine poses for a teammate with a flag signed by the Ukrainian rock band The Hardkiss as she trains before the World Athletics ...

In May of last year, she launched a hunger strike to protest the case against her. NASA relied exclusively on Roskosmos to ferry astronauts and supplies to and from the space station after the U.S. shuttle program ended -- a lucrative source of income for Russia. "[T]he Republic of Kazakhstan is a secular country and no religion can be recognized as leading or obligatory," it reads in part. Rogozin suggested publicly that a U.S. astronaut may have drilled the hole deliberately as a way to get back to Earth ahead of schedule. "Sanctions help hold the aggressor state accountable for its crimes, as well as weaken its ability to continue waging war." The Football Union of Russia (FUR) and a group of Russian clubs appealed to CAS against the ban. Nouri, 61, was convicted of committing a "serious crime against international law" and "murder" and sentenced to life in prison, the Stockholm district court said on July 14. "We are acutely aware that the cost of our failure to work together is more than we can afford. “We really feel that is of ultimate importance and the least they can do at this stage.” CAS in March rejected a request from the Russian soccer federation to freeze FIFA's suspension, which ended Russia’s hopes of competing in the 2022 World Cup. The last one passed in June imposed a ban on most Russian oil imports. The British government said at the time that exports of Russian gold last year totaled more than $15 billion.

The first of 10 days of festivities in Eugene has ended and the World Athletics Championships has already brought a lot of excitement to Oregon.

The semifinals are at 6 p.m. PT, followed by the final at 7:50 p.m. (TV on NBC). The others ex-Duck Johnny Gregorek and the Bowerman Track Club’s Josh Thompson. Heats begin at 6:30 p.m. (TV on NBC). Women’s 10,000 final: Karissa Schweizer, who trains with the Portland-based Bowerman Track Club, is among a field of 20 runners who will go 25 laps around the Hayward Field track in the 10,000 final. Top qualifiers include China’s Lijiao Gong and Sarah Mitton, while Americans Jessica Woodard and Maggie Ewen also are in the final. Allen, who will head to NFL training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles soon after he wraps up competition in Eugene, is in the fifth and final 110 hurdles heat of the day, which begins at 11:53 a.m. PT (TV on CNBC). Team USA sends four to men’s 100-meter dash semifinals: Fred Kerley and Trayvon Bromell were two favorites for the 100.

Donegal shot-putter John Kelly has thrown at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Kelly was a late addition to the field, with his entry only being ...

Kelly was a late addition to the field, with his entry only being confirmed last week after a spot opened up – just days after he set the Irish record of 20.16 metres. There are still two other Donegal athletes set to take part in the World Championships – Mark English will be involved on day 6 of the championships, as he runs in the heats of the 800m next Wednesday the 20th of July.

The St Johnston native was representing Ireland after getting a late call-up following injuries and withdrawals in the Shot Put competition. The Finn Valley ...

Kelly broke the Irish national record earlier this month at the Cork City Sports event with a throw of 20.16m. Kelly was competing at the highest level however and would have needed to throw a personal best and an Irish record to qualify for the final, such was the standard of competition. John Kelly was in action in the early hours of last night at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

Details for every event taking place on Day 2 at the World Athletics Championships taking place today at Hayward Field in Eugene including how to watch and ...

Tickets: Want to see the sessions in person? If you already have a cable or satellite subscription, you can watch all of the Oregon22 coverage on NBCSports.com/live or with the NBC Sports app on your tablet, phone or computer. 7:50 p.m. - Men’s 100 Meter - Final 6:30 p.m. - Men’s 1500 Meter - Heats 6:00 p.m. - Men’s 100 Meter - Semi-Final 5:10 p.m. - Women’s 100 Meter - Heats

With bronze, American runner Allyson Felix becomes only athlete to win 19 World medals - Anadolu Agency.

Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The Dutch side came second with a time of 3:09:90 while the US team finished in third place (3:10:16) at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Dominican Republic clinched a gold medal in the 4x400 mixed relay at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.