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Paweł Fajdek of Poland won his fifth successive gold medal on the second morning session in Oregon on Saturday (16) with a world leading mark of 81.98m to lead a Polish one-two ahead of reigning Olympic and European champion Wojciech Nowicki.more

The multi-medalist of the Olympic Games and the World Long Distance Running Championships, Mo Farah will start a marathon for the first time after a three-year break. The 39-year-old Briton born in Somalia has announced his participation in the October competition in London.more

More than 40 athletes have filed lawsuits against the British Gymnastics Federation for physical and mental abuse by coaches, the Guardian reported.more

The International Gymnastic Federation (FIG) has initiated disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Ivan Kuliak for openly supporting Russia's armed attack on Ukraine during the World Cup decorations in the presence of a Ukrainian rival.more

Justyna Święty-Ersetic became the Polish champion in the 400 m race in Toruń. She won sometimes 51.04, which is the Polish indoor record. The second was Anna Kiełbasińska, and the third was Natalia Kaczmarek.more

The World Athletics Federation (former IAAF, now World Athletics) has announced that all athletes, support staff and officials from Russia and Belarus will be excluded from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, with immediate effect.more

One of the most successful Polish middle-distance runners, Adam Kszczot, announced his retirement on Monday. The 32-year-old athlete confirmed this information and added that it would happen after the indoor season. He is planning to write a book.more

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, may soon meet her parents as part of the process leading to parole being considered, officials say.more

The 2022 edition of the Boston Marathon, which is set for April 18, will require all participants to be fully vaccinated to run in the race, the Boston Athletic Association announced on Tuesday.more

A married couple have apologised after ‘cheating’ at this year’s London Marathon. They were seen running the iconic 26.2 mile course together while wearing the same number (11250).more

Usain Bolt is celebrating the release of his debut album, Country Yutes. The champion athlete, who retired from track and field in 2017 after sustaining a serious hamstring injury, is now pursuing a music career.more

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia won the men’s London Marathon for the first time on Sunday and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on her debut in the women’s race.more

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Tuesday it will review the status of cannabis on its banned substances list in the wake of the positive test that saw US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson suspended from the Olympics.more

Lucyna Kornobys became the paralympic vice-champion in shot put (F34) in Tokyo. The Pole achieved 8.60 m and repeated the success of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Renata Kałuża took third place in the individual time trial on handbike (H3). more

The Polish women's relay 4x400 m won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty-Ersetic improved the country's record with a score of 3.20.53. The Americans won - 3.16.85.more

Poland's Dawid Tomala cruised to victory in the Olympic men's 50km race walk with a dominant performance over the second half of the race in Sapporo on Friday, reaching the top of the podium in just his second completed race of the distance.more

Anna Kiełbasińska, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty-Ersetic won their semi-final with time 3.23.10 and advanced to the final of the 4x400 m relay race in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The fight for medals on Saturday.more

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in Poland on Wednesday after refusing to return to her authoritarian homeland from the Tokyo Olympics in a saga reminiscent of Cold War sporting defections.more

A Belarusian sprinter – 24-year-old Krystsina Tsimanouskaya – is currently in the Polish embassy in Tokyo, having spent time under Japanese police protection amid fears for her safety.more

Wojciech Nowicki and Paweł Fajdek will perform in the hammer throw final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Wednesday. Both Poles are candidates for the medal, although the second of them provided the fans with extra nerves in the qualifying rounds.more

Poland's 4x400m mixed relay team won the first gold medal for the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday. Today they received gold medals.more

The Polish 4x400 m mixed relay won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the final, the Polish team improved the European record by sometimes 3.09.87. The representatives of the Dominican Republic came second and the Americans third.more

Usain Bolt said that advances in spike technology that could help wipe out his world records are laughable and that the new shoes also give an unfair advantage over any athletes not wearing them.more

The studded shoes with which Karsten Warholm (25) ran when he set a world record in Bislett were developed in collaboration with the Mercedes Formula 1 team, in which world champion Lewis Hamilton (36) is the star.more

In elite sport there is often a fine line between defiance and delusion, and Mo Farah appeared to be skirting dangerously close to the latter in the aftermath of one of the worst runs of his career on Saturday night.more