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New date for Tokyo Olympics 'won't satisfy everybody', says Coe
The 2021 World Athletics Championships, for example, are scheduled to be staged in August next year in Eugene, Oregon.
The IAAF said in a statement that 15 meetings will be staged between 17 April and 11 September, one more than this year with an additional date in China at a venue yet to be decided.
The first World Athletics Championships of the post-Usain Bolt era get under way here Friday with the sport desperately seeking a new superstar as it tackles a slew of ongoing doping controversies.
Sebastian Coe, who took over the reins during a period of turmoil in world athletics, was re-elected by unanimous vote of the 203 delegates attending the International Association of Athletics Federations' Congress in Doha.
Caster Semenya and Athletics South Africa lost their bid to have IAAF’s testosterone regulations for middle distance female athletes overturned.
The IAAF’s ethics board said that it had found there was no basis on which 'any disciplinary case could be established that Lord Coe intentionally misled the Parliamentary Committee.'
Athletics South Africa said confidentiality agreements were entered into by the IAAF, Caster Semenya, and ASA ahead of arbitration at CAS.
Semenya and the IAAF are locked in a landmark case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Any athlete determined to have a difference of sexual development, which means a testosterone level of 5 nanomoles per litre or higher & is androgen-sensitive, must meet a set of criteria to compete.
An IAAF statement said the hacking group known as Fancy Bear was believed to be behind the attack in February.
The IAAF is in turmoil following widespread allegations of corruption and bribery.
Handball newcomer Britain suffered a heavy defeat to titleholders France on Sunday.
The final countdown got off to a shaky start this week with things not running as smoothly as hoped.