Coe Calls For Event Changes Due To Climate

 

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has outlined changes he believes the sport will need to make in the context of climate change. 

 

During the 69-year-olds campaign to become president of the international Olympic Committee at the start of 2025 he outlined the opportunity for certain summer Olympic sports to have their Winter based events moved into the Winter games . Questioning whether indoor track and field championships could be held during future winter olympiads. 

 

Following multiple changes to the schedule at September's world championships in Tokyo for extreme heat, where temperatures exceeded 30 degrees alongside regular stints of 90% humidity. Coe has proposed that the Marathon would more than likely need to be moved away from the traditional Championships Calendar.

Ahmedabad Lining Up for Commonwealth Bid

 

The Indian city of Ahmedabad has reportedly presented a bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. 

 

India last hosted the Games of New Delhi in 2010 which were shrouded in controversy due to athletes complaints of poor conditions in the village and a collapsing footbridge built for the games which led to many high profile athletes such as Mo Farah and Geraint Thomas deciding to pull out of the competition upon arrival to the capital city. Usain Bolt also missed the games citing ‘conflicting schedules’. The 11 days of competition were set to be India’s showcase that they could eventually play host to an Olympic games but due to low attendances and a revenue of only $38 million compared to a cost of $4.1 billion to stage the games India has been unable to produce a bid to host the Olympics in the following 15 years.

 

There is hope from the Indian delegation that due to the reduced number of events and rise of Indian athletes such as Neeraj Chopra that there will be no repeat of 2010 in what would be a celebration of 100 years of the Commonwealth games in a time when its existence is more under threat than ever.

 

2022 saw Birmingham take over from the South African city of Durban who were stripped of the hosting rights due to an inability to showcase adequate funds. Birmingham would go on to play host to 22 sports but rising costs lead to the effective bankruptcy of Birmingham City Council in 2023.

 

The 2026 games were due to take place across the Australian state of Victoria but after costs ballooned to an estimated $7 billion dollars they decided to withdraw. The whole process of the bid and planning process still cost taxpayers around half a billion dollars. 

 

Glasgow was then selected to host their second Games in 12 years with the number of events reduced from 22 to 10 and with significant financial help from the Australian government in putting on the event with an aim of getting the games to its centenary. This time Scotstoun Stadium will be used for track and field in comparison to Hampden Park in 2014. The home Glasgow Jaguars Athletics and Glasgow Warriors Rugby will have a repaired track and temporary seating taking the capacity to 10,000.

 

The 2030 games were scheduled to be hosted in Edmonton, Canada, the site of the first Commonwealth’s in 1930, however they also withdrew in 2023 opening up the bidding process once more. 

European Athlete of the Year Nominees Announced 

 

The Nominations for the European Athletics’ European Athlete of the year have officially been announced.

 

The winners will be announced at a gala in Bautumi, Georgia on the 25th October and voting closes on Sunday 5th October. 

 

40 athletes are nominated across four different categories;

 

Male Athlete of the Year

 

Mykolas Alekna - Lithuania - Discus

 

Armand Duplantis - Sweden - Pole Vault

 

Mattia Furlani - Italy - Long Jump

 

Jimmy Gressier - France - 5000m/10000m

 

Jakob Ingerbrigtsen - Norway - 1500m, 5000m

 

Issac Nader - Portugal - 1500m

 

Leo Neguebauer - Germany - Decathlon

 

Pedro Pichardo - Portugal - Triple Jump

 

Sander Skotheim - Norway - Decathlon 

 

Daniel Stahl - Sweden - Discus 

Female Athlete of the Year

 

Nadia Battocletti - Italy - 5000M, 10000M

 

Femke Bol - Netherlands - 400m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay

 

Georgia Hunter Bell - Great Britain - 800m, 1500m

 

Ditaji Kambundji - Switzerland - 100m Hurdles

 

Yaroslava Mahuchikh - Ukraine - High Jump

 

Maria Perez - Spain - Race Walk

 

Jessica Schilder - Netherlands - Shot Put 

 

Tina Sutej - Slovenia - Pole Vault 

 

Jorinde Van Klinken - Netherlands - Discus 

Women’s Rising Star

 

Kelly Doualla - Italy - 100m

 

Innes Fitzgerald - Great Britain - 1500m, 3000m, 5000m

 

Henriette Jaeger - Norway - 400m

 

Jana Koscack - Croatia - Heptathalon 

 

Allike Inekri Moser - Estonia - Multi Event

 

Erika Saraceni - Italy - Triple Jump

 

Jil Sanchez - Switzerland - 100m Hurdles 

 

Sofia Santacreu - Spain - Race Walk

 

Alexandra Stefana Uta - Romania - 400m Hurdles 

 

Audrey Werro - Switzerland - 800m

Men’s Rising Star

 

Hakon Moe Berg - Norway - 1500m

Owe Fischer-Breiholz - Germany - 400m Hurdles 

 

Michal Rada - Czechia - 400m Hurdles 

 

Bozhidar Saraboyukov - Bulgaria - Long Jump

 

Matteo Sioli - Italy - High Jump

 

Armin Szabados - Hungary - Hammer Throw

 

Hubert Troscianka  - Poland - Decathlon

 

Jarno Van Daalen - Netherlands - Shot Put

 

Elijah Pasquier - France - High Jump

Joan Querol - Spain - Race Walk