International sport governing bodies as agents of diffusion—The case of World Athletics by Mara Konjer, Henk Erik Meier, Jörg Krieger

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World Athletics regulations unfairly affect female athletes with differences in sex development by Bowman-Smart, H, Savulescu, J, O’Connell, M, Sinclair, A

“…World Athletics have introduced regulations preventing female athletes with certain differences in sex development from competing in the female category. …”

The influence of some anthropometric parameters on the marathon results of the world athletics championships 2019 in Doha by L. Bekolli, N. Rashiti, Q. Ramabaja, G. Heta

“…The sample of subjects includes ten of the best marathoners positioned in every race held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. The purpose of the research is to assess the impact of body height, weight and age of marathon runners on the final result in the race.  …”
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An Evaluation of the Decision by World Athletics on Whether or Not to Ban the Nike Vapor Fly Racing Shoe in 2020 by Daniel Gracey, Thomas James O'Grady

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Analysis of the start to the first hurdle in 110 m hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 by José Luis López del Amo, M. Carmen Rodríguez, David Wilfred Hill, Julián Ernesto González

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A Review of the Potential Effects of the World Athletics Stack Height Regulation on the Footwear Function and Running Performance by Santiago A. Ruiz-Alias, Diego Jaén-Carrillo, Luis Enrique Roche-Seruendo, Alejandro Pérez-Castilla, Víctor M. Soto-Hermoso, Felipe García-Pinillos

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Ethiopian Elite Female Long-Distance Runners’ Some Physical and Physiological Characteristics by Getaye F. GELAW

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Effort distribution analysis for the 800 m race: IAAF World Athletics Championships, London 2017 and Birmingham 2018 by Amo José Luis López-del, Planas-Anzano Antoni, Zakynthinaki Maria S., Ospina-Betancurt Jonathan

“…Study aim: To analyse the distribution of effort in the 800 m event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London 2017 (outdoor, 44 men, 45 women) and in Birmingham 2018 (indoor, 9 men, 14 women).…”
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Aerosol Optical Properties over Beijing during the World Athletics Championships and Victory Day Military Parade in August and September 2015 by Yu Zheng, Huizheng Che, Tianliang Zhao, Xiangao Xia, Ke Gui, Linchang An, Bing Qi, Hong Wang, Yaqiang Wang, Jie Yu, Xiaoye Zhang

“…A special period in Beijing from 6 August to 17 September 2015, during which the World Athletics Championships and Victory Day military parade took place, and which involved measures to restrict traffic and reduce factory emissions, was selected to analyze the aerosol optical properties and the impact of meteorological conditions on pollution levels. …”
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Editorial: Prevention of Abuse and Harassment in Athletics and Sports by Stéphane Bermon, Stéphane Bermon, Paolo Emilio Adami, Paolo Emilio Adami, Toomas Timpka, Mike Hartill

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Athletics Weekly

Effect of Advanced Shoe Technology on the Evolution of Road Race Times in Male and Female Elite Runners by Stéphane Bermon, Stéphane Bermon, Frédéric Garrandes, Andras Szabo, Imre Berkovics, Paolo Emilio Adami, Paolo Emilio Adami

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The testosterone barrier in sport by Raúl Sánchez García

“… World Athletics (formerly known as IAAF) has recently published the eligibility regulations for female classification that apply to running events from 400 meters up to the mile. …”
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Lifetime Prevalence of Verbal, Physical, and Sexual Abuses in Young Elite Athletics Athletes by Stéphane Bermon, Stéphane Bermon, Paolo Emilio Adami, Paolo Emilio Adami, Örjan Dahlström, Örjan Dahlström, Kristina Fagher, Kristina Fagher, Janna Hautala, Janna Hautala, Anna Ek, Anna Ek, Christer Anderson, Christer Anderson, Jenny Jacobsson, Jenny Jacobsson, Carl Göran Svedin, Carl Göran Svedin, Toomas Timpka, Toomas Timpka

“…To examine prevalence of verbal, physical, and sexual abuses in young elite athletes, a cross sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted during the World Athletics under 20 World Championships. This questionnaire aimed at distinguishing between abuses perpetrated in the context of Athletics from those which were unrelated to Athletics. …”
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Weaving the Law by Michele Krech, Lucy Lu Reimers, Tomáš Morochovič, Rozemarijn Roland Holst, Larry Catá Backer, Oren Perez

“…This panel looks at this question with three different case studies of actors weaving different legalities together: World Athletics’ engagement with the norm of gender equality; UNCLOS courts’ and tribunals’ consideration of broader norms of ocean governance; and the impact of corporate social responsibility norms on WTO law.…”
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Vulnerability and stressors on the pathway to depression in a global cohort of young athletics (track and field) athletes by Toomas Timpka, Örjan Dahlström, Kristina Fagher, Paolo Emilio Adami, Christer Andersson, Jenny Jacobsson, Carl Göran Svedin, Stéphane Bermon

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Editorial: Highlights in elite sports and performance enhancement 2021/22 by Kazushige Goto, Gustavo R. Mota, Stéphane Bermon, Stéphane Bermon

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The Association Between Hip-Shoulder Separation Angles and Technique Characteristics in World-Class High Jumpers by Gareth Nicholson, Nils Jongerius, Nils Jongerius, Catherine B. Tucker, Aaron Thomas, Stéphane Merlino, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

“…Twenty-nine world-class high jumpers (17 males, 12 females) were video recorded (frame rate: 120–200 Hz) during the 2017 and 2018 World Athletics Championship finals. H-Ssep was quantified at touchdown (TD) and take-off (TO) following manual digitizing (SIMI motion) and a number of other common biomechanical parameters were computed. …”
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Differences in run-up, take-off, and flight characteristics: successful vs. unsuccessful high jump attempts at the IAAF world championships by Gareth Nicholson, Gaspar Epro, Stéphane Merlino, Josh Walker, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

“…High-speed video footage (200 Hz) was obtained from 11 athletes during the 2018 Men's World Athletics Indoor Championship Final. From each athlete, one successful (SU) and one unsuccessful (UN) jump at the same bar height were included in the analysis, leaving seven athletes in total. …”
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Feasibility of OpenPose markerless motion analysis in a real athletics competition by Neil J. Cronin, Neil J. Cronin, Josh Walker, Catherine B. Tucker, Gareth Nicholson, Mark Cooke, Stéphane Merlino, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

“…The same take-off recording from the men's Long Jump finals at the 2017 World Athletics Championships was used for both approaches (markerless and manual) to reconstruct the 3D coordinates from each of the camera's 2D coordinates. …”
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