But falls from two prominent Dutch athletes – first by Sifan Hassan in the 10,000m and then by Femke Bol in the mixed 4x400m – provided two of the biggest talking points of the evening.
As for every World Championships, doping control samples collected in Budapest will be transferred to a dedicated long-term storage facility, after the initial analyses have been performed, with the view to re-analyse them in the future, using the latest available detection analyses or methods.
“I have a dream, which is a shared dream with my team and I hope it is a shared dream with the Hungarian people, that we would like to organise a special event, a memorable and unique World Championships.
On the 26-strong World Athletics Council, the 13 newly elected members will be joined by six Area Presidents and two members of the Athletes' Commission, one woman and one man, including the Chair.
Furthermore, the appointment process for the new Executive Board and the Risk Committee references human rights expertise as one of the desired qualifications of nominees, and the new Board and new Committee will review the need for other human rights considerations to be included in their terms of...
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