World Athletics remains firm with biological tests and announces important changes

Two years after finishing his mandate, Sebastian Coe made clear what the world athletics map is and especially for the female

The World Athletics Council held a new meeting led by its president, the British Sebastian Coe, president of World Athleticsin which the commitment to “growth and innovation” that they are doing until 2027 was valued and data was given from the biological tests to determine the SRY gene that are being made to women and that already reach the 95% of participants in the World Cups.

Taking advantage of the World Cups in the Japanese capital, World Athletics held a new meeting of its advice in which Sebastian Coe reviewed the current agency that presides and the next steps to find its management.

«Within two years we will meet again in Beijing and Several of those present in this room, including me, we will end our mandate in World Athletics. This gives us two years to boost our sport and to be able to give it to others in a better way than the one we inherit, “COE said during the meeting.” World Athletics is now a growing and high -performance company. This is not a vision or a desire. It is a reality. Growing is exciting but can also be risky if you are not prepared. Quick companies not only see Growth over time. That is why we have a four -year business strategy and an eight -year world plan«He confessed.

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COE added that the bases for growth are Five fundamental components: A solid financial position, a strong brand identity, a personnel strategy, excellent communication and transparency.

Woman or not a woman?

The maximum leader of World Athletics also spoke about one of the great controversies – perhaps the greatest – that he has had to face the front of the world's world: the biological tests to determine the SRY gene that are being carried out to women to “preserve women's sport.”

«More than 95% of the tests have already been completed and the rest of the tests, for the French and Norwegian teams and some athletes based in France, are held in Tokyo before the start of the World Cups. This It has been a response from all sport to a principle in which we all believe fundamentally, which is to protect the female category. «I want to thank our member federations for their fruitful collaboration. We will collect your comments during the World Cup to determine the test process from 2026 ».

Changes in the world classification system were also announced, one of the competition decisions approved by the World Athletics Council.

World Athletics created its global classification system so that athletes obtain points according to a combination of results and put and according to the level of the competition in which the result is achieved. The classification is based on the athlete average score in a certain number of competitions in a defined period.

The Council also approved the proposal to introduce A fixed man-woman-man-woman order order for the 4 × 100 mixed relay in the World Series tests and use this format from the world relay championships of 2026 in Botsuana. This output order will be used in all World Series tests to Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

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Regarding competition decisions, a new race format will be introduced for the 400 track covered with a possible pilot test in the 2026 roof World Cup. This format will reduce the number of athletes per series of six to four, leaving the streets one and two due to its streets due to its Inherent disadvantage in closed curves on covered track.