Ethiopia’s world 10,000m silver medallist Letesenbet Gidey has been named winner of the International Fair Play Award as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023.

Following nominations from fans, members of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) and World Athletics formed a jury to decide on a shortlist of fair play moments. Fans were then asked to vote via World Athletics’ social media platforms for the moment that they felt best exemplified fair play.

Laurent Meuwly has received the Coaching Achievement Award and becomes the first winner to be announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023. Laurent Meuwly has received the Coaching Achievement Award and becomes the first winner to be announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023.

The 4th edition of the Eiffage Dakar Marathon was held on Sunday November 19, 2023 in the streets of the Senegalese capital. Unsurprisingly, Kenya won the two main races thanks to Geoffrey Kipyego in the men's race and Cherotich Milgo in the women's race. Kenyan Cherotich Milgo won in 02:43:57. His compatriot Geoffrey Kipyego won the men's race in 02:25:13.

Senegalese athlete Mor Fall finished 2nd in the Men's Marathon with a respectable time of 02:30:05. This 2023 edition especially broke attendance records for the various events on Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19.

The president of the CAA, Hamad Kalkaba, brought together, on November 21, 2023 in Yaoundé, officials of the Cameroonian athletics federation and the Director General of the CAA, Lamine Faty, to discuss the holding of the 23rd African Senior Championships of Athletics planned for 2024 in Yaoundé. This meeting, at the Office of the President of the African Athletics Confederation in Yaoundé, took place after the audience with the Minister of Sports and Physical Education of Cameroon on the subject of this continental meeting.

The Director General of the CAA is currently staying in Cameroon to take stock of the preparations for these championships.

World Athletics has launched ‘Road to Paris 2024', an online tool to help athletes, media and fans track the qualification process for next year's Olympic Games.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa successfully defended her BMW Berlin Marathon title in style, smashing the world record with 2:11:53. Assefa took more than two minutes off the women’s world record of 2:14:04, which had been set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the 2019 Chicago Marathon. Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui held on to second place in 2:17:49, while Tanzania’s Magdalena Shauri made a remarkable breakthrough to take third place in 2:18:41, a huge national record.

The world records set by Gudaf Tsegay and Mondo Duplantis have contributed to the fact that the Wanda Diamond League final – which took place in Eugene on Saturday (Sept 16) and Sunday (sept 17) – was the meeting outside the championships of the highest quality ever based on the scores of the competition’s performance ranking.  

After 13 meetings from May to September, the final fields are now set as the Wanda Diamond League gets ready to crown its 2023 champions at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, this weekend (16-17).

World 3000m steeplechase record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech now also has the world 2000m steeplechase best to her name as she clocked 5:47.42 to ensure that the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – ended on a high in Zagreb on Sunday (10).