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CONTENTS //Introduction

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I.

President’s Report

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II.

Executive Board Report

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III.

Council Report

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Governance & Membership

133

Competition & Events

152

Development

169

Communications

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IV. Commission Reports

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Athletes’ Commission

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Competition Commission

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Development Commission

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Governance Commission

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Working Group & Taskforce Reports

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Safeguarding Working Group

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World Plan Implementation Working Group

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Gender Leadership Taskforce

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VI. Financial & Audit Reports

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V.

Financial audit

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Non-financial audits238

VII. Appendices241

Appendix A – 2022 Financial Report

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Appendix B – World Athletics 2022 Remuneration Policy

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Appendix C – 2021 Non-financial Audit Report, Governance & Ethical Compliance 283
Appendix D – 2021 Non-financial Audit Report, Anti-Doping & Integrity Programmes 292
Appendix E – 2022 Non-financial Audit Report, Governance & Ethical Compliance 301
Appendix F – 2022 Non-financial Audit Report, Anti-Doping & Integrity Programmes 308

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INTRODUCTION //This is the Annual Council Report for 2022 required under Article 79 of the World Athletics
Constitution for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 for presentation at theWorld Athletics Congress meeting in August 2023. It provides a summary of the key decisions
and activities over the reporting period and includes the audited annual financial statements
for the two preceding years.
The 2022 Annual Council Report is divided into the following sections:
I. President’s Report
II. Executive Board Report
III. Council Report
IV. Commission Reports
V. Working Group & Taskforce Reports
VI. Financial & Audit Reports
Financial audit
Non-financial audits (Governance & Ethical Compliance and Anti-Doping& Integrity programmes)

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT //116

The year 2022 was an extraordinary one for athletics made more incredible coming off the backof the two years of disruption bought about by the Covid-19 global pandemic.
I am immensely proud of what we have all achieved in athletics over the past few years, this year
in particular. Let’s look at the highlights:• We organised and hosted four World Athletics Series events where almost 4,000 athletescompeted from 180 countries. 261 national records were set and we reached a cumulative
global TV audience of more than a billion• The total impact of hosting our four World Athletics Series competitions came to US$316
million (US$237 million of this was the impact of the World Athletics Championships
Oregon22). This is a study that Nielsen, an official supplier of World Athletics and theWorld Athletics Series event, has started doing for us, measuring the impact of oursignature events across five key indicators• We also held a full season of Diamond League events and 162 Continental Tour events
around the world where more than 13,000 athletes competed from 159 countries. Acrossboth of these one-day leagues, nine area records and 173 national records were set• And on the road by the end of 2022, we had 200 events with almost three million
people participating• We recorded 1.25 million results for the 180,000 elite athletes active in 2022 including
more than 400,000 personal bests from these athletes across the season• Our website had 34 million visitors with more than one billion hits on our competition
stats database• Our media coverage reached 10 billion people and our social media followers grew to
10 million• And we had good engagement from all of you, our Member Federations, with more than
5,000 people signing up for courses on our eLearning platform; more than 50 Member
Federations and 100,000 children joining in our first Kids’ Athletics Day; we held 24
Member Federation Info Sessions as well as other specialist sessions; and our Gender
Leadership Facebook page now has more than 1,000 followers.
At the end of last year we received tracking data from our partner Nielsen which gives us asnapshot of how athletics is positioned around the world and how our fans engage with us.

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It shows that athletics ranks fourth in interest globally behind football, running – whichinterestingly is not thought of as athletics – and swimming. If you recall, our previous researchin 2018/2019 had us in fifth position. The research also shows that athletics has the best
reputation of all global sports (89% agreed). When asked about the reputation of theinternational federation, as opposed to the sport, World Athletics comes in third for strong
governance, behind World Rugby and FIBA, the international federation for basketball, with
79% of respondents believing we govern our sport well. This is a remarkable achievement given
where we were back in 2015. And the overall perception of World Athletics has improved to agreater extent over the past two years than any other international sports federation.
These are really encouraging results and tell me we have strong momentum which we all need tobuild on now, no matter where you are in the world or what your focus is.
Momentum is my key word for 2023.

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You are all astute observers of the current world. It is a complicated landscape – environmental,
economic, social and cultural. All political observers talk about headwinds – I can’t think of atime where we’ve had a more complicated world. A world where it is more important than everfor us – sport – to do what we do well and we do 24/7. And as we do it in ways big institutions
don’t get close, we need to make more of our role in this complicated world as sport is uniquelyplaced to help governments and communities navigate the issues so many of our countries andpeople are facing.
You also know we live in a world where decisions are made quickly and when the information
we want and need is not always readily available, or dare I say it, true. So, we can be challenged
if we’re not sure about the reliability of information coming to us. We’re also in a race and it’s arace we can’t lose. It’s a race against time and it’s a race to continue to capture the imaginationof young people as we’re dependent upon them for what we do now and into the future. And
it’s a race to maintain their lifelong bond with the sport. So, when today’s young people goout into the world and take up responsibilities at more senior and influential levels in business,governments and sport – some of them from athletics – they take with them what they havelearned from growing up in the sport. They continue to support and identify opportunities –this is what I mean by a lifelong bond.
It’s also a race to make sure governments are aware that we are capable of helping them with
their new agendas. It’s not a race against other sports; it’s a race against all the other influenceson young people today. All the potential outside influences that take them away from sport andare demanding their time and, quite frankly, are more exciting or more relevant to their lives. And
by relevant I mean, fit more easily into their lives.
It’s important our sport makes decisions fast and these decisions are focused on what it is thenext generation are asking of us as a sport and how we capture their imagination in a busy
landscape of competing, entertainment opportunities, technology trends, life skills and activities.
We need to understand the risks AND the trends as both have the potential to pose serious
challenges and opportunities to our sport. And we will discuss this more at our Convention in
Budapest later this year.
I have said before we need to be braver, more innovative and faster with our decision making.
It was Einstein who defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting
different results. It’s time to take a deep and objective look at ourselves and our own
organisations and activities and assess our level of ‘insanity’. We need to keep funding and119

investing in events, disciplines and activities that deliver tangible growth, that engage our fansand help us recruit new people into athletics.
We must innovate and to that we need to be more agile and more confident in making decisions,
hosting events and attracting more people into athletics at every level.
We have spent the past three years building our resources, courses, online tools and platforms
to help all Member Federations recruit more coaches and technical officials and develop anddeliver more events and creative programmes that are attractive to young people, governments,
clubs and schools. A significant amount of our financial and human resources have been
invested in these programmes. We want to see more Member Federations use and adapt theseresources to drive more engagement and recruit more people who can facilitate our sport.
We have great foundations in place. We are seeing more stars grow in our sport through theathlete stories we and the media are telling. And we are actively looking at ways to raise themeven higher, helping our athletes become more famous through special features, documentaries
and making them more available to fans and media. Performance is key but personalities andpassions are also important connectors.
In 2023 we will also build on our momentum by:• Being a lot better at gathering, analysing and using data more widely. Becoming a more
metrics-driven organisation and sport, from bidding to hosting and to legacy in the future,
is a priority for growth. We are beginning to gather some rich data which will be invaluable
in guiding decisions over the coming months and years – decisions on competition
formats, disciplines, host cities, national and area championships, and a host of otherdecisions we will all need to make• Momentum that means working with governments and cities to introduce more people,
particularly children, to athletics through our Kids’ Athletics programme. This also entails
building area and global networks of individuals who are able to facilitate and teach these
programmes – from taking groups of children to the local park, club or beach on weekends
to holding PE classes in schools and clubs. We started this in some Areas last year and willcontinue across all Areas in 2023. Our Development Commission we will have a handson role, working with our Member Federations, in managing and monitoring this activity
with the aim of reaching one million children through our Kids’ Athletics programmes andinitiatives this year120• Pre-covid we were heavily reliant on face-to-face courses for those helping to facilitate
athletics with just two online courses available. This year we will have 15 courses online,
in a number of different languages, and have set a target of 10,000 registered users
accessing these courses. We are developing a recruitment drive aimed specifically atcoaching and technical officials and backed by a new people plan to help Member
Federations attract and retain more people• We are staging a brand new World Athletics Series event in 2023 – the World Athletics
Road Running Championships – which brings together the mile, the 5km and the half
marathon in a brand new event with World Championship medals being awarded in somefor the first time as well as an equal focus on mass participation. This is the first new World
Athletics Series championship since the introduction of the World Athletics Relays in2014 – and that was almost a decade ago!
• We are also working on another new event to take place in 2026 – the only year where
we don’t have a senior outdoor World Athletics Championships or an Olympic Games. We
want to create a global event that is different and exciting and can be an incubator for
ideas and formats and another stage to raise the profile of athletes and athletics• We have more Continental Tour events in each Area, and at all levels, so athletes cancompete more at home or closer to home. More road races for elite and mass participationand closer ties with the mountain and trail running community which is growing fast
• And for the historians among you – 2023 will be the 40th anniversary of ourWorld Athletics Championships. We have come a long way in 40 years so let’s lookback to 1983 and celebrate these past 40 years as we plan our next 40 years which will
look a lot different.
This is the momentum we want to capitalise on and build.
I have said this before but it is worth repeating. We have never had such a good opportunity togrow athletics as we have over the next few years and, with our World Plan for Athletics 20222030, which each of you helped create, we have a clear set of initiatives to capitalise on thisopportunity. No matter what size Member Federation you are, you can grow. This is where weneed focus.

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While we have three World Athletics Series championships this year, including, of course, ouroutdoor World Athletics Championships in Budapest, in 2024 we have five World Athletics
Series championships plus an Olympic Games so there is no time to lose. We need to make surethat all our building blocks are in place during 2023 and that all the resources that are being
developed are used by all Member Federations and Areas.
As always I want to thank all of you for the work and development you dedicate to yourathletes and your communities. Athletics may primarily be an individual sport, but the growth inparticipation and popularity of athletics is a team effort and I am always grateful for the hours
and passion you put in to the work you do – thank you!

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EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT //The Executive Board is composed of the following members:• Sebastian COE (GBR), President• Sergey BUBKA (UKR), Senior Vice-President• Geoff GARDNER (NFI), Vice-President• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Vice-President• Nawaf Bin Mohammed AL SAUD (KSA), Vice-President• Hasan ARAT (TUR), Appointed Member• Abby HOFFMAN (CAN), Appointed Member• Sunil SABHARWAL (USA), Appointed Member• Jon RIDGEON (GBR), Chief Executive Officer (Ex officio non-voting Member)
The term of office is four years (2019-2023).
Details regarding the Executive Board are available on the website here.
The Executive Board has responsibility for all decisions related to the business of World
Athletics including reviewing the World Athletics Strategic Plan; adopting and monitoring theannual plan and budget; financial planning and controlling income and expenditure; identifying
and managing risks; and developing internal controls, organisational policies, procedures,and systems. The Executive Board provides strategic advice and reports to Council at eachmeeting and to Congress on an annual basis.
In 2022, the Executive Board met six times as listed below:• 25 January, video conference• 8 March, video conference• 10 May, video conference• 12 July, Eugene, Oregon, USA• 26/27 September, London, GBR (a two-day ‘retreat’)• 28 November, Rome, ITA.
On two occasions, dedicated information sessions were held for the Executive Board to takedeeper dives on topics such as the development of the Project Moonshot proposal and the2023 annual plan and budget.

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Executive Board Committees
Details on the three Executive Board Committees are available on the website here and theirwork is summarised below.

Audit & Finance Committee
The Audit & Finance Committee’s primary role is to advise and assist the Executive Board inrespect of its:
• audit function with regards to its responsibilities for financial reporting and internal
control; and its• finance function in considering matters relating to financial management to safeguard
financial stability, and to strengthen transparency and accountability.
The Committee’s primary focus in 2022 therefore related to the review of the financial andnon-financial audits and the implementation of the annual financial plan including the approvalof the 2023 annual plan and four-year budget projections for recommendation to the
Executive Board.

Composition
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Sunil SABHARWAL (USA), Chair
Nawaf Bin Mohammed AL SAUD (KSA), EB Member
Julie ASANTE (GHA), Independent Member
Riaan CLOETE (AUS), Independent Member
Mary HARDY (GBR), Independent Member

Risk Committee
The primary role of the Risk Committee is to assist the Executive Board in fulfilling its
responsibilities for identifying and managing key areas of risk to the organisation including
ongoing review of the corporate risk register.
Risk management was an underlying theme throughout 2022 given the rapidly evolving global
economic, political and health environments. The Risk Committee identified, monitored andreported to the Executive Board on the risks, and relationship between those risks, and theirpotential impact and associated mitigation actions, on the strategic goals of the organisation.

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Composition
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Hasan ARAT (TUR), Chair
Ximena RESTREPO (COL), EB Member
Arnis LAGZDINS (LAT), Independent Member
Joanne MORTIMORE (CAN), Independent Member
Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Appointed Member

Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee’s primary role is to review and make recommendations to
the Executive Board on the remuneration of World Athletics officials within an establishedremuneration framework and policy.
In 2022, the Committee further developed the World Athletics remuneration framework andpolicy for the 2023-2027 period to be finalised in 2023 and approved by the Executive
Board to take effect after the 2023 Election Congress.

Composition
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Abby HOFFMAN (CAN), Chair
Sergey BUBKA (UKR), EB Member
Rob CLARKE (GBR), Independent Member
Jean GRACIA (FRA), Independent Member
Renee WASHINGTON (USA), Independent Member

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Key areas of focus and decisions taken by the Executive Board in 2022 can be summarised
as follows:
Key areas

Areas of focus & decisions

Strategic Plan

Ongoing review of the World Athletics Strategic Plan 2020-2023 and monitoringof delivery progress against the identified goals and key performance indicators(KPIs). At the end of 2022, it was reported that for 15 of the 16 goals in the Plan,
progress is aligned to the KPIs and on track to meet the objectives set by the endof 2023 (details on progress outlined later in this section).

Commercial strategy

Ongoing oversight of the commercial strategy and sponsorship pipeline, including
identification of potential new sponsor categories (details outlined below). In 2022,
World Athletics appointed The Daily Mile as a supporter of the World Athletics
Championships Oregon22 and renewed its sponsorship supplier agreement with
Pinsent Masons.

Risk management

Risk management oversight, particularly in relation to the following topics:• Postponement or cancellation of future World Athletics Series (WAS) events,
particularly those hosted in China and China’s zero Covid policy• Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the associated global and regional economic
and political impacts• World Athletics’ capacity and resources to deliver the four WAS events in 2022
in addition to the commitments of the World Plan, Strategic Plan and HQ annual
departmental plans.
To support the risk management approach, in addition to the corporate risk
register, which was approved by the Executive Board, new event risk monitoring
has also been established and a risk management toolkit for local organisingcommittees developed.

Remuneration

The underpinning remuneration principles for the period 2023-2027 for thefollowing bodies were agreed as summarised below:• Council members, Area Presidents, Commission chairs, Vetting Panel chair andmembers, AIU Board chair and members: provision of an annual honorarium andper diems; and,• Commission members and non-Council members of working groups/taskforces,
and chairs and members of the Election Oversight, Nominations and Executive
Board Appointments panels: maintain volunteer philosophy (no annual
honorarium) and per diems.

Appointments

Sport Resolutions was approved as the independent secretariat to the Disciplinary
Tribunal for a period of four years (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025)(recommendation made by the Athletics Integrity Unit).

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Key areas

Areas of focus & decisions

Project Moonshot

The Executive Board received updates at each of its meetings in 2022 on Project
Moonshot, a strategic investment project aimed at securing new revenue sources
for World Athletics.
World Athletics worked with Two Circles and Oakwell to analyse and develop
ideas/concepts for growth, including evaluating and modelling budgets for each of
the concepts, projecting possible income to be derived from them, and assessing
the investment potential. A shortlist of projects was established by the Executive
Board, with input from Council and other stakeholders, and then two priority
projects identified – the first being to grow World Athletics’ fan database and thesecond to create a new innovative athletics event. These initiatives are now being
progressed in 2023.

Annual plan and budget

The 2022 annual plan and budget was approved by the Executive Board. The plan
was developed with input from the leadership team and covered key initiatives
for 2022 across all departments, as well as top five project priorities for theorganisation, which were agreed, as follows:
1. Growing athletics - Project Moonshot
2. Project USA
3. Safeguarding
4. Kids’ Athletics
5. Fan engagement.

Roles and way
of working

The Executive Board reflected on the roles and effectiveness of the decisionmaking bodies of World Athletics based on the initial four-year cycle following thereforms. This involved an in-depth review of the Executive Board’s responsibilities
in relation to the overall governance structures and their scope and ways ofworking. A series of actions were agreed to enhance future effectiveness,engagement and ways of working more collaboratively – this included the
production of a detailed Executive Board workplan.

GrantsThe Executive Board provided input on the proposed grants for Member
Federations and Area Associations aligned to the new development model
framework and principles. A Grant for Growth for Member Federations waslaunched in May 2022 to replace the Athletics Olympic Dividend grant. The new
grant is project based, with strategic outcomes aligned to local needs of Member
Federations but contributing to overall growth of the sport through identified
World Plan actions.

EB operations/workplan 2022-2023

The Executive Board finalised its workplan for 2022 and for 2023. The workplan
sets out standing items for regular updates, e.g., HQ operations, financials andcommercial, and identified priorities that would require more significant review andinput, e.g., development of the 2024-2027 strategic plan.

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Key areas

Areas of focus & decisions

WAS events

Updates on commercial, financial and risk elements of the organisation of future
World Athletics Series events were provided to the Executive Board at each of its
meetings in 2022, with a particular focus on the World Athletics Championships
Budapest 23.
The Executive Board also provided input on the review of the financial modelfor the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships and on the proposed
strategic imperatives for the 2027 World Athletics Championships bidding process
and the 2025 World Athletics Championships host. Executive Board input isfocused on a risk, commercial and financial impact perspective and feedback isprovided to support Council’s decision-making.

Finance and audits

At each of its meetings in 2022, the Executive Board received updates to monitor
the expenses and incomes against the approved budget and noted that World
Athletics was operating within the budget and the projected cash reserves.
The Executive Board approved the 2021 financial audit report issued by EY and
the 2021 non-financial audit reports regarding governance and ethical compliance,
and the anti-doping and integrity programme. The 2021 annual report and audits
were published on the website in August 2022.

Future of sport

The Executive Board received a presentation by Deloitte on the global trends andrisks around the future of sport. The key disruptors and forces of changes agreed
by the Executive Board were the future generation of athletes, fans and workforce;the pace of digital change; and the evolving global sports market. These trends areimportant considerations in terms of prioritising projects and development of thenext strategic plan.

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Commercial Partnerships
Dentsu Athletics
The World Athletics/Dentsu Steering Board continues to work in partnership to growcommercial revenues and reported on a quarterly basis to the Executive Board on progressagainst the World Athletics commercial strategy. The World Athletics/Dentsu Steering Board,as well as the joint delivery, commercial and media sub-groups, meet regularly to ensure thatthe commercial strategy is being implemented.

Commercial Affiliates of World Athletics and the WAS competitions
In 2022, with the world emerging from lockdown and many companies/brands halting theirmarketing spend, it was a time to consolidate and speak to as many new brands as possible
and build relationships with them in the run up to the first World Athletics Championships
in the USA in 2022. World Athletics and Dentsu managed to secure The Daily Mile as an
event supporter of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and renewed the existing
sponsorship agreement with Pinsent Masons for another four years.
The Executive Board has continued to be instrumental in proactively supporting theCommercial Partnerships team in their discussions with potential partners, which it is hoped
will lead to new partnerships in future.

Official Partners
World Athletics’ top tier partners are ASICS, Seiko and TDK.

Official Suppliers
Mondo is an official supplier, as are Nielsen and Pinsent Masons.

Media Partners
TBS is World Athletics’ official media partner.
Eurovision Sport and ESPN are World Athletics’ official media distribution partners for
Europe and Africa.
World Athletics’ Official Partners are set out here on the World Athletics website.

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World Athletics Strategy for Growth 2020-2023

STRATEGY FORGROWTH
2020-2023

Our Vision

TO USE THE
POWER ANDACCESSIBILITY OF
ATHLETICS AND OUR
ATHLETES TO CREATEA HEALTHIER AND
FITTER WORLD
Our Mission

GROW

Grow the sport of athletics and make it
relevant in people’s lives and in the lives of
their communities.

LEAD

INSPIRE

Create globally appealing and accessible
competitions, events, and activities so ourtalented athletes can entertain and inspire
the world.

Be the best example of a well governed
sports federation taking brave leadershipdecisions and valuing partnerships thatdeliver athletics around the world.

Our Approach
By doing the good things we do already even better via a programme of continuous improvement, and by delivering new innovative initiatives and programmes.

Our Goals

PARTICIPATIONPEOPLEFANSPARTNERSHIPS

We will deliver more events at every
level of the sport. From more worldclass athletics competitions in allcontinents at national, regional
and international level, through toensuring there are opportunities forchildren to try our sport wherever
they live and campaigns for more
people to get active through running.

We will celebrate, support anddevelop the people (coaches,
officials, volunteers and professionals)
who deliver our sport throughout theworld, at every level, providing clear
access and pathways and we will
double the number of new recruits
who help deliver our sport - ascoaches and officials or in Member
Federation, event or club roles.

We want our fans to attend and watch
our athletes compete, as well as get
to know and engage with themthrough new platforms and initiatives.
By 2023 our aim is to grow ourbroadcast reach, double our digital
following and create a database of
1 million known fans who actively
choose to connect and engage with
us and our sport.

As the world’s most accessible
sport we rely on strong partnerships
to deliver events and programmes
at all levels. We value thesepartnerships and aim to double
our current number of meaningfulcommercial and non-commercial
partnerships to generate new financial
and activation opportunities for our
sport, our athletes, our MF’s and ourcommunities around the world.

Our Stakeholders

Our Values

Member Federations, Athletes, Partners, Media, Fans, and Our People.

Respect, Integrity, Leadership, Commitment, Innovation, Excellence.

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The World Athletics Strategic Plan, set for the four-year period 2020-2023, identified
16 goals across the four strategic pillars. Regular updates on the activities have been sharedand discussed with the Executive Board.
Ten of the 16 goals (63%) were completed before the end of 2022, including resetting thedigital following goal which was achieved by the end of the first year. The launch of the Kids’
Athletics programme is gaining traction across many Member Federations and the growth of
the Continental Tour and other one day meetings is providing more opportunities for athletes
around the world to compete more often in their regions. More courses across multiple
platforms and in more languages were introduced in 2022. In 2020 only two online courses
were available to the 897 registered on the eLearning platform. 15 courses will be available in
2023 to a targeted 10,000 registered users. The change to our bidding processes is deliveringstrong bidders for our blue ribband events and the Nielsen driven impact studies introduced lastyear will be critical in delivering a strong, substantive narrative for future bidders.
Five goals (31%) will be completed by the end of the Strategic Plan period (2023). This includes
increasing broadcast reach by 10% and delivering full stadia for the two World Athletics Series
events which fall within the period. We are also on track to deliver the objective of doubling thenumber of commercial partnerships by the end of 2023. In 2020 we had five partners and by
the end of 2022 we had seven partners. The Tokyo 2025 appointment secures at least two newsponsors so 2023 will centre around converting this promise with a B2C focus.
While significant progress has been made on creating a database of one million known fans,
this goal will not be met by the end of 2023. However, a detailed strategy, plan andresources are in place to build a substantial database by capitalising on the World Athletics
Championships Budapest 23, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the World Athletics
Championships Tokyo 25.

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Two campaigns
per year toinspire change

CreateCreate and launchworld-class athletics Kids’ Athletics
competitions across programme
all six Areas

Implement
Governance reform

Create best in classteaching materials,
accessed througheLearning

Sharing skills andknowledge withand between
our Member
Federations

Increase the number Add value toof meaningful
our existing
partnerships
non-commercial
partnerships

Double numberof commercial
partnerships

Double ourdigital following

Full stadia at WAS
events and attract
more fans to watch
at all levels

Fans

PeopleAttract morebidding cities for
WAS events

Partnerships

Participation

The 16 Goals

Increase broadcast
reach by 10%132

Double numbers of
new recruits who
facilitate our sport

Create one million
database of fans

Provide moreparticipation
opportunities forpeople across theworld at all levels
and age groups

COUNCIL REPORT //Governance & MembershipCouncilWith the Russian military illegal invasion and war in Ukraine dominating the global landscapein 2022, and the associated geopolitical, economic and humanitarian challenges worldwide, in
addition to the ongoing and residual public health issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic,
the Council’s focus was on ensuring the delivery of the four World Athletics Series (WAS)
events in 2022 and maintaining a full calendar of one-day meetings. This included the first
outdoor senior World Athletics Championships for three years in Oregon, USA.
In addition, key areas of work for the Council in 2022 included delivery of the objectives
and actions in the Strategic Plan 2020-2023 and implementation of the World Plan for
Athletics 2022-2030, which included the creation of safeguarding materials and supporting
tools for Member Federations and Areas, the roll out of the Kids’ Athletics programme andthe further development of the eLearning platform, as well as a focus on sustainability andcompetition innovation.

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The role of Council is to govern the sport of athletics; the Council is made up of thefollowing members:• Sebastian COE (GBR), President• Sergey BUBKA (UKR), Senior Vice-President• Geoff GARDNER (NFI), Vice-President• Nawaf Bin Mohammed AL SAUD (KSA), Vice-President• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Vice-President• Alberto JUANTORENA (CUB), Individual Member• Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL (MAR), Individual Member• Abby HOFFMAN (CAN), Individual Member• Dahlan AL HAMAD (QAT), Member, Asia Area Group Representative• Hamad KALKABA MALBOUM (CMR), Member, Africa Area Group Representative• Anna RICCARDI (ITA), Individual Member• Sylvia BARLAG (NED), Individual Member• Hiroshi YOKOKAWA (JPN), Individual Member• Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Individual Member• Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Individual Member• Nan WANG (CHN), Individual Member• Willie BANKS (USA), Individual Member• Raul CHAPADO (ESP), Individual Member• Dobromir KARAMARINOV (BUL), Member, Europe Area Group Representative• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Individual Member• Mike SANDS (BAH), Member, NACAC Area Group Representative• Hélio Marinho GESTA DE MELO (BRA), Member, South America Area Group Representative• Robin Sapong EUGENIO (NMI), Member, Oceania Area Group Representative• Renaud LAVILLENIE (FRA), Member, Athletes’ Commission Chair• Valerie ADAMS (NZL), Member, Athletes’ Commission Representative
The term of office is four years (2019-2023). Details regarding the Council are available on thewebsite here.

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Council meetings
The Council met on three occasions in 2022:• 227th Council meeting, 9/10 March, video conference• 228th Council meeting, 13/14 July, Eugene, USA• 229th Council meeting, 29/30 November, Rome, Italy.
The Council meeting that took place in March 2022 was held by video conference over two
sessions of approximately three hours. The Council meetings in Eugene and Rome were in a
hybrid format, with Council members and presenters also able to join virtually as applicable.
Council also met at short notice on 1 March 2022 to debate and decide the response of World
Athletics following Russia’s illegal military invasion of Ukraine supported by Belarus.
Council information sessions
In addition to the formal Council meetings, Council information sessions were held throughout
the year to provide an opportunity for a more in-depth briefing and discussion on relevant
topics, including the future governance of para athletics; concepts relating to Project Moonshot;
proposals to evolve the World Athletics Relays; proposals relating to competition rule changes;
and insights as to future innovations and trends impacting sport. In addition, all bidderpresentations for the 2025 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 World Athletics
Relays were delivered to Council through online information sessions.
As well as meeting formally, the Council also made decisions via email on an as needs basis tofacilitate progress and meet deadlines as appropriate.
The key decisions of the Council and their subsequent implementation by the headquarters(HQ) are summarised in the relevant sections of this Annual Report.

World Athletics Awards 2022
The World Athletics Awards 2022 were celebrated via World Athletics’ social media platforms
between November and December and announced from 28 November starting with the
Coaching Achievement Award and concluding with the Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars on
5 December. In total, 10 awards were celebrated and the related press releases announcing eachaward winner can be accessed here.
World champions and world record-breakers Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone from the USA andMondo Duplantis from Sweden were named the World Athletics Athletes of the Year.

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The other award winners were:• Rising Stars: Serbian javelin thrower Adriana Vilagos and US sprinter Erriyon Knighton• Member Federations Award: Confederacao Brasileira de Atletismo (Brazil)• Fair Play Award: Katie Nageotte and Holly Bradshaw• President’s Award: Ukrainian Athletic Association• Coaching Achievement Award: Gennadii Zuiev• Woman of the Year Award: Donna Fraser• World Athletics Photograph of the Year: Martin Rickett’s photograph of asteeplechase fall in Oregon.

Membership
Member Federation obligations
In line with the provisions at Article 9 of the World Athletics Constitution, Member Federations’compliance with their obligations is monitored annually. All Member Federations met theirreporting requirements in 2022.
Belarus Athletic Federation
As a consequence of the government of the Republic of Belarus’ involvement in the illegal
invasion by Russia of Ukraine, which is contrary to the purposes of World Athletics, Council
resolved on 1 March 2022 that the Belarus Athletic Federation athletes, athlete support
personnel, Member Federation officials and officials who are citizens of Belarus are excluded
from World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future. It was also agreed to further
debate at the following Council meeting the Russian illegal invasion of Ukraine and specificallythe status of the Belarus Athletic Federation’s membership, and whether additional measures
should be imposed. A press release outlining the details of the decisions taken by Council wasissued on 1 March 2022.
At its March 2022 meeting, Council resolved that the following additional sanctions should be
imposed on the Belarus Athletic Federation to take effect immediately and to continue for theforeseeable future:
1. No hosting of any international competition or European Athletics events, which includes
World Athletics Series, Continental Tour meetings and any other international competitions
2. No right to attend, speak and/or vote at meetings of Congress or in decisions to be taken
by Congress
3. No accreditation to attend any World Athletics Series events, including theWorld Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 and the World Athletics
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4. No involvement of the Member Federation personnel in any World Athletics development
or professional programmes.
The above position and sanctions on the Belarus Athletic Federation were re-affirmed byCouncil in March 2023.
Russian Athletics Federation
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) remained suspended from World Athletics
membership throughout 2022 for its role in the systematic failures in the Russian anti-doping
programme that were identified in 2015. In response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in
March 2022 the Council decided that, separately to its decisions arising from the work of theRussia Taskforce, no Russian Authorised Neutral Athletes (‘ANA’) could compete andno officials supporting them could participate at World Athletics Series events held for theforeseeable future.
On 23 March 2023, Council resolved that the anti-doping conditions for reinstatement of theRusAF as a member of World Athletics had been met. However, the Council decided tocontinue the exclusion of both RusAF and the Belarus Athletic Federation based on the illegal
invasion of Ukraine. Those Council decisions are entirely separate from and outside of the Russia
Taskforce’s remit.
A brief background to Council’s decision regarding the reinstatement of RusAF is set out below(the full detail is set out in the Russia Taskforce’s Terms of Reference and previous Taskforce
reports, which are posted on the World Athletics website, linked here):
1. Council suspended RusAF’s membership in November 2015 due to RusAF’s systematic
failure to comply with its anti-doping obligations. Council resolved that RusAF should only
be reinstated to membership once it had demonstrated that the following conditions had
been met, and could reasonably be expected to continue to be met moving forward:
a. RusAF complies with all of the requirements of the World Anti-Doping
Programme and of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules that are applicable to anational federationb. Both World Athletics and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) are able tocarry out, effectively and without interference, their respective anti-doping activities
in Russia and in relation to Russian athletes and athlete support personnelc. As a result, the participation in international competitions of the athletes and athlete
support personnel under RusAF’s jurisdiction will not jeopardise the integrity of
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2. Council appointed the Russia Taskforce in November 2015 to oversee and report back to
Council on RusAF’s efforts to meet those conditions, which were translated into a series of
specific requirements
3. In June 2016, Council approved a rule change to permit athletes affiliated to RusAF who
could establish they were not tainted by the failings of the Russian anti-doping system tocompete in international competitions not as representatives of Russia but rather as ANAs
4. In November 2019, Council resolved to suspend the reinstatement process pending
resolution of charges that the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) had brought against RusAF forbreaching its anti-doping obligations in relation to the Lysenko affair
5. In March 2020, Council imposed sanctions on RusAF for those anti-doping breaches andasked the Taskforce to take up again the task of overseeing RusAF’s efforts to meet thereinstatement conditions
6. In February 2021, Council approved a detailed reinstatement plan and associatedmilestones and key performance indicators (KPIs) (‘the Reinstatement Plan’, accessiblehere), which RusAF was required to implement. The Russia Taskforce appointed
independent experts to monitor RusAF’s implementation of the Reinstatement Plan.
The Russia Taskforce reported at subsequent Council meetings on RusAF’s progress in
implementing the Reinstatement Plan.
At the last Congress meeting, in November 2021, Congress resolved (in exercise of its powers
under Article 13.7 of the Constitution) that the suspension of RusAF’s membership of World
Athletics would continue until Council decided that all of the conditions set by Council fromtime to time for the revocation of RusAF’s suspension and the consequent reinstatement of
RusAF’s membership had been met. The conditions that Council set were (1) that RusAF had tomeet the milestones and KPIs set out in the Reinstatement Plan approved by Council in March
2021; and (2) that RusAF had to accept a set of measures that would apply after reinstatement(‘Special Conditions’), which were designed to ensure that its anti-doping reforms continue tooperate effectively following reinstatement.
In November 2022 the Russia Taskforce reported to Council that an independent audit had
confirmed RusAF’s successful implementation of the Reinstatement Plan, subject to taking
two remedial measures concerning adding certain protections to its whistleblower policy andformalising its policy for development of anti-doping and integrity in the regions, which were
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Subsequently, the Russia Taskforce finalised the Special Conditions and met with the RusAF
leadership team after the return of President Peter Ivanov, at which the Taskforce was satisfiedof Mr Ivanov’s and RusAF’s enduring and unconditional commitment to comply with the Special
Conditions post-reinstatement.
In March 2023, whilst acknowledging that widespread and sustainable cultural change in
Russian athletics will take many years to embed and the pace of change will vary within regions
and between stakeholders, the Russia Taskforce submitted its final recommendation to Council,
which accepted that recommendation and therefore resolved as follows:
1. Taking note of the Taskforce’s report and recommendations, Council resolves to lift thesuspension of RusAF’s membership of World Athletics for breach of its anti-doping
obligations, and to reinstate RusAF’s membership of World Athletics, on the following basis:a. In addition to its other anti-doping obligations as a WA ADR Rule 15 Category ‘A’member federation, RusAF is required to comply with all of the Special Conditions
for a period of three years from the date of this resolution
b. Council shall decide at the end of that period, based on the recommendation of theAIU, whether it is necessary to maintain the Special Conditions, or impose different
ones, for a further period.
2. The Taskforce shall be disbanded forthwith and the international experts be stood down.
The AIU shall be responsible for overseeing RusAF’s compliance with WA ADR 15.4 and15.5 and the Special Conditions, on the basis set out in the Special Conditions, and also
exercising (as necessary) its powers under WA ADR 15.8 and 15.9
3. It is one of the Special Conditions that RusAF must pay all of the costs incurred by the
AIU in overseeing RusAF’s compliance with WA ADR 15.4 and 15.5 and the Special
Conditions, as well as any costs incurred by World Athletics in connection therewith.
No more than 21 days after the date of this resolution, RusAF must sign and return theformal Costs Agreement provided by World Athletics, setting out how this obligation will
be satisfied
4. If there is a minor breach of WA ADR 15.4 and/or 15.5 and/or of the Special Conditions,
the AIU shall decide what corrective action is required. If there is a material breach of
WA ADR 15.4 and/or 15.5 and/or of the Special Conditions (whether a breach as topayment of costs owed or otherwise), the AIU shall report the breach to Council, whowill decide upon the appropriate measures (which may include, if the circumstances sowarrant, a proposal being put to Congress that RusAF be expelled permanently frommembership of World Athletics), with the AIU making any recommendations it may see fit
as to those measures

1395. As a result of this reinstatement decision, from an anti-doping perspective there is norestriction on athletes affiliated to RusAF competing in World Rankings Competitions.
Therefore the Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA) process and the work of the Doping
Review Board in respect of Russian ANAs shall be discontinued forthwith
6. For the avoidance of doubt, this decision to reinstate RusAF’s membership of World
Athletics is based on anti-doping considerations only, and does not constrain Council’s
powers in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Throughout this period, RusAF has paid all the costs of reinstatement.
The Russia Taskforce Independent Chair was Rune Andersen. The members of the Russia
Taskforce were Geoff Gardner (Vice-President), Abby Hoffman (Council Member), Anna
Riccardi (Council Member), and Rozle Prezelj (former Chair of the Athletes’ Commission). Allof the Taskforce’s reports, and Council’s consequent decisions, the Special Conditions, theindependent audit report, and other related information referred to in this report to Congress
are available on the World Athletics website, linked here. The Taskforce will meet on the occasionof the Congress to draw together the lessons of its work over seven years, in case a similar
situation arises.
As referenced above, Council resolved in March 2023 that, along with a package of otherexclusions, the athletes, officials and support personnel from Russia (and Belarus) are still
excluded from World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future due to Russia’s illegal
invasion of Ukraine.

Rules and Regulations
All new, or amended, rules and regulations approved by Council in 2022 are listed below. They
were communicated to Member Federations via circular and included within the Book of Rules,
which can be found on the website here.
• Athletes’ Representatives Rules and Regulations.
• Competition Rules.
• Diamond League Regulations.
• Eligibility Rules.
• Eligibility to Represent Member Federations Regulations.
• Event Bidding Rules.
• Governance Rules.
• Honorary Member and Service Awards Rules.
• Label Road Race Regulations.

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Mechanical Aids Regulations.
Member Federation Rules and Area Association Rules.
Rules of Congress.
Technical Rules.
Vetting Rules.
World Athletics Indoor Tour Regulations.
World Athletics Series Regulations (including consequential amendments to the Neutral
Athlete Regulations).

A summary of the key amendments is provided below.
Rules of Congress• To ensure they are up to date and reflect the new provisions in the Constitution
particularly around majorities following the amendments agreed at the 2021 World
Athletics Congress.
Governance Rules• To reflect the practical application of the Rules and remove duplication to the Constitution
to make the rules easier to navigate and avoid any possible issues of inconsistency.
Vetting Rules• To delete the provisions of the Rules that relate to World Athletics staff (who are subject
to the same principles relating to vetting as World Athletics officials) as these areenshrined in a Staff Vetting Policy.
Honorary Member and Service Awards Rules• To update the Rules based on the Nominations Panel’s recommendations regarding theprocedure for nominations following their undertaking of the process in 2021.
Member Federation Rules and Area Association Rules• The new Member Federation Rules and Area Association Rules are required by theConstitution and set out the procedures for membership of World Athletics and detailthe rights and obligations of Member Federations (Article 9.1) and Areas (Article 20.1).
The new Rules therefore codify current procedures and practices between World
Athletics and Member Federations and Areas including expectations concerning general
meetings, safeguarding and resolving disputes. Guidance documentation and tools havebeen developed to support implementation of the Rules. The suite of information will berolled out ahead of the effective date for the new rules of 1 July 2023.
Competition Rules• To introduce an official world record for the road mile from 1 January 2023.

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Eligibility Rules and Eligibility to Represent Member Federations (Transfer ofAllegiance) Regulations• To streamline the relevant rules and regulations and restructure the Book of Rules with
one set of Eligibility Rules to avoid duplication. The following rules and requirements
were deleted as their contents have been incorporated in the Eligibility Rules:
Requirements to Compete in International Competitions; Eligibility to Represent a
Member Rules; and Payments to Athletes Rules.
• To update the rules and regulations on eligibility and transfer of allegiance of athletes
wishing to compete for Member Federations in National Representative Competitions(now proposed Transfer of Allegiance Regulations) following procedural improvements
submitted by the Nationality Review Panel.
Event Bidding Rules• To ensure alignment with the Event Organisation Agreement in relation to the entities
required to sign that Agreement.
Athletes’ Representatives Rules and Regulations• To require that any fee charged to Athletes’ Representatives be approved in advance byWorld Athletics.
Diamond League Regulations• To set out the detail of the new ‘Final 3’ format that applies to the following throwing andhorizontal jumping events: long jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw and discus throw.
Label Road Race Regulations• To provide a clear competition hierarchy for the sport while guaranteeing flexibility forthe races and growing the brand equity that the Labels carry in the world of running. In
addition, to also embed mandatory sustainability requirements aligned with the Athletics
for a Better World sustainability programme.
Mechanical Aids Regulations• To set out the requirements and procedure for authorisation of use of a Mechanical Aid(the new Mechanical Aids Regulations are a sub-set of Technical Rule 6.3.4).
Technical Rules & Generally Applicable Definitions• To amend Technical Rules 1 and 11 and the definition of International Competitions andWorld Rankings Competitions (of the Generally Applicable Definitions) to mandate that
World Rankings Competitions membership is required for National Permit Competitions
wanting their results to be recognised by World Athletics.
World Athletics Indoor Tour Regulations• The key amendments concern mitigation against the risk of last-minute withdrawals frommeetings of the World Indoor Tour and the introduction of the sustainability event standards.

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World Athletics Series Regulations (including consequential amendments to the Neutral
Athlete Regulations)• To provide future hosts of the World Athletics U20 Championships with the option to
include substantial mass participation activities in the competition programme, and thepossibility to use additional stadiums.
• To introduce a fixed order for the alternation of athletes of different genders in the
4x400m mixed relay event.
• To allow for an athlete under the age of 18 to double in the 4x400m relays and enablean U18 athlete to compete in the 4x400m and mixed 4x400m.

Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification (Athletes with Differences ofSex Development) (the DSD Regulations) and Eligibility Regulations for Transgender
Athletes (the TG Regulations)
An update on the review of the DSD Regulations and Transgender Regulations was presented
to Council at an information session. Options for both sets of regulations were presented anddiscussed by the Council. A consultation process with Member Federations, athletes and otherstakeholders was then undertaken. The results of this consultation and a final recommendation
was presented to the Council for a decision at its March 2023 meeting.

Start Procedure Guidelines
As part of an ongoing review, the Start Procedure Guidelines were amended to provide theStart Referee with the scope to evaluate the athlete’s movement, the technological evidence
and the discretion to permit the athletes to run “under protest”. Further studies have been
conducted concerning start procedures and any proposed changes will be submitted toCouncil for approval and subsequently communicated to Member Federations.

Safeguarding Policy
The World Athletics Safeguarding Policy, which is available on the website here, contains arequirement for the Council to review the document on an annual basis to ensure the document
remains up to date. The following key amendments were made to the Policy in July 2022:• Member Federations are mandated to adopt a safeguarding policy of their own by 2023
along with procedures to deal with any safeguarding incidents that may arise within theirarea of responsibility.
• Area Associations should also adopt a safeguarding policy and support Member
Federations in their respective Areas to fulfil Member Federations’ obligations to produce
and implement a safeguarding policy.

143• The responsibility that Member Federations have in relation to not disclosing
personal information (unless required by law to do so or on a need-to-know basis) should
be a requirement.
World Athletics developed safeguarding and education resources to assist Area Associations
and Member Federations with the development and adopting of their own safeguarding policies
and procedures. This material is available on the World Athletics website here.
Further details are outlined in the Safeguarding Working Group report under section 5.1.

Human Rights Policy
World Athletics continues to take its responsibilities in relation to protecting humanrights seriously.
A first draft of a new Human Rights Policy has been prepared. This is due to be reviewed by
the World Athletics Commissions and Council in Autumn 2023. The Integrity Code of Conduct
is being reviewed now and this will include reviewing if any changes need to be made as
recommended in the Human Rights Working Group’s Report.
Many of our employees focus on human rights as part of their wider duties. These include
our Head of Sustainability, Compliance & Risk Officer, General Counsel, Senior Counsel, our
Communications team and our International Relations & Development team.
The Risk Committee and Executive Board reviewed the terms of reference and composition of
the Risk Committee and were satisfied that human rights expertise and considerations wereadequately catered for.
An online Safeguarding Essentials training programme is being created, which will be available
to everyone in athletics to access on the eLearning platform. By safeguarding we mean
protecting everyone in athletics, whatever their involvement and whatever their age, fromabuse, harassment and exploitation, which are all fundamental human rights. The course will beavailable mid-July 2023 in English and then from September 2023 in multiple languages. Two
additional more advanced safeguarding courses are being developed for those who will lead on
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In addition, a suite of safeguarding guidance and template documents for all our Member
Federations to use has been created. Member Federation information sessions have been
held to highlight these. Training programmes will also be run in the Areas to help Member
Federations deal with a safeguarding case. Similar safeguarding materials will be prepared for
Area Associations to use. The Council has made it mandatory for all Member Federations tohave safeguarding policies and procedures in place by the end of 2023.
Wording to guard against human rights risks has been inserted into all new commercial contracts
and our requests for proposals and it will also feature in new procurement processes. In addition,
when new rules and regulations are made or existing rules and regulations are amended,consultation takes place with those most affected to listen to their views.

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Appointments to World Athletics bodies
During 2022, Council approved appointments to World Athletics bodies as summarised below.
World Athletics
governance or
independent body

Membership and appointments

Term of appointment

World Plan
Implementation
Working Group

Willie BANKS (USA), Chair
Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Member
Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Member
Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Member
Robin Sapong EUGENIO (NMI), Member
Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Member
Jean GRACIA (FRA), Member
Aisha PRAUGHT-LEER (JAM), Member
Geen CLARKE (CRC), Member
James MOLOI (RSA), Member
Sebastian COE (GBR), President (ex officio)

9 March 2022 until 8 March2023 (one year)*

Abby HOFFMAN (CAN), Chair
Francis DODOO (GHA), Member
Willie BANKS (USA), Member
Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Member
Bernard LAGAT (USA), Member
Brian SHAPIRO (USA), Member
Sebastian COE (GBR), President (ex officio)

Extended from 17 June 2022
until 17 June 2023

Karin GRUTE MOVIN (SWE), Member
Tigor TANJUNG (INA), Member
Yvonne MULLINS (AUS), Member
Estefanía SENESTRARI (ARG), Member

14 July 2022 until
17 June 2023

Nationality Review Panel

Susanne VAN WAERT (NED), Member
Cydonie MOTHERSILL (CAY), Member
Sarah AUSTIN (USA), Member
Noelia CAICEDO COELLO (ECU), Member

From 1 August 2022 for
four years

Doping Review Board

Sylvia BARLAG (NED), Interim Chair
Elizabeth RILEY (GBR), Interim Member

From 20 January 2022 until
31 December 2022

Screening Panel

Ingrid BEUTLER (NZL) , Member

From 22 September 2022
through to the conclusion of
the 2023 Election Congress

Halimah NAKAAYI (UGA)***, Member

From 20 October 2022
until the 2023 Athletes’
Commission elections
at the World Athletics
Championships Budapest 23

Safeguarding
Working Group

Athletes’ Commission***extended until 31 August 2023 by Council in March 2023. **appointment arose due to a vacancy in the membership of the Screening Panel.
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Working Groups
World Plan Implementation Working GroupA World Plan Implementation Working Group was established to provide oversight andsupport the implementation of the World Plan for Athletics 2022-2030.
The composition of the Working Group is as follows:• Willie BANKS (USA), Chair• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Member• Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Member• Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Member• Robin Sapong EUGENIO (NMI), Member• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Member• Jean GRACIA (FRA), Member• Aisha PRAUGHT-LEER (JAM), Member• Geen CLARKE (CRC), Member• James MOLOI (RSA), Member• Sebastian COE (GBR), President (ex officio)
The key areas of focus for the Working Group include the development of a process formonitoring and evaluating the progress of the World Plan’s implementation; the developmentof a reporting system for World Athletics, the Areas and Member Federations; thedevelopment of an engagement and communications approach to promote the World Plan; aswell as offering support and guidance and identifying and showcasing good practice and thesuccessful outcomes achieved.
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Panels
Mechanical Aids Review Panel
Established by Council in 2021 the role of the Panel is to consider individual applications
from athletes wishing to use a Mechanical Aid in athletics competitions. The Panel processes
applications submitted pursuant to the Mechanical Aids Regulations (available here see Book
C2.1A). The members of the Panel are:• David GRACE (AUS), Chair• Raul CHAPADO (ESP), Member• Francis DODOO (GHA), Member• Jinaro KIBET (KEN), Member• Caroline NICOL (FRA), Member• Anna RICCARDI (ITA), Member
In 2022, the Panel received one application and issued its decision in January 2023. The
Terms of Reference of the Panel, Application Form and its Decisions are available here.
World Athletics Series (WAS) event Bid Evaluation Panel
The Bid Evaluation Panel (BEP) oversees the bid process, evaluates bids and recommends toCouncil hosts for each WAS event. The responsibilities, powers and duties of the BEP are set
out in the terms of reference, which can be found in Appendix 2 to the Event Bidding Rules(Book C: Competition – C6.1 Event Bidding Rules).
The members of the Panel are:
• Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Chair• Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL (MAR), Member• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Member• Jakob LARSEN, Ex officio (Director of Events)• Niels LINDHOLM, Ex officio (Compliance & Risk Officer)• Ryo WAKABAYASHI, Dentsu Representative

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The BEP’s approved recommendations in 2022 are set out in this Annual Council Report.
Nominations Panel
The composition of the Nominations Panel is as follows:• Gordon ORLIKOW (CAN), Convenor• Vijay MAKHAN (MRI), Member• Chantal BRUNNER (NZL), Member• Catherine THYRA FORDE (TTO), Member• Sebastian COE (GBR), President
In 2022, the panel reviewed and made nominations to the Council for appointments to the
Nationality Review Panel and the Screening Panel.
Details of the responsibilities, powers and duties of the Nominations Panel are set out in Rule
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Nationality Review Panel
The role of the Nationality Review Panel (NRP) is to determine the eligibility of an athlete
to compete representing a Member Federation in National Representative Competitions
based on the criteria and application process set out in the Eligibility Rules and Transfer
of Allegiance Regulations. In early 2022 the Nominations Panel led the recruitment andappointment process of four new members commencing in August 2022 for a four-year term.
The members of the NRP are:• Hiroshi YOKOKAWA (JPN), Chair• Sarah AUSTIN (USA), Member - appointed in August 2022
• Noelia CAICEDO COELLO (ECU), Member - appointed in August 2022
• Geoff GARDNER (NFI), Member• Jinaro KIBET (KEN), Member• Cydonie MOTHERSILL (CAY), Member - appointed in August 2022
• Rozle PREZELJ (SLO), Member• Brian ROE (AUS), Member• Susanne VAN WAERT (NED), Member - appointed in August 2022.
Arising from its 2021 review, the NRP, with the approval of Council, in August 2022 introduced
improvements to the Rules and Regulations, which included that the NRP can attach conditions
to its decisions; the NRP can decline an application; document checks are to be carried out by
the AIU; compulsory prior notification to the outgoing Member Federation of an application;
greater focus on the rights and privileges the athlete is offered / entitled to with their new
Member Federation; and the introduction of a fee of USD 100 per application.
In 2022, the NRP took 46 decisions, which are summarised here on the website (Athlete
Transfer of Allegiance section).

2021 Annual Council Report
At its July meeting, Council approved the 2021 Annual Council Report along with the 2021
Audit Reports (the 2021 audited financial statements and the 2021 non-financial audits(governance & ethical compliance and integrity & anti-doping)). The 2021 Annual Council
Report (including the 2021 Audit Reports) was circulated to Member Federations on 31 July
2022 and published on the website here.

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World Athletics Series (WAS) events
With the Covid-19 pandemic under control in most parts of the world, athletics resumed
to business as usual in 2022. However, the war in Ukraine did bring new challenges to ourathletics programme and the calendar remained congested due to rearranged WAS events
following the pandemic.
The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 moved from 2021 to 2022 due to the Tokyo
Olympic Games taking place one year later. In addition, the World Athletics Cross Country
Championships was postponed to 2023 due to Australia’s Covid-19 policy and international
travel limitations.
Date (2022)

Competition

Location

4-5 March

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

Muscat, Oman

18-20 March

World Athletics Indoor Championships

Belgrade, Serbia

15-24 July

World Athletics Championships

Oregon, USA

1-6 AugustWorld Athletics U20 Championships

Cali, Colombia

Key statistics and highlights from these events are set out below.

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat 22••••

A total of 284 athletes took part (165 men and 119 women).
41 Member Federations participated.
Seven million people around the world tuned in to watch the event live or as highlights.
Masters races held alongside the event for the first time.

World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22
This was the first WAS event with spectators since the pandemic began in 2020, and morethan 20,000 spectators attended across the three days, despite a reduced stadium capacity
due to Covid restrictions.
• A total of 612 athletes took part (330 men and 282 women).
• 130 Member Federations participated (including the Athlete Refugee Team (ART)).
• Athletes from 56 countries lined up in finals.
• Three world records were set.
• Seven championship records and 17 area records were set.
• 31 countries won medals and 20 countries won gold medals.

152• Teams from five different Areas won gold medals: Africa (four), Asia (one), Europe (11),
NACAC (eight) and South America (two).
• The championships were broadcast live into more than 100 countries (more than any
prior edition), with highlights shown in many others and more digital content available
than ever before – delivering over 116 million viewer hours globally.
• All countries without live broadcast or highlights had access to a live stream through theWorld Athletics YouTube channel.
Further statistics and facts from the World Athletics Indoor Championships can be accessed here.

World Athletics Championships Oregon22
In terms of performance, WCH Oregon22 was the most universal edition in the history of the
global event.
• A total of 1,705 athletes took part (896 men and 809 women).
• 180 Member Federations (including the ART) were represented in Oregon.
• It was watched by almost 150,000 ticketed spectators.
• The record for the number of countries winning gold medals at a single championships
was broken, with 29 countries.
• 13 championship records and 30 world-leading performances were set.
• Three world records, 19 area records, 92 national records, and one world U20 record
were set.
• More countries than ever before had athletes reach the finals of events in Oregon. The
list of 76 countries includes Liberia, Niger, Pakistan, Samoa, Philippines and Guatemalathat reached a final for the first time in World Championships history.
• Underlying the diversity and global reach of track and field, every continental area
featured at least two world champions, while Peru, Kazakhstan and Nigeria won theirfirst ever gold medals, and India and Burkina Faso also had their best ever medal
performances (silver).
• The USA team broke the record for the most medals at a single championships, earning
33 in total, 13 of them gold.
• WCH Oregon22 reached more US viewers (13.7 million) than any previous World
Athletics Championships.
• Coverage (average of two million US viewers) ranked as the most-watched World
Athletics Championships since Osaka 2007 and represented a 159% gain compared toNBC’s coverage of the 2019 edition.

153• The World Championships has also spurred substantial growth and interaction acrossWorld Athletics’ social media platforms, attracting 400,000 new followers, more thanseven million engagements and more than 41 million video views, bringing the total
following for World Athletics’ official social channels to more than nine million acrossfive platforms.
• As a legacy of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, World Athletics andparkrun have combined to help the Eugene and Springfield communities in Oregon open
parkrun events and increase the number of opportunities for citizens and visitors of
the state to be active and social in the great outdoors. There are currently 53 parkrun
locations in the United States. More than seven million people have participated inparkrun worldwide.

World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22• A total of 1,387 athletes took part (735 men and 652 women).
• 126 Member Federations were represented.
• Two world U20 records, two world U20 best performances, 14 championship records,
nine area U20 records, 10 senior national records, 97 national U20 records and 518
personal bests were achieved in Cali.
• 41 countries won medals.
• USA topped the medal table with seven gold, four silver and four bronze medals, aheadof Jamaica, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa.
• Uruguay won its first ever medal (bronze).
• WU20 Cali 22 was the most successful World U20 Championships in terms of television
audiences globally, delivering over 54 million viewer hours, surpassing previous editions,with particularly high audiences across Asia, Middle East and African countries.
• 15 million video views.
• 130,000 growth in followers across social channels, with one million followers reached
on YouTube and two million followers reached on Instagram.
• 9.4 million overall fanbase.

Future WAS events
In 2023 and 2024, WAS events and the Olympics return to their original cycle, except for theWorld Athletics Cross Country Championships, which successfully took place in Bathurst,
Australia, on 18 February 2023. The newly introduced World Athletics Road RunningChampionships also makes its debut in 2023, while the World Athletics Relays becomes theofficial Olympic trials and takes place in the spring of 2024.

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WAS events awarded
In 2022, four WAS events were awarded by Council, which included the World Athletics
Championships 2025, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024, the World
Athletics Cross Country Championships 2026 and the World Athletics Relays 2024.
There was a competitive bid process in each case, with 27 expressions of interest and 10 bid
submissions across the four WAS events. Tokyo, Japan; Medulin & Pula, Croatia; Tallahassee,
USA; and The Bahamas, were respectively recommended by the Bid Evaluation Panel andselected by Council as hosts (details outlined in the table overleaf), reflecting the true
universality of athletics.
Considering the financial importance of the World Athletics Championships to theorganisation, the main focus for bidding in 2022 was to select a standout commercial hostfor the World Athletics Championships 2025. The Bid Evaluation Panel conducted site
visits of the four candidates, and this proved a success in improving bidder dialogue andprogressing negotiations. The Bid Evaluation Panel recommended Tokyo, Japan, following its
impressive bid submission and commitment to generate significant additional revenue for theorganisation through commercial partnerships.
In 2023, the Bid Evaluation Panel will recommend hosts for the World Athletics Championships
2027, World Athletics Road Running Championships 2025 & 2026, World Athletics U20
Championships 2024 replacement host and World Athletics U20 Championships 2026. There
are also plans in place to launch bid processes for the World Athletics Relays 2026 & 2028 andthe World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 2026.
The bidding calendar with the latest submission deadlines for future WAS events is set out here.

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Competition calendar
Date

Location/ Host

Competition

19-27 August 2023

Budapest, HUN

World Athletics Championships

30 Sep-1 Oct 2023

Riga, LATWorld Athletics Road Running Championships

10-11 February 2024

Medulin/Pula, CRO

World Athletics Cross Country Championships

1-3 March 2024

Glasgow, GBR

World Athletics Indoor Championships

20-21 April 2024

Antalya, TUR

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

4-5 May 2024

Nassau, BAH

World Athletics Relays

1-11 August 2024

Paris, FRA

Olympic Games

26-31 August 2024

TBC

World Athletics U20 Championships

21-23 March 2025

Nanjing, CHN

World Athletics Indoor Championships

13-21 Sep 2025

Tokyo, JPN

World Athletics Championships

20-22 March 2026

Torun, POLWorld Athletics Indoor Championships

In August 2022, Council agreed that the World Athletics Indoor Championships due to beheld in Nanjing, China, in March 2023 be postponed to March 2025.
In 2021, Council awarded the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships to the host city ofLima, Peru. The event was to be held in the South American city from 26-31 August 2024,
but due to circumstances beyond its control, Lima had to withdraw as the host city of the2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in April 2023.
In July 2022, Council agreed to the cancellation of the World Athletics Half Marathon
Championships due to be held in Yangzhou, China, in November 2022 and instead approvedthat a World Athletics Road Running Championships be held in Yangzhou in March 2027 (on adate to be agreed with World Athletics).
In October 2022, Council agreed that the World Athletics Relays due to be held in
Guangzhou, China, in May 2023 be postponed until April/May 2025 (on a date to be agreed
with World Athletics).

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Qualifying procedures and timetables
In 2022, the qualifying procedures and/or timetables for the following WAS competitions
were approved by Council with detailed information circulated to Member Federations andmade available on the website:• World Athletics Championships Budapest 23• World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23

World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23
Council approved the inclusion of the road mile in the competition programme of the World
Athletics Road Running Championships starting in 2023. The championships, which will
make its debut in Riga, Latvia, in 2023, will now feature three championship disciplines: themile, 5km and half marathon. Council also approved revised athlete quotas and prize money
resulting from the inclusion of the road mile.
In addition, to support the development of road running, especially the growth of road miles
and 5km races, the Council approved to change the current frequency of the biennial World
Athletics Road Running Championships to an annual event. The annual rotation will start in
2025 and the pre-qualification stage of hosting for the next two editions of the event (2025
and 2026) was launched on 1 December 2022.

World Athletics Relays competition format
With the changed schedule of future World Athletics Relays from odd to even years, startingin 2024, the Council decided that the next edition will serve as the Olympic trials for the relay
events. Fourteen of the 16 places in the relay fields for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will befilled at the World Athletics Relays 2024, with the remaining two teams to be identified fromthe performance list during the qualification window. This approach will be reviewed following
the 2024 World Athletics Relays to inform future qualification systems.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Following an extensive consultation process and discussions with the International Olympic
Committee (IOC), Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS) and other key stakeholders, theCouncil approved the introduction of repechage heats in individual track events from 200m
to 1500m, including the hurdles events, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The objective of
this innovation to the regular competition format is to provide additional exposure to athletics
over the 17 sessions and nine days of competition at the Olympic Games.

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The timetable for athletics competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was confirmed in
December 2022. Spread over 11 days, athletics action at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will
start with the 20km race walk events on 1 August, and end with the women’s marathon on the
final day of the Games on 11 August.
Council also approved the qualification system for the athletics competition at the Paris 2024
Olympic Games, again based on a dual pathway of qualification that will see 50% of athletes
qualify through entry standards and the remaining 50% qualify through World Rankings.
Council approved a proposed revised format of the race walking mixed team event for the Paris2024 Olympic Games in line with IOC and OBS requirements. The Marathon Race Walk Mixed
Relay will feature 25 teams, each comprising one male and one female athlete, who will complete
the marathon distance (42.195km) in four legs of approximately equal distance. Each athlete willcomplete two legs of just over 10km each, alternating male, female, male, female.

Delegate appointments
In 2022, Council approved the delegate appointments for the following events:• World Athletics Championships Oregon22• World Athletics Championships Budapest 23• World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 23 (postponed to 2025)• World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23• World Athletics Cross Country Championships Medulin/Pula 24• World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24• World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22• Paris 2024 Olympic Games• World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
Addressing the need for greater area and gender representation among competitiondelegates, the Development and Competition commissions have jointly worked to accelerate
the implementation of new education and development programmes for officials. This includes
increasing opportunities through access to exams in multiple languages, but also through theimplementation of support programmes and mentoring schemes.

158One-day competitions
There was also a return to normality for most of the one-day invitational competitions acrossall disciplines in 2022. The cross country and race walking circuits were incorporated into thesuccessful three-tier Continental Tour (CT) system. With the addition of the Challenger label,
the Tours now expand well into all the continents and incorporate all levels of Area Permit
invitational competitions.
The road race Label programme continued with a simplified three tier structure in 2022, since roadraces were still suffering post-pandemic to meet their mass participation objectives and fulfil therequirements of the more elaborate Label programme (which should resume in full in 2024).

2022 overview
All one-day
competitions(not road)

OutdoorIndoorCombined
eventsRace walkCross
country

Diamond

13

-

-

-

-

Gold

12

7

6

5

15

Silver

18

13

2

1

2

Bronze

53

9

6

17

4

Challenger

69

4

1

-

-

Total

165

33

15

23

21

Road
competitions

Road races

Platinum

12

Elite

68

Label

79

Total

159

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Diamond League
Total number of athletes: 1,084 athletes from 88 countries
Records set:
• Seven area records• 55 national records• 194 personal bests.
Detailed results are available on the website here.

Continental Tour
Total number of athletes: 11,793 athletes from 159 countries
Athlete participation by CT level:• Gold: 1,391 athletes from 97 countries• Silver: 2,022 athletes from 107 countries• Bronze: 5,553 athletes from 137 countries• Challenger: 7,258 athletes from 147 countries.
Records set:
• Two area records• 118 national records• 2,396 personal bests.
The detailed calendar of competitions, including full results, is available on the website here.

World Indoor Tour
Total number of athletes: 1,837 athletes from 103 countries
Athlete participation by Tour level:• Gold: 638 athletes from 69 countries• Silver: 783 athletes from 87 countries• Bronze: 719 athletes from 78 countries• Challenger: 283 athletes from 21 countries.
Records set:
• Two world records.
• 13 area records• 115 national records• 599 personal bests.
The detailed calendar including full results is set out on the website here.

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Combined Events Tour
Total number of athletes: 335 athletes from 40 countries
Athlete participation by Tour level:• Gold: 151 athletes from 32 countries• Silver: 73 athletes from 13 countries• Bronze: 147 athletes from 24 countries• Challenger: 18 athletes from five countries.
Records set:
• 11 national records• 779 personal bests.

Race Walking Tour
Total number of athletes: 641 athletes from 45 countries
Athlete participation by Tour level:• Gold: 326 athletes from 38 countries• Silver: 43 athletes from 11 countries• Bronze: 408 athletes from 32 countries.
Records set:
• 12 area records• 40 national records• 253 personal bests.

Cross Country Tour
Total number of athletes: 1,696 athletes from 46 countries
Athlete participation by Tour level:• Gold: 1,185 athletes from 41 countries• Silver: 374 athletes from 18 countries• Bronze: 297 athletes from 24 countries.

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World Athletics Label Road Races
Total number of athletes: 6,784 athletes from 117 countries
Athlete participation by Label level:• Gold: 2,034 athletes from 71 countries• Silver: 3,770 athletes from 103 countries• Bronze: 2,201 athletes from 93 countries.
Records set:
• Two world records• Eight area records• 65 national records• 2,266 personal bests.
Information about the Label Road Races, including the calendar and competition results, isavailable on the website here.

1622022 competitions & events in numbers
Athletes

Teams

MFs
Winning GoldMFs with
top 8 finish

National
Records

TV Viewers*

Total Impact

284

41

5

25

-

7M

$2M

612

130

20

56

72

116M

$46M

1,705

180

29

76

92

501M

$237M

1,387

126

24

70

97

29M

$29M

*TV Viewers do not include digital viewers

13

Events

162

7

55

1,084
Athletes

Countries

2

118

11,793

159

ARs

Events

ARs

200

2.8m

Events

NRs

NRs

Participants

163

Athletes

88

Countries

World Rankings competitions and global calendar
To establish a truly global athletics calendar, which serves as a single source of truth forthe sport, the World Rankings Competitions project was implemented to complement andbuild on the work of the Global Calendar Unit. The project gives Member Federations the
responsibility, and ownership, of their domestic competition programmes and, consequently,
World Athletics’ role is to process and recognise the corresponding results.
Conducted initially as a pilot in 2022, the project requires all Member Federations to provide,through a global calendar platform, the fixtures and event programmes for all the domestic
competitions they conducted according to World Athletics’ Competition and Technical Rules,
and for which they want World Athletics to process and recognise the results. Following thepilot, Council approved the necessary rule change to transform the project into a requirement
for results processed by World Athletics from 1 January 2023, with the platform forregistering domestic athletics competitions officially launched in November 2022.
Competitions at all levels now have an official home in the World Athletics Global Calendar here.
This includes the national championships protected windows, which are agreed by the Global
Calendar Unit to assist long-term planning for the athletes and Member Federations.
The World Rankings are available on the World Athletics website here.

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Competition results and world records
Statistics are collated from across the whole sport to drive the World Rankings, thequalification systems to the major championships, the athletes’ profiles, the world, area andnational records and the season and all-time top performance lists across all the events. The
processed results, and the number of competitions that have generated them, are a good
indicator of the overall volume of athletics activity throughout the different Areas and acrossthe different disciplines. An overview of the data is summarised below.

2022 competitions (track & field, combined events, and race walk) data by Area
Area

Number of competitions registered

Number of results processed

Africa204

28,879

Asia

1,112

171,935

Europe9,462

542,057

NACAC

1,892

436,309

Oceania

579

43,383

South America

403

25,385

13,652

1,247,948

Total

14%
4%
3%
2%

Europe8%South America

69%

Asia
AfricaOceania
NACAC

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2022 competitions (road running and cross country) data by Area
Area

Number of competitions registered

Number of results processed

Africa

106

2,500

Asia

184

5,502

Europe

1,097

27,920

NACAC

321

7,693

Oceania53

1,197

South America

69

1,505

1,830

46,317Total

17%Europe3%
4%

Asia
Africa6%60%South America
Oceania

10%

NACAC

World records in 2022
In 2022, world records were set and ratified as follows:
Men

Women

Total

Outdoor

3+1*

4

8

Indoor

4

1

5

U20

4

1

5

U20 indoor

0

0

0

Total

12

6

18

* pending ratification

World records are listed on the World Athletics website here.

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Trail, mountain and ultra running
Further progress has been made in 2022 with improved working relationships and increased
collaboration between World Athletics and the three associations (International Associationof Ultrarunners, International Trail Running Association and the World Mountain Running
Association). The inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championships was staged in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 3-6 November 2022 (postponed from 2021) and the next edition
will take place in Innsbruck, Austria on 7-8 June 2023. World Athletics is supporting theevent with services such as use of the event entry system and staff resources, with the longterm ambition to explore the opportunity for the Championships to be held in full cooperation
with World Athletics.

Masters athletics
World Masters Athletics (WMA) held their race walking championships for the first time during
the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat 22. Masters cross country
was also included within the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23.
This is the first step towards a more structured cooperation with WMA, which will see World
Athletics explore the possibility of future co-hosting of Masters championships in otherdisciplines including the World Athletics Road Running Championships and forming a closer
mutually beneficial partnership.

Certification system
The in-house certification programme continues to expand and now includes athletes’ shoes
to ensure compliance with the latest regulations. A platform will be launched in 2023 to enable
certification applications to be submitted more efficiently and effectively for both manufacturers
and World Athletics, and to support better consultation by relevant stakeholders.

Competition manipulation watch list
The Council approved the introduction of a Competition Manipulation Watch List in July
2022, in response to an AIU investigation prompted by reports of suspicious competition
results during the qualification period for the 2021 Olympic Games.

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The following eight Member Federations were placed on the initial Competition Manipulation
Watch List:• Albania• Armenia• Georgia• Kazakhstan• Kyrgyzstan• Moldova• Türkiye• Uzbekistan.
Being on the Watch List reflects the high degree of risk of results manipulation within the Member
Federation’s territory and not necessarily the conduct of individual officials or specific cases.
The Watch List will be kept under review by the Council with the aim being that Member
Federations are able to demonstrate that they should no longer remain on the Watch List throughimplementing improvement and reform to their competition procedures and national events.

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Development
World Athletics supports Member Federations and Area Associations in the global growthand development of athletics through the provision of financial grants and delivery ofeducation initiatives and technical services and guidance.
The Executive Board approved budget for grant support for Member Federations and Area
Associations in 2022 is set out below. Further detail is provided of actual expenditure in the2022 Audited Financial Statements at Appendix A of this report.

Area Associations
Area

2022 Area Association Grants (USD)
Administration

Competition

Development

Total

Africa300,000

634,500

650,000

1,469,500

Asia

250,000

395,000

265,000

910,000

Europe250,000

531,500

250,000

1,031,500

NACAC

250,000

475,000

210,000

935,000

Oceania

200,000

375,000

216,000

791,000

South America

200,000

430,000

180,000

810,000

1,450,000

2,841,000

1,771,000

6,062,000

Total

A total budget of USD 6,062,000 was allocated to the six Area Associations in 2022.

Area Administration grant
The purpose of the Area Administration grant is to assist Area Associations to operate
including, for example, support to maintain a permanent office as a headquarters and to defraycosts such as rent, utilities, communications, website, staff salaries, and institutional meetings.
A total of USD 1,450,000 was provided to the Areas for this purpose in 2022.

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Area Competition grant
The purpose of the Area Competition grant is to support the organisation and delivery ofcompetitions at continental level, namely area championships, regional championships, andone-day Continental Tour meetings.
In 2022, competitions were less impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic as the global situation
improved, which resulted in only a few being cancelled. In contrast to 2021, competitions
were held across all Areas. As a result, a total of USD 2,463,711 was provided to the Areasfor competitions in 2022.

2022 Area Competition grant overall distribution per category

15%

Area championships

15%

Regional championships
One-day meetings

70%

As illustrated, in 2022 the grant was primarily used by the Areas to support delivery of their
Area Championships. A total of 22 championships were delivered across the six Areas(USD 1,656,711 was invested to support the delivery of these important competitions)
including three senior championships, three U18 championships, one U20 championships,
one U23 championships, two indoor championships, two cross country championships,
two combined events championships, two race walk championships, two half marathon, twomarathon, one mountain and trail running and one off-road running championships.

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The following area regional or pan-regional championships were also supported:• African Eastern Region U18 & U20 Championships (TAN)• African Western Region U18 & U20 Championships (GHA)• African Central Region U18 & U20 Championships (CMR)• 2nd West Asian Junior Championships (LBN)• Central Asian Open Championships (UZB)• CADICA Cross Country and Race Walking Championships (ESA)• Pan American Cross Country Championships (BRA)• CARIFTA Games (JAM)• CADICA U18 & U20 Championships (NCA)• CADICA Senior Championships (NCA)• CADICA U13 & U15 Championships (CRC).
In addition, the competition grant supported the delivery of 29 one-day meetings including
one World Athletics Continental Tour Silver, three World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze,
23 Area Grand Prix and two international competitions.
In total, the competition grant contributed to the delivery of 62 competitions offering
competition opportunities for more than 8,000 athletes.

Area Development grant
The Area Development grant is used to support education and development activities in eachof the six Areas through the Area Development Centres (ADCs). Each of the Areas determine
which activities to organise using the Area Development grant based on the needs of their
Member Federations, with World Athletics providing a support and oversight role.
The Areas are responsible for the day-to-day management of the ADCs in their respective
region and for the selection of educational coaching courses and seminars organised by these
ADCs. Two activities remain mandatory each year: gender leadership and Kids’ Athletics/youth.

171Summary of the ADCs status in 2022
Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

AfricaTotal of seven ADCs (Togo, Zambia, Nigeria, Mauritius, Dakar, Nairobi and Cairo).
• Four of the ADCs (Togo, Zambia, Nigeria and Mauritius) are dedicated athlete training
centres and are primarily subsidised through other partners. In total, 70 athletes (mainly
local) trained at these centres in 2022 (11 in Togo, 16 in Zambia, 23 in Nigeria and 20 in
Mauritius). Development grant funding ceased for these four ADCs at the end of 2022
given the agreed focus that development of athletes is the responsibility of the Member
Federation and the Area Development grant should be utilised for education anddevelopment activities that have wider impact and benefit to more Member Federations.
• Dakar delivers education activities (six courses delivered in 2022 – two in person) andathlete training for seven athletes. Courses included electronic timekeeping, WARECS
silver preparation, competition organisation and gender leadership.
• Nairobi delivers education activities (three courses were conducted online in 2022 andtwo activities were postponed to early 2023 due to availability of lecturers). Topics were
Kids’ Athletics, gender leadership and road race management.
• Cairo delivers education activities (nine courses took place in 2022, one in person).
Courses included biomechanics, sports marketing, nutrition for long distance runners,
gender leadership and CECS Level II sprints and hurdles. Cairo is shared between
Africa and Asia.

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Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

Asia

Total of three ADCs (Beijing, Jakarta and Cairo).
• All ADCs deliver only education activities.
• Beijing delivered eight educational activities, all online due to continuing Covid
restrictions. Courses included coaching, race walking and high jump, endurance, strength
training and nutrition.
• Jakarta delivered nine educational activities (two in person) including Kids’ Athletics train
the trainer, gender leadership, injury prevention and best practice in coaching race walking.
A road race management course was carried out at the Area headquarters in Bangkok.
• Coaching webinars for the five Asian Russian-speaking federations were carried out by the
Kazakhstan federation.
• Cairo activities are as detailed above (Cairo is shared with Africa).

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Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

EuropeMobile ADC at Area headquarters in Lausanne, which delivers education activities online andin the Member Federations.
• 12 courses and seminars were delivered (10 in person) including a coaching summit series,
a high-performance webinar series, a running and mass participation webinar series, genderleadership train the trainer course, young leaders forum, technical delegates seminar,
competition management seminar and doping control officers refresher seminar.
• European Athletics supplements the World Athletics development grant to deliver activities.

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Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

NACAC

Mobile ADC at the Area headquarters in The Bahamas, which delivers education activities
online and in Member Federations.
• Six activities were completed in 2022 (four in person), including a coaching science series
conference, Kids’ Athletics train the trainer in both English and Spanish, and a technicalcourse measurers certification.
• Participants from NACAC also took part in the European Athletics gender leadershiptrain the trainer course.

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Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

Oceania

One ADC at the Area headquarters on the Gold Coast, which delivers education activities
online, at the ADC and in Member Federations.
• Eight courses were delivered in 2022 (six in person) including governance, competition
management, CECS Level II sprints and jumps, Kids’ Athletics, young leaders andgender leadership.
• The ADC also supported training for eight athletes, which is funded by the Member
Federations and scholarships.

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Area

ADC and 2022 course/activity details

South America

One ADC in Santa Fe, which delivers education activities online, at the ADC and inMember Federations.
• Nine courses were held in 2022 (three in person). Topics included Kids’ Athletics train the
trainer, young leaders, gender leadership, marketing, trail and mountain running and CECS
Level II combined events.
• The ADC assisted four Member Federations to complete nine TOCES Level I courses andseven CECS Level I courses.
• The ADC collaborated with the South American Games, Asunción (PAR), by providing thecompetition administration system and was responsible for the operation of the system,
entries, results and electronic distance measurement as well as online results.

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Key highlights regarding the activities delivered through the ADCs using the 2022 Area
Development grant include:• 70 activities took place, 40% of which were conducted in person• The Areas activities covered a broad range of topics including coaching and technicalofficials’ activities, competition management, Kids’ Athletics and gender leadership• As the number of in person courses increased due to the relaxing of Covid restrictions,
there were less participants in these courses. The online format was also developed with
ADCs to focus on quality over quantity and engaging smaller groups of participants.
These two factors impacted on the number of participants that took part in ADC
activities, with the total number of course participants reduced from 9,621 in 2021 to
5,498 in 2022, a decrease of over 40%• The number of female participants on courses was 32%• 2022 was a transition year for the Areas to adapt to the agreed principles and roles andresponsibilities set out in the development model, and as a result, Area Development
grant funding ceased at the end of 2022 for athlete training at the ADCs of Togo,
Zambia, Nigeria and Mauritius• In 2022, 200 Member Federations were involved in courses and activities delivered
through the ADCs, representing 94% of the World Athletics membership.

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Member Federations
Member Federation grant
The Member Federation grant supports federations to deliver their basic administrative
functions and operations and to meet their member obligations. In 2022, a total of 119
Member Federations were eligible for the Member Federation grant of USD 15,000 and
114 Member Federations benefited from the grant, as detailed below:
Area

2022 Member Federation grant
Number of
eligible MFs

Total (USD)

Number of MFs
who received
the grant

Total amount(provided) (USD)

Africa46

690,000

43

641,000*

Asia

16

240,000

14

210,000*

Europe11

165,000

11

165,000NACAC

19285,000

19

259,400*

Oceania18

270,000

18

265,000*

South America

9135,000

9

135,000*

Total

119

1,785,000

114

1,675,400* It should be noted that some Member Federations (MFs) did not receive the grant due to not completing the application and reporting
process and others did not receive the entire grant due to reported spend being less than the USD 15,000 total grant amount.

2022 Member Federation grant overall distribution per category

27%

Administration ofFederation

39%

Organisation of national
championships
Participation inregional/continental
championships

34%*based on the submission of 109 Member Federation grant reports

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As illustrated above, in 2022 the grant was evenly used by Member Federations to support
administration and delivery of national championships and given that the organisation ofcompetitions has nearly returned to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic, a significant portionof the grant was also used to fund athletes’ participation in regional/continental championships.

Grant for Growth
Following the end of the 2020-22 Athletics Olympic Dividend (AOD) grant cycle, the Grant
for Growth was introduced to assist Member Federations to continue previously funded AOD
projects or to initiate new project-based activities.
Eligible Member Federations were able to apply for up to USD 20,000 through the Grant
for Growth for activities to be delivered in 2022 for a one-year period. All Grant for Growth
projects needed to align with the strategic priorities and objectives for Member Federations
outlined within the World Plan for Athletics.
As illustrated, at a global level the majority of the Grant for Growth projects were focused on
youth and grassroots programmes (39%) (including mainly Kids’ Athletics activities), athlete
development (28%) and education (20%).

2022 Grant for Growth overall distribution
4%

8%Communications
Competitions

39%

20%

Education
Athlete development
Equipment
Youth & grassroots
programmes

1%

28%

Grant for Growth case studies
A total of 102 Member Federations (29 in Africa, 21 in Asia, 23 in Europe, 11 in NACAC, 14
in Oceania and four in South America) benefited from the Grant for Growth in 2022, resulting
in a total distribution of Grant for Growth funding of USD 1,358,331.

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The Grant for Growth projects have provided important financial support to assist Member
Federations to undertake and deliver the identified actions and objectives in the World Plan
for Athletics. Examples of successful 2022 Grant for Growth projects are outlined below.

Athletics Federation of the Republic of Tajikistan
Title of the project: Kids’ Athletics

World Plan strategic goal: More Participation

World Plan objective: Development pathways –from school to the world stage

Project objective: To organise Kids’ Athletics training seminars for coaches and physical education teachers to
upskill them on the new programme and materials and enable them to then conduct Kids’ Athletics classes andcompetitions in schools across the country to promote physical activity in young people.
Project outcomes: Five Kids’ Athletics training seminars were organised in five regions of Tajikistan with over
100 physical education teachers and coaches participating. Five Kids’ Athletics competitions were organised
to serve as the practical elements of the training courses – a total of 79 schools and more than 2,500 children
participated. Kids’ Athletics competitions will continue to now be delivered in schools across the country to
promote physical activity and as an opportunity to identify athletics talents for the future.

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Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo
Title of the project: Participation in the South American U18 & U23 Championships

World Plan strategic goal: More Participation

World Plan objective: Development pathways –from school to the world stage

Project objective: To build on previous World Athletics funding where one-day competitions were organised
to select the best athletes to join the national team and participate in continental championships by now
training the selected athletes to help them reach the qualifying standards to participate in the South American
U18 & U23 Championships.
Project outcomes: Two competitions were organised to provide opportunities for the athletes to reach thequalifying marks for the continental championships and the athletes were then supported in their training prior
to the championships where the following results were achieved:• South American U18 Championships: 21 athletes participated (three medals won: one gold, two bronze
and nine top 8 placings)• South American U23 Championships: 30 athletes participated (two silver medals won and
18 top 8 placings).

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Estonian Athletic Association
Title of the project: Kids’ Athletics and TV10’s Olympic Starts

World Plan strategic goal: More Participation

World Plan objective: Development pathways –from school to the world stage

Project objective: To use the new Kids’ Athletics programme to promote and develop athletics in schools andclubs across the country and introduce Kids’ Athletics in TV10’s Olympic Starts competition series, which has
a history of over 50 years.
Project outcomes: A two-day workshop for Kids’ Athletics practitioners was conducted to upskill 15
coaches and teachers from across the country in the new Kids’ Athletics programme. This included a Kids’
Athletics competition as part of the practical element of the workshop and completion of the Kids’ Athletics
safeguarding eLearning modules. The TV10 Olympic Starts first national stage competition then included
the first Kids’ Athletics course for physical education teachers and coaches where 35 participants had theopportunity to familiarise themselves with the Kids’ Athletics programme resulting in the delivery of Kids’
Athletics to 368 participants from 96 schools. The TV10 Olympic Starts second national stage involved 325
participants from 84 schools. In total, Kids’ Athletics practitioners organised 25 events in primary schools andclubs and 224 physical education teachers completed the Kids’ Athletics training.

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Federation of Athletics Lesotho
Title of the project: Taking Lesotho to the highest level of officiating performance

World Plan strategic goal: More People

World Plan objective: Development opportunities

Project objective: To organise training to ensure the effective operation of the electronic timing system
received from the Ministry of Gender & Youth, Sports & Recreation, and to organise courses for technicalofficials to increase the numbers qualified and improve the level of the national championships.
Project outcomes: A five-day International Electronic Timing Level 1 course was organised for 18 local
officials to ensure the new equipment can be used during national competitions. In addition, a TOECS Level 1
course was organised for 22 technical officials with 18 attaining the certification, which means the federation
now has an increased pool of qualified technical officials to support delivery of national competitions.

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Fédération d’Athlétisme de Polynésie Française
Title of the project: The Pätiri Race

World Plan strategic goal: More Participation

World Plan objective: Promotion and campaigning

Project objective: To organise the Pätiri Race to promote athletics within the wider Polynesian community andintegrate it in the collective spirit of Polynesians to help detect talents ahead of French Polynesia staging the
Pacific Games in 2027.
Project outcomes: The Pätiri Race was organised in three stages: the try-outs, the trials and the final. The tryouts were open to all, 48 athletes then participated in the trials (29 male and 19 female) and the best 12 maleand 12 female athletes participated in the final. A total of 18 athletes were selected to be part of the talent
identification and training programme leading to the 2027 Pacific Games. To help promote the Pätiri Race,the federation designed a logo for the event with promotion via posters, a video teaser, and the federation’s
Facebook and Instagram pages as well as coverage on seven media (radio and tv) channels. The promotion of
the Pātiri Race has improved the image of athletics and created an enthusiasm for the sport. The project also
introduced athletics to new audiences and the goal in some municipalities is to now start an athletics club.

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Federacion Costarricense de Atletismo
Title of the project: Early talent detection in schools through Kids’ Athletics

World Plan strategic goal: More Participation

World Plan objective: Development pathways –from school to the world stage

Project objective: To create an annual national competition programme for talented children and guidecoaches, teachers and managers of sports clubs to continue to develop activities based on the new Kids’
Athletics programme principles, oriented towards long-term athletics development.
Project outcomes: Through the implementation of Kids’ Athletics in all regions across the country and deliveryof the annual national competition, the federation has identified selected groups of talented athletes tosupport their ongoing athletics development. More schools now deliver Kids’ Athletics, increasing the numberof participants and trained practitioners and broadening the available talent pool. The overall aim is that thefederation becomes Central American champions in all age categories. In 2022, the following percentage ofathletes in the national teams came through the Kids’ Athletics programme.
• 95% of the U13 & U15 national team athletes.
• 82% of the U18 & U20 national team athletes.
• 50% of the senior national team athletes.

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Additional Member Federation financial support
In addition to the above grants are the standard travel and accommodation benefits
provided to Member Federations linked to their participation in WAS events, which in2022 included:• World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships- For athletes within the quota:- Travel: 50% of an economy class airline ticket from the Member Federation
headquarters to the Championships’ official airport- Accommodation: full board in twin rooms during the four-night official period.
- For area champions:- Travel: 100% of an economy class airline ticket- Accommodation: full board in twin rooms during the four-night official period.
• World Athletics Indoor Championships- For all athletes within the quota:- Travel: 100% of an economy class airline ticket from the Member Federation
headquarters to the Championships’ official airport- Accommodation: full board during the five-night official period.
• World Athletics Championships- For all athletes:- Travel: 100% of an economy class airline ticket from the Member Federation
headquarters to the Championships’ official airport- Accommodation: full-board accommodation in twin rooms for the 13-night
official period.
• World Athletics U20 Championships- For all athletes within the quota:- Travel: 100% of an economy class airline ticket from the Member Federation
headquarters to the Championships’ official airport- Accommodation: full board during the eight-night official period.
There was no World Athletics Congress held in 2022 therefore the standard travel andaccommodation for one Member Federation representative to attend was not applicable.

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Overall distribution of grant funding to Areas and Member Federations
In total, grant funding of USD 8,534,842 was provided to Areas and Member Federations(comprising the Area Administration grant, Area Competition grant, Area Development grant,
Member Federation grant, and Grant for Growth) in 2022. The distribution of this funding
across the seven main categories of activity is illustrated below.
The year 2022 was marked by a gradual return to normality after the global Covid-19
pandemic and a full global calendar of competitions. This is reflected in the overall
distribution of World Athletics grants, which shows that over 40% of all grant funding wasused to support delivery of competitions in 2022. The proportion of funds used to support
administration remains high given the importance of ensuring that the Areas and Member
Federations remain fully operational. Compared to 2021, the amount invested in youth andgrassroots programmes has increased significantly (USD 408,662 in 2021 against USD
627,713 in 2022) primarily due to the large number of Member Federation Grant for Growth
projects focused on Kids’ Athletics and the increase in Kids’ Athletics activities organised by
the Areas. A similar level of funding to youth and grassroots programmes was also spent on
education activities in 2022. This is primarily through the courses delivered through the Areas
as well as the coach, technical official and gender leadership courses delivered at a local level
by Member Federations. Given much of this content is now online on the World Athletics
eLearning platform, the overall costs are lower than in the past.

0%
5%

8%
Area administration28%

MF administration

9%

Competitions
Education
Athlete development

8%

Equipment
Youth & grassroots
programmes

42%

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Member Federation Info Sessions
World Athletics continues to deliver Member Federation Information Sessions on a regularbasis with 15 information sessions delivered online in 2022, in addition to the 10 organisedin person during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Topics included gender
equity, Kids’ Athletics, Council decisions, competition updates, the World Athletics eLearning
platform, and safeguarding. 147 Member Federations attended the sessions and 70% of
Member Federations attended at least one session during the year. On average, there were
100 attendees per session.

eLearning

The World Athletics eLearning platform was launched in 2020 as an education hub providing
a single source of information for the global athletics community.
During 2022, content continued to be added to the platform (namely three new courses Kids’ Athletics safeguarding, ethical compliance and the TOECS Silver exam modules) and theplatform also underwent some key improvements including the addition of features for three
additional languages (French, Spanish and Chinese).
The overall number of users on the platform grew from 2,066 to 5,245 in 2022.

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World Athletics eLearning platform (total users per year)
6000

5,245
5000

4000

3000

2,066

2000

1000

0

897

2020

2021

2022

Two key projects were also progressed in 2022:• A people plan was created to assist in the delivery of the More People strategic
goal and how to attract, retain and develop people in the sport. The plan provides acoordinated approach to education (combining online and in person and formal andinformal learning) and sets out and provides clarity on the development pathways forcoaches, officials, and administrative personnel globally• The branching project provides our Area Associations and Member Federations with
their own dedicated space on the eLearning platform to manage both their users andcontent. Development work has started on this feature and the first branch will be rolled
out in 2023.

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There are currently nine courses available on the eLearning platform, as summarised below,
and more than 50 webinars.
Course nameCourse description

Technical Officials Apprentice Level

Provides an introduction to athletics rules and officiating
at competitions.

Technical Officials Level I

Consists of 13 online modules aimed primarily at Member
Federations but open to all. The course provides participants withthe theoretical and practical training required to officiate at
national level.

Coaches Level I

Consists of 31 mandatory online modules aimed primarily at
Member Federations but open to all. The course provides the bridgefrom World Athletics Kids’ Athletics to traditional athletics. At theend of the course, coaches will be able to deliver athletics training
to young people.

Race emergency medicine course

Forms a part of the overall blended course which trains participants
to manage various health-related scenarios during mass
endurance events.

Gender leadership course

Comprises seven modules and a pre-course module and aims todevelop the confidence, skills and expertise to empower women to
take on senior leadership roles within the sport.

World Athletics Sustainability

Explains the World Athletics Sustainability Strategy and provides
participants with an overview of the strategy with modules oncarbon emissions, sustainable procurement and air quality.

Kids’ Athletics Safeguarding course

Supports the delivery of the Kids’ Athletics programme with five
short interactive safeguarding modules.

Ethical compliance course

Provides an overview of World Athletics’ Ethical Compliance Rules
including bribery and corruption, conflicts of interest, gifts andgood practice in elections.

WARECS Silver exam modules

Provides education to those attending the WARECS Silver
level examination.

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Platform features and content that will be added in 2023:• Additional languages: Portuguese, Arabic and Russian• Leaderboard• WARECS Level I and CECS Level I courses will be translated into French, Spanish,Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Russian• Gender leadership course will be translated into French and Spanish• Administration course to help Member Federations with key administration skills as well
as for onboarding of new executives and to help develop an understanding of World
Athletics’ practices• Kids’ Athletics onboarding course to provide learners with the key messages andphilosophies around the new Kids’ Athletics programme.

Kids’ Athletics
In April 2022, the Kids’ Athletics programme was officially launched with the full suite ofresources available in six languages on the Kids’ Athletics website. These include:• 100+ activity cards across three age group levels (4-7, 8-11 and 12-14)• Skill videos with animations• PE teacher guide• Competition guide• First moves and passport• Practitioner guide.

Kids’ Athletics Day
The launch of the full Kids’ Athletics programme was marked by the inaugural Kids’ Athletics
Day on 7 May 2022, an annual event dedicated to celebrating children and young people
across the globe participating in athletics and having fun being active.
Kids’ Athletics Day 2022 was activated mainly through our Member Federations who received
a toolkit with ways to activate Kids’ Athletics Day as well as marketing assets and ways topromote activity on social media and in their communities. The first year saw 52 Member
Federations involved from across all six Areas with more than 100,000 children participating.

Kids’ Athletics implementation
Following Kids’ Athletics Day, implementation of the Kids’ Athletics programme and Member
Federation engagement and training was the priority for the second half of 2022.

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A Kids’ Athletics education and training structure was rolled out which included the content
development and delivery of a train the trainer (for Kids’ Athletics leads in each Member
Federation) workshop through the Areas and practitioner (for coaches/ teachers) training
programmes. Through the train the trainer model delivered in conjunction with the Areas,
Kids’ Athletics leads are trained to deliver practitioner workshops in their Member Federation.
Nearly 50 Member Federations were trained in this way following workshops in NACAC,
South America and Asia in 2022 – train the trainer courses will be delivered in the remaining
Areas in early 2023.
To increase accessibility and flexibility, a blended model for education and training is the goalfor 2023 onwards. Additional eLearning modules and online webinar/learning opportunities tocomplement in-person practitioner workshops are in development.

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Kids’ Athletics priorities for 2023
The focus for Kids’ Athletics in 2023 will remain on the implementation of the programme andpromotion of uptake and roll out by the Member Federations. The target is for 130 Member
Federations to be delivering Kids’ Athletics at the end of 2023 with more than 10,000
practitioners trained and one million children having participated. An additional priority will beto support Member Federations in their discussions with government to encourage inclusionof Kids’ Athletics within school curriculums to support sustainable delivery.

Education courses
Gender Leadership webinars
Gender leadership webinars were delivered to provide the skills and expertise to empower
women to take on senior leadership roles within their Member Federations. More than 260
women participated in the online webinars which were delivered through the Areas.
CECS and WARECS (TOECS)
The Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS) provides a clear educational
pathway for aspiring or established coaches worldwide. The pathway consists of CECS
levels 1 to 3 and emphasises the importance of translation into multiple languages to ensure
accessibility for as many people as possible.

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CECS level 1 was made fully available on the Education Hub in 2022 and consists of a
combination of online learning and a practical assessment covering all athletics events.
Translation of the content to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, simplified Chinese andRussian is underway and due to be completed in mid-2023.
CECS level 2 involves specialism into specific athletics events groups and consists of a
combination of online learning with a practical six days in person course and assessment.
Translation of the content in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, simplified Chinese andRussian is underway.
For both CECS and WARECS (TOECS) level 1 courses, 2022 was a transition year to theblended approach and combination of online format with practical assessment. Member
Federations are progressively switching to the new approach.
In terms of number of courses delivered in 2022, as outlined in the tables below figures show
a slight increase in the number of CECS courses especially in Asia and South America. In
addition, female course participation has increased, particularly in TOECS level 1 courses witha total of 362 women attending the course compared to 193 in 2021.
Number of CECS courses delivered in each Area:
Area

Level I

Level II

Africa

12

2

Asia

28

7

Europe

1

-

NACAC

-

-

Oceania-1

South America

10

3

Total

51

13

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Number of CECS participants and lecturers:
Type

Course

Men

%

Women

%

Total

PassedCECS Level I course

51

851

74

304

26

1,155

1,107

CECS Level II course

13

162

78

46

22

208

173

CECS Level I Lecturer/
Refresher seminar

1

13

76

4

24

17

-

CECS Level I
Lecturers seminar

2

22

92

2

8

24

13

Total

67

1,048

1,404

1,293

356

Number of TOECS courses by Area:
Area

TOECS Level I

Africa

16

Asia

13

Europe

-

NACAC

1

Oceania1

South America

15

Total

46

Number of TOECS participants and lecturers:
Type

Course

Men

%

Women

%

Total

PassedTOECS Level I course

46

538

69

362

31

900

629

TOECS Level I
Lecturer seminar

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

46

538

900

629

362

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World Athletics Referee Education and Certification System (WARECS)
A major project was initiated in 2022 to review the existing technical officials’ certificationand education system and to address geographic distribution and gender balance acrossInternational Technical Officials (ITOs) given the existing levels of disparity.
As a result, in July 2022, Council approved to change the name from TOECS to WARECS
and agreed to the new education and evaluation process for each level of the pathway fortechnical officials as follows:• The Apprentice Level. Offers an entry-level online eLearning programme, designed forteachers, parents, fans and newcomers to athletics who would like to know more about
how the events are conducted and the rules are applied and interpreted• The National Athletics Referee Level. Offers a more advanced online eLearning
programme designed to support and eventually fully replace the current TOECS Level
1 face-to-face learning materials. It will provide a qualification to officiate at all domestic
and national championships except acting as a referee or chief judge in all national
events which have world ranking status• (New) The World Athletics Bronze Referee Level. Aims to fill the current gap between
TOECS Level 1 and Level 2 and increase the pool of technical officials at the nationaland Area level by gradually gaining experience before moving to the next level• World Athletics Silver Referee Level. Aims to increase the pool of technical officials
available for World Athletics competitions. The assessment will be staged online inEnglish, French and Spanish in conjunction with Area Associations• The World Athletics Gold Referee Level. Replaces the existing ITOs Panel and will beestablished in each category (referees, race walking judges, photo finish judges andstarters) for set periods, from which appointments will be made by World Athletics
for designated competitions including World Athletics Series events and the Olympic
Games. The evaluation of new candidates and existing members due for re-evaluation
will be conducted every two years by World Athletics (theoretical and oral assessment
in English).
A key focus has been on ensuring the transition from the ITO title to World Athletics Referee,with key changes mainly being the addition of the new bronze intermediate level, and the shift
from in-person to online evaluations.

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The first step of implementing the new WARECS system was delivery of the World Athletics
Referee Silver level evaluation. A pilot was held online simultaneously worldwide in November
2022. A total of 401 candidates from 112 Member Federations across all six Areas
participated, with 40% female candidates (a marked increase from the last TOECS Level 2
evaluations five years ago which had only 19% female representation).
In 2023, scheduled evaluations include the WARECS Bronze and Gold levels and the Race
Walk Referee Silver level. These will be delivered in conjunction with the Areas with lessons
learned and refinements made following the initial pilot.

Global Athletics Coaches Academy (GACA)
GACA is a coaches’ network that works with the Development Commission and World
Athletics headquarters in an advisory capacity to support and progress athletics relatedcoaching matters. There is cooperation and alignment in education, activities and initiatives
that support the development of coaching and the work to ensure the voice of the coaches isbeing reflected.
Key priorities for GACA that have been progressed in 2022 in partnership with World
Athletics include:• Coaches’ clubs (online and in person) were run in 2022 at the World Athletics Indoor
Championships Belgrade 22, the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and theWorld Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22. More than 3,000 participants were inattendance (combined remote/onsite). The focus in 2023 will be on the coaches’ club tobe held during the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23• Delivery of the quarterly Coaching Matters webinars• Completion of a coaches’ needs survey - the key findings are in the processof being analysed• Collaboration on development of World Athletics’ safeguarding policies and educationmaterials; new competition initiatives; and the concept of a professional licence including
minimum criteria for WAS events accreditation• Recognition of coaching achievements through supporting the nomination and selection
process for the World Athletics Coaching Achievement Award 2022.

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Communications
The communications strategy for 2022 was to continue to grow our sport by attracting new
audiences, especially in the USA, through targeted campaigns and coverage of all our WAS
events, particularly the World Athletics Championship Oregon22. Media coverage generated
during the year had a reach of 10 billion people. World Athletics’ social media channels all grew
substantially during the year to reach a total fanbase of 10 million. YouTube saw the strongest
growth as we celebrated our one millionth subscriber, Instagram broke the two million followers
barrier and TikTok increased 18% remaining our largest social media channel with almost four
million followers. The World Athletics website clocked 34 million visits throughout the year.

World Athletics Championships Oregon22
6.3 million fans visited the World Athletics website during the WCH Oregon22 with fansfollowing our live results as a second screen up by more than 50% on the previous World
Athletics Championships. Traffic from the American continent more than doubled and traffic
from Africa was up 50%. The combined media reach of WCH Oregon22 and WU20 Cali 22
reached five billion people around the world.

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World Athletics Communications 2022 in Numbers
WORLDATHLETICS.ORG

PRESIDENT INTERVIEWS

30 NOV 2021 - 28 NOV 2022

33.9

15.1

Million Users
+16%

97.1

141 25interviews

different
countries

Million Pageviews+73%

Million Sessions+47%

WORLD ATHLETICS SOCIAL MEDIA
30 NOV 2021 - 22 NOV 2022

9
93press conferencesin 20222,443,682
followers

408,600
followers

2,070,835
followers

1,110,000
subscribers

3,840,000
followers

+19%

+23%

+13%

+66%

+18%

Overall social media fanbase

9.9million +21%WORLD ATHLETICS COVERAGE IN MAINSTREAM
AND SOCIAL MEDIA (16,828 ARTICLES /9.7 BILLION REACH)
1 JAN 2022 - 31 OCT 2022

SHARE OF VOICE& TONALITY
Share of tonality

Top 5 sport events

ArticlesTop 5 athletes topics

ArticlesTop 5 coverageby country

World Athletics
Championships Oregon22

4,415World Athletics Championships
Oregon22

4,415

United Kingdom 18%

Olympic Games 2020

2,110

Diamond League

1,159

United States 12%

Commonwealth Games
Birmingham 2022

1,929

Doping

1,107

India 12%

Diamond League

1,159

Effects of the Russian
invasion of Ukraine

894

Russia 6%

World Athletics U20
Championships Cali 22488

Debate over transgender athletes

573

China 5%

press releases
in 2022

89% Neutral
10% Positive
1% Negative

Share of coverage
by Federation

2.16% FIBA
2.09% World Rugby
1.33% FINA
0.56% FIVB
0.42% FIG
69.60% FIFA
14.57% IOC
4.69% World Athletics
2.41% ITF
2.16% UCIMEDIA OPERATIONS & OTHERSMedia Development Programme during WU20 Cali 22 with 40 participants / Accredited Media: WCH Oregon22 442 / WIC Belgrade 22 243 /World U20 Cali 22 103 / WRW Muscat 22 14 / 10,773 followers on the World Athletics LinkedIn page vs 8,257 in 2021 (+30%) /The most viewed video of the year across all platforms is the USA women’s 4x100m relay exchange which has 39.1M views on Tik Tok

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Campaigns
Three major campaigns were run in 2022. International Women’s Day which built on the inaugural
campaign in 2021 profiling women in a wide range of roles across athletics and encouraging
Member Federations and individuals to nominate and share their inspirational stories.
Every Breath Counts which raised awareness of the risks of air pollution and empoweredindividuals and communities to sign up to a clean air petition.
The largest campaign was Project USA which aimed to unite a new generation of athletes togrow the power of track and field in the USA to coincide with the World Championships being
held in the USA for the first time. The campaign drove awareness among Gen-Z audiences,building authentic connections between recruited social media creators (Trackside) and theirteen followers and by developing content that emphasised passion-driven storytelling byathletes through innovative QR codes which generated more than 10 million impressions
through media coverage. Videos produced by Trackside and the Going the Distance QR
codes generated more than one million views and media coverage of the initiatives generated
1.5 billion impressions.

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MF Social Media Tracker
World Athletics is committed to serving and supporting the Member Federations’communications and in particular social media efforts. During 2022 the communications teamused data provided by the Member Federations in their 2021 Annual Reports to create adashboard which is aimed to help each Member Federation analyse its social media activities.
The data also helps World Athletics provide the right support, graphics and content to suitthe needs of our Federations. A summary of the social media tracking device is below:

MF COMMS STAFFING AND MEDIA TRAINING
Status of Comms Staff
MFs with Comms Staff

60

Full-time
19%

50
14

7

40

No
35%

19

Yes
65%

Part-time
25%

30

20

43

40

Agency 4%
12

26

10

Contractor 10%

17

14

7
8

0
AfricaAsia

Europe NACAC Oceania
YES

Unknown 7%

6
SouthAmerica

WA delivered MF Seminars and MDPs across 4 conti nents forover 120 p eop l e from 65 countri es.

NO

Data via Annual Reports 2021

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MF TOTAL FOLLOWERS BY AREA (& GROWTH BETWEEN APR-DEC)

EuropeNACAC

2.9m f o l l o w ers
189.6k gro w th

1.8m f o l l o w ers
73.4k gro w th

Asia
1.1m f o l l o w ers *109.4k gro w thSouth America
1m f o l l o w ers
55k gro w th

Oceania
GLOBAL TOTAL

284k f o l l o w ers
22.5k gro w th

Africa7.6m f o l l o w ers
556.3k gro w th

487.8k f o l l o w ers
105.9k gro w th

Data olle te via
Das oar*excludes local social media platforms such as Weibo

MF SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW
Total posts per month by area

Monthly follower growth by area

Tot al pl at f or m s pl i t

18000

Dec

YouTube
5%

16000

Nov

14000

Oct
Twitter
17%

Instagram
24%

12000

Sep

10000

Aug

8000

Facebook
54%

Jul

6000

Jun

4000

May

2000

Apr

0

-50000AfricaApr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0

Asia

50000
Europe100000NACAC

150000Oceania

200000South America

AfricaAsia

Europe

NACAC

OceaniaSouth America

Data olle te via

203

Das

oar

Online Abuse Study
World Athletics published its second Online Abuse Study to identify and address abusive
comments sent to athletes via social media. Almost 60% of all abuse targeted female athletes
and one fifth of all abuse was racial with 60% of all abuse made on Twitter. This researchunderpins the drive for safeguarding policies being put in place by all Member Federations by
the end of 2023.

Sustainability
Sustainability took on a more visible role across the entire World Athletics landscape in 2022,
involving one-day series competitions, World Athletics Series events, particularly WCH
Oregon22 and further research and support from our athletes. The following infographics
record the key highlights of 2022. The team worked with a range of stakeholders to put inplace a robust Athletics for a Better World (ABW) Sustainable Event Management System. We
are delighted to announce that the ABW Standard obtained ISO 20121 Sustainable EventManagement certification in April (2023).

World Athletics sustainability 2022 in numbers
World Athletics Championships Oregon22

13200

kilograms of waste diverted
from landfill for an 80.17%
waste diversion rate

3263

1660

metric tonnesof carbon emissions
avoided due to useof renewable diesel

kilograms of foodwaste composted

8000
2358

kilogramsof edible food
donated to Food forLane County

number of
reusablewater bottles
distributed

35

number of
temporary drinking
water stations
installed atthe venue

325 000

approximate number of single-use
plastic water bottles avoided

204

0number of singleuse plastic waterbottles sold/distributed by
the eventOne day meetings and label road races

124

number of one-day competition
series events introduced to the
Athletics for a Better
World Standard

254

number of label race organisers
introduced to the Athletics for a
Better World Standard

12

number of sustainable event
webinars and info sessions
held for organisers of one-day
competition series events

Sustainability activities and campaigns

2654

trees planted in Jamaica
to celebrate the return of
the CARIFTA Games after
pandemic postponements

500

trees planted in Kenya’s Kijabe
Forest to mark the 50th
anniversary of the UN
Environment Programme

300

people from two coastal communities in Mauritius
who benefitted from a community water projectWorld Athletics helped fund through an Area
Championship sustainability contribution

30

50

trees planted near the venueof the World Athletics Race
Walking Team Championships
in Muscat, Oman

1400

reusable water bottles
provided for the Oceania
Athletics Championships

bags of trash collected during a one-hour beach clean-up ahead of the World
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Elite athletes wanting to engage more around sustainability and climate action

76%

of athletes surveyed at fourWorld Athletics Series
events who said they are
either extremely concernedor very concerned aboutclimate change*

72%

71%

of athletes who said thatclimate change has already
impacted our sport*

77%

of athletes who said
they are either extremely
concerned or very
concerned about
air pollution*

90%of athletes who said
they’re extremely willingor very willing to change
their lifestyle to reducethe damage their activities
cause to the environment*

9of athletes who said that
World Athletics does havea role to play to help build asustainable future*members of the inaugural class ofthe World Athletics Champions fora Better World, representing each of
our continental areas

Athletics fans3861

number of athletics fans who have signed the World Athletics Clean Air Declaration* survey of 737 athletes from 122 countries who participated at four World Athletics Series events in 2022

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Media Operations
World Athletics developed the concept of the remote mixed zone in 2021, in response to thetravel restrictions media faced due to the pandemic. In 2022 and after the WIC Belgrade 22,
we evaluated the feedback we had from our client group and decided to offer two remote
mixed zone stations in Oregon in order to interview more athletes for our Member Federations.
This proved popular with more than 200 video interviews conducted at the WCH Oregon22
and more than 60 for the WIC Belgrade 22. The Photo Assistance Programme and the MediaDevelopment Programme continued in 2022 with 29 Member Federations with no national
accredited photographers participating in the Photo Assistance Project in Oregon.

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COMMISSION REPORTS //This section covers reports of the four World Athletics commissions:• Athletes’• Competition• Development• Governance.
The terms of references and four-year plans for all commissions were approved by Council in
July 2020 and are available on the website here.

Athletes’ Commission
Composition of the Commission
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Renaud LAVILLENIE (FRA), Chair
Valerie ADAMS (NZL), Deputy Chair
Kevin BORLÉE (BEL), Member
Milcah CHEMOS CHEYWA (KEN), Member
Lisanne DE WITTE (NED), Member*
Majd Eddin GHAZAL (SYR), Member
Matthew HUGHES (CAN), Member*
Bernard LAGAT (USA), Member
Ivet LALOVA-COLLIO (BUL), Member*
Halimah NAKAAYI (UGA), Member**
Aisha PRAUGHT-LEER (JAM), Member
Olga RYPAKOVA (KAZ), Member
Anna RYZHYKOVA (UKR), Member*
Akani SIMBINE (RSA), Member
Léa SPRUNGER (SUI), Member*
Bingtian SU (CHN), MemberMarie Josée TA LOU (CIV), Member
Toshikazu YAMANISHI (JPN), Member** The six new Athletes’ Commission members elected at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
**Halimah Nakaayi (UGA) was appointed to fill the vacancy created by Katerina Stefanidi’s resignation earlier in 2022.

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The new members replace the Athletes’ Commission members who served on the Commission
since the elections in 2017:• Iñaki Gómez (CAN)• Kim Collins (SKN)• Adam Kszczot (POL)• Thomas Röhler (GER)• Ivana Vuleta (née Spanovic) (SRB)• Benita Willis (AUS).
To return to the regular two-year election cycle, which was impacted by the postponementof the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, the next Athletes’ Commission Election willtake place during the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.

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Introduction
As outlined in the Commission’s four-year Plan, the role of the Athletes’ Commission is toprovide the Council with advice on relevant matters:• To include the athletes’ perspective in the decision-making processes within World
Athletics; and,• To ensure that there is a link and regular discourse between the athlete community andWorld Athletics in order to convey athletes’ views to World Athletics and vice versa.
Under the 2019 Constitution, the Chairperson and one other member of the Commission –one male and one female – became full voting members of World Athletics’ Council.
The 18 members of the Athletes’ Commission are either elected by the athletes competingat the World Athletics Championships (12 elected members) or appointed by Council (sixappointed members). The Commission aims to be representative from a geographical, genderand discipline perspective. The term of each member is approximately four years.

Meetings and activities
Throughout 2022, the Athletes’ Commission held the following Commission meetings to
discuss ongoing and upcoming projects:• 9 February (virtual) – promotion of Athletes’ Commission election and feedback on theWorld Athletics Safeguarding Policy• 8 June (virtual) – planning of Athletes’ Commission activities at the World Athletics
Championships Oregon22 as well as feedback on rules and regulations relating toCompetition, AIU, Safeguarding, Eligibility and Athletes’ Representatives• 27 September (virtual) – introduction of newly-elected Athletes’ Commission members• 25-26 November (in person) – optimisation of Commission workflows including more
effective engagement of the athlete community, and discussions with World Athletics’
functional areas including Competition, Legal, Sustainability, Heritage and the AIU.
In addition to these meetings, the Athletes’ Commission facilitated two Athlete Information
Sessions on 22 March which focused on three core areas:• General updates relevant to the athlete community• Final information and Q&A on the Athletes’ Commission elections• Consultation on safeguarding materials for Member Federations led by the Safeguarding
Working Group.

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Key work, including related recommendations to Council:• Contribution and feedback on proposals relating to- Safeguarding Policy and materials- Athletes’ Representatives Rules and Regulations- Marketing and Advertising Rules and Regulations- Competition updates• Expedited release of quota and qualification system for the World Athletics Championships
Budapest 23 to align with the qualification window• Promotion and implementation of the Athletes’ Commission elections at the World Athletics
Championships Oregon22• Quarterly newsletter to the athlete community to provide updates on Council decisions aswell as other World Athletics initiatives relevant for athletes• Research into institutional athlete representation at Area and Member Federation level
through Annual Reports to support the creation of Athletes’ Commissions around the world• Support of World Athletics campaigns including sustainability and Kids’ Athletics• Representation on the World Plan Implementation Working Group• Representation on the Safeguarding Working Group• Proposed former Athletes’ Commission Chair Iñaki Gómez as candidate and representative
for the sport of athletics for the WADA’s Athlete Council – he was appointed to the rolein December.

Conclusion
The Athletes’ Commission continues to represent the athletes’ perspective and voice
within World Athletics and is striving to further grow its engagement with the wider athletecommunity and fans globally, to promote and celebrate the sport of athletics.
Through improved engagement with other athlete bodies, the Commission hopes to bettersupport the education of peers around subjects relevant to athletes, which has been
identified as a priority for 2023. The Athletes’ Commission will be working with respective
World Athletics Commissions and Departments on the creation of educational materials
focusing on, but not limited to, safeguarding, elections and advertising rules and regulations.

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Competition Commission
Composition of the Commission
The members of the Competition Commission and the workstream leads are:• Raul CHAPADO (ESP), Chair• Julio GAITAN (COL), Member• Siddig IBRAHIM (SUD), Member• David KATZ (USA), Member (Technical)• Cydonie MOTHERSILL (CAY), Member• Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Member (WAS strategy)• Anna RICCARDI (ITA), Member (WAS Regulations)• Akani SIMBINE (RSA), Member• Trevor SPITTLE (NZL), Member• Katerina STEFANIDI (GRE), Member (In-Stadium strategy)• Ellen VAN LANGEN (NED), Member (World Rankings)• Mariko YAMADA (JPN), Member

Introduction
In 2022, the Commission has continued to make great progress in moving the sport forward.
In line with the World Athletics Strategic Plan, the Commission has been exploring ways todrive growth, transformation and innovation throughout an increasingly diverse competition
programme and our rules and regulations.
The different workstreams provided expertise as and when required with passionate
dedication and made it possible for the Commission to focus discussion on the big picture
and the more sensitive matters.

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Meetings and activities
The Competition Commission met on the following dates in 2022:
Meetingdate

Key topics of meeting

31 January(remote)a. WAS Event Strategyi.

Road Mile WCH

ii. WU20 Regulations
b. WAS Event Regulationsi.

WCH Budapest 23: Qualification system and timetable

ii. Paris 2024 OG: Qualification system
iii. Delegates’ nominations
c. Technicali.

International Technical Officials (ITO) project planii. Athlete replacement policy
iii. Competition Manipulation watch list
iv. Mixed Relay: set order of male / female athletes
d. Out of Stadiumi.

Road Mile Regulations (including World Record)ii. Label Road Race Regulations 2023
e. World Rankings
17 May(remote)Urgent debate on the future of the World Athletics Relays and the qualification pathway for the

3 June(remote)a. Out of Stadium

Olympic Games and World Athletics Championshipsi.

Label Road Race Regulations 2023

b. WAS Event Regulationsi.

WCH Budapest 23: Qualification system, timetable, delegatesii. WRE Guangzhou 23: Timetable, entry standards, delegatesiii. WRRC Riga 23: Timetable, team quota, delegatesiv. WU20 2024: Delegates
v. Paris 2024 OG: World Rankings qualification vs. entry standards, Cross Country
Rankings qualification towards 10,000m, repechage heats (update after IOC / NBC
discussions)vi. Amendment to Restriction of Events – age groupsc. Bidding update213

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date

Key topics of meeting

28 October(in person& remote)a. World Athletics Series and Olympic Gamesi.

World Athletics Championships

ii. WCH Budapest 23 Relays qualification (Area champions qualification)iii. Paris 2024 OG: Qualification system & entry standards, Race Walk Mixed
Team event, timetable
iv. WRRC Riga 23, Annual WRRC and 2024 bidding update
v. WXC 2024 datevi. WRW reform
vii. WU20 2024: Date adjustmentviii. General competition conduct/managementb. Rulesi.

False Start review of processes and rules

ii. New Events: Road Mile, new product developmentiii. World Rankings competition projectc. Regulationsi.

Annual review of World Rankings

ii. WIT Regulations
iii. WAS Regulations

The workstreams met online, generally prior to the relevant Commission meeting.

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Key work, including related recommendations to Council:
In the course of 2022, with the input of the different workstreams the Competition
Commission made the following recommendations which were approved by Council:
Topic

Key Commission actions summary

World Athletics Series (WAS)
and Olympic Games• World Athletics Championships- Budapest 23: Qualification system, timetable- Athletes’ accommodation policy (now restricted to competing days +3
instead of 13 days)• Olympic Games- Paris 2024: Qualification system- Introduction of repechage heats in some running events: mainly as a way
to add content but also to give athletes a second opportunity to qualify
for the second round• World Athletics Road Running Championships- WRRC Riga 23: new format, entry rules, timetable- Staged annually from 2025
• World Athletics U20 Championships- Introduction of the possibility of mass participation• 4x400m Mixed Relay: fixed running order with only alternatives being:
MWWM, WMMW
• U18 Athletes: review of the participation restrictions considering theadded opportunity of the Mixed Relay event• Delegates: appointments for forthcoming events as appropriate• WAS Regulations: structure review

Rules changes• Road Mile introduced as a new event, including conditions for setting
inaugural World Record• World Rankings competitions: membership now a requirement for results
being recognised for all statistical purposes by World Athletics

Facility certification• Review of the scheme for certificate renewal ensuring that athletescompete in secure conditions

Competition Manipulation• Introduction of a watch list of Member Federations where results are only
recognised subject to certain conditions

Race Walk• Strategy for the future and how it may impact the World Athletics Race
Walking Tour and the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

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In addition, the Commission also conducts a periodical review of:• Organisational strategy for each WAS event (cost efficiency, balanced financial
responsibilities between the LOCs and World Athletics etc.)• Tours/Label Races and Athletes’ Representative Regulations• World Rankings Rules• Policies which govern and sustain the global competition structure and the global calendar.

Conclusion
The Competition Commission continues its work in 2023, and until the end of its mandate at
the conclusion of the Congress meeting in Budapest.
In alignment with World Athletics’ Strategy for Growth, a number of ongoing projects are on
the agenda, some of which will lead to recommendations to Council:• ITO project plan: introducing greater coordination with Areas and Member Federations
to build a more comprehensive and meaningful database of World Athletics Referees• World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships: review for 2024 and longer term
• World Athletics Championships: Timetable principles to be introduced in Tokyo 2025
• Short Track concept: replace indoor to allow conduct of 200m oval track events
outdoors and/or 400m oval track events indoors• Improved competition management practices:- Seeding, lane allocation, progression to next round in middle distance events and field
event trials (order and replacement)- Relay teams’ final confirmation and declaration of running order- Personal implements at WAS Events- Protests and Appeals- DQ vs DNF in hurdle races- Area Champions qualification to WCH- Athlete Replacement Policy- Female coaches’ quota at WAS Events.

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Development Commission
Composition of the Commission
The Development Commission comprises the following members:• Geoff GARDNER (NFI), Chair• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Member• Sergey BUBKA (UKR), Member• Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Member• Nick BITEL (GBR), Member• Carlos CAVALHEIRO (BRA), Member• Kim COLLINS (SKN), Member• Annette PURVIS (NZL), Member• Donna RAYNOR (BER), Member• Edith SKIPPINGS (TKS), Member• Tendai TAGARA (ZIM), Member.

Introduction
The role of the Development Commission is to provide expertise and advice to the Council on
activities and educational initiatives to support the growth, development, and administrationof athletics at global, area and national level.
The overarching objective of the Commission is to review and support projects related to thegrowth of athletics worldwide, to build skills and capacity among our people in the sport e.g.
coaches and officials, and to increase levels of athletics participation from grassroots to elite.

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Meetings and activities
The Development Commission met on three occasions in 2022, two by video conference andone in person:• 8 February• 2 June• 8/9 November (in-person).
The six workstreams (detailed below) advised and contributed to the objectives andtimelines reflected in the areas of work identified in the Commission’s four-year plan that canbe found here.
Workstream

Led byKids’ Athletics

Adille SUMARIWALLA

eLearning and CECS and TOECS (now WARECS)

Geoff GARDNER

Support to Member Federations and Area Associations

Donna RAYNOR

Decentralisation

Annette PURVIS

Education

Beatrice AYIKORUBiomechanics and research

Nick BITEL

Key work, including related recommendations to Council
Key areas of focus for the Commission in 2022, which are all linked to three of the fourStrategic Plan and World Plan goals, are summarised as follows.
• More Participation: focused on the new Kids’ Athletics programme and initiallydevelopment of content for all age groups (4-14 years), and then the implementation
and rollout of the programme to Member Federations through the train the trainer
courses held in the Areas• More People: focused on the creation of a people plan to outline the pathways andidentify ways as to how best to attract, retain, and reward coaches, technical officials,
administrators, and volunteers in athletics. In addition, work centred on the developmentof education content on the eLearning platform relating to safeguarding, gender equity,and the certification programme for coaches, and the revised certification programme
and pathway for officials (from TOECS to WARECS)• More Partnerships: focused on the principles and framework relating to the newdevelopment model agreed in 2021 and the provision of technical or financial support
to both Areas and Member Federations.

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A summary of actions undertaken by the Commission is below.
Topic

Key Commission actions summary

eLearning platform andcontent development

Advised on the development, delivery and monitoring of:• Educational modules for safeguarding, Kids’ Athletics, ethical compliance,
WARECS (Silver level)• Translation of existing modules and content for CECS level 1• Webinars e.g. coaching and gender leadership and equity• eLearning platform branching project piloted with European Athletics• Development of the people plan.

Kids’ Athletics

Inputted into the development of content, and the monitoring and evaluating
approach for the new Kids’ Athletics programme including:• Level 3 (ages 12-14) activities• Competition guide• Kids’ Athletics train the trainer programme (delivered in three Areas in 2022 –NACAC, Asia, South America)• Translation process for new languages (now in six languages online)• Launch of Kids’ Athletics Day on 7 May• Safeguarding online modules.

World Athletics
Referee Education andCertification System(WARECS formerly
TOECS)

Reviewed, evaluated and advised on a revised World Athletics certification
programme for officials across five levels:• Apprentice Level• National Referee Level (ex TOECS L1)• Bronze Referee level (new)• Silver Referee level (ex TOECS L2)• Gold Level Referee Level (ITO)
Piloted the first ever worldwide online Silver Referee examination in November.

Member Federation
support and services

Informed the criteria and set up of the project based Grant for Growth and thepilot approach of grouping Member Federations to ensure support and funding istargeted to encourage effective and optimal use. A new online grants management
system (the World Athletics Grants Hub) was also piloted to streamline the grantapplication and reporting process.

Decentralisation

Established and identified measurable outcomes for the support provided to Area
Associations, aligned to the World Athletics Strategic Plan and the new principles/
framework for the development model, including a new online grants form.

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TopicKey Commission actions summary

Education

Advised on the development of education, leadership and training
opportunities including:• Delivery of five gender leadership educational webinars• Participation in the IOC Women In Sport High Performance Pathway (WISH)
programme for women coaches• Delivery of 80 educational webinars and courses online by the Area
development centres• Conference on Gender Leadership in Oregon during World Athletics
Championships• Development of the new Gender Leadership train the trainer course held in
Poland with EA and NACAC participants

Global Athletics
Coaches Academy(GACA)

Inputted and consulted on the different projects proposed by the GACA including the:• Three Coaches’ Clubs held at World Athletics Series events in 2022 (WIC
Belgrade 22, WCH Oregon22 and WU20 Cali 22)• Four Coaching Matters webinars delivered• Selection process for the Coaching Achievement Award 2022.

The Commission follows the development strategy and four-year plan approved by theCouncil but specific recommendations to Council in 2022 are outlined below:• The proposed approach and the direction of travel of the International Technical
Officials review project• The changes from TOECS to WARECS and the relevant education and evaluation
process for each level of the pathway.

Conclusion
The Commission continues to advise and support across a range of development andeducation projects aligned to their four-year plan, the World Athletics Strategic Plan andWorld Plan. In 2023 and until the end of their mandate, the members of the Commission
will continue to provide expertise and advice to the Council to ensure the ongoing
implementation and progress of priority projects, including Kids’ Athletics and thedevelopment of the pathways and content e.g. WARECS for more people to join, become
qualified and support the growth of the sport.

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Governance Commission
Composition of the Commission
The Governance Commission comprises the following members:• Francis DODOO (GHA), Chair• Sylvia BARLAG (NED), Member• Carlota CASTREJANA (ESP), Member• Dagmar FREITAG (GER), Member• Helio Marinho GESTA DE MELO (BRA), Member• Iñaki GÓMEZ (CAN), Member• David GRACE (AUS), Member• Leung (Alex) HONG SHUN (HKG), Member• Jinaro KIBET (KEN), Member• Sirje LIPPE (EST), Member• Ronald RUSSELL (ISV), Member• Norman WAIN (USA), Member

Introduction
The role of the Governance Commission is to provide expertise and advice to the Council on
the matters necessary to:• Ensure good governance practices in World Athletics, its Area Associations and its
Members; and,• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, including ensuring that good governance andethical compliance practices are embedded and monitored in World Athletics, its Area
Associations and its Members. This includes reviewing all rules and regulations.
The Governance Commission was appointed by Council in 2020 for an approximate four-year
period and will end its mandate at the conclusion of the 2023 Congress in Budapest. Details
regarding the Commission, including its four-year plan and terms of reference, can be found here.

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Meetings and activities
In 2022, the Governance Commission met three times: in person in Monaco on 31 May and
1 June, and twice by video conference on 11 February and 7 November. The Commission’s
four workstreams (listed below) continued their work in 2022 in the areas identified in thefour-year plan:• Rules and Regulations, led by David Grace KC• Governance structures and Audit review, led by Sylvia Barlag• Alignment, led by Alex Leung• Education and training, led by Sirje Lippe.
The four workstreams met and were consulted by email on various occasions throughout 2022
to discuss and progress key actions and provided updates to the Governance Commission.

Key work, including related recommendations to Council
A summary of the main areas of focus of the Commission in 2022 is provided below.
The Commission covered the review of a variety of proposed amendments to the following
rules and regulations to recommend them to Council for approval:• Governance Rules• Rules of Congress• Honorary Member & Service Award Rules• Vetting Rules• Event Bidding Rules• Athletes’ Representatives Rules and Regulations• Mechanical Aids Rules and Regulations• Athletic Shoes Regulations• Eligibility Rules• Eligibility to Represent Member Federations Regulations• World Athletics Series Regulations• Label Road Race Regulations• Indoor Tour Regulations• International Competitions Definition & World Ranking Procedure• Marketing & Advertising Rules and Regulations.

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The proposed amendments to these rules and regulations were to better clarify understandingor to be more practical in their application based on experience and learnings to support
efficiencies in functioning or substantive to reflect changes in policy and enhance governance.
The Commission also received regular updates on the consultation process and provided
input to finalise the following new rules, which have been developed to clearly outline therights and obligations of Members and Areas as required by the Constitution:• Member Federation Rules• Area Association Rules.
All recommended amendments to the rules and regulations were approved by Council and asummary of the amendments are provided in Section 3.1 of this Annual Report.
In addition, the Commission reviewed and provided input on the following:• Amendments to the Safeguarding Policy, and the development of related new rules
and guidance• Outline of a new disciplinary and appeals process• Ethical compliance eLearning module and implementation rollout• Scope and frequency of non-financial audits• Principles for better governance to be embedded at all levels of the sport (e.g., minimum
gender requirements, athletes’ representation and transparency)• Toolkit to assist Member Federations and Area Associations in implementing the rules.
Most of these key areas of focus will continue to drive the work of the Commission in 2023
and are reflected in its updated four-year plan that was approved by the Commission andprovided to Council for information at the end of 2022.

Conclusion
Throughout its continuous review of World Athletics’ governance structure, the GovernanceCommission also identified areas for improvement that would require amendments to theConstitution. These proposed amendments have been agreed by Council and are submitted
to Congress for approval under item 18 of the Congress meeting agenda.

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WORKING GROUP & TASKFORCE REPORTS //Two Working Groups and one Taskforce were in operation in 2022, the work of each issummarised below.

Safeguarding Working Group
Composition of the Working GroupThe Safeguarding Working Group (SWG) comprises the following members:• Abby HOFFMAN (CAN), Chair, World Athletics Council Member and AIU Board Member• Francis DODOO (GHA), Governance Commission Chair• Willie BANKS (USA), Council Member• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Council Member and Development Commission Member• Bernard LAGAT (USA), Athletes’ Commission Member• Brian SHAPIRO (USA), Member• Sebastian COE (GBR), President (ex officio)
Council appointed four additional members to the SWG from July 2022. They are:• Tigor TANJUNG (INA), Council Member Asian Athletics Association• Yvonne MULLINS (AUS), Executive Director Oceania Athletics Association• Estefania SENESTRARI (ARG), Atletismo Sudamericano• Karin GRUTE MOVIN (SWE), Chair of European Athletics Safeguarding Working Groupand Member of the European Athletics Executive Board
The Working Group is assisted by World Athletics and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) staff.

Introduction
World Athletics takes seriously its responsibilities for creating safe and positive environments
for all in, and involved with, the athletics community. World Athletics believes that everyone inathletics should be treated with respect and dignity and be protected from abuse, harassmentand exploitation. The Council has therefore created a SWG to provide expert advice to theCouncil on safeguarding matters.

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The Working Group was initially established by Council in June 2021 for a one-year term
which was extended for one further year in July 2022. Council agreed that further work
should be conducted in this important area including the development of safeguarding
materials for Member Federations and Area Associations and World Athletics Safeguarding
Rules. Council also approved the appointment of additional members to ensure a more diverseand geographically balanced membership.

Meetings and activities
The SWG held four meetings in 2022 on:• 21 February• 12 May• 27 October• 14 December.

Key tasks undertaken by the SWG in 2022
These were the following:• Consultations on a suite of proposed safeguarding materials for use by Member Federations• Dissemination of the Member Federation safeguarding materials following that consultation• Review of the World Athletics’ Safeguarding Policy for Council approval• Development of the underlying principles for the creation of new Safeguarding Rules
for World Athletics• Development of proposed new safeguarding materials for use by Area Associations• Considering the need for an online safeguarding training module for use by everyone
in athletics.

Member Federation consultation process on the safeguarding materials
The consultation with Member Federations on the safeguarding materials for their use began
in early 2022. The SWG wanted to find out the answers to the following questions during
the consultation:• Whether the safeguarding materials would help Member Federations to produce theirown polices, codes of conduct, rules and other safeguarding systems; and• How Member Federations were currently dealing with safeguarding concerns.

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The SWG consulted with the following groups:• Member Federations (through the Area Associations)• The World Athletics Athletes’ Commission and the athletes’ commissions for the
Area Associations• The World Athletics Development Commission• The Gender Leadership Taskforce• Area and National Coaches Associations through the Global Athletics Coaches Academy.
The consultation meetings were very well attended and engagement was excellent providing
feedback and comments which were used to produce final versions of the materials. In
particular there was almost unanimous support for safeguarding policies and procedures
to be mandatory for all Member Federations by the end of 2023. There was high demandfor education and training for athletes, coaches, support staff and all others involved inathletics as well as requests for further guidance on a variety of topics such as social media,
photography and events.

Publication of Member Federation safeguarding materials
The safeguarding materials for Member Federations are available for all to use and are locatedin the Member Federation Resource Centre on the World Athletics website. The materials
were amended to incorporate the consultation feedback, and include guidance and template
documents, such as a safeguarding policy and rules, codes of conduct, flowcharts andreporting forms for Member Federations. They were all then translated into six additional
languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Chinese), branded and publishedon the Member Federations Resource Centre together with a video entitled “How to Produce
a Safeguarding Policy” (also available in the additional languages), which can be found on the
new Safeguarding page here. The templates are all downloadable so that they can be used by
Member Federations to produce their own bespoke documents.

Safeguarding Policy review
The annual review of World Athletics’ Safeguarding Policy was undertaken. The significant
change was an amendment making it mandatory for Member Federations to havesafeguarding policies and procedures in place by the end of 2023. The amendments wereagreed and approved by the Governance, Athletes’ and Development Commissions prior to
the Council agreeing them at its meeting in July 2022.

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World Athletics’ Safeguarding Rules – principles
The existing World Athletics regulatory framework is not necessarily the most appropriate
way to deal with safeguarding matters as it follows an adversarial quasi-judicial process. The
SWG discussed a proposed new set of principles for consideration by Council prior to any
safeguarding rules being drafted. These rules will be based on a risk management rather thanadversarial approach. The SWG proposed the principles of this more flexible approach which
was approved by Council in November 2022. The new rules will be developed in consultation
with the AIU and will also require amendments to other rules and regulations including theIntegrity Code of Conduct and AIU Rules.

Area Association safeguarding materials
Following the publication of the Member Federation safeguarding materials, the SWG worked
on safeguarding materials for Area Associations. These materials are being developed and will
be available for use by Area Associations in 2023.
The jurisdiction of Area Associations is more complex than that of Member Federations as
the role they play in the administration and delivery of athletics is different from Member
Federations. Area Associations will have jurisdiction for dealing with safeguarding concerns
and incidents which involve members of the Area Association’s own staff or officials or whichtake place at any training or education events arranged by an Area Association or an Area
Development Centre or which take place at or during events or competitions organised by
Area Associations. A template safeguarding policy for Areas has been prepared and will be
the subject of consultation with Areas in 2023.

Safeguarding training module
The consultation with the Member Federations highlighted the need for education andtraining. An online training module is being produced with the Open University and UNICEF
with the aim of being accessible by a wide range of individuals. The module will be available inseven languages starting in the summer of 2023.

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Conclusion
SWG leadership to the implementation of the World Athletics’ Safeguarding Policy will help
achieve the objectives of the Policy – notably to ensure that participants in athletics at
all levels will be protected from harassment, abuse and exploitation in any form. Increasingawareness of safeguarding in athletics will help everyone involved in the sport to feel safe,
valued and protected. Enabling our athletes to report, speak out and challenge poor practices
and inappropriate behaviours is essential as is ensuring they are listened to by those who arecharged with responding to their concerns.
The ongoing work of the SWG will focus on helping all Member Federations to adopt theirown safeguarding policies and procedures by the end of 2023. In addition to consultation
with the Area Associations on safeguarding materials, other projects for 2023 include thedevelopment of the online safeguarding training module and the new Safeguarding Rules forWorld Athletics.

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World Plan Implementation Working Group
Composition of the Working GroupThe composition of the Working Group is as follows:• Willie BANKS (USA), Chair• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Member• Antti PIHLAKOSKI (FIN), Member• Adille SUMARIWALLA (IND), Member• Robin Sapong EUGENIO (NMI), Member• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Member• Jean GRACIA (FRA), Member• Aisha PRAUGHT-LEER (JAM), Member• Geen CLARKE (CRC), Member• James MOLOI (RSA), Member• Sebastian COE (GBR), President (ex officio)

Introduction
Following the unanimous approval of the World Plan for Athletics 2022-30 (WP) by Congressin November 2021, Council established a Working Group (WG) in March 2022 to provide
oversight and support in the implementation of the WP.
The key areas of focus for the Working Group are summarised below:• Develop a process for monitoring and evaluating the progress of theWorld Plan’s implementation• Develop a reporting system for World Athletics, the Areas and Member Federations
to use to report their progress of implementation of the identified actions against theindicative delivery timeline• Review and report to Council on progress of World Athletics, Areas and Member
Federations against the identified actions, to include identification of good practice andsuccessful implementation examples to be shared more widely• Support and monitor World Athletics’ (led by the HQ) success in creating the
programmes outlined in the World Plan (and which provide the basis for many Area andMember Federation actions)• Develop an engagement and communications approach to educate and promote theWorld Plan to Member Federations and to provide clarity on delivery expectations for
identified actions, the support available, etc• Propose new approaches, support, and initiatives to encourage and ensure all Member
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• Promote and champion the World Plan at a local, Area and global level• Consider processes and procedures to ascertain the effectiveness of the identified
actions towards World Plan goals and objectives• Recommend to the Council any adjustments to the World Plan.

Meetings and activities
The World Plan Implementation Working Group held four meetings in 2022 on:• 28 April• 30 June• 16 July• 6 October.
A World Plan Information Session for Member Federations was held on 18 July during the World
Athletics Championships Oregon22 to further communicate the World Plan and seek feedback
from Member Federations on progress and support needed for implementation. Approximately
90 Member Federations were represented at this session during which each member of theWorld Plan WG led a more detailed Q&A with Member Federations from their respective
continental areas and agreed an ongoing communication approach within these groups.

Key tasks undertaken by the WG in 2022
The WG identified five core workstreams to support successful implementation of the World Plan.
A summary of key actions and discussion points for each of these workstreams is provided below.

Monitoring & reporting
Following the principle that monitoring and reporting of progress against the World Plan should
be kept simple with existing tools used if possible, it was agreed that the Annual Report Form
(ARF) would be the best approach for Member Federation reporting. The ARF therefore required
Member Federations to provide a formal status update on progress against the identified Member
Federation actions in the World Plan. A report on progress of Member Federations’ actions in
2022 is available as part of the World Plan for Athletics progress report in section IV of theCongress documents. The information gathered through the ARF will also be used to provide
tailored assistance and follow up as appropriate.
Using the ARF for a mid-year assessment/report in the future ahead of the formal 31 March ARF
deadline is proposed to encourage continued progress and help to identify best practice andshare successful outcomes.

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World Athletics is tracking progress against the identified actions (details in section IV) andAreas were requested to report on progress in their annual reports to Congress (included in
section VI of the Congress documents). Area Associations (including the Area Development
Centres) have an important role in assisting monitoring and tracking progress and supporting
Member Federations in their implementation of the plan.

Communications and engagement
Based on feedback received by WG members and at the World Plan Information Sessionin Eugene, a key focus has been to encourage engagement and promote the World Plan toMember Federations and Areas. Opportunities were identified to emphasise core messages
about the World Plan at WAS events, Area events, educational activities and seminars, etc.
including to detail expectations and the delivery support available.
The WG is identifying ways to recognise and reward Member Federations for their actions
such as creating certificates of merit and performance – the idea being to help inspire andincentivise progress.

Identify good practice and successful examples
The importance of recognising good practice and sharing and promoting success has beenhighlighted and each member of the WG is responsible for working with Member Federationsin their Area to achieve this goal. The intention is to develop a best practice examples
database/resource centre for Member Federations to use when starting an action so there isinformation, templates and lessons which can be used and adapted for their own purposes.
In addition, successful project examples will be shared on the website and within a proposed
World Plan newsletter.

Develop “short form” plan and messaging
A standard World Plan powerpoint template has been created for WG members to use topromote the World Plan at relevant forums and was used at the MF Information Sessionin Eugene. In addition, a simple checklist template listing World Plan actions has also
been developed to provide an easier way to identify priorities areas to focus on and thensubsequently help to track and measure progress against the actions.

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Promote the World Plan and gather feedback from MFs/Areas
A key role of the WG is to promote, educate and seek feedback on the World Plan. Overall
feedback has been positive from both Member Federations and Areas with awarenessincreased but there is a recognised need for more support and guidance to ensure delivery of
the actions.
It was agreed Member Federations and Areas should prioritise the World Plan actions aligned
to their own strategic plan and timeframes based on available resources and capacity – thisis a core principle of the World Plan and a key message to communicate that not all Member
Federations need to deliver the actions at the same time and way. Many activities being
conducted by Member Federations, such as Kids’ Athletics, are already contributing todelivery of the World Plan, so emphasising that link and roles of Areas and World Athletics is
also important.

Conclusion
These key areas of focus will continue to drive the work of the WG in 2023 to ensure
implementation of the World Plan at a local, Area and global level. The WG members haveall been actively promoting the World Plan in their respective Areas at Area congresses andchampionships in 2022 and 2023. Links to World Plan contribution and actions also continue
to be made during seminars and educational activities to support promotion.
The importance of ensuring global awareness and disseminating information among all
Member Federations will remain a constant focus, along with the need to educate and provide
clarity on expectations and support available towards implementation of World Plan actions.
The detailed report to the 54th World Athletics Congress on progress against the objectives
and actions for World Athletics, the Area Associations and Member Federations in 2022 will
be presented under item 10 of the Congress meeting agenda.

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Composition of the Taskforce
The Gender Leadership Taskforce (GLT) comprises the following members:• Stephanie HIGHTOWER (USA), Chair• Ximena RESTREPO (COL), Council Member• Beatrice AYIKORU (UGA), Council Member and Development Commission Member• Jaya MYLVAGANAM (IND), Member• Annette PURVIS (NZL), Member and Development Commission Member• Nuala WALSH (IRL), Member

Introduction
The role of the GLT is to provide oversight of the gender leadership strategy to mainstream
equity and ensure sustainable leadership pathways for women in athletics.
This report summarises the activities and achievements of the GLT in 2022, with the main
focus being to support delivery of the gender-based objectives as set out in the World
Athletics Strategic Plan 2020-2023 and the World Plan for Athletics:• Build the pipeline of talented and empowered female administrators, coaches andtechnical officials• Drive gender leadership programmes to ensure the 50% gender targets by 2027 are met.
The International Relations & Development department has an overarching role in supporting thework of the GLT and ensuring agreed actions are progressed through regular review and follow up.

Meetings and activities
The GLT held monthly meetings in 2022 via video conference to ensure delivery of theagreed actions:• Deliver Gender Leadership seminars in each of the Areas• Deliver a series of Global Gender Leadership educational webinars and podcasts• Manage the Empowering Women Facebook page
• Host the “Out of the Blocks” Leadership Conference at the World Athletics
Championships Oregon22• Develop a Train the Trainer module to complement the Gender Leadership seminars• Select and support candidates for the Women in Sport High Performance programme.

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Gender Leadership seminars
During 2022, 10 gender leadership-based women’s activities took place across the six Areas,
involving nearly 300 participants, mainly online.

World Athletics Gender Leadership educational webinars
World Athletics hosted five Gender Leadership educational webinars (all are available on theeLearning platform accessible here):• How Gender Equality can provide the Winning Margin (10 February) with Leanne
Norman and Lilly-Ann O’Hora• Why Current Attempts of Gender Equity in Coaching are NOT Working (10 May) with
Vicky Huyton• She Runs-She Leads Webinar Series with Gabriela Mueller- Gain Self-Confidence and Crush Self-doubt (30 March)- Upgrade your Personal Brand & Image as a Leader in Sport (7 July)- Stakeholder Management (27 October).

Gender Leadership podcast series
Coaching: Five female coaches were interviewed regarding their experiences at the World
Athletics Championships Oregon22: Carole Bam (BEL), Laura Turner-Alleyne (GBR), Lacena
Golding-Clarke (JAM), Hayley Harrison (IRL) and Ashley Kovacs (USA).
Technical Officials: Three technical officials shared their personal journeys andgroundbreaking achievements, how they began and why: Helen Roberts (AUS), Claudia
Schneck (BRA) and Lisa Ferdinand (USA).

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Out of the Blocks Conference at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (19 July)
The theme of the conference was understanding the biases that negatively impact women
worldwide and highlighting the range of roles women can, and are, achieving.
Member Federation Presidents and CEOs were encouraged to sign pledges to create more
opportunities for women in leadership, coaching and officiating.
The following female leaders in athletics from across the world shared their stories of successand growth in their careers as athletes and figures of the sport:• Stephanie Hightower: GLT Chair• Ximena Restrepo: First female World Athletics Vice-President• Sanya Richards-Ross: four-time Olympic & five-time world champion• Fatma Awale: Athletics Kenya Vice-President• Claudia Schneck: Only female International Technical Official in South America.
The conference celebrated the achievements of women in sport and World Athletics’ pledge
to continue striving for equity in athletics.

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Train the Trainer course
To support the training of moderators for the Gender Leadership seminar, a train the trainer
course was developed. EA held the course from 28 September to 2 October 2022 withparticipants from NACAC also taking part.

Women in Sport High Performance Pathway (WISH)
Women represent 10% of coaches at the Olympic Games, so the WISH programme
was developed by the IOC and funded through Olympic Solidarity in partnership with
International Federations to increase opportunities for high performance female coaches andtargets women with the potential to be involved in elite coaching.
World Athletics selected eight candidates to take part in the WISH cohort which began inNovember 2022. The programme is 21 months in duration and includes a week’s residential
course in the UK in addition to online leadership and mentor sessions.
The selected candidates come from: BEL, ETH, GER, IRL, MEX, NGR, POL, SUI.

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The “Empowering Women in Athletics” Facebook page is regularly updated with content andthe number of members has grown from 20 in 2021 to over 1000.

Conclusion
The work of the GLT will continue to focus on embedding gender equity in athletics, withgoals in 2023 including to achieve 40% female representation on the World Athletics Council
and the delivery of initiatives such as:• Host a Gender Leadership conference at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23• Host two Gender Leadership podcast series focusing on technical officials
and empowerment• Launch a women focused spotlight section on the World Athletics LinkedIn page
• Launch a pilot mentoring programme to help women achieve leadership roles in all six Areas• Organise and deliver 10 Gender Leadership courses and activities through the six Areas.

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FINANCIAL & AUDIT REPORTS //Introduction
The Constitution of World Athletics includes a requirement to appoint auditors to perform anaudit of the annual financial statements (Article 79.2) and an audit of certain responsibilities set
out in World Athletics rules and regulations (Article 79.3).

Financial audit
The 2022 budget and annual plan were approved by the Executive Board at the end of 2021.
The financial audit for the year ending 31 December 2022 was undertaken by EY in accordancewith the IFRS (EU rules setting out international financial reporting standards). The full audited
financial statements for the period 1 January until 31 December 2022, which were approved by
the Executive Board and Council as part of this Annual Report, are provided at Appendix A withdetails on our remuneration policy provided at Appendix B.
The 2021 Audited Financial Statements were circulated to Member Federations as part of the2021 Annual Council Report that is available on the World Athletics website and found here.

Non-financial audits
The non-financial audits for 2022 with regards to governance and ethical compliance were also
undertaken by EY, with QSA independently conducting the 2022 audit of the integrity andanti-doping programme compliance, including the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
Summaries of the 2022 non-financial audits (governance and ethical compliance, and antidoping and integrity programme) are provided below. These audits were approved by the
Executive Board and Council as part of this report.
A summary description and findings of the 2021 non-financial audit reports were circulated
to Member Federations, as part of the 2021 Annual Council Report that is available on theWorld Athletics website and found here. The 2021 governance and ethical compliance audit
conducted by EY and the 2021 anti-doping and integrity audit carried out by QSA areprovided in Appendix C and Appendix D respectively.

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Governance and ethical compliance audit
EY performed certain “agreed upon audit procedures” to assist World Athletics in addressing
the requirements set out in its Constitution and Rules, and to issue a final report.
The subject of the report is to present findings from the testing performed by EY at the requestof World Athletics specifically in relation to Article 79.3(a), referred to as the non-financial audit
on governance and ethical compliance.
The non-financial audit of the anti-doping and integrity programme under Article 79.3(b) isundertaken by another company, QSA.
The 2022 non-financial audit has not been carried out against any external standard or for the
purpose of making recommendations beyond the requirements set out in the Constitution andRules. The procedures performed compare the relevant provisions of the Constitution and Rules
and determine if World Athletics has complied with what it is required to do, with respect to its
governance and ethical compliance obligations.
The reason for performing “agreed upon audit procedures” as opposed to a “traditional
audit” has been due to the bespoke nature of the Constitution and Rules requirements. The
procedures performed are determined by World Athletics and include review of evidence ofcompliance with the certain provisions of the Constitution and Rules and cover the year ended
31 December 2022.
In conducting the agreed upon audit procedures, EY has met with a number of World
Athletics employees to understand activity during the year and to obtain evidence to supportcompliance with the requirements set out in the Constitution and Rules. EY has then presented
their report, including their findings and recommendations, to the Executive Board Audit &Finance Committee.
Having reviewed the findings and recommendations made by EY, the Executive Board consider
that there were no findings and/or recommendations that were sufficiently significant to merit
reporting and will follow up the implementation of the recommendations.
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Anti-doping and integrity programme audit
The non-financial audit of the anti-doping and integrity programme under Article 79.3(b) isundertaken by QSA.
The scope of the 2022 audit conducted by QSA was to assess World Athletics’ compliancewith its anti-doping and integrity programme obligations, as set out in the Constitution
and Rules (Integrity Code of Conduct, Athletics Integrity Unit Rules, Anti-Doping Rules,
Athletics Integrity Unit Reporting, Investigation and Prosecution Rules, Manipulation of Sports
Competitions Rules, Disciplinary Tribunal Rules, and Disputes and Disciplinary Proceedings
Rules) for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2022.
The audit covered the management by the AIU of the integrity programme on behalf of World
Athletics in relation to anti-doping, manipulation of competition results, bribery and corruption,
betting, age manipulation, irregularities in transfers of allegiance and other breaches of theIntegrity Code of Conduct. It also included assessing compliance by the Disciplinary Tribunal
with its functions.
The audit was conducted and managed in accordance with the applicable parts of the standard
ISO 19011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems, using two different checklists. The firstwas a detailed list for the governance area, in which evidence of compliance has been collected foreach requirement, and the second was a more general checklist for operational processes related
to anti-doping activities and to combat against ethical misconduct within athletics.
The audit highlighted the capacity of the AIU to identify applicable requirements coming fromWorld Athletics (as well as WADA), and consequently, develop and adapt its processes to satisfy
these requirements and noted effective management of the TUE (therapeutic use exemption)
process, as well as efforts made to improve education and communication with stakeholders.
The AIU and World Athletics personnel involved in the integrity of athletics are competent andaware of the organisation’s objectives and the applicable risks. The personnel are also aware of theimplications of not conforming to the standards and rules.
Having reviewed the report, the Executive Board, as well as the AIU Board, took note of some
findings that had arisen during the audit, but agreed with QSA’s conclusion that these did notcompromise a general opinion of compliance with World Athletics requirements.
The 2022 anti-doping and integrity audit report is provided in Appendix F.

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CONTENTS
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS ...................................................................... 4
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS....................................................................................................... 5
STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................... 6
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT .............................................................................................. 7
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE PERIOD ...................10I.

GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................................ 10II.

ABOUT WORLD ATHLETICS ............................................................................................................................ 10

III.

OFFICIAL WORLD ATHLETICS PARTNERS ........................................................................................................ 12

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ....................................................................................13
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ............................................................. 13
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ...................................................................................................... 13
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ........................................................................................................ 14
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ................................................................................... 15
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY ....................................................................... 16
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ...........................................................................................17
A.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE ................................................ 17

B.

BASIS OF PREPARATION .......................................................................................................... 17

C.

CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLES AND PERIMETER....................................................................... 18

D.

CURRENCY TRANSLATION........................................................................................................ 19

E.

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS .......................................................................................................... 19F.

ACCRUALS AND PROVISIONS ................................................................................................... 20G.

PENSION OBLIGATIONS ........................................................................................................... 20

H.

DEBTORS .................................................................................................................................. 21I.

REVENUE.................................................................................................................................. 21

J.

OPERATING EXPENSES ............................................................................................................. 22

K.

FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES........................................................................................ 22

L.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENT......................................................... 24

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ..................................25
1.

REVENUE FROM BROADCAST RIGHTS AND SPONSORSHIP RIGHTS .................................. 25

2.

OTHER REVENUE FROM ACTIVITIES .................................................................................. 25

3.

COMPETITION AND EVENTS .............................................................................................. 26

4.

GRANTS AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 27

5.

LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE .................................................................................................. 28

6.

ADMINISTRATION .............................................................................................................. 29

7.

FINANCIAL INCOME ........................................................................................................... 30

8.

FINANCIAL EXPENSES......................................................................................................... 30

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET...........................................................................31
9.

INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY.................................................................................................. 31

10.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT................................................................................. 32

11.

TRADE RECEIVABLES AND OTHER RECEIVABLES................................................................ 33

12.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS ......................................................................................... 34

13.

EQUITY ............................................................................................................................... 34

14.

POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT AND SIMILAR OBLIGATIONS .............................................. 34

15.

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES CURRENT AND NON CURRENT...................................................... 35

16.

TRADE PAYABLES ............................................................................................................... 35

17.

OTHER PAYABLES & ACCRUED EXPENSES.......................................................................... 35

18.

DEFERRED INCOME ............................................................................................................ 36

OTHER DISCLOSURES ...................................................................................................................37
19.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 37

20.

COMMITMENTS GIVEN AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
37

21.

POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS .......................................................................................... 37

22.

RELATED PARTIES............................................................................................................... 37

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COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERSPRESIDENT
Sebastian COE(GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND)SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Sergey BUBKA(UKRAINE)

VICE-PRESIDENTS
Nawaf Bin Mohammed AL SAUD
Geoff GARDNER
Ximena RESTREPO(SAUDI ARABIA)(NORFOLK ISLAND)(COLOMBIA)

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Valerie ADAMS
Dahlan Jumaan AL HAMAD
Beatrice AYIKORU
Sylvia BARLAG
William BANKS
Raul CHAPADO
Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL
Robin Sapong EUGENIO
Helio Marinho GESTA DE MELO
Alberto JUANTORENA DANGER
Hamad KALKABA MALBOUM
Abby HOFFMAN
Dobromir KARAMARINOV
Renaud LAVILLENIE
Antti PIHLAKOSKI
Anna RICCARDI
Mike SANDS
Adille J. SUMARIWALLA
Nan WANG
Hiroshi YOKOKAWA(NEW ZEALAND)(QATAR)(UGANDA)(NETHERLANDS)(USA)(SPAIN)(MOROCCO)(NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS)(BRAZIL)(CUBA)(CAMEROON)(CANADA)(BULGARIA)(FRANCE)(FINLAND)(ITALY)(BAHAMAS)(INDIA)(CHINA)(JAPAN)CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jon RIDGEON

AUDITORS

Ernst & Young Audit Conseil & Associes

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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERSPRESIDENT
Sebastian COE(GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND)SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Sergey BUBKA(UKRAINE)

VICE-PRESIDENTS
Nawaf Bin Mohammed AL SAUD
Geoff GARDNER
Ximena RESTREPO(SAUDI ARABIA)(NORFOLK ISLAND)(COLOMBIA)APPOINTED MEMBERS
Abby HOFFMAN
Sunil SABHARWAL
Hasan ARAT

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STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES
2022 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In addition to the basic financial reporting requirements set out in the statutes of World Athletics ("theAssociation"), the Executive Board undertakes to prepare consolidated financial statements for eachfinancial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association as at the end of thefinancial period, of the surplus or loss and of the cash flow statement of the Association for that period.
In preparing those consolidated financial statements, the Executive Board considers that the Association
has used appropriate accounting policies in accordance with the note A and B of the consolidated financial
statements, consistently applied and supported by reasonable judgments and estimates, that all
accounting standards which they consider to be applicable have been followed and that the preparationof the consolidated financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate.
The Executive Board has responsibility for ensuring that the Association keeps accounting records, which
disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the association.
The Executive Board has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them tosafeguard the assets of the Association and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Executive Board.
And signed on behalf of World Athletics.
As of 31 May 2023

Sebastian COE
President

Vineesh KOCHHAR
Chief Operating Officer

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Independent Auditor’s ReportWORLD ATHLETICS
Year ended 31 December 2022
Independent auditor’s repor t on consolidated financial statements

To the Executive Board of World Athletics,

OpinionWe have audited the consolidated financial statements of World Athletics and its subsidiaries (hereafter referred to as the“Association”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2022, the consolidated statement ofcomprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity, the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year
then ended, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.
These financial statements were approved by the Executive Board.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of the Association as at December 31, 2022, and its consolidated financial performance and consolidated
cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European
Union.

Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). Our responsibilities under thosestandards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.
We are independent of the Association in accordance with the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants(including International Independence Standards) (IESBA Code) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our
audit of consolidated financial statements in Monaco, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the IESBA Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion.

Other information included in the Association’s 2022 Annual Repor t
Other information consists of the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’sreport thereon. Management is responsible for the other information.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance
conclusion thereon.

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In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,
consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in theaudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is amaterial misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, and for such internal control as Management
determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Association’s ability to continue
as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting
unless management either intends to liquidate the Association or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Association’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these
consolidated financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout
the audit. We also:•

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control;•

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in
the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Association’s internal
control;•

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related
disclosures made by management;•

Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit
evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on
the Association’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to
draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the dateof our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Entity to cease to continue as a going concern;WORLD ATHLETICS FINANCIAL REPORT | p. 8

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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation;•

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within
the Association to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction,
supervision and performance of the audit of the Association. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit
and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Restriction on Use of our Repor t
This report is addressed to the Executive Board of the Association. We assume or take no responsibility in respect of a third party
which may use this report.
This report is governed by, and construed in accordance with Monégasque law. The courts of Monaco shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in relation to any claim or dispute concerning the engagement letter or this report, and any matter arising therefrom.
Each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to object to an action being brought in any of those courts and to claim thatthe action has been brought in an inconvenient forum or that those courts do not have jurisdiction.

Monaco, June 7, 2023

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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE PERIODI.

GENERAL
Athletics compiles rules with regulations
governing international competitions and fosters
the worldwide development of athletics and thedissemination of technical and other information
to its affiliated entities.

World Athletics is a non-profit-making
association, the members of which are the
National Federations, which represent athletics
in each country of the world. Its object is toestablish legal and friendly cooperation between
all members for the benefit of athletics. WorldII.

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and find new hosts for their events. It is also
fundamental that we fully understand that
athletics is no longer just about highperformance, gold medals and records, but also
about 'sport for all' and about ensuring that the
maximum number of citizens are able toparticipate in athletics.

Athletics, a sport that was founded in Antiquity,
has continued to adapt through the centuries,
offering a dynamic, life-enhancing sport.
On 17 July 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden, following
the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, theInternational Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
was founded as the world governing body for the
sport of track and field athletics.
During the 10 decades that followed, athletics
underwent many changes which reflected thepolitical and socio-economic evolution of thewider world. Even the IAAF’s name has changed,
in 2001 becoming the ‘International Associationof Athletics Federations’ to reflect the growth ofa professional sporting world which did not exist
in 1912, and then again in 2019 to 'World
Athletics'.

This means, of course, the thriving world of roadrunning, which is where the majority of people
actually connect directly with the world of
athletics, but it is also athletics in schools, where
World Athletics is keen to ensure that we reachthe maximum number of children, all over theworld, starting at the age of four but also
including youngsters in their teens, where thedrop-off from sport is most acute.

World Athletics was founded to fulfil the need fora world governing authority, for a competition
program, for standardised technical equipment
and for a list of official world records. All of theserequirements remain today.

Despite such inherent benefits, World Athletics
recognises that athletics is competing for the
public’s attention in an ever more varied andcomplex media and entertainment-driven world
but also that we properly embrace matters

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of it in terms of global reach and impact. The next
edition of the World Athletics Championships
will be hosted in Budapest, Hungary (2023).

Athletics disciplines are among the oldest of all
sporting competitions known to mankind, with‘run, jump, throw’ the natural and universal
forms of human physical expression. The sportalso offers broader values that help us deal withlife’s challenges.

The wide variety in the type, size and scope of therest of the events of the World Athletics Series,
with their different demands in terms of logistics,
budget and facilities also means that there areWorld Athletics events available to fit the hosting
ambitions and resources of cities, large andsmall, among most of the Association’s 214
Member Federations.

We are also adapting our competition programs
to reflect the increasing diversity of attractions
from which the public can now choose.
Attracting, and most importantly retaining, theyoung as both participant and spectator are
essential if athletics is to retain its appeal. But weare also closely linked to the masters’ athletics
movement as well as ultra-distance running andmountain and trail racing.

Showing the sport's ability to innovate andrespond to changing demands, an exciting newteam competition, the World Athletics Relays,
was launched in 2014 in Nassau, The Bahamas
and has now been staged on four further
occasions, most recently in Silesia, Poland.
This variety extends beyond championships.

The biennial World Athletics Championships is
the jewel of our World Athletics Series which also
includes indoor, U20, relays, cross country, racewalking and road running throughout a four-year
cycle of events.

In 2010 a new global one-day competition
structure was unveiled. It is headed by the
Diamond League of 14 invitational track and fieldmeetings in Africa, Asia, Europe, and USA. The
Continental Tour, with Gold, Silver and Bronze
one-day meetings held across all six World
Athletics continental areas, along with the Indoor
Tour, Cross Country Tour, Race Walking Tour andCombined Events Tour offer a second tier of eliteinternational competitions. All these play out tolarge stadium, crowds and TV audiences aroundthe world.

Athletics also carries the mantle of being theleading sport of the Olympics Games. Athletics isthe main spectator stadium sport of the Games,
central to the success of each summer edition.
The histories of athletics and the Olympic Gamesare closely entwined and World Athletics is
extremely proud of this association.

As World Athletics continues in its second
century of existence, our aim is to further
enhance our vibrant sport to offer new andexciting prospects for athletes and spectators
alike. We are working hard to ensure that every
area of our sport is reviewed, tested andencouraged to strive for athletics excellence.

Both the World Athletics Championships and the
Olympic Games continue to play to packed
stadiums and attract TV audiences in theirbillions.
The marketing potential of each edition of theWorld Athletics Championships is excellent with
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III.

OFFICIAL WORLD ATHLETICS PARTNERS

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSCONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVEINCOME
in k USD
Revenue

Note

2022

2021

Television Rights & Sponsorship1

48,724

38,241Other revenue

2

6,199

44 62854,92382 86923,536

Total revenue
ExpensesCompetitions & Events

3

41,627

Grants & Development

4

10,621

9,076

Legal & Compliance512,89013,138Administration

6

Total expenses
Operating Profit

6,864

6,898

72,002

52,648-17,079

30,221

Financial Income

7

590

597

Financial Expenses

8-1,022

-987

-432

-390

Financial Result (Loss)
Share of (loss)/profit on investment in equity

9

Profit for the year

127

-59

-17,384

29,772OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
in k USD
Profit for the year

Note

2022
-17,384

2021
29,772

15

161

-5

Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Actuarial gains (losses) on retirement benefit obligations
Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
when specific conditions are met
Currency translation differences
Other comprehensive (expense)/income
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

0

0
-

161

-5

-17,222

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETin k USD
Assets

Note

2022
134

268

10

4,629

5,324

211

211

Intangible assets
Property, plant & equipment
Long term financial assets
Investments in equity-accounted investees

9Non-current assets

2021

600

472

5,574

6,275
373

Trade receivables

11

841

Prepayments & tax receivables

11

602

505

Other receivables

11

8,585

21,644Contract assets

12

0

0

Cash and cash equivalents

13

46,05153,589Current assets

56,07976,111

Total assets

61,65382,386

Reserve Fund

10,00010,000General Fund

50,86820,934

Profit/loss of the year

-17,384

29,772

14

43,48460,706

Trade payables

17

3,939

4,235

Other payables and accrued expenses

18

8,489

7,323

Financial liabilities

16

232

253

Deferred income

19

2,370

4,655

15,02916,466

Total equity & reserves (general funds)
Liabilities

Current liabilities
Provisions

15

595

769

Financial liabilities

16

2,294

2,511

Deferred income

19

250

1,935

Non-current liabilities

3,139

5,214

Total liabilities

18,16921,680Total liabilities and reserves

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
in k USD
Operating activities

Note

Net result for the year
Net financial /expense
Depreciation
Share of loss (profit) on investment in equity
Increase/(Decrease) in provisions for pension obligations(Increase)/Decrease in receivables(Increase)/Decrease in contract assets
Increase/(Decrease) in payables

7,8
10
9
15
11
12
17,18

Net cash generated by operating activities

2022

2021

-17,384

29,772

432

390

1,027

1,118

-127

59

-173

-461

8,524

-23,493

0

5,781

884

1,202

-6,81814,367-198-172

Investing activities(Purchase)/sale of property, plant & equipment

10(Purchase)/sale of intangible assets
Net cash (used)/generated in investing activities

0

0

-198

-172

Proceed from new loans / borrowings

10

0

0

Reimbursement of loans / borrowings

10

-309

-472

Interest received

7

0

32

Interest paid

8

-215

-215

Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash & cash equivalents
Cash & cash equivalents as at 1 January

13

-523

-655

-7,53813,54153,58940,048Net increase/(decrease) in cash & cash equivalents-7,53813,541

Cash & cash equivalents as at 31 December

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

in k USD
As at 31 December 2020

Reserve Fund

Other Reserves
Transfer fromincome10,00020,939Net income allocation-

Actuarial loss on retirement benefit
obligations, net of taxes
Other comprehensive income forthe period
Profit for the year

-

(5)

(5)

(5)

29,772-

29,772-

29,768-29 76810,00050,706-60,706

Net income allocation
Actuarial loss on retirement benefit
obligations, net of taxes
Other comprehensive income forthe period-

Profit for the year
Total comprehensive income for theperiodAs at 31 December 2022

Total equity
30,939(5)

Total comprehensive income for theperiodAs at 31 December 2021

Transfer fromincome statement

-

-

161

161

161

161

(17,384)-(17,384)-(17,222)-(17,222)

10,00033,484-

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIESThis note provides a list of the significant accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these
consolidated financial statements. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented,
unless otherwise stated. The financial statements are for the Association consisting of World Athletics andits subsidiaries.

A.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

World
Athletics’consolidated
financialstatements for the year ended 31 December
2022 have been prepared in accordance with the
IFRS as adopted by the European Union. Thesestandards are available on the European Union’s
website at:https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economyeuro/company-reporting-andauditing/company-reporting/financialreporting_en#ifrs-financial-statements.

B.

The financial statements are accompanied bydisclosures deemed to be material as required byregulation no. 1606/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the council, which areavailable on the European Union’s website at:https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/internationalaccounting-standards-regulation-ec-no-16062002_en

BASIS OF PREPARATION
New and amended standards adopted by the
Association

Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared ona going concern basis, under the historic costconvention, except for the following:•••

The Association has applied the following
standards and amendments for the first time for
their annual reporting period commencing 1
January 2022:

certain financial assets and liabilities(including derivative instruments),
certain classes of property, plant andequipment and investment property –measured at fair value
assets held for sale – measured at fairvalue less costs to sell, anddefined benefit pension plans – plan
assets measured at fair value.

•
•
•

•
Management has concluded that the Association
has adequate resources to continue in operation
for at least the next 12 months from 31
December 2022 and that the going concern basisof accounting remains appropriate.

Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards
2018-2020 Cycle.
Reference to the Conceptual Framework(Amendments to IFRS 3)
Property, Plant and Equipment — Proceeds
before Intended Use (Amendments to IAS
16)
Onerous Contracts — Cost of Fulfilling aContract (Amendments to IAS 37)

The amendments listed above did not have any
impact on the amounts recognised in prior andWORLD ATHLETICS FINANCIAL REPORT | p. 17

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•

current periods and are not expected tosignificantly affect the current or future periods.

••

IFRS standards, amendments or interpretations
adopted by the European Union applicable after
2022 :••C.

•

Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities
arising from a Single Transaction(Amendments to IAS 12)
Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback(Amendments to IFRS 16)

Classification of Liabilities as Current or NonCurrent (Amendments to IAS 1)
Amendments to IFRS 17
DisclosureofAccounting
Policies(Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS PracticeStatement 2)
DefinitionofAccounting
Estimates(Amendments to IAS 8)

The Group has decided not to apply thesestandards early.

CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLES AND PERIMETER
the power to participate in the financial andoperating policy decisions of that entity but does
not have the power to exercise control or joint
control over those policies. Under the equity
method, the investment is initially recognised atcost, and subsequently adjusted to reflectchanges in the net assets of the associate or joint
venture.

The Association consolidates its subsidiaries, i.e.
entities directly or indirectly controlled by the
Association. The Association controls an entity
when (i) it is exposed to, or has rights, to variable
returns from its involvement with the entity, and(ii) it has the ability to affect those returns
through its power over the entity.
Subsidiaries are accounted for using the fullconsolidation method from the date the
Association obtains control and until the
Association loses control of the subsidiary.

The perimeter of the consolidation is comprisedof World Athletics and World Athletics
Productions Ltd, partially owned by World
Athletics (50%) and recorded as equity
accounted investment.

Entities over which the Association has joint
control or significant influence are accounted forusing the equity method. The Association is
generally presumed to have significant influencewhen it holds at least approximatively 50% of theentity’s voting rights. The Association exercises
significant influence over an entity when it has

World Athletics has the ability to exercise
significant influence over this entity andconcluded this investment should be recorded as
equity accounted investment.

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D.

CURRENCY TRANSLATION
Transactions in currencies that are not the US
dollar are translated into US dollars at thetransaction date exchange rate.

The consolidated financial statements arepresented in Thousands of United States Dollars,
the functional currency of the Association at theexchange closing rate. Any resulting exchange
differences are recognised in the statement ofcomprehensive income.

E.

Monetary assets and liabilities whose currency is
not US dollars are translated into US dollars at
the closing exchange rate.

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
equipment are recognised in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income.
Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis
over its estimated useful lives that are as follows:

Property, plant and equipment are measured atcost less accumulated depreciation andaccumulated impairment losses. Gains andlosses on the disposal of property, plant andOffice furniture and equipment
Computer equipment
Leasehold improvements
Motor cars

5 to 10 years
5 years
up to 15 years
5 yearsincremental borrowing rate, which is a risk-freerate adjusted to reflect the specific risk profile ofWorld Athletics. Because lease payments are
spread over the lease term, the Association
applies a discount rate based on the duration of
those payments.

Leases contracted by the Association areaccounted for in accordance with IFRS 16(Leases). The Association recognises a right-ofuse asset and a lease liability for all of its lease
contracts, except for (i) leases relating to lowvalue assets and (ii) short-term leases (12months or less). Payments made in respect ofleases not recognised on the balance sheet arerecognised as an operating expense on astraight-line basis over the lease term.

The payments used to determine the liability for
future lease payments exclude non-lease
components but include fixed payments that the
Association expects to make to the lessor overthe estimated lease term.

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F.

ACCRUALS AND PROVISIONS
specific circumstances justify the balance to be
maintained in the balance sheet.

A provision is recognised when World Athletics
has a legal or constructive obligation towards a
third party as a result of a past event, when it isprobable that an outflow or economic benefits
will be required to settle the obligation and whena reliable estimate can be made of future cash
outflows.

Payables are not interest bearing and are statedat their nominal value.
Contingent liabilities are not recognised unlessthe likelihood of a liability is probable. They aredisclosed in the notes to the financial statements
unless the possibility of an outflow of economic
resources is remote.

Any accrued liability not consumed within two
years after the recognition date shall be reversedin the consolidated income statement unlessG.

PENSION OBLIGATIONSThe net interest cost is calculated by applying thediscount rate to the net balance of the defined
benefit obligation. This cost is included in
employee benefit expense in the statement of
profit or loss.

The retirement benefit obligations relate to
Monaco employees. Under legislation in
Monaco, the Association is required to provide a
pension based on legal requirements, or, on thecollective labor agreement requirements if theseones are more advantageous than legal. For
Monaco employees, pensions are computed
based upon the last twelve months grossremuneration, excluding bonuses and othercomplementary remuneration. The liability
which is paid once upon the retirement of theemployee is recognised in the balance sheet inrespect of these defined benefit pension plans.
This is the present value of the defined benefit
obligation at the end of the reporting period. The
defined benefit obligation is calculated each year
using the projected unit credit method. The
present value of the defined benefit obligation isdetermined by discounting the estimated future
cash outflows using interest rates of high-quality
corporate bonds that are denominated in thecurrency in which the benefits will be paid, andthat have terms approximating to the terms of
the related obligation.

Remeasurement gains and losses arising fromexperience adjustments and changes in actuarial
assumptions are recognised in the period inwhich they occur, directly in othercomprehensive income. They are included inretained earnings in the statement of changes inequity and in the balance sheet.

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H.

DEBTORSfinancing components, when they are recognised
at fair value. The Association holds the tradereceivables with the objective to collect thecontractual cash flows and therefore measuresthem subsequently at amortized cost using theeffective interest method.

Trade receivables are amounts due from
customers for services performed in the ordinary
course of business. They are all classified as
current. Trade receivables are recognised initiallyat the amount of consideration that is
unconditional unless they contain significant

I.

REVENUEare accounted for on the basis of the value of inkind contribution.

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it isprobable that the Association will derive
economic benefit from it and that the revenue
can be reliably measured.
World Athletics related revenue
primarily of the following items:••••

During 2018, an amendment to the agreement
for the period of 2020-2029 was signed. This new
agreement calls for a minimum guarantee overthe 10-year period of US$130m. The agreement
for commercial Sponsorship also includes a
profit-share income clause.

consists

television rights (e.g., media rights)
commercial rights (e.g., sponsorship)value in kindtechnical certification

The performance obligations are identified as theright to access intellectual property and as suchrevenue is recognised on a straight-line basis
over the term of the contract.

The exclusive broadcast partners payment isreceived twice per year and covers the broadcast
rights for all World Athletics events for the year.
The current agreement was signed in April 2018
and covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31
December 2023.

For profit share revenue recognition,
management
exercises
itsjudgement
to determine an estimate of the profit sharedirectly attributable to the financial year andrecognises this in the period it is earned.

Commercial sponsorship income is split in threeparts: the first part corresponds to theCommercial rights and yearly invoices amounts
to US$8.5m per year. The second part relates to
the TV rights in Japan which generates a revenueof US$4.5m per year. The third part relates tocommission based on the value in kind undersponsorship contracts. Value in kind in the formof products and services supplied by sponsors foruse in events and is recognised as revenue andexpenses in the consolidated statement ofcomprehensive income. Commissions on value inkind due to the Association’s marketing partner

Technical certifications provided by World
Athletics are performed at a point in time with acertification duration of three or five years,
regarding sportive infrastructures. Revenue
generated from Technical certifications is
recognised at a point in time when the technicalcertification is provided.
The performance obligations have been
determined for each contract and the revenue
recognition method for each contract has been
determined in accordance with IFRS 15.

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J.

OPERATING EXPENSES
marketing, promotion, publications, hospitality
and other event expenses), information
technology, employee salaries and benefits,depreciation and amortization of non-current
assets.

Total expenses are the gross outflow of
economic benefits that arise from the ordinary
activity of organising an event as well as fromWorld Athletics administrative activities.
Total expenses consist primarily of the following
items: contributions to member federations,anti-doping integrity unit, event expenses (direct
event expenses, broadcast and media,

K.

Expenditure relating to future events is deferred
and recognised in the consolidated income
statement when the event takes place

FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES-

The financial income and financial expenses
include the following:- financial income, consisting of interest
income from interest-bearing assets, aswell as realised and unrealised foreignexchange gains;

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financial expenses comprising realised
and unrealised foreign exchange losses
as well as bank charges and any interest
costs.

L.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Association’s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of the financial
markets and seeks to minimise any potential adverse effects on the Association’s financial performance.
The Management Board provides principles for the overall management of risks such as foreign exchangerisk, credit risk and liquidity risk.
(a)Foreign exchange risk

The Association operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from transactions
denominated in currencies other than the United States Dollar, which is the functional and presentation
currency of the Association.
Operating income/expenses and the cash flows of the Association are affected by exchange rate
fluctuations, principally between the Euro and the US Dollar. The Association estimates that the impact inabsolute terms of a 10% increase or decrease in this rate on its operating income for the year ended 31
December 2022 would not have been material.
During the periods presented, the Association did not engage in any hedging operations.
(b)

Credit risk

Credit risk is managed on an Association-wide basis. Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, anddeposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposure to customers, including
outstanding receivables and committed transactions. The credit risk on receivables is mitigated by thequality of the client.
Credit risk linked to cash, deposits and current financial instruments is not material given the quality of
the financial institutions’ counterparties.
(c)Liquidity risk

Management monitors rolling forecasts of the Association’s liquidity requirements on a quarterly basis toensure it has enough cash available to meet its operational needs. Expenditure trends are balanced withcommitted revenues to ensure adequate liquidity is maintained.
World Athletics benefits from long term Commercial and Broadcast contracts that provide flexibility inmanaging operational cash needs. In addition, the Olympic Dividend generally received every four years
allows the Association to smoothen its long-term expenditure patterns.

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M. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENT
judgement todeterminetheuniqueperformance obligation, which is defined as theright to access intellectual property.

The preparation of financial statements requires
the use of accounting estimates which, bydefinition, will seldom equal the actual results.
Management also needs to exercise judgement
in applying the Association’s accounting policies.

Accrual of profit share expectation forthe year. Management exercises its judgement
to determine an estimate of the profit sharedirectly attributable to the financial year andwhen the recognition criteria has been met.

This note provides an overview of the areas thatinvolved a higher degree of judgement orcomplexity, and of items which are more likely to
be materially adjusted due to estimates andassumptions turning out to be wrong. Detailed
information about each of these estimates andjudgements is included in other notes together
with information about the basis of calculationfor each affected line item in the financial
statements.

Value in kind amount for year included inrevenue. Management is required to estimate
the fair value of any value in kind goods orservices received during the period and record
these amounts as revenue and expenses.
Determining fair value requires management toexercise significant judgement. In the event fairvalue cannot be reasonably estimated, no value
is recognised.

Television rights and commercial rights
performance obligations. Management uses its

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income1. REVENUE FROM BROADCAST RIGHTS AND SPONSORSHIP RIGHTS
in k USD

2022

2021

Broadcast Rights

14,725

14,725

Commercial Rights

13,00013,000Commercial Rights (Profit share)

7,977

5,712

Value in kind

11,672

3,424

Diamond League

1,350

1,380

Total revenue from Broadcast Rights and Commercial Rights

48,724

38,241

2. OTHER REVENUE FROM ACTIVITIESin k USD
Olympic Dividend
Russian Athletics Federation reimbursement
International Olympic Committee Development program contribution
World Athletics certification system

2022

2021

0

39,478

1,113

1,532

250

250

1,593

1,416

23

43

Other income

3,219

1,908

Total revenue from other activities

6,199

44,628Court of Arbitration for Sport refund

Other revenue includes monies received across a host of miscellaneous areas and some of the significant
ones included are reimbursements that offset an equal amount included in expenditure. Examples include
the Russian Athletics Federation reimbursement and ‘Other income’ which includes income received fromthe Label Road Race program and out-of-competition anti-doping testing.
Certification income pertains to monies received from across the globe where World Athletics assists indefining and measuring standards for tracks and equipment used in athletics events.
The Olympic Dividend is received once in every 4-year Olympic cycle in the year when the games are held
and hence there is no corresponding Olympic dividend received from the International Olympic Committee
during 2022.

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3. COMPETITION AND EVENTS
in k USD

2022

2021

World Athletics Series Competitions

8,828

1,453

Diamond League

2,479

2,464

Olympic Games

7

1,390

WA Tours & Permit

1,881

1,286

Other expenses (Competition & Events)

1,688

1,032

Staff costs and consultants

2,273

2,030

Competition & Events

17,155

9,655

Value in kind commissions

13,128

3,852

Information technology

3,508

3,504

Broadcasting

1,493

1,392

Marketing

1,093

762

494

430

3,946

3,190

Commercial partnerships
Communication & publications
Health & science
Total Competition and Events

810

751

41,62723,536This includes spend on our World Athletics Series (WAS) events and costs for departments that work mostclosely with our event cycle.
2022 had a full calendar of events and we hosted four World Athletic Series (WAS) events during the year.
These included our World Championships, World Indoor Championships, World Race Walking TeamChampionships, and the World Under-20 Championships. In comparison we hosted only two WAS events
during 2021. This is the primary driver for the increased spend in 2022. In addition, 2022 saw an improved
cycle of events within our Member Federations and the Area Associations. Our other departments thatclosely support our annual events cycle were also able to execute on more activities and projects insupport of these events. Consequently, the overall spends by department included above are higher in
2022.

The above total includes our annual spend towards the support we offer to the Diamond League. Also
included in this total is the support we offer to the World Athletics Continental Tour, World Athletics
Indoor Tour, World Athletics Cross Country Tour, World Athletics Race Walking Tour, and World Athletics
Combined Events Tour.

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4. GRANTS AND DEVELOPMENTin k USD

2022

2021

Area Development grant (a)

1,588

1,418

787

683

Other items

361

275

Staff costs

1,026

992

Area Administration grant (b)

1,450

1,450

Competition grant (c)

2,257

1,041

Member Federation grant (d)

1,675

1,591

Athletics Olympic dividend (e)

0

1,574

Athletics Grant for Growth (f)

1,358

0

119

54

10,621

9,076

Education

Continental program, exceptionnal support & tracks
Total Grants and Development

This includes World Athletics spend on the Development of the sport and the support that we offer to ourMember Federations and Area Associations.
The reduced impacts coming from Covid-19 since 2021 are the primary drivers for increased activity andproportionately higher spends particularly with regards to the Competition grant following the resumptionof a full calendar or events across the majority of the Areas. In addition, increases in the Area Development
grant, Education and Member Federation grant all reflect increased activities. 2021 marked the end of the
2-year cycle for the Athletics Olympic Dividend grant. Instead a new one-year project-based grant, Grant
for Growth, was provided to Member Federations to support deliver of projects aligned to the actions in
the World Plan for Athletics 2022-2030.
Area Development grants (a) are paid annually to support Area Associations to deliver development andeducation programs primarily through the Area Development Centres (ADCs). The Areas determine theirbusiness plans and activities to be supported based on the needs of their member federations and within
an agreed development framework with World Athletics providing a supporting and oversight role. The
Areas are responsible for the day-to-day management of the ADCs in their respective region and for theselection and organisation of educational coaching courses and seminars. Two activities remain mandatory
at the ADCs – women’s and youth.
Area Administration grants (b) are paid annually to assist Area Associations to operate and include:•••

Maintaining a permanent office as HQ
Defraying costs of rent, utilities, internet, telephone, website, office supplies, staff salaries,
institutional meetings and other costs
Supporting the delivery of institutional meetings.

Area Competition grants (c) are paid annually to support the organisation and delivery of competitions at
a continental level including:•••

Regional and International Competitions
Area Championships
One-day Continental Tour meetings.

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Member Federation grants (d) are paid annually to ensure the Member Federation can function and meetits basic membership obligations. It covers:•••

Administration (including staff, office, utilities and communication equipment)
Organisation (national championships)
Travel to competitions.

Athletics Olympic Dividend grant (e) was a 2-year project-based grant designed to provide tailoredsupport across the 2-year (2020-2021) period to meet Member Federations individual strategic priorities
focused on the delivery of activity within one of the following five areas:
•
•
•
•
•

Provide education and training
Provide equipment
Support development and delivery of competitions
Support athletes (training, competition, talent ID)
Supports youth and grassroots projects (mass participation and school projects).

Grants for growth (f) is a one-year project-based grant designed to support Member Federations to deliver
the identified actions and objectives within the World Plan for Athletics. Member Federations can use thegrant to help deliver any of the Member Federation actions listed under the four strategic goals dependent
on their own priorities and needs.

5. LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE
in k USD
Congress

2022
0

2021
178

World Athletics Council and Executive Board

1,214

991

World Athletics committees

930World Athletics Independent Ethics Board

0

91

1,106

1,315

World Athletics working groups
International Associations meetings

84

48

Staff costs

465

539

Governance

2,962

3,160

Athletics Integrity Unit

8,877

8,809

Legal

1,050

1,168

Total Compliance12,89013,138This includes World Athletics spend on Governance activities, Legal & Regulatory spend and spend
associated with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
We have continued to embrace the new normal of hosting meetings virtually wherever possible. That said,
there has been a logical increase in face-to-face meetings for our Council, Executive Board and ourGovernance groups through the year.

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The AIU is an independent body created by World Athletics that manages all integrity issues – both doping
and non-doping – for the sport of athletics. Their annual budget is approved by the World Athletics
Executive Board. The total AIU spend as shown above includes amounts reimbursed by the Russian
Athletics Federation that have been shown as income in ‘Other Revenue’.
Our Legal costs continue to trend downwards as an outcome of reduced litigation spend and significantly
reduced external dependence on Legal advisors.

6. ADMINISTRATION
in k USD

2022

2021

Administration

5,053

5,084

Amortisation

1,027

1,118

Heritage
Total Administration

783

696

6,863

6,898

This includes spend for our administrative departments such as Finance, Human Resources and Heritage
along with their associated staff costs. Expenses such as Audit fees, rentals, telephony, travel, andtranslation are all included here.
Continued rationalisation of our administration spends has meant that the total costs for 2022 are in-linewith our spend in the previous year.

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7. FINANCIAL INCOME
in k USD

2022

2021

Foreign exchange

534

288

Interests

56

309

Financial income

590

597

This includes our financial incomes during the year primarily related to the multi-currency impacts fromour business operations.

8. FINANCIAL EXPENSES
in k USD

2022

2021

Foreign exchange

734

235

Bank charges

144

112

Interest expense

121

633

Post-employment benefit obligations

22

7

1,022

987

Financial expenses

This includes financial and bank charges incurred during the year.

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9.

INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY

in k USD

2022

2021

Carrying amount as of January 1st

472

531

Share of profit / (loss) on investment in equity

127

-59

600

472

Significant influence

Investment at cost
Investments in equity as of December 31st

Investments in equity are related to World Athletics Productions Ltd, partly owned by World Athletics(50%).

World Athletics Productions Ltd
in k USD

2022

2021

Current Assets

2,220

7,187

Current Liabilities

1,488

6,701

Revenue

14,2382,422

Profit/(loss)

255

-118

Furthermore, World Athletics holds a 6% investment in Nitro Athletics Australia which is held at nil value.

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10.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENTThe Right of Use of assets detailed below predominantly relates to leased offices premises.
Property, plant and equipment break down as follows:in k USD
Cost
Balance as of 31
December 2021
Additions
Balance as of 31
December 2022
Accumulated
depreciation
Balance as of 31
December 2021

Officefurniture &equipment

Computerequipment

Leaseholdimprovements

Motor cars

Right of use of
asset

Total

630

2,204

4,555

82

4,059

11,530

4

194

634

2,398

4,555

82

4,059

11,728

82

1,755

6,206

263

893

198

381

1,619

2,368

Depreciation

62

229

339

Balance as of 31
December 2022

443

1,848

2,708

82

2,018

7,100

Net carrying
amountAs of 31
December 2021
As of 31
December 2022

248

585

2,187

0

2,304

5,324

190

549

1,848

0

2,041

4,628

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11.

TRADE RECEIVABLES AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
2022

2021

in USD

Gross

Provision

Net

Net

Trade receivables

1,073

232

841

373

Trade receivables

1,073

232

841

373

in USD
Receivables from directors

Gross
22

Provision

Net
22

Other receivables

9,278

715

8,564

21,641Other receivables & current assets

9,300

715

8,585

21,644

2022

2021
Net
3

Prepayments

141

141

86

Tax receivables (VAT)

461

461

419

Prepayments & tax receivables

602

602

505

0

Trade receivables and other receivables that are not yet due are not considered impaired. The main
reasons for the decrease in other receivables at the end of 2022 is on account of a receivable from Dentsu
for the profit share payable to World Athletics for 2020-2021 and the final instalment of our Olympic
Dividend due from the IOC which were included in the 2021 numbers. These amounts were subsequently
received in 2022. Other receivables for 2022 are primarily made up of 50% of Dentsu profit sharereceivable for the 2022-2023 cycle.
Allowances for doubtful accounts amounted to US$715k in 2022, with no variation compared to 2021.

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12.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents break down as follows:in k USD

2022

2021

US Dollars

43,824

52,988Other currencies

2,216

589

Deposit and current accounts

46,04053,577US Dollars

1

1

Other currencies

10

11

Cash on hand
Total cash and cash equivalents

11

12

46,05153,589As of 31 December 2022, this item comprised cash at bank of US$46,051k. There are no short-term
investments.

13.

EQUITYThe change in equity from 2021 to 2022 is on account of loss during the year of US$17,384k.

14.

POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT AND SIMILAR OBLIGATIONS
Post-employment benefit obligationsin k USD
Balance as of 31 December 2021

769

Operating costs-35

Financial expense

22

Other comprehensive expense-161

Balance as of 31 December 2022

595

The pension obligation is unfunded and therefore, no pension assets are held by World Athletics.
Furthermore, the changes of the significant actuarial assumptions were considered as not significant in
the context of the consolidated financial statements. The main impact of the decrease is related to the
sharp rise in discount rates (2021 : 0,95% and 2022 : 3,77%).
The significant actuarial assumptions were as follows:- Assumptions regarding future mortality are set based on actuarial advice in accordance with publishedstatistics and experience in the region (INSEE 2015-2017 mortality table). These assumptions translate into
an average life expectancy in years for a pensioner retiring the ages of 62 for employees, and 63 formanagement.
- Probability of departure before retirement age for current employees.

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- Financial discount rate of 3.77% and salary increase rate of 5.55% for the pension obligation as of 31
December 2022

15.

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES CURRENT AND NON CURRENT

in k USD

2022

Current financial liabilities

232

2021
253

Non-current financial liabilities

2,294

2,511

Total lease liabilities

2,525

2,763

The financial liabilities balance as shown above is comprised of lease liabilities under IFRS 16. Of the total
payable of US$2,525k, the amount due in the next 12 months is US$232k, amount due between 1 and 5
years is US$785k and the amount due in more than 5 years is US$1,509k.

16.

TRADE PAYABLES

in USD

2022

2021

Trade payables

3,939

4,235

Trade payables

3,939

4,235

Trade Payables include dues for regular operating expenses incurred by the Association. This amountprimarily pertains to expenses for 2022 that were paid after the cut-off date of 31 December 2022.

17.

OTHER PAYABLES & ACCRUED EXPENSES

in k USD

2022

Payable to directors

108

138

Other payables

7,203

6,108

Accrued expenses

1,179

1,077

Tax payables
Other payables & accrued expenses

2021

0

0

8,489

7,323

Other payables as of 31 December 2022 are primarily made up of expenditure around Grants given to Area
Associations and Member Federations that have not been paid yet, Prize money payments due for 2022
events, and Bid guarantees received from hosts of our future World Athletic Series events. All of these
expenses will be settled during 2023.
Accrued expenses as of 31 December 2022 include amounts due for unpaid vacation for staff and relatedsocial contributions. No major variance compared to 2021.

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18.

DEFERRED INCOME

in k USD

2022

2021

Current deferred income

2,370

4,655

250

1,935

2,620

6,590

Non-current deferred income
Deferred income

Current deferred income amounts include US$1,705k from television rights and sponsorships contracts,and US$670k related to future World Athletics events which are scheduled to be held in 2023.
Non-current deferred income consists of US$250k received as advance payments against events that will
be held in future years.

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OTHER DISCLOSURES

19.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The different types of financial risks and their impacts are detailed in note L of this document.

20.

COMMITMENTS GIVEN AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND OFF-BALANCESHEET EVENTS

Consequent to a loan agreement signed with Diamond League AG (“DLAG”) in October 2021, World
Athletics agreed to provide DLAG with a loan of US$2m payable in two instalments as of 31 March 2023
and 31 March 2024. The loan will be fully reimbursed to World Athletics by the end of June 2025. The first
instalment of this loan was paid during March 2023. Other than this, there are no commitments,
contingent liabilities and off-balance sheet events that management is aware of and need to be disclosed
separately.

21.

POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

A review was undertaken by management to assess any consequences on the financial statements arisingfrom the Russia-Ukraine conflict or from the resulting sanctions imposed on Russia. It was concluded there
are no material impacts on the consolidated financial statements.

22.

RELATED PARTIES

Under IFRS guidelines, the following are treated as related parties: Executive Board Members, Council
Members, President, Chief Executive Officer, Diamond League, and World Athletics Productions Ltd. The
table below includes amounts paid to related parties during the year.

in k USD
Executive Board, Council Members, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Allowances
Other benefits (housing)
Other long-term benefits (retirement)

2022
1,061
994
19
48

2021
1,127
1,031
42
54

Amounts paid to World Athletics Productions Ltd. during 2022 were US$2,525k primarily on account ofsalary reimbursements and office costs. A loan agreement from World Athletics to World Athletics

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Productions Ltd has been signed in 2018 for US$234k. Of this amount, World Athletics received areimbursement of US$117k during 2022.
Amounts paid to Diamond League during 2022 were US$2,659k primarily to cover costs in relation to
Diamond League meets that were held during the year. As of 31 December 2022 amount due to Diamond
League was $0.
In 2022, World Athletics has recorded an amount of US$158k payable to the Complete Leisure Group, forservices and workspace of an executive assistant to the President during time spent in London inconnection with World Athletics business, provided at cost pursuant to a secondment agreement.

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REMUNERATION POLICYWorld Athletics position

Remuneration and expenses

Executive Board(base fee for all members including President andVice-Presidents)

USD 22,500 per annum

Chair of EB Committee(supplementary fee)

USD 2,500 per annum

President

USD 250,000 per annum (plus EB base fee above)

Council(all members, including Executive Board members)

Per diem of USD 300 per day, plus allowance of
USD 6,000 per annum
Travel, meals and accommodation provided by World
Athletics (travel based on business class airfare plus
per diem for each day (12 hours) of travel)
Per diem of USD 300 per day, plus allowance of USD
3,000 per annum and:• USD 12,000 per annum (if lives in the same city as
Area headquarters)

Council(Area Presidents)• USD 18,000 per annum (if does not live in thesame city as Area headquarters)

Senior Vice-President

USD 1,000 per EB meeting chaired (if the President
is absent)

Commissions(members other than Council Members)

Per diem of USD 50 per day

Working Groups and Panels(members other than Council Members)

Per diem of USD 50 per day

Travel, meals and accommodation covered

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Remuneration and expenses

Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Board members(independent members and supplementary fee forCouncil Member)

USD 15,000 per annum

AIU Board Chair

USD 25,000 per annum

Vetting Panel members

USD 25,000 per annum

Vetting Panel Chair

USD 50,000 per annum

Disciplinary Tribunal members

Fixed rate for each case, plus associated expenses

Disciplinary Tribunal Chair

USD 33,000 annual retainer

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Summary of procedures and results

Background:
The Constitution of World Athletics includes a requirement to appoint auditors to perform an audit of
the annual financial statements (Article 79.2) and an audit of certain responsibilities set out in World
Athletics Rules and Regulations (Article 79.3).
The full text from the Constitution is included below for reference:“79.2 The annual financial statements in Article 79.1(a) shall be audited annually by an auditor
appointed by Congress under Article 27.1(m). The auditor shall be a practicing chartered accountant
who is independent of WA.
79.3 There shall be two (2) other Auditors (in addition to the auditor appointed under Article 79.2)
responsible for auditing the following as specified in the Rules and Regulations:a. compliance by World Athletics with its Governance and Ethical Compliance obligations as set out in
the Constitution, the Rules and Regulations; and,b. compliance by World Athletics with its anti-doping and integrity program including the Athletics
Integrity Unit as set out in the Constitution, the Rules and Regulations.”
Ernst & Young Audit Conseil & Associés in Monaco (EY) has been appointed by World Athletics as its
Auditors to perform certain audit procedures to assist World Athletics in addressing the requirements
set out above.
The audit of the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 as described in
Article 79.2 has been completed and reported on separately.
The subject of this report is to present findings from the testing performed by EY at the request ofWorld Athletics specifically in relation to Article 79.3(a) above, referred to as the Non-Financial Audit
on Governance and Ethical Compliance.
The Non-Financial Audit of the anti-doping and integrity programmes under Article 79.3(b) isundertaken by another company, QSA.

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Scope of work:
In November 2021, EY was appointed by the World Athletics Congress as the Auditors for the NonFinancial Audits testing compliance by World Athletics with its Governance and Ethical Complianceobligations as set out in the World Athletics Constitution and Rules and Regulations for the years
ending 31 December 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (together “the Non-Financial Audits”). The subject of
this report is the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.
World Athletics requested that EY perform “Agreed upon audit procedures” and provide a report on its
findings. The specific procedures to be performed were determined by World Athletics and the reporton their findings is factual in nature.
The Non-Financial Audit has not been carried out against any external standard or for the purpose of
making recommendations beyond the requirements set out in the Constitution, Rules andRegulations. The procedures performed compare the relevant provisions of the Constitution, Rules
and Regulations and determine if World Athletics has complied with what it is required to do, withrespect to its governance and ethical compliance obligations.
The reason for performing “Agreed upon audit procedures” as opposed to a traditional “Audit” hasbeen due to the bespoke nature of the Constitution, Rules and Regulations requirements.
The contents of this report are subject to the terms and conditions of our appointment as set out in our
engagement letter. This report is made solely to World Athletics in accordance with our engagement
letter. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to World Athletics those matters we are
required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than World Athletics for this report or forthe opinions we have formed. It should not be provided to any third party without our prior writtenconsent. We acknowledge that this report will be shared with World Athletics Members.

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Testing approach:
1. EY reviewed all of the documents setting out the rules on the governance of World Athletics
and those relating to ethical compliance in order to form a basis for our testing. The
documents included the following:
Governance:
G1: Constitution
G2: Governance Rules
Ethical Compliance:
E1: Vetting Rules
E2: Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules.
E3: Candidacy Rules
2. EY met with a number of key stakeholders to understand actions that had been taken to meetthe obligations and to agree the scope and approach to our testing. EY received the fullcooperation and support from World Athletics and other stakeholders. The individuals EY met
with included the following:
Helen Delany – Director International Relations & Development Department
Anne-Marie Garrigan – Governance Senior Manager
Jee Isram – Member Federations Relations Senior Manager – Head of Protocol
Niels Lindholm – Ethical Compliance Officer
Vineesh Kochhar – Chief Operating Officer
3. EY then agreed the scope of testing included in this report with Vineesh Kochhar on behalf of
the Chief Executive Officer. EY then reviewed available evidence (for example, meeting
minutes, emails, forms and other records) on a sample basis to consider compliance with theConstitution, Rules and Regulations as set out in this report.

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G1: CONSTITUTION
Summary: The Constitution provides the legal basis on which the World Athletics exists andfunctions.
Persons responsible: Helen Delany, Anne-Marie Garrigan (all of the constitution except grant
attributions), Jee Isram (grant attribution)
Summary findings:
The majority of the Articles tested complies with the Constitution
Certain articles require more precision or are still to be implemented as some of these areamendments to the 2019 Constitution:o Article 63: the CEO was appointed prior to this article but we recommend World
Athletics to comply with these requirements for the next approval of the terms andconditions of the Chief Executive’s employment.
Note: Our FY21 procedures were based on 2019 Constitution. The 53rd World Athletics Congressapproved amendments to the World Athletics Constitution that took effect on 1 December 2021. Aftera review of the approved amendments applied, we conclude the new version of the Constitution has
no impact on FY21 procedures.

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G2: GOVERNANCE RULES
Summary of rules: The Governance Rules set out the procedures for the bodies in the governancestructure including Council, Executive Board, the Commissions and Working Groups, Nominations
Panel as well as other matters such as the audits and transparency standards.
Note: The part related to the Transparency Standards took effect from 1 January 2021
Persons responsible: Helen Delany, Anne-Marie Garrigan
Summary findings:
The majority of the rules tested complied with the Governance Rules
Certain rules were required to be implemented as of 1 January 2021:
o Rule 8: We recommend World Athletics to comply with the following Rule:8.2.15: share the documentation related to Working Groups, as of 1 January
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E1: VETTING RULES
Summary of Vetting Rules: The Vetting Rules seek to ensure that in line with Part IX of World
Athletics Constitution, a person seeking election or applying to be a World Athletics Official or toremain in office as a World Athletics Official must be determined to be “Eligible” (as defined in theConstitution) to hold that office. The Vetting Rules also seek to establish a process for determiningthat each World Athletics Official is and remains Eligible. Background checks to fulfil therequirements for an Integrity Check may be carried out with the assistance of Control Risks, anexternal specialist consultancy.
The scope of the application of these rules is as set out in Rule 4 of Vetting Rules and includes
Applicants for appointment or election as World Athletics Officials, and Existing World Athletics
Officials.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary findings:
The Rules tested complied with the Vetting Rules

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E2: CONFLICTS, DISCLOSURES AND GIFT RULES
Summary of rules: The Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules seek to ensure compliance with Article
4.9 of World Athletics Constitution, to safeguard the authenticity and integrity of Athletics and to takeall possible measures to eliminate corrupt conduct which might place the authenticity or integrity ofAthletics at risk. All World Athletics Officials and World Athletics staff must perform their duties in thebest interests of WA, free from any other interest that might conflict with their loyalty to World Athletics
or give rise to a perception of undue influence on decisions affecting WA.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary of findings:
The rules tested complied with the Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules
Rule 7: Recommendation of formalization for gifts kept: When a gift is kept by the ECO (onlyhe has the authority to keep them in the locker), only an email by himself is sent to confirm
the gift will be kept in the locker.
In 2020, we observed our recommendation was considered as a document is now filed whena gift is received. The created form includes the date of the storage, the description of the gift
and the signature of the ECO and the person having received the gift.
However, we did not observe any inventory.
We recommend World Athletics:
o Each year to prepare an inventory of the gifts in the locker; the stock count should be
performed by a person different from the ECO.
o When registering the gift in a dedicated software, a unique serial number should beallocated. Thanks to this procedure, the stock count procedure would be morevaluable.
o When each gift is sold, a record should be made of the sale and the ECO should
retain this record and proof of payment. Hence, we can ensure the gifts have notbeen taken for personal use. As no cases of gifts sold in 2021, we were not in
position to assess if our recommendation was considered.

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E3: CANDIDACY RULES
Summary of rules: The Candidacy Rules describe the rights and obligations of candidates for election
to positions within World Athletics and the role and responsibilities of the Election Oversight Panel.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary findings:
The rules tested complied with the Candidacy Rules
Rules 9: Recommendation to add in appendix of the Candidacy Rules the differences
between minor and major allegations. The Candidacy Rules only mentions the rule whichapplies in case of major allegation. A differentiation of process is made between the minor
and the major allegations. The document which mentions the application criteria and theprocess should be mentioned in the Candidacy Rules and inserted as an appendix.

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Compliance by World Athletics with its anti-doping and integrity programmes including
the Athletics Integrity Unit, as set out in the Constitution, Rules and Regulations.

Audit Scope2.
For the period starting from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 management by
the Athletics Integrity Unit of the integrity programme on behalf of World Athletics:
anti-doping, manipulation of competition results, bribery and corruption, betting, age
manipulation, irregularities in transfers of allegiance and other breaches of theIntegrity Code of Conduct.
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A1 – WA Constitution (1) in force from 01.11.2019
A1 – WA Constitution (2) in force from 01.12.2021
D1.1 – WA Integrity Code of Conduct in force from 01.11.2019
D2.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Rules in force from 23.11.2019 and amended
on 30.03.2020
D3.1 – WA Anti-Doping Rules (ARD) in force from 01.01.2021
D3.1 – ADR Appendix 2 Athletics Anti-Doping Protocols
D.4.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Reporting, investigation and prosecution rules- non-doping in force from 01.11.2019
D4.2 – WA Manipulation of Sports Competitions Rules in force from 01.11.2019
D5.1 – WA Disciplinary Tribunal Rules in force from 01.11.2019
D5.2 – WA Disputes and Disciplinary Proceedings Rules in force from 01.11.2019

The following table represents documents in force during 2021:

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The Sample Collection process, part of Planning Effective Testing, includes notifying
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These activities were not directly observed during the audit. The opinion on theconformity of this process was based on the review of the records collected during the
In-Competition and Out-of-Competition process.

Audit Methods
5.
The audit was conducted remotely, through interviews, document reviews, andcompleting checklists.
Since the records related to the Anti-Doping programme are too numerous and giventhat it is not practicable to examine all information available during an audit, asampling approach was used. Judgement-based sampling was preferred overstatistical sampling due to the kind of processes being audited.
The audit was conducted using two different checklists: a detailed one for theGovernance area, in which evidence of compliance have been collected for eachrequirement; a second more general checklist for operational processes related toanti-doping activities and to combat against ethical misconduct within athletics.
The second approach was chosen because of the large number of requirements tobe examined, the redundancy of the requirements between the various documents
and the objective impossibility of assessing some requirements.
The audit was conducted and managed in accordance with the applicable parts of thestandard ISO 19011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems.
Software used for the interviews and filesharing:▪ Microsoft Teams▪ Microsoft Sharepoint / Onedrive

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Audit Schedule and Contacted Personnel
DATE
PERSONNEL
PROCESSES
16 May 2022 ▪ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy Governance
Head of Athletics Integrity
Doping Risks Analysis, TDP,
Unit (Head of Testing &RTP
Compliance)
17 May 2022 ▪ Peter Nicholson, Head ofIntelligence and Investigation
Investigations & Intelligence▪ Kyle Barber, Intelligence
Officer▪ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy In Competition
Head of Athletics Integrity
Unit (Head of Testing &Compliance)▪ Stefano Longo, IC Testing
Coordinator▪ Aditya Humar, Head of
Education
Education andand Communication
Communication
18 May 2022 ▪ Raphael Roux, OOC Testing
Out of Competition
Programme Manager▪ Alejandro Lozano-Buron,
OOC Testing Coordinator▪ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy Biological Passport
Head of Athletics Integrity
Unit (Head of Testing &Compliance)▪ Laura Gallo, Case
Result Management Doping
Management Coordinatorcases
19 May 2022 ▪ Alexandra Morgan,
TUE Management
Compliance Coordinator▪ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy Sample’s collection, Analysis
Head of Athletics Integrityof samples
Unit (Head of Testing &Compliance)▪ Raphael Roux, OOC Testing Contracts with Service
Manager
Providers▪ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy
Head of Athletics Integrity
Unit (Head of Testing &Compliance)▪ Tony Jackson, Deputy Head
Result Management Nonof Case Management
Doping cases
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The audit covered all the processes and topics included in the audit plan. The
schedule was updated during the audit, based on the daily availability of the personnel
and the audit progress.

7.

Audit Results Classification

Nonconformity: Any deviation from the requirements and/or the absence or total
breakdown of a system to meet a requirement.
Observation: An observation is not a non-conformance, but something that could leadto a non-conformance, if allowed to continue uncorrected; or an existing condition
without adequate supporting evidence to verify that it constitutes a non-conformance.
Opportunity for improvement: The process complies with the requirements, but it canbe improved in terms of efficiency.
8.

Audit Results

Organisation and Governance8.1.1. Evidence

8.1.

Evidence and note are reported in checklist #1 - Organisation and Governance8.1.2. Findings
O&G 1

Opportunity of
improvement:

Requirements:

Reference:

Assess the opportunity to introduce a Bring-Your-Own-Device(BYOD) policy to protect personal data processed via devices notunder AIU’s direct control.
Systems and Security - 10.13 The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure theIntegrity Unit has sufficient systems and procedures in place to ensure thesecurity of all information held by the Integrity Unit and that suchinformation is kept confidential from World Athletics in all material
respects. Such systems and procedures should meet current best practicebusiness accreditation standards and must be strictly compliant withapplicable privacy laws. The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure such
systems and procedures in place are documented.
D2.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 10.13

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O&G 2

Opportunity of
improvement:

Requirements:

O&G 3

The Integrity Unit Board shall be responsible for governing the Integrity
Unit and ensuring its Role is fulfilled. The Integrity Unit Board shall havethe powers and responsibilities to:▪ identify and manage risks of the Integrity Unit.

Reference:

WA D2.1 Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 5.1.5

Observation:

Athletics Integrity Unit produces and uses considerable
documented information (rules, procedures, contracts, records,etc.). It would be advisable to introduce a procedure that defines
how documents are created, updated, approved, protected anddistributed.

Requirements:

Reference:

O&G 4

Athletics Integrity Unit has implemented a risk management
process. Assess the opportunity to improve the risk management
procedure by introducing:• Risk owners,• Treatment responsibilities and due date.

Opportunity of
improvement:

Requirements:

Reference:

There isn’t a specific requirement in the audit criteria, but a document
control system would support the evaluation of requirements as an
example: “approve and amend policies and procedures for the operationof the Integrity Unit, in particular to ensure that it operates independently
from World Athletics (provided that such policies and procedures are notinconsistent with the Constitution, and any Rules and Regulations)”.
WA D2.1 Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 5.1.18

Assess the opportunity to develop a policy for managing accessgranted to service providers. The policy could regulate:▪ Account creation,▪ Review of access rights,▪ Disabling and removal of access rights.
Systems and Security - 10.13 The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure theIntegrity Unit has sufficient systems and procedures in place to ensure thesecurity of all information held by the Integrity Unit and that suchinformation is kept confidential from World Athletics in all material
respects. Such systems and procedures should meet current best practicebusiness accreditation standards and must be strictly compliant withapplicable privacy laws. The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure such
systems and procedures in place are documented.
D2.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 10.13

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Anti-Doping and threats to the integrity of sport
8.2.1. Evidence

8.2.

Evidence and notes are reported in the checklist #2- Anti-Doping and threats to theintegrity of sport
8.2.2. Findings

Planning effective testingNo specific findings and comments raised

Sample Collection
No specific findings and comments raisedIntelligence and Investigation
No specific findings and comments raised

TUE Management
No specific findings and comments raised

Result Management
No specific findings and comments raised

Education and Communication
No specific findings and comments raised

Threats to the integrity of sport
No specific findings and comments raised

9.
Audit Conclusion
The audit highlighted the capacity of the Athletics Integrity Unit to identify applicablerequirements coming from the World Athletics and WADA, and consequently, develop
and adapt its processes to satisfy these requirements.
The AIU and WA personnel involved in the integrity of athletics is competent andaware of the organisation objectives and the applicable risks. The personnel is also
aware of the implications of not conforming to the standards and rules.
The TUE Management process, managed for the first year by AIU internal personnel,
is effective and under control.
The audit team appreciated the effort and the results of the work of the education andcommunication process, which is really developed with care and attention.
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Some findings arose during the audit, but these did not compromise a general opinionof compliance with the World Athletics requirements.
Note that some anomalies may still be present due to the random sampling
methodology ap-plied to collect evidence of the processes.

Non-Disclosure Statement
10.
Audit team members are bound to secrecy about all of the information, technologies
and documentation, acquired during the audit process, and they may not disclose ortransfer such information without formal authorisation from the organisation being
audited.
All personal information collected during the audit will be processed in the QSA
premises in accordance with the internal procedures and the requirements of the EU
Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) for personal information.
This audit report and its annexes do not include athlete names, these have been
anonymised for information security reasons, the match table is kept in QSA.
References to AIU personnel are written clearly.

Eng. Paolo Barone
QMS 2015 Lead Auditor
IRCA Certification #1186504__________ end of the document

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World Athletics Non-Financial Audit - Governance and Ethical Compliance
Summary of procedures and results

Background:
The Constitution of World Athletics includes a requirement to appoint auditors to perform an audit of
the annual financial statements (Article 79.2) and an audit of certain responsibilities set out in World
Athletics Rules and Regulations (Article 79.3).
The full text from the Constitution is included below for reference:“79.2 The annual financial statements in Article 79.1(a) shall be audited annually by an auditor
appointed by Congress under Article 27.1(m). The auditor shall be a practicing-chartered accountant
who is independent of WA.
79.3 There shall be two (2) other Auditors (in addition to the auditor appointed under Article 79.2)
responsible for auditing the following as specified in the Rules and Regulations:a. compliance by World Athletics with its Governance and Ethical Compliance obligations as set out in
the Constitution, the Rules and Regulations; and,b. compliance by World Athletics with its anti-doping and integrity program including the Athletics
Integrity Unit as set out in the Constitution, the Rules and Regulations.”
Ernst & Young Audit Conseil & Associés in Monaco (EY) has been appointed by World Athletics as its
Auditors to perform certain audit procedures to assist World Athletics in addressing the requirements
set out above.
The audit of the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 as described in
Article 79.2 has been completed and reported on separately.
The subject of this report is to present findings from the testing performed by EY at the request ofWorld Athletics specifically in relation to Article 79.3(a) above, referred to as the Non-Financial Audit
on Governance and Ethical Compliance.
The Non-Financial Audit of the anti-doping and integrity programmes under Article 79.3(b) isundertaken by another company, QSA.

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In November 2021, EY was appointed by the World Athletics Congress as the Auditors for the NonFinancial Audits testing compliance by World Athletics with its Governance and Ethical Complianceobligations as set out in the World Athletics Constitution and Rules and Regulations for the years
ending 31 December 2021, 2022,2023 and 2024 (together “the Non-Financial Audits”). The subject of
this report is the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
World Athletics requested that EY perform “Agreed upon audit procedures” and provide a report on its
findings. The specific procedures to be performed were determined by World Athletics and the reporton their findings is factual in nature.
The Non-Financial Audit has not been carried out against any external standard or for the purpose of
making recommendations beyond the requirements set out in the Constitution, Rules andRegulations. The procedures performed compare the relevant provisions of the Constitution, Rules
and Regulations and determine if World Athletics has complied with what it is required to do, withrespect to its governance and ethical compliance obligations.
The reason for performing “Agreed upon audit procedures” as opposed to a traditional “Audit” hasbeen due to the bespoke nature of the Constitution, Rules and Regulations requirements.
The contents of this report are subject to the terms and conditions of our appointment as set out in our
engagement letter. This report is made solely to World Athletics in accordance with our engagement
letter. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to World Athletics those matters we are
required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than World Athletics for this report or forthe opinions we have formed. It should not be provided to any third party without our prior writtenconsent. We acknowledge that this report will be shared with World Athletics Members.

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1. EY reviewed all of the documents setting out the rules on the governance of World Athletics
and those relating to ethical compliance in order to form a basis for our testing. The
documents included the following:
Governance:
G1: Constitution
G2: Governance Rules
Ethical Compliance:
E1: Vetting Rules
E2: Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules.
E3: Candidacy Rules
2. EY met with a number of key stakeholders to understand actions that had been taken to meetthe obligations and to agree the scope and approach to our testing. EY received the fullcooperation and support from World Athletics and other stakeholders. The individuals EY met
with included the following:Anne-Marie Garrigan – Governance Senior Manager
Patricia de Freitas Rocha – Member Federations Coordinator
Niels Lindholm – Compliance & Risk Officer
Vineesh Kochhar – Chief Operating Officer
3. EY then agreed the scope of testing included in this report with Vineesh Kochhar on behalf of
the Chief Executive Officer. EY then reviewed available evidence (for example, meeting
minutes, emails, forms and other records) on a sample basis to consider compliance with theConstitution, Rules and Regulations as set out in this report.

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CONSTITUTION

Summary: The Constitution provides the legal basis on which World Athletics exists and functions.
Persons responsible: Helen Delany, Anne-Marie Garrigan (all of the constitution except grant
attributions), Patricia De Freitas Rocha (grant attribution)
Summary findings:
All the articles tested comply with the Constitution
The following article was an amendment to the 2019 Constitution and should be kept inmind for the future:o Article 63: the CEO was appointed prior to this article but we recommend World
Athletics to comply with these requirements for the next approval of the terms andconditions of the Chief Executive’s employment.
Note: Our FY22 procedures were based on 2019 Constitution. The 53rd World Athletics Congressapproved amendments to the World Athletics Constitution that took effect on 1 December 2021. Aftera review of the approved amendments applied, the new version of the Constitution has no impact on
FY22 procedures.

G2: GOVERNANCE RULES
Summary of rules: The Governance Rules set out the procedures for the bodies in the governancestructure including Council, Executive Board, the Commissions and Working Groups, Nominations
Panel as well as other matters such as the audits and transparency standards.
Persons responsible: Helen Delany, Anne-Marie Garrigan
Summary findings:
All rules tested complied with the Governance Rules except:
o Rule 8.2.15: share the documentation related to Working Groups, as of 1 January2023
 Following our 2020 and 2021 recommendations, and due to the non-explicit
nature of this rule, World Athletics has removed this rule in the updated
version of the Governance Rules effective from 25 July 2022.
Note: Our FY22 procedures were based on 2019 Governance Rules. The Council approved
amendments to the World Athletics Governance Rules that took effect on 25 July 2022. After a reviewof the approved amendments applied, the new version of the Governance Rules has no impact on
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E1: VETTING RULES
Summary of Vetting Rules: The Vetting Rules seek to ensure that in line with Part IX of World
Athletics Constitution, a person seeking election or applying to be a World Athletics Official or toremain in office as a World Athletics Official must be determined to be “Eligible” (as defined in theConstitution) to hold that office. The Vetting Rules also seek to establish a process for determiningthat each World Athletics Official is and remains Eligible. Background checks to fulfil therequirements for an Integrity Check may be carried out with the assistance of Control Risks, anexternal specialist consultancy.
The scope of the application of these rules is as set out in Rule 4 of Vetting Rules and includes
Applicants for appointment or election as World Athletics Officials, and Existing World Athletics
Officials.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary findings:
The Rules tested complied with the Vetting Rules
Note: Our FY22 procedures were based on 2019 Vetting Rules. The Council approved amendments
to the World Athletics Vetting Rules that took effect on 15 August 2022. After a review of the approved
amendments applied, the new version of the Vetting Rules has no impact on FY22 procedures

E2: CONFLICTS, DISCLOSURES AND GIFT RULES
Summary of rules: The Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules seek to ensure compliance with Article
4.9 of World Athletics Constitution, to safeguard the authenticity and integrity of Athletics and to takeall possible measures to eliminate corrupt conduct which might place the authenticity or integrity ofAthletics at risk. All World Athletics Officials and World Athletics staff must perform their duties in thebest interests of World Athletics, free from any other interest that might conflict with their loyalty toWorld Athletics or give rise to a perception of undue influence on decisions affecting World Athletics.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary of findings:
The rules tested complied with the Conflicts, Disclosures and Gift Rules
Rule 7:o Recommendation of formalization for gifts kept: When a gift is kept by theCompliance & Risk Officer (only he has the authority to keep them in the locker), only
an email by himself is sent to confirm the gift will be kept in the locker.
o In 2020, we observed our recommendation was considered as a document is now
filed when a gift is received. The created form includes the date of the storage, thedescription of the gift and the signature of the Compliance & Risk Officer and theperson having received the gift.
o In 2022, the gift register has been inventoried with the presence of a Representativeof the Finance Department and the Compliance & Risk Officer.

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o When registering the gift in the online project manager tracker, a unique serial
number should be allocated. Thanks to this procedure, the stock count procedure
would be more valuable.
o When a gift is sold, a record should be made and kept by the Compliance & Risk
Officer. Hence, we could ensure the gifts have not been taken for personal use. As
there were no cases of gifts sold in 2022, we were not in position to assess if ourrecommendation was considered.

E3: CANDIDACY RULES
Summary of rules: The Candidacy Rules describe the rights and obligations of candidates for election
to positions within World Athletics and the role and responsibilities of the Election Oversight Panel.
Persons responsible: Niels Lindholm
Summary findings:-

The rules tested complied with the Candidacy Rules-

Rule 9: Recommendation to add in appendix of the Candidacy Rules the differences between
minor and major allegations. The Candidacy Rules only mentions the rule which applies incase of major allegation. A differentiation of process is made between the minor and the
major allegations. The document which mentions the application criteria and the process
should be mentioned in the Candidacy Rules and inserted as an appendix.

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In 2022, following our recommendations, a clarification has been made in the Amendments of
the Candidacy Rules (Approved by Council on 30 November 2021 and effective from 10
December 2021). The Rule 10.2 details the criteria for finding that a breach is minor or
technical.

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COMPLIANCE BY WORLD ATHLETICS WITH ITS ANTIDOPING AND INTEGRITY PROGRAMMES INCLUDING THE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT, AS SET OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION, RULES AND REGULATIONSREPORT ID: 230504-AIU-PBR
AUDIT DATE: 4, 5, 8, 15 MAY 2023
REPORT DATE: 16 MAY 2023

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Table of contents
Context
Audit Objectives
Audit Scope
Audit Criteria
Limitation
Audit Methods
Audit Schedule and Contacted Personnel
Audit Conclusion
Audit Results Classification
Audit Results
Disclaimer
Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Statement

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AUDIT REPORT ID: 230304-AIU-PBR
ORGANIZATION World Athletics
REQUESTING AUDIT: 6-8, Quai Antoine 1er, BP 359, MC 98007 Monaco Cedex
AUDITEE: Athletics Integrity Unit
1st Floor 6 Quai Antoine 1er - MC 98007 Monaco Cedex

SCOPE: Management by the Athletics Integrity Unit of theintegrity programme on behalf of World Athletics:
anti-doping, manipulation of competition results,
harassment, bribery and corruption, betting, age
manipulation, irregularities in transfers of allegianceand other breaches of the Integrity Code of Conduct
AUDIT TEAM: § Paolo Barone, Lead Auditor§ Paola Silvestre, Auditor
AUDIT DATE: 4, 5, 8, 15 May 2023
REPORT DATE: Report Date: 16 May 2023
AUDIT SITE: 1st Floor 6 Quai Antoine 1er - MC 98007
CIRCULATION: § Brett Clothier – Head of Athletics Integrity Unit
§ Thomas Capdevielle – Deputy Head of Athletics
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Audit Objectives

1.

Compliance by World Athletics with its integrity programmes including the Athletics Integrity
Unit, as set out in the Constitution, Rules and Regulations.

Audit Scope2.
For the period starting from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 management by the Athletics
Integrity Unit of the integrity programme on behalf of World Athletics: anti-doping, manipulationof competition results, harassment, bribery and corruption, betting, age manipulation,
irregularities in transfers of allegiance and other breaches of the Integrity Code of Conduct.
Audit Criteria

3.
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A1 – The Constitution in force from 1st December 2021
A2 – Rules of Congress in force from 13th July 2022
D1.1 – Integrity Code of Conduct in force from 1st November 2019
D2.1 - Athletics Integrity Unit Rules in force from 23rd November 2019 and amended
on 30th March 2020
D3.1 - WA Anti-Doping Rules in force from 2021
D3.1 – ADR Appendices Athletics Anti-Doping Protocols
D4.1 - WA Athletics Integrity Unit Reporting, investigation and prosecution rules - nondoping in force from 1st November 2019
D4.2 – WA Manipulation of Sports Competitions Rules in force from 1st November
2019
D5.1 – WA Disciplinary Tribunal Rules in force from 1st November 2019
D5.2 – WA Disputes and Disciplinary Proceedings Rules in force from 1st November
20194.
Limitation
Some activities were not directly observed during the audit. The opinion on the conformity ofthese activities and applicable processes was based on the review of the documented informationcollected. Activities not directly observed:§ The Sample Collection process, part of Planning Effective Testing, includes notifying theathlete, chaperoning, collecting and delivering the biological sample to the laboratory.

Audit Methods
5.
The audit was conducted remotely, through interviews, document reviews, and completingchecklists. No technological issues were encountered, and the Lead Auditor considers the useof remote auditing to be effective.
Since the records related to the integrity programmes are too numerous and given that it is notpracticable to examine all information available during an audit, a sampling approach was used.
Judgement-based sampling was preferred over statistical sampling due to the kind of processes
being audited.

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The audit was conducted using two different checklists: a detailed one for the governance area,
in which evidence of compliance have been collected for each requirement; a second moregeneral checklist for operational processes related to anti-doping activities and to combat against
ethical misconduct within athletics.
The second approach was chosen because of the large number of requirements to be examined,
the redundancy of the requirements between the various documents and the objective
impossibility of assessing some requirements.
The audit was conducted and managed in accordance with the applicable parts of the standard
ISO 19011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems.
Software used for the interviews and filesharing:§ Microsoft Teams,§ Microsoft Sharepoint.
6.

Audit Schedule and Contacted Personnel
DATE
PERSONNEL
4 May 2023 § Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy
Head of Athletics Integrity Unit

PROCESSES
Opening meeting
Governance, findings follow up

5 May 2023 § Aditya Humar, Head of Education Education
Result Management Doping§ Laura Gallo, Case Manager
Cases
8 May 2023 § Raphael Roux, OOC Testing
Planning and Testing (Doping
Programme Manager
Risks Analysis, TDP, RTP, In/out
Comp.)§ Kyle Barber, Deputy Head ofIntelligence and Investigation
Investigations & Intelligence
15 May 2023 § Neha Duby, Senior Case
Result Management Non-Doping
Manager
Cases§ Alexandra Noris, Compliance &TUE Management
Anti-doping Coordinator§ Anna Kondakova, Results &Biological Passport Management
Science Manager§ Thomas Capdevielle, Deputy
NFs Categorization Program,Head of Athletics Integrity Unit
Rule 1516 May 2023 § Completing the checklist and final
report
The audit covered all the processes and topics included in the audit plan. The schedule was
updated during the audit, based on the daily availability of the personnel and the audit progress.

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7.

The key audit objectives were achieved, and the audit plan was followed without major changes.
The organization's staff has been collaborative and made documentation and other evidence
available in response to the auditor's requests.
The assessment is positive. During the audit, some anomalies were identified, but they do notcompromise the overall compliance opinion of WA integrity programmes against the Constitution, Rules, and Regulations.
Positive aspects arising from the audit:§

The organization is experiencing continuous growth and is well-organized. The staff iscompetent and aware of the organization objectives and the risks associated with theprocesses they are involved in.

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The team composed of individuals from around the world contributes to having a multicultural perspective.

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The organization has implemented a software platform for managing out-of-competition testing. The platform is collaboratively utilized by personnel involved in planning,
intelligence, and ABP.

Main areas for improvement:§

8.

The organization recognizes the need for and has implemented measures for information
security. It would be desirable to introduce tools for information security management
to better safeguard the information assets and protect the organization.

Audit Results Classification

Nonconformity: Any deviation from the requirements and/or the absence or total breakdown
of a system to meet a requirement.
Observation: An observation is not a non-conformance, but something that could lead to a
non-conformance, if allowed to continue uncorrected; or an existing condition without adequate
supporting evidence to verify that it constitutes a non-conformance.
Opportunity for improvement: The process complies with the requirements, but it can be
improved in terms of efficiency.

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9.1.
Organization and Governance9.1.1. Evidence
9.

Evidence and note are reported in checklist #1 - Organization and Governance9.1.2. Findings
O&G 1

Opportunity for
improvement:

Requirements:

Reference:

O&G 2

Opportunity for
improvement:

Requirements:

Reference:

O&G 3

Opportunity for
improvement:

Requirements:

Reference:

AIU performs an annual verification of personnel and their assigned
objectives. It is recommended to include non-employee personnel(with consultancy contracts) in the verification as well.
There is no specific requirement in the audit criteria. However, the opportunity for
improvement is made with the aim to harmonize the approaches.
AIU Annual Plan 2022 Deliverable: People and Culture – C6 Establish as an
employer of choice with a motivated, agile, team-oriented and diverse workforce.

AIU has implemented and maintains specific controls aimed atensuring the security of information. It is advisable to consider theopportunity, in collaboration with WA's IT department, to retain
documented information related to the selection of controls
consistently with identified risk levels.
Systems and Security - 10.13 The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure the Integrity Unit
has sufficient systems and procedures in place to ensure the security of all
information held by the Integrity Unit and that such information is kept confidentialfrom World Athletics in all material respects. Such systems and procedures shouldmeet current best practice business accreditation standards and must be strictly
compliant with applicable privacy laws. The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure such
systems and procedures in place are documented.
D 2.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 10.13

During the audit, the risk analysis for the first quarter of 2023 was
examined. In contrast to the more general analysis conducted in
2022, this analysis is more detailed and includes indications on riskowners, risk treatment measures, and timelines. It is recommended
to continue this approach for future updates to the risk analysis andfor monitoring the defined actions.
The Integrity Unit Board shall be responsible for governing the Integrity Unit andensuring its Role is fulfilled. The Integrity Unit Board shall have the powers andresponsibilities to:§ identify and manage risks of the Integrity Unit.
WA D2.1 Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 5.1.5

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Anti-Doping and threats to the integrity of sport
9.2.1. Evidence

9.2.

Evidence and notes are reported in the checklist #2- Anti-Doping and threats to the integrityof sport
9.2.2. Findings

Planning effective testingNo specific findings and comments raised

Sample Collection
No specific findings and comments raisedIntelligence and Investigation
I&I 1

Observation:

I&I uses both the form available on the AIU website, where
information security measures are applied, and the form published on
the WA website, where equivalent security controls are not active,
as sources for collecting reports. It would be advisable to activate
security controls on both forms or direct the reporting exclusively
through the secure channel.
https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/make-a-reporthttps://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/contact-us

Requirements:

Reference:

Systems and Security - 10.13 The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure the Integrity Unit
has sufficient systems and procedures in place to ensure the security of all
information held by the Integrity Unit and that such information is kept confidentialfrom World Athletics in all material respects. Such systems and procedures shouldmeet current best practice business accreditation standards and must be strictly
compliant with applicable privacy laws. The Integrity Unit Board shall ensure such
systems and procedures in place are documented.
D 2.1 – WA Athletics Integrity Unit Rules 10.13

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TUE Management
No specific findings and comments raised

Result Management
No specific findings and comments raised

Education and Communication
No specific findings and comments raised

Threats to the integrity of sport
No specific findings and comments raised

National Federations Framework
No specific findings and comments raised

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Disclaimer
The audit is based on the verification of a sample of available information. Consequently, there
is an element of uncertainty reflected in the audit findings. An absence of anomalies does notmean that they do not exist in audited and/or other areas.

Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Statement
11.
Audit team members are bound to secrecy about all of the information, technologies, anddocumentation, acquired during the audit process, and they may not disclose or transfer suchinformation without formal authorization from the organization being audited.
All personal information collected during the audit will be processed in accordance with theinternal procedures and the requirements of the EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) for personal
information.
This audit report and its annexes do not include names and other personal information, thesehave been anonymized for information security reasons, the match table is kept in QSA.
References to AIU personnel are written clearly.
Eng. Paolo Barone
IRCA #1186504

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About Q SA
Our mission is compliance, achieved through:§§§the promoting and designing of management models and technological tools to support
product and system compliance, both in mandatory and voluntary areas
the providing of audit and inspections
the designing training and competence certification paths.

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