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Christian Taylor competes at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha (© Getty Images) USA triple jump icons Willie Banks and Christian Taylor have leapt forward to voice their support for the ‘ Compatriots Banks and Taylor stand apart as ground-breaking athletes of their events. Banks was twice ranked world No.1 in the 1980s. He missed out on almost certain medal contention at the 1980 Olympic Games, boycotted by the US Olympic Committee. But he bagged silver at the 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. He also held the men’s world record for a decade with a spectacular ...

Press Release14 Apr 2021 Athletics committed to addressing barriers to growing the sport as more than 10,000 join Global Conversation The Global Conversation Better quality and more facilities, greater coverage of athletics in the media and on television and more athletics in schools are emerging as key drivers of growing athletics across the world. That’s according to early findings in the Global Conversation, the survey currently being conducted by World Athletics that will shape the future direction of the sport for the next decade. The survey, which went live at the end of March and wi...