Hughes breaks 30-year-old British 100m record with ‘dream’ run

Keely Hodgkinson: The track superstar with the world at her feet

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1 week, 2 days ago

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships

The Hindu

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set her 10th world record at the world short course championships with gold in the 50-meter freestyle final before adding an 11th as part of the winning U.S. team in the women’s 4x100 medley relay on Sunday. Walsh later extended her world record total to 11 — nine individual and two in relays — when the …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Yaroslava Mahuchikh: My father did not see my world record as he thought I had finished at 2.07m and livestream had ended

The Hindu

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh can cap the most successful year of her career by winning women’s world field athlete of the year on Sunday but her overriding wish is for peace to reign over her war-torn country, she has told AFP. “You know our people are so strong but I live this hope that it will finish as soon as possible …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hellen Obiri unfazed by Ruth Chepngetich world record: ‘Fast times don’t scare me, I’m the best’

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jahrome Hughes and Olivia Kernick win Dally M Medals for NRL and NRLW as Hughes is honoured with haka

ABC

Melbourne Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes has beaten James Tedesco to the NRL Dally M Medal by one vote, while Roosters back rower Olivia Kernick is named the NRLW's best player for the first time. Dally M Medal leaderboards NRL Jahrome Hughes — 62 James Tedesco — 61 Daly Cherry-Evans — 51 Tom Trbojevic — 46 Scott Drinkwater — 45 NRLW …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ultramarathon runner John Timms aiming for world record at the age of 82

ABC

At 82 years of age, many people are generally slowing down, but not so for Victorian man John Timms, who is aiming to run 100 kilometres a day in Adelaide this week to beat a world record. "I was hoping to run a world record, which is 536 kilometres for someone over 80 and it's held by an American," he …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Judd Trump knocked out of British Open despite landmark century break

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3 months, 1 week ago

Charlie Dobson storms to stunning 400m victory in Diamond League final shock

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase

The Hindu

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo outstripped Christian Coleman to win the 100m in impressive style at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Friday. Yavi goes close Winfred Yavi, of Bahrain, poses by the clock after setting the best mark of the season in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase during the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico …

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4 months ago

Track cycling star Matt Richardson to race for Britain after winning three medals for Australia at Paris Olympics

The Hindu

After winning three medals racing for Australia at the Paris Olympics, track cyclist Matt Richardson is switching teams eight days later to ride for Britain. Richardson’s unexpected change of eligibility to the country of his birth was approved by the International Cycling Union, the Australian cycling federation said Monday. “The announcement of Matt’s switch is disappointing and came as a …

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4 months ago

Matt Richardson was a Paris Olympics track cycling star for Australia and now will race for Britain

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — After winning three medals racing for Australia at the Paris Olympics, track cyclist Matt Richardson is switching teams eight days later to ride for Britain. Richardson’s unexpected change of eligibility to the country of his birth was approved by the International Cycling Union, the Australian cycling federation said Monday. “The announcement of Matt’s switch is disappointing and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22

Associated Press

Aug. 20 1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. 1932 — Helen Hull Jacobs beats Carolyn Babcock to win the women’s singles title in the U.S. 1982 — Mystic Park becomes the first 3-year-old trotter to win the American Trotting Championship. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson Did Not Fail

Slate

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. After missing the Tokyo Games entirely due to a positive drug test and a controversial suspension, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was set to make her Olympics debut in the 100-meter dash—and potentially claim the gold medal that she didn’t get a chance to win three years ago. In June, at the U.S. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Walsh dedicates US relay world record to disqualified sister

The Hindu

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh said she was devastated when she heard her sister Alex had been disqualified in the 200 metres individual medley on Saturday, dedicating her US gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay to her elder sibling. Paris 2024 Olympics: USA’s Alex Walsh walks off the pool after the women’s 200-meter individual medley final in Nanterre on Saturday. …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press

NANTERRE, France — Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t far fetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand. Marchand completed one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history Wednesday night, winning the 200-meter butterfly and the 200 breaststroke about two hours apart in front of a home crowd cheering his every stroke. They’re amazing to me, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Last U.S. Olympic 10,000-meter winner believes Grant Fisher can win the race in Paris

LA Times

Billy Mills is the only member of one of the most exclusive clubs in U.S. track and field history. “I am excited.” The runner Mills was referring is Grant Fisher, the Olympic trials champion at 5,000 and 10,000 meters, the American record-holder in both events and the ninth-fastest performer in history at the longer distance with a best of 26:33.84. …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 26 - Aug. 1

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July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1996 — American swimmer Amy Van Dyken wins the 50-meter freestyle to become Atlanta’s first quadruple gold medalist and the first U.S. woman to win four in a single Olympics. 2014 — Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali wins the Tour de France, becoming …

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5 months ago

How Keely Hodgkinson can spark a ‘golden era’ for British athletics at Paris Olympics

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record

Associated Press

PARIS — Ukraine’s best high jumper captured a world record on Sunday to go with her world championship, and now she has a good reason to think she might bring home an Olympic gold medal to her war-torn country. Yaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris, jumping 2.10 meters …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Richardson back on track 200, McLaughlin-Levrone in 400 hurdles as Olympic trials enter homestretch

Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles are coming back for Part II. The second half of U.S. Olympic trials for track and field kick off Thursday, and the final four days at Hayward Field will feature the full complement of America’s biggest names in the sport. Another of America’s brightest stars, Athing Mu, went tumbling on the first …

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6 months ago

U.S. Olympic trials: Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100 meters to punch her Paris ticket

LA Times

Sha’Carri Richardson, right, celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s 100-meter final at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday. Richardson notched the latest stop on her “I’m Not Back, I’m Better” tour with a 10.71-second sprint in the 100 meters at U.S. track trials on Saturday that makes her the …

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6 months ago

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs clocks fastest 100m time since Tokyo

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6 months ago

Italy’s Jacobs runs best time since Tokyo Games victory

The Hindu

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for the Paris Olympics by breaching the 10-seconds mark twice on Tuesday to win gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. The Italian, who clocked 9.80 in the Tokyo final and also won 4x100m relay gold, finished top of his heat in Turku with a time of 9.99s before …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Walsh, Foster secure spots in the U.S. team

The Hindu

Gretchen Walsh backed up her world record performance in the 100-metre butterfly on Saturday with a win in Sunday’s final, while Carson Foster also secured his spot on the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics. Gretchen Walsh sets 100m fly world record at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials “I’m still in shock, I don’t even know what to say,” Walsh …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Gretchen Walsh destroys world record in women’s 100m fly at U.S. Olympic swim trials

New York Times

Gretchen Walsh put forth the most dominant foot she could in this Olympic year, crushing the women’s world record in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Gretchen Walsh destroys the world record in women’s 100m fly at U.S. Olympic Swim Trials with a time of 55.18 seconds 🏊‍♀️ 🎥 @NBCOlympicspic.twitter.com/wO1V6JJjO1 — The Athletic June 16, 2024 Competing …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games

Associated Press

ROME — American standout Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is leading the way as expected in the 400 meters with the Paris Olympics less than 50 days away. Kaczmarek clocked 48.98 seconds at the European athletics championships on Monday to mark the third straight day that a woman has cracked the 49-second barrier. In Rome, Kaczmarek surged past Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke in the …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies ‘under the radar’

Associated Press

ROME — Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. “That’s been the biggest thing,” Reider said, “trying to figure out why he was carrying so many injuries for so many years. We didn’t even need to work on that — doping and the stories …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Zharnel Hughes among four GB athletes to pull out of European Championships

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seb Coe unveils $10m ‘ultimate championships’ to be athletics’ answer to the Super Bowl

The Telegraph

A new “ultimate championship” of athletics has been launched with a record-breaking $10 million prize pot that Sebastian Coe hopes will be comparable to iconic sporting occasions like Wimbledon, the Masters and the Super Bowl. To be held biennially, the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship will begin in Budapest in Sep 2026 when 400 of the greatest track and field …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Josh Kerr makes 1500m Olympic medals guarantee after beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic

New York Times

EUGENE, Ore. — The display of power out of the starting block was back. It was a historic day in Eugene as Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet set a new WORLD RECORD in the women’s 10,000m with a time of 28:54.14. Moon cleared 4.53 on her second attempt and then passed on jumping 4.63 — thus opening the door for Grove and …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic

Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson continued her march toward the Paris Olympics on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, winning the women’s 100 meters in 10.83 seconds. Kenyan Beatrice Chebet s et a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Pre earlier in the day with a time of 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds, while American Christian Coleman won the day’s …

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8 months ago

Peres Jepchirchir smashes women’s-only world record to win London Marathon

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8 months ago

Team GB Olympic hope Emile Cairess finishes third in the London Marathon behind Alexander Munyao and Kenenisa Bekele, as 26-year-old becomes first Brit since Sir Mo Farah in 2018 to make the podium

Daily Mail

Emile Cairess has run the second fastest British marathon time ever to finish third at the London Marathon in an Olympic qualifying time of 2:06.46. Kenya's Alexander Munyao eased to victory, 14 seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, with Cairess in third and fellow Brit Mahamed Mahamed in fourth - while also qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. Emile Cairess has …

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8 months ago

Jordan Coleman shines for Granada Hills in winning effort at Mt. SAC Relays

LA Times

Granada Hills sprinter Jordan Coleman reaches back to receive the baton from teammate Justin Hart to begin the second leg of the boys’ 4x100-meter relay at the Mt. “I like the turns, I’ve run them my whole career and I’m used to it, but second is new and exciting getting to run straight the whole way.” After going all-out in …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Kelvin Kiptum: Marathon world record holder dies in car crash

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10 months, 1 week ago

China’s Pan sets 100 metres freestyle world record at World Championships

The Hindu

China’s Pan Zhanle set the 100 metres freestyle world record at the swimming World Championships in Doha on Sunday with a stunning leadoff swim in the 4x100m relay to power his nation to the world title. “Breaking the world record is an honour for me,” said Pan, who powered China to the relay title ahead of runners-up Italy and the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Van de Ven breaks Premier League sprint record, but how fast are footballers?

New York Times

Back in 2014, when Gareth Bale was in his first season at Real Madrid and in his speedy pomp, a statistic did the rounds. “To put his feat into context,” the Premier League website gushed, “Van de Ven’s blistering pace against Brentford was clocked at 10.38m per second, or 23.23 miles per hour. “I reckon some of them would struggle …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Lyles, Richardson back up world titles at Zurich Diamond League

The Hindu

Americans Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson cemented their status as fastest in the world this year with victories at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday. “Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them.” Thursday’s Diamond League was the first major meet since the world championships ended …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Video - World Athletics Championships 2023: Shericka Jackson wins 200m gold in second-best time ever

The Hindu

Jamaica’s peerless Shericka Jackson delivered a command performance to retain her world 200 metres title in 21.41 seconds on Friday – the second-fastest time ever run. Fellow American Sha’Carri Richardson claimed bronze with a personal best 21.92 running in the same lane nine from where she won gold in the 100m on Monday. As for the world record - I’m …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Matt Hudson-Smith claims silver medal for Great Britain in Budapest

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1 year, 4 months ago

Josh Kerr celebrates World Championships gold after running the race of his life

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1 year, 4 months ago

Kerr keeps 1,500 meter gold in British hands at worlds in Budapest

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Middle-distance runner Josh Kerr mounted an upset victory in the men’s 1,500 meter at world championships Wednesday, pulling ahead of favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway in a dramatic backstretch comeback that keeps the title in British hands for the second straight year. In preparation for this year’s worlds, Kerr swore off using his mobile phone for two …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Matt Hudson-Smith going for gold after smashing European 400m record

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Hughes breaks 30-year-old British 100m record with ‘dream’ run

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