Sha’Carri Richardson storms to 100m win in Diamond League ahead of Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith
1 year, 7 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson storms to 100m win in Diamond League ahead of Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sha’Carri Richardson left her rivals in the dust as the American streaked to 100 metres victory in the first Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. The 23-year-old beat Jamaica’s world 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson while Briton Dina Asher-Smith was third in a field that featured five Americans on the start line. In the men’s 200 metres, American Fred Kerley stormed to victory in lane seven, clocking 19.92 seconds, using his long strides to his advantage in the final 40 metres. India’s Neeraj Chopra and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, reigning Olympic champions in the men’s javelin and women’s 1,500 metres, began their Diamond League title defences with wins in their respective events.

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Charlie Dobson storms to stunning 400m victory in Diamond League final shock
3 months, 1 week ago

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

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Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith continues strong form as Jakob Ingebrigtsen suffers another shock 1500m defeat
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith continues strong form as Jakob Ingebrigtsen suffers another shock 1500m defeat

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Diamond League: Yared Nuguse wins stacked 1,500 metres; Beatrice Chebet misses world record
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diamond League: Yared Nuguse wins stacked 1,500 metres; Beatrice Chebet misses world record

The Hindu  

American Yared Nuguse fought off a high-calibre field to win the 1,500 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League in Zurich on Thursday, on a night when the weather dampened world record expectations at the Letzigrund Stadium. Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet came to Zurich with the women’s 5000m world record in her sights, but the Kenyan had to go it alone …

Sha’Carri Richardson chases down 2 competitors in rain to end her first Olympics with a relay gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson chases down 2 competitors in rain to end her first Olympics with a relay gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson has navigated plenty of roadblocks in her pursuit of Olympic glory. Considering all the American sprinter has been through over the last three years, tentatively grabbing the baton from teammate Gabby Thomas with the U.S. in third in the women’s 4x100 meter relay final on Friday felt sort of normal. Richardson chased down Germany’s Rebekka …

Keely Hodgkinson becomes sixth fastest woman in history with stunning 800m win at pre-Olympic London Diamond League
5 months ago

Keely Hodgkinson becomes sixth fastest woman in history with stunning 800m win at pre-Olympic London Diamond League

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Sha’Carri Richardson finishes 4th, won’t have spot in 200 meters at Olympics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson finishes 4th, won’t have spot in 200 meters at Olympics

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson got passed on the outside down the stretch and finished fourth in the 200-meter final at U.S. track trials Saturday, meaning she’ll only have one chance for an individual Olympic gold medal next month in Paris. The 27-year-old Thomas, who decided not to run the 400 meters at trials so she could focus solely on …

Sha’Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds
6 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest. 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 fastest woman in the world this year and officially earned her a …

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

Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games
6 months, 1 week 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 …

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

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

Diamond League: Pole vaulter Duplantis sails to victory in Suzhou, Simbine beats Coleman in 100m
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Diamond League: Pole vaulter Duplantis sails to victory in Suzhou, Simbine beats Coleman in 100m

The Hindu  

Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis dominated the men’s pole vault at the Suzhou Diamond League meeting on Saturday, going close to bettering his own world record set last week. World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson suffered another upset in the women’s 200m, with the American coming in third at 23.11 seconds behind Briton Daryll Neita’s winning 22.62 and compatriot Anavia Battle’s 22.99. …

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League
8 months ago

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League

The Hindu  

Armand Duplantis put down a marker ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics as the Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season on Saturday. Duplantis bettered his previous mark of 6.23 metres set at the Eugene Diamond League finale in September, clearing the bar with …

Duplantis, Tsegay topple records at Eugene Diamond League
1 year, 3 months ago

Duplantis, Tsegay topple records at Eugene Diamond League

The Hindu  

Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women’s 5,000-metre world record and Armand Duplantis raised the bar again for the men’s pole vault on Sunday, as the season-ending Eugene Diamond League meet concluded on a high. “Next year’s next year.” Shericka Jackson came off the turn with a massive lead to retain her women’s 200 metres Diamond League championship title in 21.57, but …

Diamond League Final: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied
1 year, 3 months ago

Diamond League Final: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied

The Hindu  

American Christian Coleman and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won the men’s and women’s 100m at the Diamond League finals on Saturday as Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson were denied. Lyles and Richardson weren’t the only gold medallists from last month’s World Championships in Budapest to be disappointed in Eugene, Oregon, where American Rai Benjamin stunned world and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm …

Sha’Carri Richardson — the spiky queen of spikes
1 year, 3 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson — the spiky queen of spikes

The Hindu  

Sha’Carri Richardson was on the superstar arc when she broke the 100 metres NCAA collegiate record as a 19-year-old in 2019. Richardson’s 10.65 was a World Championships record — Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 35-year-old World Record of 10.49 still stands — and matched Jackson for the best time in the world this year. “All the heavy hitters were going to bring their …

Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson triumph at Diamond League meet in Zurich... in USA sprint stars' first action since world championship glory
1 year, 3 months ago

Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson triumph at Diamond League meet in Zurich... in USA sprint stars' first action since world championship glory

Daily Mail  

Sha'Carri Richardson easily won the the women's 100 in 10.88 on Thursday Noah Lyles won the 200m in 19.80 seconds at Diamond League meet in Zurich Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world …

Lyles, Richardson back up world titles at Zurich Diamond League
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 …

World Athletics Championships: Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Armand Duplantis All Make Finals
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Armand Duplantis All Make Finals

News 18  

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles went through the motions as they began their 200m campaigns bidding to add to the 100m golds they won earlier in the week at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. “Noah Lyles will attack the world record, and maybe, if I push him hard, he could set it.” Duplantis, 23, is bidding to claim a …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown

The Hindu  

American Sha’Carri Richardson and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, first and second in the 100 metres final on Monday, safely negotiated the next step in their World Championship rivalry as they cruised through their 200m first-round heats on Wednesday. On another roasting morning Richardson, seeking to become the first U.S, winner since Allyson Felix in 2009, looked sharp before easing up to …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins world 100m title with Dina Asher-Smith eighth
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins world 100m title with Dina Asher-Smith eighth

The Independent  

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Sha’Carri Richardson hits back at critics after claiming World Championship 100m gold in Budapest
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson hits back at critics after claiming World Championship 100m gold in Budapest

The Hindu  

“My name is Sha- Kerree.” The coldness in Sha’Carri Richardson’s tone could probably have frozen the water in the glass placed in front of her. Sha’Carri Richardson becomes new women’s 100m world champion, beats Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Budapest Indeed, it didn’t matter that Richardson had just won 100m gold in her maiden World Championships, set a new championship record, and …

Sha’Carri Richardson becomes new women’s 100m world champion, beats Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Budapest
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson becomes new women’s 100m world champion, beats Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Budapest

The Hindu  

United States sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson finally delivered on three years of promise when she overcame the challenge of being stuck out in lane nine by delivering a late surge to win world 100 metres gold on Monday. CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD 🇺🇸's Sha'Carri Richardson storms to golden 100m glory in 10.65 🤯#WorldAthleticsChampspic.twitter.com/BzwBG0MINR — World Athletics August 21, 2023 Richardson, 23, missed the …

Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning 100-meter title at worlds
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning 100-meter title at worlds

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Track, and fame, can be brutal games. Her victory, in 10.65 seconds over Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, capped a comeback two years in the making and made good on the mantra she’s been reciting all year — and repeated yet again after her latest victory: “I’m not back. “All the heavy hitters …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins women’s 100 meters in world championship-record 10.65 seconds
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins women’s 100 meters in world championship-record 10.65 seconds

LA Times  

Draped in the American flag, Sha’Carri Richardson stood late Monday night in Budapest, Hungary, a few meters beyond where she had just blazed through the finish line of the women’s 100-meter final at the world championships. The victory finally delivered on her world-class potential that had been held back, she said in May in Los Angeles, often because “it just …

World Athletics Championships 2023: From Julien Alfred to Letsile Tebogo, five potential limelight stealers
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: From Julien Alfred to Letsile Tebogo, five potential limelight stealers

The Hindu  

Established stars like Karsten Warholm and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline the World Athletics Championships in Budapest which gets underway on Saturday but the limelight also beckons for others a year out from the Paris Olympics. World Athletics Championships 2023: Indian team’s medal prospects She won Commonwealth Games silver behind two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah last year confirming the promise she …

London Diamond League: Ta Lou scorches 100m track, Noah Lyles, Femke Bol shine
1 year, 5 months ago

London Diamond League: Ta Lou scorches 100m track, Noah Lyles, Femke Bol shine

The Hindu  

Marie-Josee Ta Lou showed that she will be a force to be reckoned with at the age of 34 at next month’s world championships as she claimed another Diamond League 100 metres win in a scorching 10.75 seconds in London on Sunday. Fraser-Pryce shines with Madrid 100m win World champion Noah Lyles won a sparkling 200 metres as the American’s …

Sha’Carri Richardson suffers first 100m loss of season
1 year, 5 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson suffers first 100m loss of season

The Hindu  

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was beaten over 100m for the first time this year at a meeting in Hungary on Tuesday. Richardson never recovered from a poor start in Szekesfehervar and couldn’t catch Julien Alfred, the Saint Lucia athlete who has been a sensation on the college circuit this season. READ | Paris Olympics organiser sees ‘difficult’ year ahead Richardson …

Richardson outsprints Jackson in Silesia Diamond League
1 year, 5 months ago

Richardson outsprints Jackson in Silesia Diamond League

The Hindu  

US sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson reeled in Jamaican Shericka Jackson to claim a morale-boosting victory in the women’s 100m at the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday. I executed correctly.” Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen earlier set a sensational European record of 3:27.14 in the men’s 1500m, edging ever closer to Hicham El Guerrouj’s world record of 3:26.00. I am very satisfied with …

Sydney McLaughlin dazzles to new world lead in 400 metres
1 year, 5 months ago

Sydney McLaughlin dazzles to new world lead in 400 metres

The Hindu  

Sydney McLaughlin produced an expert performance in a less familiar event to win the 400 metres in a world-leading 48.74 seconds at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, a year after making magic in the hurdles. READ: Gabby Thomas records world-leading 200m time with 21.60-second finish, surpasses Shericka Jackson Olympic silver medallist Nia Ali banished the memory of …

Shericka Jackson sets fastest 200m time of 2023 at 21.71 seconds
1 year, 5 months ago

Shericka Jackson sets fastest 200m time of 2023 at 21.71 seconds

The Hindu  

World-leading performances from world champion Shericka Jackson and Commonwealth Games record-holder Rasheed Broadbell highlighted Jamaica’s strength on the track in Sunday’s final day of the national championships. Jackson, the reigning 200m world champion, completed a superb sprint double after she ran a season’s best 21.71 seconds to win the 200, her second world lead of the weekend after she ran …

McLaughlin dominates in US championships 400m win, Richardson shines again
1 year, 5 months ago

McLaughlin dominates in US championships 400m win, Richardson shines again

The Hindu  

Sydney McLaughlin continued her push to make the 400m her own Saturday, blazing to victory at the US athletics championships in a world-leading 48.74sec. McLaughlin’s personal best time improved on the previous world-leading 48.98 set by Marileidy Paulino in on May 27 and gave McLaughlin two potential spots in Budapest, with a bye into the 400 hurdles as defending champion. …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100 meters at US championships in 10.82
1 year, 5 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100 meters at US championships in 10.82

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Moments after she was introduced on the starting line, Sha’Carri Richardson reached to her head, pulled her trademark orange wig off and flung it onto the ground behind her. “I’m here to say, ‘I’m not back, I’m better..’” She’ll have a chance to put a stamp on that next month at world championships, which will mark her …

Sha’Carri Richardson lets down her hair before winning 100 meters at U.S. track championships
1 year, 5 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson lets down her hair before winning 100 meters at U.S. track championships

LA Times  

Sha’Carri Richardson grabs the tape as she wins the women’s 100-meter dash ahead of Tamara Clark on Friday night during the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. For the past two years, as a suspension for a failed drug test cost her the spot she earned in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, then failed to advance past the first …

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne
1 year, 5 months ago

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen held off Lamecha Girma in a battle of world record holders to win the much-anticipated men’s 1,500 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meet on Friday. Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia set a sizzling pace in the men’s 5,000m and then held off several challenges from Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei - including one final move from the world …

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year
1 year, 6 months ago

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year

The Hindu  

She is just 19 and two years into the senior circuit, but Shaili Singh is already India’s number one woman long-jumper and is looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year. She says I am in that range, and so I feel I can do it,” Shaili said after the women’s long jump qualifying round at …

Diamond League: Warholm and Ingebrigtsen on fire in Oslo
1 year, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Warholm and Ingebrigtsen on fire in Oslo

The Hindu  

Norwegians Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered stunning performances in front of their adoring fans at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday, winning the 400 metres hurdles and 1,500 metres in spectacular times. At the other end of the distance scale, Marie-Josee Ta Lou continued to fly the flag for the “older” sprinters as the 34-year-old Ivorian scorched to …

Sha’Carri Richardson, Ferdinand Omanyala storm to victory in Nairobi
1 year, 7 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson, Ferdinand Omanyala storm to victory in Nairobi

The Hindu  

American sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson signalled her return to form with an easy win in the women’s 200m at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on Saturday while local sensation Ferdinand Omanyala streaked to a world-leading time this year in the 100m. That celebration 🔥 Sha'Carri Richardson is the moment as she wins the women's 200m at the @KipKeinoClassic in …

Diamond League: Doha winner Kerley to go for sprint double at worlds
1 year, 7 months ago

Diamond League: Doha winner Kerley to go for sprint double at worlds

The Hindu  

Sprint golden boy Fred Kerley said Friday he will aim for a 100-200m double at this year’s world championships as he opened the Diamond League season by overshadowing the return of Olympic 200m champion Andre de Grasse. Sha’Carri Jackson scored an emotional victory in the women’s 100 metres, beating the meeting record set by Tori Bowie, the Olympic and world …

Doha Diamond League: Sha’Carri Richardson, Chopra steal the show
1 year, 7 months ago

Doha Diamond League: Sha’Carri Richardson, Chopra steal the show

Al Jazeera  

Doha, Qatar – Neeraj Chopra, the reigning men’s Olympic javelin throw champion, made his Doha Diamond League debut in style by winning the competition in the Qatari capital. Picking it up where she left off 🫡 Reigning world and @Diamond_League champion Faith Kipyegon runs a world-leading 3:58.57 to secure the win in the women's 1500m.#DiamondLeague #DohaDL pic.twitter.com/qjVni2gkQZ — World Athletics …

Shaili Singh wins long jump gold; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji declared best Athletes at Open Nationals
2 years, 2 months ago

Shaili Singh wins long jump gold; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji declared best Athletes at Open Nationals

The Hindu  

Teenaged Shaili Singh showed yet another glimpse of her brimming potential by winning her first National Open athletics gold with a leap of 6.41m in the women’s long jump event at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Wednesday. On the final day of the competition, the 18-year-old, who made waves by securing the long jump silver at the World Athletics …

World Championships: Dina Asher-Smith claims 200m bronze as Shericka Jackson storms to gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Championships: Dina Asher-Smith claims 200m bronze as Shericka Jackson storms to gold

The Independent  

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World Athletic Championship: Nafissatou Thiam Stands Tall in 800m to Win World Heptathlon Gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletic Championship: Nafissatou Thiam Stands Tall in 800m to Win World Heptathlon Gold

News 18  

Belgium’s double Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam reclaimed the world heptathlon title in emphatic style on Monday when she produced a personal best in the final 800 metres to see off the challenge of Dutch rival Anouk Vetter. Vetter, who won silver behind Thiam in Tokyo last year, had gone into the final event 19 points ahead, equating to 1.3 seconds …

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson runs third fastest 200m of all time
2 years, 5 months ago

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson runs third fastest 200m of all time

The Hindu  

Shericka Jackson ran the third fastest 200 metres of all time in 21.55 seconds to seal a sprint double at the Jamaican national trials for next month's World Championships on Sunday. In the men's 110m hurdles, Olympic champion Hansle Parchment recovered from a sluggish start to catch Omar McLeod and pull away to win in 13.14. Britany Anderson lived up …

Shericka Jackson and Yohan Blake win Jamaican 100m titles in season-best times
2 years, 5 months ago

Shericka Jackson and Yohan Blake win Jamaican 100m titles in season-best times

The Hindu  

Shericka Jackson sped to season best 10.77secs to turn back the challenge of Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah to win her first Jamaican 100m title on Friday in Kingston. In the absence of four-time World Champion and wild card holder Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who opted not to contest the semifinal after blazing to 10.70 in Thursday's preliminaries, Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Jackson, …

U.S. Track and Field Championships: Fred Kerley Scorches in 100 Heats, Shock Exit for Sha’Carri Richardson
2 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Track and Field Championships: Fred Kerley Scorches in 100 Heats, Shock Exit for Sha’Carri Richardson

News 18  

Tokyo silver medalist Fred Kerley produced a world-leading 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100 meters heats at the U.S. championships on Thursday but there was a shock in the women’s preliminaries when fan-favourite Sha’Carri Richardson failed to advance. I feel like there’s definitely a lot I can still continue to build off of,” said Coleman ”I feel pretty good for …

Diamond League: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Equals World-Leading Time to Win 100 in Paris
2 years, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Equals World-Leading Time to Win 100 in Paris

News 18  

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce equalled her world-leading time of the year in winning the 100 meters in 10.67 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday. She also beat Jamaican countrywoman and two-time reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah’s meet record of 10.72, set last year. Olympic bronze medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh also set a world-leading mark for …

Diamond League: Karsten Warholm injured on Rabat return, Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 100m
2 years, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Karsten Warholm injured on Rabat return, Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 100m

Firstpost  

After a blistering start out of the blocks, Warholm abruptly stopped after clipping the first hurdle, clutching the back of his right thigh. Karsten Warholm, the Olympic champion and world-record holder in the 400m hurdles, pulled up injured on his return to competition at the Diamond League meet in Rabat on Sunday, just weeks before the Norwegian star defends his …

Trayvon Bromell, Elaine Thompson-Herah bag 100m wins at Diamond League in Eugene
2 years, 6 months ago

Trayvon Bromell, Elaine Thompson-Herah bag 100m wins at Diamond League in Eugene

Firstpost  

Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah, who won back-to-back Olympic 100m-200m doubles in 2016 and last year, captured the women’s 100m in 10.79. “It shows I’m on a great path,” added the Jamaican star, who pulled out of the Birmingham Diamond League meeting with a shoulder injury, testing herself in a lower-level meeting in Kingston last Saturday instead. “I’m pretty sure I’m already getting …

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