IAAF Diamond League: Lyles steps into Paris spotlight
5 years, 4 months ago

IAAF Diamond League: Lyles steps into Paris spotlight

The Hindu  

Almost 10 years to the day that Jamaican legend Usain Bolt scorched to a blistering world record of 19.19sec at the Berlin world championships, Noah Lyles again takes to the track as the athlete to watch in world championship year. With this year’s world champs being held late in Doha, between September 28-October 6, Lyles has carefully mapped out his programme, with his immediate goal in Paris’ Stade Charlety to produce a performance that will see him into the Diamond League final for the 200m, in Brussels on September 6. A strong field in the French capital, with a track newly-laid ahead of next year’s European Athletics Championships, features Turkey’s world champion Ramil Guliyev, who has a season’s best of 19.99sec. Home hopes of Renaud Lavillenie nailing a seventh Diamond League victory on French soil in the men’s pole vault might rest on how American Sam Kendricks feels on the night. Back on the track, Norway’s Karsten Warholm, who claimed a shock world 400m hurdles gold at the world champs in London two years ago, has already claimed the European record this season, clocking 47.33sec in Oslo before reducing it further to 47.12, the best time in the world, in London last month.

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

Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris

Associated Press  

ROME — 100, 200, 400. The Botswana runner clocked 9.87 seconds — and had time to glance around before easing to the line — to win the 100 meters at Rome’s Diamond League meet on Friday. “Seeing me win Olympic gold, a lot of people probably went and looked where Botswana is on the map.” Americans Christian Coleman and Fred …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program

China Daily  

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Paris 2024 Olympics women's marathon gold medal on Sunday. The closest and highest quality men's 100-meter race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day marathon win, to cap a barely believable hat-trick of medals, was a fitting …

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

The Hindu  

The Olympic athletics programme, highlighted by the shortest event and then the longest, saw performances of astonishing quality and spine-tingling drama, played out to a beautiful and unique purple backdrop that will forever mean Paris. The closest and highest quality men's 100 metres race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day …

When to watch Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the rest of Team USA’s sprinters in action at the Olympics
5 months, 2 weeks ago

When to watch Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the rest of Team USA’s sprinters in action at the Olympics

The Independent  

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How Keely Hodgkinson can spark a ‘golden era’ for British athletics at Paris Olympics
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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Olympics 2024: Key events and athletes to watch in Paris
6 months ago

Olympics 2024: Key events and athletes to watch in Paris

The Independent  

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U.S. Olympic Track Trials: Lyles wins 100m to qualify for Paris Olympics
6 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Olympic Track Trials: Lyles wins 100m to qualify for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Noah Lyles locked down the first major step in his quest for an Olympic sprint double Sunday, coming from behind to win the 100 meters at U.S. track trials in 9.83 seconds to qualify for that race in Paris. “Part of the plan, nothing’s changed,” Lyles said after the win. “It might be a shock to everybody else but when …

U.S. Olympic trials: Noah Lyles wins men’s 100 meters to earn Paris spot
6 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Olympic trials: Noah Lyles wins men’s 100 meters to earn Paris spot

LA Times  

The red running suit, the white pearls and the gold medal said it all. We’ll all get to find out later this summer in Paris thanks to a come-from-behind victory for Lyles in the 100 meters at U.S. track trials Sunday — a 9.83-second sprint that secured his spot at an Olympics where he has his sights set on electrifying …

Diamond League: Pole vaulter Duplantis sails to victory in Suzhou, Simbine beats Coleman in 100m
8 months, 2 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, 3 weeks 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 …

Lyles eyes athletics immortality
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lyles eyes athletics immortality

China Daily  

Noah Lyles of the US in action during the men's 60m semi final 3 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships at Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain March 1, 2024. On the 100 meter all-time rankings Lyles sits well down the list, tied for 15th with a career best of 9.83 seconds — not anywhere near the class of Bolt's world …

US sprinter Lyles ready to write next chapter, starting at world indoors
10 months, 1 week ago

US sprinter Lyles ready to write next chapter, starting at world indoors

The Hindu  

Noah Lyles’ road to his ambitious aim of “all the Olympic medals” at the Paris Games winds through Glasgow this weekend, with the top US sprinter seeking 60m glory at the world indoor championships. READ | World Athletics Indoor C’ships 2024: Star line-up as Lyles, Duplantis test Olympic waters Outdoor fireworks The 26-year-old sees competing indoors as the perfect chance …

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 …

Ingebrigtsen smashes 2,000-meter world record at Brussels Diamond League meet
1 year, 4 months ago

Ingebrigtsen smashes 2,000-meter world record at Brussels Diamond League meet

The Hindu  

Olympic 1,500-meter champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashed a 24-year-old world record in the rarely run 2,000 meters by more than a second on Friday. Making his first appearance since last month’s world championships, the 22-year-old Norwegian improved the previous mark of 4:44.79 set in 1999 by Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj. Also, Jamaica sprint ace Shericka Jackson failed in her attempt …

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, 4 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, 4 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 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track

The Hindu  

World 100m champion Fred Kerley’s long-awaited showdown with Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is one of many intriguing sub-plots to the World Athletics Championships that start in Budapest on Saturday. Since that heady victory, the Italian has been beset by injuries, missing last year’s Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene when Kerley led a U.S. medal clean sweep in track and …

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 …

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne
1 year, 6 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 …

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR
1 year, 7 months ago

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR

The Hindu  

World 200m champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday, but Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs could only finish seventh. Girma sets new men’s 3,000m steeplechase world record Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma smashed a 19-year-old world record in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday. Kipyegon …

Diamond League: Doha winner Kerley to go for sprint double at worlds
1 year, 8 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 …

Trayvon Bromell, Elaine Thompson-Herah bag 100m wins at Diamond League in Eugene
2 years, 7 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 …

Armand Duplantis Launches Outdoor Season with Eugene Diamond League Pole Vault Win
2 years, 7 months ago

Armand Duplantis Launches Outdoor Season with Eugene Diamond League Pole Vault Win

News 18  

World record-holder Armand Duplantis made a smooth if unspectacular start to his outdoor season on Friday, winning the men’s pole vault at the Eugene Diamond League with a vault of 5.91m. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE “I feel like when I go into any competition I want …

Race on to fill Bolt's shoes
3 years, 5 months ago

Race on to fill Bolt's shoes

China Daily  

In contrast in the women's event, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is bidding to win gold for Jamaica for the third time. Lyles is focusing on the 200m, although he will face stiff competition from compatriot Erriyon Knighton, whose 19.88 sec in May at the age of just 17 broke two world 200m age-group bests previously held by Bolt. Warholm's 20-year-old Norway teammate …

Teenager Knighton Stuns World Champion Lyles in 200m US Olympic Trials
3 years, 6 months ago

Teenager Knighton Stuns World Champion Lyles in 200m US Olympic Trials

News 18  

Teenage sensation Erriyon Knighton stunned the men’s 200 metres field at the US Olympic trials on Friday with the leading time in the opening round of 20.04 seconds, weeks after he toppled eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt’s junior record. Knighton, 17, beat world champion Noah Lyles, who claimed a second-best 20.19 finish at Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field and broke …

Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches
3 years, 7 months ago

Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches

Firstpost  

After a 2020 season turned on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is no shortage of athletes in search of competition just 61 days before the Tokyo Olympics. A raft of top-class track and field stars including pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and US sprint sensation Sha’Carri Richardson will be in action at Sunday’s opening Diamond League meet in …

Noah Lyles eyes double diamond boost ahead of worlds
5 years, 4 months ago

Noah Lyles eyes double diamond boost ahead of worlds

The Hindu  

US sprint sensation Noah Lyles will look to bag a second Diamond League trophy when he competes in the 200 metres in the Brussels final on Friday. The 22-year-old went to last week’s first final in Zurich and pipped American teammate and current world champion Justin Gatlin to win the 100m. It remains the fastest time ever run over the …

Birmingham Diamond League: Canadian Andre de Grasse taking baby steps to reattain tag of 'heir apparent' to Usain Bolt
5 years, 4 months ago

Birmingham Diamond League: Canadian Andre de Grasse taking baby steps to reattain tag of 'heir apparent' to Usain Bolt

Firstpost  

Andre de Grasse said that he won’t rush himself ahead of the World Championships in September and is not aiming to set any personal best times in races right now London: Andre de Grasse had looked the heir apparent to Usain Bolt as he won three Olympic medals in 2016, but the Canadian lines up at the Birmingham Diamond League …

IAAF Diamond League 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won women's 100m in London; Hellen Obiri posts the best timing of the year
5 years, 5 months ago

IAAF Diamond League 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won women's 100m in London; Hellen Obiri posts the best timing of the year

The Hindu  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce cruised to victory against home star Dina Asher-Smith in the women’s 100 metres at the London Anniversary Games on Sunday, crossing the line in a time of 10.78 seconds. It is testimony to the fact that hard work pays off.” Asher-Smith said: “Obviously it’s a privilege to line up against fantastic women, but against the double Olympic champion, …

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