World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge

The Hindu  

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain stalked world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech for all but one lap of the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, surging past the Kenyan over the final 400 metres to capture gold at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. It was a fast race but I did not realise it was that fast,” said Yavi, who was born in Kenya but switched allegiance to the oil-rich Middle Eastern state in 2016..@WinfredYavi becomes the first athlete from Bahrain to win the 3000m steeplechase at the #WorldAthleticsChamps World lead as the cherry on top 🍒 pic.twitter.com/AJTGsTSY6u — World Athletics August 27, 2023 “I knew I would have the power on the last lap. After finishing fourth at the past two world championships, the gold medal gives me additional motivation to train hard.” Faith Cherotich, a 19-year-old from Kenya, captured the bronze in a personal best 9:00.69 to become the first teenager to climb the world medal podium in the event. Everything is possible for people who believe in themselves.” In the last individual race of the championships, fans were treated to a thrilling event featuring nine of the world’s 10 fastest women this year.

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CWG medallist race walker Priyanka Goswami sets 35km event national record in Slovakia
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CWG medallist race walker Priyanka Goswami sets 35km event national record in Slovakia

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games medallist race walker Priyanka Goswami set a national record in women’s 35km event during the Dudinska 50 competition in Dudince, Slovakia. Goswami clocked 2:56:34 on Saturday to finish 11th in the 44th edition of Dudinska 50, a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold Label meet held annually on the streets of Dudince in March. A two-time Olympian, Goswami …

World Indoor Athletics Championships 2025: Australian Olyslagers retains high jump title
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World Indoor Athletics Championships 2025: Australian Olyslagers retains high jump title

The Hindu  

Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers outshone Ukraine’s Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh to retain her world indoor high jump title in Nanjing on Sunday. The last time reigning Olympic, world and European indoor/outdoor champion Mahuchikh tasted defeat in the women’s high jump was at the 2024 world indoors in Glasgow where she surrendered her title to Olyslagers. Patterson, the 2022 world champion and …

World Athletics Indoor Championships: Ingebrigtsen wins 3,000m gold, keeps hopes of double alive
1 week, 1 day ago

World Athletics Indoor Championships: Ingebrigtsen wins 3,000m gold, keeps hopes of double alive

The Hindu  

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen produced a devastating final kick to win the 3,000m at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing on Saturday to keep his quest for double gold on track. More from World Indoor Athletics Championships 2025: Armand Duplantis wins third title, clears 6m for 100th time But, remarkably, a world indoor title had eluded the 24-year-old until he predictably …

World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025: Britain’s Jeremiah Azu storms to 60m gold
1 week, 2 days ago

World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025: Britain’s Jeremiah Azu storms to 60m gold

The Hindu  

Britain’s Jeremiah Azu added the world indoor 60m crown to his European title as he outsprinted Australian Lachlan Kennedy in Nanjing on Friday. READ | World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 – Key details and live streaming info Defending champion and Olympic gold medallist Hamish Kerr of New Zealand claimed silver with 2.28m ahead of Jamaica’s Raymond Richards on countback. Newly-crowned …

Six out of eight: Dutch women dominate speed skating gold medals
2 weeks ago

Six out of eight: Dutch women dominate speed skating gold medals

Dutch News  

The Dutch squad has finished this year’s World Distance Speed Skating Championships with a clear lead in the medals table, taking eight gold, six silver, and four bronze medals. “You have to peak at the right time, and I did.” Marijke Groenewoud also took her third world title in the mass start, having won five out of six mass start …

SAI athletics coach Ramesh savours double delight as trainees Yarraji, Deepthi honoured with Arjuna Award
2 months, 4 weeks ago

SAI athletics coach Ramesh savours double delight as trainees Yarraji, Deepthi honoured with Arjuna Award

The Hindu  

For N. Ramesh, athletics coach of Sports Authority of India, it was double delight when two of his trainees - 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and para athlete J. Deepthi - were named for the prestigious Arjuna Awards on Thursday. Once she won the National under-18 women’s hurdles gold, she never really looked back and she became the first woman to …

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record

CNN  

CNN — As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off her brilliant year by smashing her own women’s 5,000m road world record at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. “Two races in …

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record - set a year ago to the day at the Barcelona race - by 19 …

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
3 months, 1 week ago

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu  

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

Keely Hodgkinson: The track superstar with the world at her feet
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3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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National Junior Athletics Championships 2024: AFI puts restrictions in few events for the first time to discourage early specialisation
3 months, 3 weeks ago

National Junior Athletics Championships 2024: AFI puts restrictions in few events for the first time to discourage early specialisation

The Hindu  

Several up-and-coming athletes, including under-20 National record holder pole vaulter Dev Meena and South Asian junior championships silver medallist 100m hurdler Sabita Toppo, promise quality action in the 39 th National junior athletics championships starting here on Saturday. For the first time, the meet will see restrictions in a few events for under-14, under-16 and under-18 athletes as the Athletics …

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day when Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s …

Hannah Cockroft eases to her ninth Paralympic title in women’s T34 800m final
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hannah Cockroft eases to her ninth Paralympic title in women’s T34 800m final

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From being mocked by fellow villagers to winning medal on Paralympic debut: Deepthi Jeevanji's trailblazing journey
6 months, 3 weeks ago

From being mocked by fellow villagers to winning medal on Paralympic debut: Deepthi Jeevanji's trailblazing journey

Hindustan Times  

Deepthi Jeevanji won India's 16th medal and added to the medal rush that helped take the country's tally past its Tokyo 2020 record on Tuesday. Deepthi Jeevanji came into the Paralympics as the world champion in women's 400m T20 classification. Today, seeing her become the world champion in a far-off country proves that she is indeed a special girl,” Jeevanji …

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase
6 months, 4 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 …

Diamond League 2024: Winfred Yavi Creates History In Women's 3000m Steeplechase; Breaks Several Records
7 months ago

Diamond League 2024: Winfred Yavi Creates History In Women's 3000m Steeplechase; Breaks Several Records

ABP News  

Winfred Yavi World Lead: Winfred Yavi's run in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase event will be remembered for ages, as the Bahrain athlete broke a list of records with her iconic run at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. During her run, the Bahrainis clocked the time of 8:44:39 which has now the following records: New World Lead New Asian Record New …

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: Pooja Singh breaks U-20 NR in high jump to qualify for final
7 months ago

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: Pooja Singh breaks U-20 NR in high jump to qualify for final

The Hindu  

India’s Pooja Singh rewrote the national U20 women’s national record in the high jump to qualify for the final with a ninth-place finish in the qualification round at the ongoing World Athletics U-20 Championships here. Daughter of a mason, Pooja broke her own national U-20 record of 1.82m set last year in Korea while winning a silver medal at the …

Today in Sports - Usain Bolt completes third consecutive sweep of the 100 and 200-meter sprints
7 months, 1 week ago

Today in Sports - Usain Bolt completes third consecutive sweep of the 100 and 200-meter sprints

Associated Press  

Aug. 18 1923 — Helen Mills, 17, ends Molla Bjurstedt Mallory’s domination of the U.S. 1995 — Thirteen-year-old Dominique Moceanu becomes the youngest to win the National Gymnastics Championships senior women’s all-around title in New Orleans. 2004 — Paul Hamm wins the men’s gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event. 2008 — A day …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
7 months, 2 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
7 months, 2 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 …

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold

Al Jazeera  

Kipyegon becomes the first athlete ever to win three back-to-back 1500m gold medals and sets new Olympic record time. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon made history after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500-metre gold medals with a superb display of middle-distance running. 3rd Olympic 1500m gold for 🇰🇪's Faith Kipyegon 😤 No one in history has won 3 …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Japanese wrestling juggernaut Akari Fujinami extended her outrageous winning streak to claim the women’s 53kg freestyle gold of the Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Thursday. The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and capped her campaign with ridiculous ease winning the gold medal contest against Ecuador’s Lucia Yepez Guzman by technical superiority. I want to enjoy …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US

The Hindu  

Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he …

Keely Hodgkinson hungry for more success after Olympic gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Keely Hodgkinson hungry for more success after Olympic gold

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Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals

The Hindu  

Gabrielle Thomas of the United States sent an emphatic statement to her rivals in the Olympic women’s 200 metres as she cruised to the fastest time in the semifinal on Monday. Julien Alfred, who held off American Sha’Carri Richardson to win the 100m on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal, clocked the second quickest time of 21.98. Rounding …

Paris Olympics: Arisa Trew wins skateboarding gold and the Boomers lose to Serbia in overtime — as it happened
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Arisa Trew wins skateboarding gold and the Boomers lose to Serbia in overtime — as it happened

ABC  

Australian 14-year-old Arisa Trew has won gold in the women's park event in the skateboarding program at the Paris Olympics. Key Events Day 12 schedule Tue 6 Aug Medal tally Tue 6 Aug Boxing: Algeria's Imane Khelif through to gold medal bout in women's 66kg Tue 6 Aug Show all key events Australia's medals on day 11 J By Jon …

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn’t stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. … My main goal is to complete all three distances.” Chebet clocked 14 minutes, 28.56 …

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa

Daily Mail  

Hodgkinson becomes just the 10th British woman to win Olympic athletics gold The British star held her nerve in the closing stages before running clear to win Keely Hodgkinson says she has cemented herself in history after she joined the list of British golden girls by storming to Olympic 800 metres glory. Hodgkinson is only the 10th British woman to …

Katie Ledecky Has a Superpower That Eludes Even the Greatest Olympians
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Katie Ledecky Has a Superpower That Eludes Even the Greatest Olympians

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. On Wednesday in Paris, as American swimmer Katie Ledecky worked her way toward her second consecutive gold medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle, NBC commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines stopped to speculate on her place in swimming history. Related From Slate The Coolest Olympian at the 2024 Games Is Making People Lose …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 2 - Aug. 8
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 2 - Aug. 8

Associated Press  

Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. 1952 — Five American boxers win gold medals at the Olympics, marking the first time the U.S. wins the unofficial team title. 2009 — Catriona Matthew wins the Women’s British Open for her first major title, beating Karrie Webb …

Ariarne Titmus defeats rival Katie Ledecky to cement Olympic crown in 400m freestyle final
8 months ago

Ariarne Titmus defeats rival Katie Ledecky to cement Olympic crown in 400m freestyle final

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Today in 60 seconds at the 2024 Olympics - who are Team GB's best hopes for gold on DAY 2 in Paris? And when to watch Andy Murray's possible final match and Simone Biles' return to the Games
8 months ago

Today in 60 seconds at the 2024 Olympics - who are Team GB's best hopes for gold on DAY 2 in Paris? And when to watch Andy Murray's possible final match and Simone Biles' return to the Games

Daily Mail  

The Paris 2024 Olympics are now in full flow after a rain-soaked and somewhat chaotic opening ceremony. Adam Peaty will hope to secure his third straight Olympic gold in the 100m breaststroke final Andy Murray and Dan Evans will face Japan's Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori in the men's doubles at Roland Garros After a torrid Tokyo 2020, American gymnastics …

A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle
8 months ago

A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage from the Paris Games. Australian Ariarne Titmus, 23, is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the event and the favorite entering Saturday’s competition. For example, New Zealand’s 20-year-old Erika Fairweather would certainly like to play spoiler here; she out-touched McIntosh at 2023 worlds to earn bronze and finish behind Titmus and Ledecky. With none of the …

2024 Olympics: Top non-U.S. athletes to watch, from Nikola Jokić to Rayssa Leal
8 months ago

2024 Olympics: Top non-U.S. athletes to watch, from Nikola Jokić to Rayssa Leal

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage from the Paris Games. GO DEEPER At 17, swimmer Summer McIntosh is ready to be a breakout star at Paris Olympics Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic is one of the most accomplished players in men’s tennis history. GO DEEPER Meet Léon Marchand, the 'French Michael Phelps' ready to rule his home Olympics Armand Duplantis If you’re watching …

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League
8 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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National Youth Athletics Championships: Neeru breaks girls’ 400m national record
9 months, 2 weeks ago

National Youth Athletics Championships: Neeru breaks girls’ 400m national record

The Hindu  

Neeru Pathak broke the girls’ 400m under-18 National record of former Asian junior champion Rezoana Mallick Heena while winning the gold at the 19th National youth athletics championships in Bilaspur on Sunday. Meanwhile, Odisha’s Bapi Hansda, who had missed the recent under-20 Asians in Dubai, bettered the boys’ 400m meet record clocking 47.12s and also made the cut for the …

Tamberi puts on a show in Rome to win another European high jump title. The Paris Olympics are next
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamberi puts on a show in Rome to win another European high jump title. The Paris Olympics are next

Associated Press  

ROME — Gianmarco Tamberi bowed to Italy’s president before and during the competition. Then came an embrace in the stands with his country’s leader when the charismatic Olympic high jump champion clinched another European title and sealed his status as a favorite to defend gold at the Paris Games. Up next for Tamberi, who shared gold with his good friend …

Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games
9 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 …

Ukraine’s Mahuchikh defends high jump title at Euros. She’s a favorite for the Paris Olympics
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine’s Mahuchikh defends high jump title at Euros. She’s a favorite for the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

ROME — One Ukrainian medal in the high jump was expected. Yaroslava Mahuchikh met expectations by following up her world title with a second consecutive European Championship gold on Sunday. We want to show every person in the world that we will continue fighting, that war in Ukraine it’s not finished unfortunately,” Mahuchikh said. “We should fight in every field …

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold

The Hindu  

Despite rain being an issue, former Asian bronze medallist Nayana James came up with a 6.43m effort as she shocked Japan’s Asian champion Sumire Hata and won the long jump gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Taipei on Sunday. 68 Nayana, the Federation Cup champion, is way below the young Shaili Singh …

Josh Kerr smashes Steve Cram’s 39-year-old British record in Diamond League win
10 months ago

Josh Kerr smashes Steve Cram’s 39-year-old British record in Diamond League win

The Independent  

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

Who is Deepthi Jeevanji? Know about first Indian para athlete to win gold at World Championships track events
10 months, 1 week ago

Who is Deepthi Jeevanji? Know about first Indian para athlete to win gold at World Championships track events

India TV News  

The rising athlete Deepthi Jeevanji made every Indian proud with a historic Gold at the World Para Athletics Championships 2024 in Kobe on Monday, May 20. At the World Para Athletics Championships 2024 in Kobe, Japan, she set a new Asian record of 56.09 seconds on Sunday to qualify for the finals. In the finals, Deepthi produced her best performance …

World Para Championships: Deepthi Jeevanji wins gold with world record time in 400m T20 class
10 months, 1 week ago

World Para Championships: Deepthi Jeevanji wins gold with world record time in 400m T20 class

The Hindu  

India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the gold medal with a world record time of 55.07 seconds in the women's 400m T20 category race at the World Para Athletics Championships here on Monday. Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark's earlier world record of 55.12 seconds set during last year's edition of the championships in Paris. Deepthi had qualified for the final after winning …

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Swimming: Titmus fires Olympic warning with fastest 400m freestyle of year
11 months, 1 week ago

Swimming: Titmus fires Olympic warning with fastest 400m freestyle of year

The Hindu  

World record holder Ariarne Titmus fired a warning shot on Friday to Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh ahead of the Paris Olympics with the fastest 400m freestyle of the year. Titmus beat Ledecky in a thrilling final at the Tokyo Olympics then broke the American great’s long-standing world record in 2022, only for Canadian teenager McIntosh to better the mark …

Adam Peaty marks his return from a mental health break with a bronze at swim worlds; US wins 2 golds
1 year, 1 month ago

Adam Peaty marks his return from a mental health break with a bronze at swim worlds; US wins 2 golds

Associated Press  

DOHA, Qatar — World-record holder Adam Peaty marked his return to major competition with a bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday after an extended break to deal with mental health issues. “But that’s what I’ve got to focus on for the next five months now.” Peaty, who took a break last year as …

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