Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record
3 years, 7 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record

The Hindu  

Two days after Sifan Hassan smashed the world 10,000 metres record in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by another five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday. Dutchwoman Hassan had run 29:06.82 to slice almost 10 seconds off the record set by Almaz Ayana at the 2016 Olympics but Gidey, who last year claimed the world 5,000m record, demolished that new mark to finish in 29:01.03, more than a minute ahead of Tuesday's runner-up Tsigie Gebreselama. RELATED| Until Ayana's gold medal performance in Rio nobody had got near Chinese runner Wang Junixa's controversial 1993 record of 29:31.78 but shoe technology featuring carbon plates and thick foam insoles is enabling athletes to rip up the record books. “I expected to run a world record,” said the 23-year-old Gidey, who was aided by Wavelight Technology and becomes the first woman to hold both the 5,000m and 10,000m world records since Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen from 1986-1993.

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Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record
1 week 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
1 week, 1 day 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
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Yomif Kejelcha breaks world half-marathon record by one second
2 months, 1 week ago

Yomif Kejelcha breaks world half-marathon record by one second

ABC  

Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha made every second count as he broke the men's half-marathon record by just one second Sunday. Kejelcha finished strongly in the Spanish city of Valencia to set a time of 57 minutes, 30 seconds, knocking a single second off the record set in 2021 by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon, Portugal. Kejelcha is a former …

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
4 months, 3 weeks 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. …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
4 months, 3 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, 3 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
4 months, 4 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: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive Olympic title in the event. The world silver medallist narrowly missed the world record of 1:40.91 set by Kenya’s David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics, in laying down the …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
4 months, 4 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 …

Keely Hodgkinson reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’
5 months ago

Keely Hodgkinson reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’

The Independent  

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Memorable Olympic 100 metres finals following Noah Lyles’ photo finish Paris win
5 months ago

Memorable Olympic 100 metres finals following Noah Lyles’ photo finish Paris win

The Independent  

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Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Cheptegei stormed to the finish line in 26min 43.14 seconds, ahead of Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and USA’s Grant Fisher. Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de France. The world record holder added the Olympic 10,000 metres title to his remarkable haul to take the Games’ first track …

From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games
5 months, 1 week ago

From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games

Hindustan Times  

The Olympics are among the most widely watched sports events worldwide. Gabriel Medina and Daniel Wiffen Swimming 30th July: Women’s 100m backstroke Kaylee McKeown from Australia broke her own Olympic record of 57.47 seconds from the 2021 Tokyo Games. 29th July: Women’s 200-meter freestyle Mollie O’Callaghan from Australia broke the Olympic record of 1:53:50 set by another Australian, Ariarne Titmus …

2024 Olympics records list: US men’s 4x400M relay team sets a new mark at the Games
5 months, 1 week ago

2024 Olympics records list: US men’s 4x400M relay team sets a new mark at the Games

Associated Press  

PARIS — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. Tuesday, July 30 SWIMMING Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women’s 100-meter backstroke in 57.33 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 57.47 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Monday, July 29 SWIMMING …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 26 - Aug. 1
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

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 …

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

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

The Independent  

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Pacy Popovici puts 100 metres freestyle rivals on notice
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pacy Popovici puts 100 metres freestyle rivals on notice

The Hindu  

Romanian wunderkind David Popovici underlined his credentials for Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres freestyle as he claimed the European title on Wednesday with a blistering swim that threatened Pan Zhanle’s world record. The 19-year-old clocked 46.88 seconds in the Belgrade pool, the third fastest swim in history and 0.08 seconds off the world mark set by China’s Pan …

Ariarne Titmus shatters world record at Australian Olympic trials in statement performance ahead of Paris 2024
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Ariarne Titmus shatters world record at Australian Olympic trials in statement performance ahead of Paris 2024

The Independent  

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Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games
6 months, 4 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 …

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 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 …

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Beatrice Chebet of Kenya set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet on Saturday, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds. “I felt like I was very comfortable.” It was her first 10,000 race since 2020 in Nairobi. “But my target is to run 5,000 first, then 10,000 comes second,” she said. “Because …

Bednarek sets the fastest 200m time this year at Doha Diamond League
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Bednarek sets the fastest 200m time this year at Doha Diamond League

Associated Press  

DOHA, Qatar — Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek set the fastest time of the year in the 200 meters in 19.67 seconds at the Doha Diamond League on Friday. With a tailwind of +1.7 within the legal limit, Bednarek established a comfortable lead and coasted through the finish to win by several strides ahead of American relay teammates Courtney Lindsey …

Peres Jepchirchir sets women’s-only world record in brilliant London Marathon win
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peres Jepchirchir sets women’s-only world record in brilliant London Marathon win

The Telegraph  

There’s a line towards the end of Shawshank Redemption uttered by Red, the one film character I defy anyone to dislike where he utters: “Seriously, how often do you look at a man’s shoes?” It’s a line that that I have often thought about since I first watched the celebrated film and – unless you happen to be wearing pointy, …

Swimming: Titmus fires Olympic warning with fastest 400m freestyle of year
8 months, 3 weeks 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 …

World record holder Tigst Assefa out to make history in first London Marathon
8 months, 3 weeks ago

World record holder Tigst Assefa out to make history in first London Marathon

The Independent  

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Tigst Assefa smashes women’s marathon world record in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa smashes women’s marathon world record in Berlin

The Hindu  

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours, 11 minutes, and 53 seconds. Assefa, who had set a course record with a personal best last year, set a blistering early pace, gradually shaking off any competition to …

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin

The Independent  

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Tigst Assefa shatters the women’s marathon world record by more than 2 minutes in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa shatters the women’s marathon world record by more than 2 minutes in Berlin

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Tigst Assefa broke the women’s world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for the fifth time but couldn’t break his own record. Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous …

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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge
1 year, 4 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold

The Hindu  

Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday with a time of two hours, eight minutes, 53 seconds, while Maru Teferi of Israel finished with silver despite taking a tumble. The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kiplangat broke away on his own with about 4 km to go, crossing the finish line with an …

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon became the first woman ever to complete a 1,500-5,000 metres double at the World Championships after she raced to victory over the longer distance on Saturday. Four days after she won the 1,500 metres, the two-time Olympic gold medallist surged away from Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan down the home straight to cross in 14 minutes 53.88 seconds for …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas failed to make it into the final of the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest after pulling up injured in his semifinal on Tuesday. South Africa’s world record holder Wayde van Niekerk endured an agonising wait to qualify as one of the two next fastest after missing out on one …

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu  

The first world record, Faith Kipyegon pointed at her time in disbelief. “She’s rewriting what’s possible,” said Nikki Hiltz, who set the American record in the mile on the day Kipyegon broke the world mark. “It helps us all dream bigger.” Turns out, Kipyegon’s first love was soccer growing up on a farm in the Kenyan Rift Valley. “Winning the …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Faith Kipyegon A week after she set the 1500m world record in Florence, Faith Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for the 5000m, with a timing …

Mollie O'Callaghan stuns Aussie rival Ariarne Titmus to claim gold at the World Championships as teenage sensation smashes 200m freestyle world record in Japan
1 year, 5 months ago

Mollie O'Callaghan stuns Aussie rival Ariarne Titmus to claim gold at the World Championships as teenage sensation smashes 200m freestyle world record in Japan

Daily Mail  

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan set a blistering pace to break the world record in the women's 200 metres freestyle, capturing the gold medal with a time of one minute, 52.85 seconds at the World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday. Olympic champion Titmus had blazed to the 400m freestyle title on Sunday to erase 16-year-old McIntosh's mark and was well placed to go …

World Athletics Championships: Olympics 800m champion Korir makes Kenya’s squad for Budapest
1 year, 6 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Olympics 800m champion Korir makes Kenya’s squad for Budapest

The Hindu  

World and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Korir has been included in a 46-member squad named by Kenya on Saturday for next month’s world championships in Budapest. Former 400m specialist Korir, who has dominated the men’s 800m for the last two years, withdrew from the trials with a leg injury, but earned his place in the team through a wild card …

Kenyan record-breaker Faith Kipyegon plans double at world championships in Budapest
1 year, 6 months ago

Kenyan record-breaker Faith Kipyegon plans double at world championships in Budapest

The Hindu  

Kenya’s record-breaking running star Faith Kipyegon confirmed on Friday she will go for a 1,500m-5,000m double at the world championships in Budapest next month. The 29-year-old smashed the world records in both events in June, running 3:49.11 in the 1,500m in Florence, and seven days later an explosive 14:05.20 in her 5,000m debut race at the Paris Diamond League. Meet …

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 …

Kenya rewards runner Kipyegon with $35,000 and house for breaking 2 world records
1 year, 6 months ago

Kenya rewards runner Kipyegon with $35,000 and house for breaking 2 world records

The Hindu  

Distance runner Faith Kipyegon was given $35,000 and a house by Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday as a reward for breaking two world records in the space of a week. The 29-year-old Kipyegon, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, set a new 1,500 world record in Florence, Italy on June 2 when she broke the eight-year-old mark …

Olympic champion Titmus on fire to book world championship place
1 year, 6 months ago

Olympic champion Titmus on fire to book world championship place

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus swam the second fastest 400m freestyle this year, on Tuesday, to book her place at next month’s world championships, as did fellow swimming superstars Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown. Titmus, who lost her world record to teenage Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh in March, touched in 3:58.47 to win easily ahead of Lani Pallister at Australia’s world …

Kipyegon sets 2nd world record in a week with new 5,000-metre mark
1 year, 6 months ago

Kipyegon sets 2nd world record in a week with new 5,000-metre mark

The Hindu  

Faith Kipyegon set a world record in the 5,000 metres on Friday, a week after becoming the fastest woman ever over 1,500 metres. The two-time Olympic and world 1,500-metre champion set the world record in the women's 5,000 in just her third elite race over the distance when she won at the Diamond League meet in Paris in 14 minutes, …

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary break 5000m national records
1 year, 8 months ago

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary break 5000m national records

The Hindu  

Olympian Avinash Sable broke his own 5000m national record in the Sound Running Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Silver event, at Walnut, California, on Saturday. Avinash, whose primary event is the 3000m steeple chase where he is also the Commonwealth Games silver medallist and national record holder, clocked 13:19.30s to better his record by more than five seconds while …

Kenyan sprint star Omanyala hopes to close in on world record
1 year, 9 months ago

Kenyan sprint star Omanyala hopes to close in on world record

The Hindu  

Kenya’s star sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala said Thursday he is targeting a 100-metre time of 9.6 seconds this season in the lead-up to the world athletics championships in Budapest in August. “I intend to achieve the target either in South Africa, at the Kip Keino classic in Nairobi on May 13, or in Budapest, to atone for the disappointment of missing …

Usain Bolt to be honoured with BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award
2 years ago

Usain Bolt to be honoured with BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award

The Independent  

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Kiptum and Beriso light up Valencia Marathon
2 years, 1 month ago

Kiptum and Beriso light up Valencia Marathon

China Daily  

Kenyan's Kelvin Kiptum celebrates as he wins Valencia's Marathon in Valencia, Spain, December 4, 2022. VALENCIA, Spain - Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the third fastest man in history in his first marathon in Valencia on Sunday, while Amane Beriso of Ethiopia became the third woman to run under two hours and 15 minutes. Women’s winner Amane Beriso from Ethiopia celebrates …

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