World Athletics Championships 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce blitzes women’s 100m as Dina Asher-Smith takes silver
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce blitzes women’s 100m as Dina Asher-Smith takes silver

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 Dina Asher-Smith set a new British record to claim the 100 metres silver medal as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce dominated to win World Athletics Championships gold. Jamaica’s double Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce took her fourth 100m world title in 10.71secs while the Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou was third. open image in gallery Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates with her son after winning the 100m final She told BBC Sport: “I’ve worked so hard for this, I’ve worked so hard for this championships, this point in my career and hopefully I’ll go on to do bigger things. “I’m a championship performer, I’m a competitor, I would have loved to win today, anybody in that race would have loved to win, but Shelly-Ann did an absolutely fantastic performance and that’s why she has so many titles and is an absolute legend.” It was also Great Britain’s 100th medal at the World Championships since it started in 1983.

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

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

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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, 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 …

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

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
5 months 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 reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’
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Keely Hodgkinson reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’

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

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson wins first gold medal in 800m final
5 months ago

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson wins first gold medal in 800m final

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Keely Hodgkinson made it look easy. Hodgkinson won her first gold medal with a time of 1:56.72. USA’s Juliette Whittaker, in her first-ever final, finished seventh at 1:58.50. This is Hodgkinson’s first major international championship, having won silver in the Tokyo Games and in both the 2022 and 2023 World Championships.

Gold medal haul for Team USA as Noah Lyles is first American to win men’s 100m in 20 years and swimmers break records
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Gold medal haul for Team USA as Noah Lyles is first American to win men’s 100m in 20 years and swimmers break records

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Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title
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Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title

The Hindu  

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom won the women’s 50 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding to the 100 title the Swede won last week. The 30-year-old Sjostrom is swimming as well as ever in her fifth Olympics and smashed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s Olympic record in the preliminaries. The Swede could not match that time in Sunday’s …

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulls out of Paris Olympics 100m due to apparent injury, after earlier drama at gates to training area
5 months ago

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulls out of Paris Olympics 100m due to apparent injury, after earlier drama at gates to training area

ABC  

Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's quest for another title ended abruptly on Sunday morning when she pulled out before the 100m semi final at the Paris Games. The letters "DNS" — "Did Not Start" — flashed on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha'Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening's second semi final. Earlier …

Sha'Carri Richardson Takes Silver Behind Julien Alfred In Olympic 100 Meters
5 months ago

Sha'Carri Richardson Takes Silver Behind Julien Alfred In Olympic 100 Meters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sha’Carri Richardson didn’t get a storybook finish on Saturday at the Paris Olympics ― but she did get silver. Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred celebrates after winning ahead of Sha'Carri Richardson, left, and US' Melissa Jefferson, right, in the women's 100m final. Gold medal winner Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, center, silver medal winner Sha'Carri Richardson of United …

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica’s 2-time Olympic gold medalist, withdraws from 100M with injury
5 months ago

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica’s 2-time Olympic gold medalist, withdraws from 100M with injury

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s quest for another title ended abruptly Saturday when she pulled out before the 100-meter semifinal at the Paris Games. The letters “DNS” — “Did Not Start” — flashed on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening’s second semifinal. Earlier in …

Double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdraws from women's 100m semi-final at Paris Games
5 months ago

Double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdraws from women's 100m semi-final at Paris Games

Hindustan Times  

Jamaica's double champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulled out of the women's Olympic 100m semi-finals shortly before the first of three heats on Saturday. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica reacts after the heats Fraser-Pryce, competing at her fifth Games at age 37 and the winner of two golds, a silver and a bronze over 100m, had been due to run in the second …

Paris Olympics 2024: Why did Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pull out of women’s 100m semifinal?
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Why did Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pull out of women’s 100m semifinal?

The Hindu  

Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s quest for another title ended abruptly Saturday when she pulled out before the 100-meter semifinal at the Paris Games. The letters “DNS” — “Did Not Start” — flashed on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening’s second semifinal. “With every step and win, …

Today in Sports - Serena Williams joins Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam
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Today in Sports - Serena Williams joins Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam

Associated Press  

Aug. 4 1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record. 2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. …

Daryll Neita fourth in ‘bittersweet’ women’s 100m final as Julien Alfred romps to gold
5 months, 1 week ago

Daryll Neita fourth in ‘bittersweet’ women’s 100m final as Julien Alfred romps to gold

The Telegraph  

Neita has previously won World and Olympic medals in the 4x100m relay events but her individual medals were all in the European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Neita’s team-mate, Dina Asher-Smith, had earlier exited in the semi-finals with what, by her high major competition standards, was a desperately disappointing performance when it mattered most. Asher-Smith had run 10.96sec during the European …

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened

ABC  

Saint Lucia sprinter Julien Alfred has won her country's first ever Olympic medal, taking out the women's 100m sprint in a national record time of 10.72. On a rainy night in Paris, Alfred tore out of the blocks and led the field for the next 90 metres, winning the gold convincingly over world number one Sha'Carri Richardson, who finished second …

Keely Hodgkinson becomes sixth fastest woman in history with stunning 800m win at pre-Olympic London Diamond League
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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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

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Keely Hodgkinson beats illness and rivals to retain 800m European Championship title
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Keely Hodgkinson beats illness and rivals to retain 800m European Championship title

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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 …

European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome
7 months ago

European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome

The Hindu  

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith maintained her form perfectly to claim her second European 100m title in Rome on Sunday. European Athletics Championships 2024: Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs defends 100m title “I am in really great shape, I feel really good. It is definitely a new way to win a race for me, so that is a plus.” Asher-Smith, the 2019 world …

George Mills and Romell Glave claim GB’s first medals at European Championships
7 months ago

George Mills and Romell Glave claim GB’s first medals at European Championships

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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 …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 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 …

Adam Peaty marks his return from a mental health break with a bronze at swim worlds; US wins 2 golds
10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games her fifth and final Olympics
11 months ago

Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games her fifth and final Olympics

Associated Press  

Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics. I’m here to win.” She also has won 10 gold medals at world championships, including six individual championships — five in the 100 and one in the 200. Fraser-Pryce finished third at the worlds last year and is considered a contender in Paris, along with …

On This Day in 2019: Dina Asher-Smith wins gold at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

On This Day in 2019: Dina Asher-Smith wins gold at World Athletics Championships

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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 …

World track championships: Takeaways from Budapest 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

World track championships: Takeaways from Budapest 2023

LA Times  

After nine days, a dozen U.S. gold medals and a crash involving a golf cart, track and field’s world championships ended Sunday in Budapest, Hungary. Starting with DeAnna Price’s gold medal in 2019, the U.S. has now taken five medals at the last three world championships, including Janee’ Kassanavoid‘s silver and Price’s bronze in Budapest. One more honorable mention: JuVaughn …

Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul
1 year, 4 months ago

Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul

ABC  

Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have claimed silver and bronze in an emotion-charged women's high jump in Budapest, lifting Australia to a best-ever medal haul of six at a world athletics championships. Key points: Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers embraced on the track after each claiming high jump medals Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who won gold, had to flee her home …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moraa beats favourites Hodgkinson, Mu for 800m gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moraa beats favourites Hodgkinson, Mu for 800m gold

The Hindu  

Mary Moraa of Kenya delivered a storming finish to win the world 800 metres gold on Sunday, proving too good on the final straight for race favourites Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu in a reshuffle of the medals from last year. Best celebration of the #WorldAthleticsChamps 🤝 Mary Moraa What a women's 800m final 🔥 pic.twitter.com/skq3EevlJf — World Athletics August …

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 …

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: Rogers wins women’s hammer to secure double gold for Canada
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rogers wins women’s hammer to secure double gold for Canada

The Hindu  

Camryn Rogers won the women’s hammer throw on Thursday to secure a double gold for Canada after Ethan Katzberg had claimed a surprise title in the men’s event at the weekend. I feel Canada is making its presence known all across the world,” Rogers said of her team mate’s stunning victory on Sunday. Camryn Rogers joins Ethan Katzberg as a …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Fast-finishing Watson takes 400m gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Fast-finishing Watson takes 400m gold

The Hindu  

Jamaica’s Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday as he overhauled fading Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith on the line. Hudson-Smith, who set a European record of 44.26 in winning his heat this week, went out hard and was well clear coming off the final bend but that effort took its toll as he began to tie …

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

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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 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: Richardson, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson earn easy wins in 100m heats
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Richardson, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson earn easy wins in 100m heats

The Hindu  

Sha’Carri Richardson, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Shericka Jackson and defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all won their 100-meter heats at world championships Sunday to stay on course for a showdown in what could be the most unpredictable final of the nine-day track meet. Richardson, the American national champion, crossed the finish line in the day’s fastest time, 10.92 seconds. Maria Perez opened …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Spain’s Martin captures first gold in 20km race walk
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Spain’s Martin captures first gold in 20km race walk

The Hindu  

Alvaro Martin of Spain captured gold in the 20-kilometre race walk in the opening event of the World Athletics Championships 2023 on Saturday. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championships LIVE Updates Martin, who was fourth at the Tokyo Olympics and seventh at the worlds last year in Eugene, shaved nearly two seconds off his best time. “I am going to enjoy …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint

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 200m sprint in Budapest: Shericka Jackson FILE PHOTO: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Though she doesn’t have the season-leading mark, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica should be the favourite as she comes …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 100m sprint
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 100m sprint

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. She set a new U-20 world record in women’s 100m sprint at 2019 NCAA Championships with a timing of 10.75s. Personal Best: 10.71s Season’s Best: 10.71s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce FILE PHOTO: Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a two-time Olympic gold …

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 …

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 …

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