World Athletics Championships: Fred Kerley Wins Men's100m Gold in USA Clean Sweep
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Fred Kerley Wins Men's100m Gold in USA Clean Sweep

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American Fred Kerley led a US clean sweep as he won the world men’s 100m gold in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. Bracy took silver in 9.88sec, and Trayvon Bromell claimed bronze at the same time for a third-ever 100m world championship clean sweep after 1983 and 1991. The fourth of the strong US quartet, Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion from Doha in 2019 who was banned from the Tokyo Olympics for missing three doping tests, finished sixth despite an electric start. Failing to advance from the semi-finals to the final were Canada’s Olympic 200m champion, Andre de Grasse, also a two-time 100m bronze medallist, and 2011 world champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica.

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World Athletics Championships 2023: USA claims crushing victory in men’s 4x400m relay
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: USA claims crushing victory in men’s 4x400m relay

The Hindu  

The United States maintained its vice-like grip of the men’s 4x400 metres relay on Sunday when it emphatically won its ninth world gold from the last 10 finals. Quincy Hall and Vernon Norwood built an early lead before Justin Robinson, who also got a gold in the mixed 4x400 on the opening night, stretched it to give anchor Rai Benjamin …

Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles lead USA to TWO gold medals in 4x100 relays, completing a sweep at the World Championships for the first time since 2007
1 year, 3 months ago

Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles lead USA to TWO gold medals in 4x100 relays, completing a sweep at the World Championships for the first time since 2007

Daily Mail  

Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles anchored the U.S. to back-to-back victories in the 4x100 Saturday, giving the Americans a sweep of the short relays at the world championships for the first time since 2007. When Lyles crossed the line, closing out a lap of 37.38 seconds for the U.S., he lifted three fingers in the air to punctuate what he's …

World Athletics Championships 2023: US safely into men’s 4x100m final, Canada out
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: US safely into men’s 4x100m final, Canada out

The Hindu  

The United States survived a scare to move safely into the final of the men’s 4x100m relay at the World Championships where it will hope to avoid another of the calamitous displays that have dogged it in the event over the last 20 years. On Friday they lined up Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes and JT Smith - with …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rogers wins women’s hammer to secure double gold for Canada
1 year, 3 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, 3 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: Lyles cruises into 200m semis in quest for sprint double
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Lyles cruises into 200m semis in quest for sprint double

The Hindu  

Newly-crowned world 100m champion Noah Lyles on Wednesday cruised into the semi-finals of the 200m in his quest to become the first male athlete to win a world sprint double since Usain Bolt in 2015. “I try to make all my races look as easy as possible, even if they aren’t,” said Lyles, who has said he wants to target …

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 …

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut

The Hindu  

American Fred Kerley will not be defending his world 100 metres title later on Sunday after he failed to progress from the semifinals, as his compatriots Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman qualified fastest for the final. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championship Day 2 LIVE Updates Former champion Coleman got his traditional fast start and maintained his form to win the …

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: 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: Olympic sprint champ Jacobs yearns for ‘favourite’ tag
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Olympic sprint champ Jacobs yearns for ‘favourite’ tag

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs said Wednesday he yearned to be tagged as favourite going into the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, despite it carrying a great weight of expectation after a “rollercoaster” of a season. “I have faced many challenges over the last two years, but I’ve been working hard for these world championships.” Since streaking to that surprise …

USA sending 139 athletes to world championships
1 year, 4 months ago

USA sending 139 athletes to world championships

The Hindu  

The United States will send 139 athletes packed with world and Olympic gold medal winners to the athletics world championships in Budapest led by sprinters Noah Lyles, and Christian Coleman, USA Track and Field said on Monday. The team will include 82 members from last year’s world championships squad in Oregon where the U.S. dominated by winning 33 medals, including …

Fred Kerley calls out Marcell Jacobs after first 100m of season
1 year, 7 months ago

Fred Kerley calls out Marcell Jacobs after first 100m of season

The Hindu  

American sprint star Fred Kerley said it was “on and popping” ahead of his much-anticipated showdown with Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs after opening his 100m season in Japan on Sunday. Kerley is looking to defend his 100m world title in Budapest in August and said he was “up for any challenge” as he trained his sights on Jacobs. Kerley said …

Olympic champion Jacobs ‘inspired’ by Kerley rivalry as showdown looms
1 year, 7 months ago

Olympic champion Jacobs ‘inspired’ by Kerley rivalry as showdown looms

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs on Friday described his rivalry with US world champion Fred Kerley as “inspiring” as the Italian announced he will compete in next month’s Paris Diamond League meet. “It’s good to create a bit of interest, individual challenges, to get people talking about us,” Jacobs told AFP. “He’s in good shape, he has already competed, …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Canada Win 4x100m Men's Relay Gold on US Soil
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Canada Win 4x100m Men's Relay Gold on US Soil

News 18  

Andre De Grasse anchored Canada to an upset gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday as the United States quartet once again failed to deliver. De Grasse, who battled through injury and a second bout of Covid-19 in order to be fit for duty in Eugene, surged home to take the gold for …

World Athletics Championships 2022: American Michael Norman Wins 400m Dash Gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: American Michael Norman Wins 400m Dash Gold

News 18  

American Michael Norman made up for a disappointing fifth-placed finish at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the world 400m gold in Eugene on Friday. Three-time Olympic medallist and 2011 world champion Kirani James of Grenada claimed silver with 44.68sec, while Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith took bronze. World record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa finished fifth in 44.97sec. Bahamian star …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Olympic Champions Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Daniel Stahl Fail on a Day of Surprises
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Olympic Champions Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Daniel Stahl Fail on a Day of Surprises

News 18  

Karsten Warholm’s hopes of winning a third straight World Championships title were dashed while Britain’s Jake Wightman felled reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen on a day of upsets on Tuesday.Kristjan Ceh dethroned Olympic champion and 2019 winner Daniel Stahl in the discus final and Eleanor Patterson outdid Yaroslava Mahuchikh to win women’s high jump gold. Norwegian Olympic champion Warholm, …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Britain's Jake Wightman Wins 1500m Gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Britain's Jake Wightman Wins 1500m Gold

News 18  

Britain’s Jake Wightman upstaged Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a thriller of a men’s 1500m at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday. Ingebrigtsen led at the bell for the final lap, but Wightman stuck with the pace and bolted with 200 metres to go, successfully holding off the Norwegian for victory in 3min 29.23sec. Kenya’s Abel Kipsang shot to …

World Athletics Championship: US sweeps shot put medals, Grant Holloway retains 110m hurdles title
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship: US sweeps shot put medals, Grant Holloway retains 110m hurdles title

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser finally bagged World Championships gold as he led a United States clean sweep in a dramatic shot put competition with a best throw of 22.94 metres on Sunday. Holloway successfully defends 110m hurdles world title American Grant Holloway successfully defended his 110 metres hurdles world title after Jamaica’s Olympic champion Hansle …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins Fifth 100m Title in Jamaican Clean Sweep
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins Fifth 100m Title in Jamaican Clean Sweep

News 18  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her record fifth world 100m title in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday, leading an unprecedented Jamaican clean sweep of the podium. Fraser-Pryce is also the first athlete to ever win five gold medals in a track event at the World Championships in the same discipline, with Sunday’s win following 100m golds in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. The …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Fred Kerley wins 100m gold as US clean sweeps
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Fred Kerley wins 100m gold as US clean sweeps

Firstpost  

Bracy took silver in 9.88sec, and Trayvon Bromell claimed bronze in the same time for a third-ever 100m world championship clean sweep for the United States after 1983 and 1991. Eugene: American Fred Kerley led a US clean sweep as he stormed to victory in the men’s 100m at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday. The future is bright …

Kerley leads red, white & blue sweep of 100 at worlds
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerley leads red, white & blue sweep of 100 at worlds

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Before the race, U.S. fighter jets zoomed over the stadium. Fred Kerley led the charge Saturday on an All-American night for track and field, headlining the first U.S. sweep of the sport’s marquee event, the men’s 100, in 31 years at the worlds. This one felt more like a bunch of comeback stories and “I told ya …

World Championships: Fred Kerly wins gold in men’s 100m
2 years, 5 months ago

World Championships: Fred Kerly wins gold in men’s 100m

The Hindu  

Fred Kerley led home an American clean sweep in the world championships 100 metres final on Saturday, the first since 1991, to send the home fans wild as the sport’s dominant nation got a night to remember as they hosted the event for the first time. Kerley timed his dip perfectly to clock 9.86 seconds as Marvin Bracy took silver …

World Athletics Championships: Olympic Champion Lamont Jacobs Pulls Out of 100m Semis
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Olympic Champion Lamont Jacobs Pulls Out of 100m Semis

News 18  

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew from the 100m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships due to a thigh injury, the Italian Athletics Federation confirmed on Saturday. Italian team doctor Andrea Billi said in a statement released just hours before Jacobs was due to race that the sprinter would not compete after being diagnosed with tightness in his right thigh. In …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Polish Hammer Throw Rivals Pawel Fajdek and Wojciech Nowicki Advance
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Polish Hammer Throw Rivals Pawel Fajdek and Wojciech Nowicki Advance

News 18  

Poland’s Pawel Fajdek began his bid for a fifth straight world title in the men’s hammer throw with a 80.09-metre effort in qualification on the opening day of the championships on Friday. There were no surprises in the event, as Fajdek’s compatriot and chief rival Wojciech Nowicki rolled through to Saturday’s final with 79.22, nearly a year since he collected …

U.S. Track and Field Championships: Fred Kerley Scorches in 100 Heats, Shock Exit for Sha’Carri Richardson
2 years, 5 months ago

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

News 18  

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

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

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

Firstpost  

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

EXPLAINED: Why Marcell Jacobs's 100m Win Made History, And How Few Have Gone Where He Has Taken Italy
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINED: Why Marcell Jacobs's 100m Win Made History, And How Few Have Gone Where He Has Taken Italy

News 18  

The 100m sprint is arguably the most hotly anticipated and eagerly followed event at any Olympics. The 100m sprint has been an Olympic sport for men right since the first modern Games in 1896, although the women’s event began only in 1928. Since 1996 and till the Tokyo Games, athletes from just three countries — Canada, US, Jamaica — had …

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final

The Independent  

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