World Athletics Championships 2019: Despite standout performances, track and field still in search of next big star after Usain Bolt
5 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Despite standout performances, track and field still in search of next big star after Usain Bolt

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The debate about the wisdom of bringing the IAAF’s biggest competition to a country that is still gearing up to host the biggest in any sport — the 2022 FIFA World Cup — haunted this event from the get-go Doha: If the goal of this year’s track and field world championships was to find a fresh face, a vibrant personality, a one-of-a-kind talent to replace the mile-wide void left by Usain Bolt’s absence, then consider it still a work in progress. The 10-day run in the desert had its moments — a world record in the 400m hurdles, a hometown high jumper taking gold, female sprinters and hurdlers striking a blow for new moms everywhere. But the main message coming out of Doha very well might have been “Wait ’til Next Year.” The Tokyo Olympics, the first that will take place without Bolt since 2000, start in less than 10 months, and the worlds provided some clues as to what’s ahead — and also about the problems this sport still faces. The debate about the wisdom of bringing the IAAF’s biggest competition to a country that is admittedly still gearing up to host the biggest in any sport — the 2022 FIFA World Cup — haunted this event from the get-go.

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World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025: Britain’s Jeremiah Azu storms to 60m gold
5 days, 23 hours 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 …

World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025: Indians sweep men’s discus throw F11 on Day 1; Preeti Pal wins 100m silver
2 weeks, 1 day ago

World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025: Indians sweep men’s discus throw F11 on Day 1; Preeti Pal wins 100m silver

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India made a clean sweep in the Men’s Discus Throw F11 event, where Sagar clinched the gold with a throw of 34.84 meters, followed by Balaji Rajendran who secured silver with 26.98 meters, and Janak Singh Harsana who bagged bronze with a mark of 25.13 meters. The Men’s 100 meters T13 event saw Botswana’s Bose Mokgwathi take gold with 11.55 …

Faster and higher: The reason why athletics record are tumbling around the world
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Faster and higher: The reason why athletics record are tumbling around the world

Live Mint  

On 28 February, in the small city of Clermont-Ferrand at the foothills of the French Alps, Armand “Mondo" Duplantis stood for a moment, looking askance at the crossbar that rose more than 20ft in the air above him. When Nike revealed their Vaporfly shoes in 2017, a new design that featured US space agency Nasa-designed foams, a stiff carbon-fibre plate …

World Athletics Indoor Championships: Holloway seeks world indoors 60m hurdles ‘three-peat’
1 month ago

World Athletics Indoor Championships: Holloway seeks world indoors 60m hurdles ‘three-peat’

The Hindu  

Grant Holloway will compete for an unprecedented third straight world indoor title in the 60 metres hurdles next month, after cruising to an 82nd consecutive win in the event at the U.S. trials on Saturday. “Getting ready to try to make history, do something that nobody’s ever seen before, three indoors, three outdoors,” Holloway, who won his elusive first Olympic …

Tejas Shirse breaks 60m hurdles national record in indoor meet in France
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tejas Shirse breaks 60m hurdles national record in indoor meet in France

The Hindu  

Tejas Shirse broke his own national record in men’s 60m hurdles while finishing second at the Elite Indoor Track Meeting in Miramas, France. Shirse clocked 7.64 seconds at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver level event on Friday to better his earlier national record time of 7.65 seconds, set at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg on January 19. The …

Indian athlete Jyothi’s golden leap in 60m hurdles
2 months ago

Indian athlete Jyothi’s golden leap in 60m hurdles

New Indian Express  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji from Visakhapatnam made a remarkable comeback to the track, setting not just one but two national records, and winning gold in the 60m hurdles at the Meeting de Nantes Métropole in Nantes, France, on Saturday. This performance shaved 0.05 seconds off her previous best of 8.12 seconds, set at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in …

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

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships
3 months, 1 week ago

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships

The Hindu  

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set her 10th world record at the world short course championships with gold in the 50-meter freestyle final before adding an 11th as part of the winning U.S. team in the women’s 4x100 medley relay on Sunday. Walsh later extended her world record total to 11 — nine individual and two in relays — when the …

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships
3 months, 1 week ago

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships

Associated Press  

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set her 10th world record at the world short course championships with gold in the 50-meter freestyle final before adding an 11th as part of the winning U.S. team in the women’s 4x100 medley relay on Sunday. Walsh later extended her world record total to 11 — nine individual and two in relays — when the …

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

Half-marathon world record broken by one second in Valencia
5 months ago

Half-marathon world record broken by one second in Valencia

The Independent  

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Diamond League 2024: Winfred Yavi Creates History In Women's 3000m Steeplechase; Breaks Several Records
6 months, 3 weeks 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 - 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 …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
7 months, 1 week 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
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m

ABC  

Jessica Hull has declared she can win Olympic gold in the women's 1,500 metres "mega-final" in Paris. That's no longer a problem, as evidenced by Hull's blistering run of 3:50.83 at last month's Paris Diamond League meet which lifted her to fifth spot on the all-time list. The women's line-up of Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kirstie Edwards and Torrie Lewis …

Memorable Olympic 100 metres finals following Noah Lyles’ photo finish Paris win
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games
7 months, 3 weeks 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
7 months, 3 weeks 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
8 months 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 …

Aussie Jess Hull smashes world 2000m record in Monaco in huge statement ahead of Paris Olympics
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Aussie Jess Hull smashes world 2000m record in Monaco in huge statement ahead of Paris Olympics

Daily Mail  

Jess Hull has smashed the women's world record in the 2000 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting with another stunning display that reaffirms her as a genuine Olympic medal contender. Jess Hull shows off her gold medal after smashing the 2000m world record in Monaco World record FLASH 🚨 5 days after becoming the fifth-fastest women’s 1500m runner in …

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League
8 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Wu carries bags of confidence to Paris
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Wu carries bags of confidence to Paris

China Daily  

Wu Yanni in action. In a striking departure from conventional sporting appearances, the women's 100m hurdles final at last Sunday's National Athletics Championships showcased competitors who combined elegance and athleticism with buckets of confidence. In a post on Douyin after the event, Wu thanked her supporters, stating: "I will continue to improve, and so will Chinese women's 100m hurdles." Last …

Ariarne Titmus shatters world record at Australian Olympic trials in statement performance ahead of Paris 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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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 …

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 …

Bednarek sets the fastest 200m time this year at Doha Diamond League
10 months, 2 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 …

Science helping modern athletes but not sure sport is progressing: Edwin Moses
11 months ago

Science helping modern athletes but not sure sport is progressing: Edwin Moses

Hindustan Times  

Edwin Moses forever changed the way athletes trained with his use of biomechanics in sport. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Moses won gold and set his first world record of 47.64 secs At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Moses won gold and set his first world record of 47.64 secs. I was talking about that way back then that running under …

Devynne Charlton shines, Mondo Duplantis reigns supreme at world indoors
1 year ago

Devynne Charlton shines, Mondo Duplantis reigns supreme at world indoors

The Hindu  

Devynne Charlton bettered her own 60m hurdles world record, Mondo Duplantis once again ruled supreme in the pole vault and there were second golds for Femke Bol and Alexander Doom on the third and final day of the world indoor championships on Sunday. In another scintillating night of track and field at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena, US sprint star Noah Lyles …

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace
1 year ago

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace

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China’s Pan sets 100 metres freestyle world record at World Championships
1 year, 1 month ago

China’s Pan sets 100 metres freestyle world record at World Championships

The Hindu  

China’s Pan Zhanle set the 100 metres freestyle world record at the swimming World Championships in Doha on Sunday with a stunning leadoff swim in the 4x100m relay to power his nation to the world title. “Breaking the world record is an honour for me,” said Pan, who powered China to the relay title ahead of runners-up Italy and the …

Kiptum sets world marathon record in Chicago in 2:00:35, breaking Kipchoge’s mark
1 year, 5 months ago

Kiptum sets world marathon record in Chicago in 2:00:35, breaking Kipchoge’s mark

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Kelvin Kiptum set a world record in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 35 seconds to shatter fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s old mark by 34 seconds. Kiptum won the London Marathon in the spring in 2:01:25 and shaved almost a minute off the world record set last year in Berlin by Kipchoge, a two-time Olympic …

Asian Games 2023, Athletics: Vithya Ramraj equals PT Usha's national record to qualify for 400m hurdles final
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Athletics: Vithya Ramraj equals PT Usha's national record to qualify for 400m hurdles final

India Today  

On October 2nd, 2023, the Asian Games witnessed a remarkable performance by Indian athlete Vithya Ramraj. The 25-year-old hurdler clocked a personal best of 55.42 seconds in the women's 400m hurdles heats, securing her direct qualification for the final. Her time of 55.42 seconds placed her among the top five athletes, advancing to the final, demonstrating India's continued strength in …

China clocks world's 2nd best time in men's 4x100m medley relay victory at Hangzhou Asiad
1 year, 6 months ago

China clocks world's 2nd best time in men's 4x100m medley relay victory at Hangzhou Asiad

China Daily  

Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao and Pan Zhanle of China react after awarding ceremony of the men's 4x100m medley relay final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 26, 2023. Boasting world champions Qin Haiyang and Xu Jiayu, China won the men's 4x100m medley relay with a new Asian record time of three minutes …

.01 seconds shy of Usha’s 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books
1 year, 6 months ago

.01 seconds shy of Usha’s 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books

The Hindu  

When she crossed the finish line in the women’s 400m hurdles race at the Indian Grand Prix at Chandigarh’s sector 7 Sports Complex on Monday evening, Vithya Ramraj was so far in front of the rest of the field that she had time not just to catch her breathe but also to start looking at the digital scoreboard to see …

Ingebrigtsen smashes 2,000-meter world record at Brussels Diamond League meet
1 year, 6 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 …

Problematics | 400m contests away from the champions
1 year, 6 months ago

Problematics | 400m contests away from the champions

Hindustan Times  

The world record for the men’s 400m is 43.03 seconds, clocked in the 2016 Olympics. #Puzzle 54.2 One of the smallest known organisms is a bacterium called Pelagibacter ubique, with an average cell diameter of 120 to 200 nanometres. Mailbox: Last week’s solvers #Puzzle 53.1 #Puzzle 53.1 Hi Kabir, The cards in order from left to right are: King of …

World Athletics Championships 2023: India men's 4x400m relay team finishes 5th in final
1 year, 6 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: India men's 4x400m relay team finishes 5th in final

India TV News  

World Athletics Championships 2023: India men's 4x400m relay team finishes 5th in final The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh finished fifth in the final of 4x400m relay race at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest. India's men's 4x400m relay team finished fifth in the final of the World Athletics Championships 2023 in …

World track championships: Takeaways from Budapest 2023
1 year, 6 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: USA claims crushing victory in men’s 4x400m relay
1 year, 6 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge
1 year, 6 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, 7 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Indian men’s 4x400m relay team shatters Asian record to qualify for final
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Indian men’s 4x400m relay team shatters Asian record to qualify for final

India TV News  

The Indian men's 4x400m relay team comprising the quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh set up a new Asian record on Saturday, August 26 in Budapest, Hungary to qualify for the final of the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2023 - for the first time in history. The team of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Duplantis wins second straight gold in pole vault
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Duplantis wins second straight gold in pole vault

The Hindu  

Sweden’s world record holder Armand Duplantis claimed his second consecutive world pole vault title on Saturday, but did not have a seventh world record in him on a steamy night in Budapest. The Olympic champion cleared 6.10 metres for gold and then - in what turned into the “Mondo show” - missed at three attempts to clear 6.23, which would …

Video - World Athletics Championships 2023: Shericka Jackson wins 200m gold in second-best time ever
1 year, 7 months ago

Video - World Athletics Championships 2023: Shericka Jackson wins 200m gold in second-best time ever

The Hindu  

Jamaica’s peerless Shericka Jackson delivered a command performance to retain her world 200 metres title in 21.41 seconds on Friday – the second-fastest time ever run. Fellow American Sha’Carri Richardson claimed bronze with a personal best 21.92 running in the same lane nine from where she won gold in the 100m on Monday. As for the world record - I’m …

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for 2024 Olympics, enters World Championships final with 88.77m throw
1 year, 7 months ago

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for 2024 Olympics, enters World Championships final with 88.77m throw

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra needed just one big throw to qualify for the World Championships men’s javelin throw final as well as 2024 Paris Games, pulling off a commendable first-attempt of 88.77m here on Friday. The 25-year-old Chopra’s qualifying round lasted just a few minutes as he sent the spear to his season’s best distance in his first attempt. FOLLOW …

Noah Lyles captures sprint double at world track championships
1 year, 7 months ago

Noah Lyles captures sprint double at world track championships

LA Times  

Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 200 meters at the world track and field championships on Friday in Budapest, Hungary. Four days after claiming 100-meter gold, and the unofficial title as world’s fastest man, in 9.83 seconds, Lyles won the 200 in 19.52 seconds Friday in Budapest, Hungary. You take the win.” Lyles joins fellow Americans …

Femke Bol wins women’s 400m hurdles gold at World Athletics Championships 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Femke Bol wins women’s 400m hurdles gold at World Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu  

Femke Bol didn’t let pressure trip her up. The overwhelming favorite won in a runaway as the Dutch standout opened a wide lead and never looked back in the final of the women’s 400-meter hurdles Thursday night at World Championships. With Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone skipping her title defense and former champion Dalilah Muhammad eliminated in the semifinals, this was Bol’s race …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through
1 year, 7 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 Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semis
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semis

The Hindu  

National record holder 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji failed to qualify for the semifinals of the World Athletics Championships as she finished seventh in her heat here on Tuesday. READ: Jyothi Yarraji is a level-headed and determined athlete, says Dr Aashish Contractor Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Kendra Harrison of USA led the semifinal qualifiers with a world record time of 12.24 …

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