Tokyo Olympics 2020: How the 100m Olympic record has changed since start of Summer Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: How the 100m Olympic record has changed since start of Summer Games

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In the 125 year history of Olympic Games, the time in men’s 100m has only gone down by 2.37 seconds despite the improvement in track quality, nutrition, shoe technology. In this 120-year history of the Olympic Games, the time in 100m has only gone down by 2.37 seconds despite the improvement in track quality, nutrition, shoe technology. If they were to race together at the 2012 London Olympics, Bolt would have crossed the finish line with Justin Gatlin 2.23 meters behind, Hines 3.22 meters behind, and Burke, the first 100m gold medallist, 19.75 meters behind. When Betty Robinson won the first women’s Olympic gold in 100m at the 1928 Games, she posted a time of 12.2 seconds.

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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
5 months 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. …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals
5 months, 1 week ago

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

The Hindu  

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

Keely Hodgkinson reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’
5 months, 1 week 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, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title
5 months, 1 week ago

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 …

From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games
5 months, 2 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
5 months, 2 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 …

Science helping modern athletes but not sure sport is progressing: Edwin Moses
8 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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 …

Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics
3 years, 2 months ago

Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics

News 18  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she is still “on top of the game” at the age of 34 and after running the third fastest 100 metres of all time in August the Jamaican sprinter is keeping her options open ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fraser-Pryce, the Beijing and London 100m champion, won gold in the 4x100m relay and silver in the …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics by numbers: World records, athletes and spectators
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics by numbers: World records, athletes and spectators

The Hindu  

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics came to a close on Sunday, ending 16 days of high drama on and off the playing field. Three world records fell in athletics with Norway's Karsten Warholm in the men's 400m hurdles, American Sydney McLaughlin in the women's event and Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas in the women's triple jump. Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze earned three world …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Hurdler McLaughlin shatters own 400m record as Japanese continue to dominate skateboarding
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Hurdler McLaughlin shatters own 400m record as Japanese continue to dominate skateboarding

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At the Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin powered home in 51.46 seconds, with defending champion Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58 after another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers. Tokyo: Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win Olympic gold in the women’s 400m hurdles on Wednesday as Japanese teenager Sakura Yosozumi maintained the hosts’ stranglehold on the skateboarding …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m

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Kenny Bednarek of the United States took silver in 19.68sec while reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles took bronze in 19.74sec. Tokyo: Andre de Grasse said he had “shocked the world” after storming to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final on Wednesday as the United States’ 17-year sprinting gold medal drought continued. Canadian star de Grasse completed a long …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin smashes world record to win 400m hurdles gold
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin smashes world record to win 400m hurdles gold

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McLaughlin powered home in 51.46sec, with world champion and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58. Tokyo: Sydney McLaughlin of the United States smashed her own world record as she stormed to victory in the Olympic women’s 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. It's so cool when people stand in front of things they destroyed 😎 pic.twitter.com/a4PHDFchGK — …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin looks to emulate Karsten Warholm on Day 6 of athletics
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin looks to emulate Karsten Warholm on Day 6 of athletics

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After Karsten Warholm’s thrilling world-record run in the men’s hurdles on Tuesday, arguably one of the best Olympic races in living memory, fireworks are also expected when the women take to the track. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events: Men’s 200m - Final World champion Noah Lyles won’t be taking any more chances after he survived a finish-line gaffe …

Thompson-Herah seals Olympic \'double-double\' with 200 gold
3 years, 5 months ago

Thompson-Herah seals Olympic \'double-double\' with 200 gold

Deccan Chronicle  

Tokyo: Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history in Tokyo Tuesday, emulating fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt to complete an unprecedented women's sprinting “double-double” with victory in the 200 metres. Thompson-Herah, the 2016 Olympics 100m and 200m gold medallist who defended her 100m title on Saturday, sealed a record fourth individual gold after storming home in a blistering 21.53sec. The 29-year-old Thompson-Herah's time …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: USA's Athing Mu becomes first American woman to clinch 800m gold since 1968
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: USA's Athing Mu becomes first American woman to clinch 800m gold since 1968

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The 19-year-old prodigy from New Jersey, who only turned professional in June after a successful college career, led from start to finish to win in a new US national record of 1min 55.21sec. Tokyo: Teenager Athing Mu became the first American woman to win the Olympic 800m crown in more than half-a-century Tuesday, producing a superb display of front-running to …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprinting 'double-double' with 200m gold clinch
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprinting 'double-double' with 200m gold clinch

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Thompson, the 2016 Olympics 100m and 200m gold medallist who successfully defended her 100m title on Saturday, bagged a record fourth individual gold after storming home in 21.53sec, the second-fastest time in history. Tokyo: Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history in Tokyo Tuesday, emulating fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt to complete an unprecedented women’s sprinting “double-double” with victory in the 200 metres. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: American teen Athing Mu wins gold medal in 800m category
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: American teen Athing Mu wins gold medal in 800m category

India Today  

Athing Mu of the United States won the gold medal in the Olympic women's 800 metres final on Tuesday and became the first American woman to do so since 1968. The absence of South Africa's double champion Caster Semenya, ruled ineligible due to heightened testosterone levels, opened up the field to a new winner and the 19-year-old Mu took full …

EXPLAINED: Why Marcell Jacobs's 100m Win Made History, And How Few Have Gone Where He Has Taken Italy
3 years, 5 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 2020: Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins first men’s 100m gold in post-Usain Bolt era
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins first men’s 100m gold in post-Usain Bolt era

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Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times. Tokyo: Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres on Sunday, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt’s …

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds

The Hindu  

It was a magical Sunday night in Tokyo as Lamont Marcell Jacobs virtually came from nowhere and raced away as the fastest man of the Olympics. With American world leader Trayvon Bromell crashing out in the semifinal and China's Su Bingian topping that round in a new Asian record time of 9.83s, many had expected surprises in the final. The …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Emma McKeon making history to 4x100m mixed medley debut, five memorable swimming moments
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Emma McKeon making history to 4x100m mixed medley debut, five memorable swimming moments

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The Tokyo Olympics swimming ended Sunday with USA on top of the medals table. Here are five memorable moments: The Katie-Ariarne show The Katie Ledecky-Ariarne Titmus rivalry lived up to its billing, with the pair locking horns across three high-quality races. Nailbiter Tatjana Schoenmaker announced herself on the Olympic stage in style when she smashed the women’s 200m breaststroke world …

Italy’s Jacobs wins men’s 100 metres gold at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Italy’s Jacobs wins men’s 100 metres gold at Tokyo Olympics

Al Jazeera  

Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men’s 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt’s 13-year hold on the event. Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds in Sunday’s final, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84 seconds in one of the most understated major 100 metres races in recent times. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica sweep women’s 100m podium; Simone Biles’s campaign teetering with further pullouts
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica sweep women’s 100m podium; Simone Biles’s campaign teetering with further pullouts

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Elaine Thompson-Herah blazed to an Olympic-record 10.61sec in the women’s 100 metres event, well ahead of crestfallen two-time winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, with Shericka Jackson completing an all-Jamaican podium. Tokyo: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah equalled the second-fastest time in history to retain her women’s Olympic 100m title on Saturday as ongoing mental health problems left gymnastics superstar Simone Biles’s Tokyo campaign teetering …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Athletics highlights: Elaine Thompson breaks Olympic record to win 100m gold again
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Athletics highlights: Elaine Thompson breaks Olympic record to win 100m gold again

The Hindu  

Welcome to Sportstar's live coverage of the Athletics events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday. Meanwhile, it's a Sweden one-two in the men's discus throw final as Daniel Stahl claims the gold medal with a throw of 68.90m, while his countryman Simon Pettersson takes silver with a throw of 67.39m. Here are the eight athletes who have qualified for …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky hunt more gold as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce seeks 100m treble
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky hunt more gold as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce seeks 100m treble

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Katie Ledecky is the runaway favourite in the women’s 800m free, winning gold at the last two Olympics and four straight world championships. Tokyo: US swim stars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky will target more gold in Tokyo on Saturday as Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce tries to become the first woman to win an individual Olympic athletics event three times. I …

Tokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record to win women's 100m race
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record to win women's 100m race

India Today  

Jamaica sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah on Saturday successfully defended her Olympic 100m crown, posting an amazing 10.61 seconds to become the second-fastest woman in history. Thompson-Herah raced over the line at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium in 10.61sec, with two-time champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking silver in 10.74 and Shericka Jackson bronze in 10.76. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who had been seeking a third gold in …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eyes unique treble on Day 2 of athletics
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eyes unique treble on Day 2 of athletics

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Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continues her bid to become the first woman to win a single individual Olympic athletics event three times. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events: Women’s 100m - final Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continues her bid to become the first woman to win a single individual Olympic athletics event three times, to add to the 100m victories she …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Athletics in the post-Usain Bolt era
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Athletics in the post-Usain Bolt era

The Hindu  

How will athletics look at the Olympics in the post-Usain Bolt era? Sydney McLaughlin, a precocious talent born to an athletics family from New Jersey, smashed countrywoman Dalilah Muhammad’s world record at the US Olympic trials on June 27 to set up a mouthwatering clash between the two in Tokyo. The battle for the men’s 400m hurdles gold may also …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 4: List of Gold medallists
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 4: List of Gold medallists

The Hindu  

The fourth day of the Tokyo Olympics saw the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medallist, as weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the 55kg category with a total of 224 kgs. Japan's 13-year-old skateboarder Nishiya Momji scripted history by winning the first women's skateboarding gold medal and became the second-youngest gold medal winner, at 13 years 330 days. The record for the youngest …

Fast, faster, fastest: The evolution of the Olympic sprint
3 years, 6 months ago

Fast, faster, fastest: The evolution of the Olympic sprint

The Hindu  

When Coroebus, a cook, won the first recorded event at the Ancient Olympic Games in 776 B.C., one could imagine the crowd that rushed to embrace him. Frank Jarvis, a descendent of the first US President George Washington, beat Burke’s time hollow clocking 11.0s for the gold at the next Olympics in 1900 after timing a world record-equalling 10.8s in …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games

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At Tokyo, Fraser-Pryce could become the first woman to win three 100-meter gold medals at the Games. “There’s no failure in progress, so keep going and push through.” Where the world used to look to another Jamaican, Usain Bolt, to rewrite history at the Olympics, Bolt’s retirement turns the spotlight over to Fraser-Pryce, who is now the most-accomplished active 100-meter …

Olympics records: Male and female athletes with most Olympic gold medals ahead of Tokyo 2020
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympics records: Male and female athletes with most Olympic gold medals ahead of Tokyo 2020

The Hindu  

After a year-long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will finally get underway from July 23. RELATED| Men Michael Phelps, aquatics America’s Michael Phelps, arguably the most dominant athlete in Olympics history, smashed records with an undisputed 23 gold medals from four Olympic Games. RELATED| RELATED| Paavo Nurmi, athletics Finland’s Paavo Nurmi dominated the early years of …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Naomi Osaka to Sifan Hassan, a look at five stars to keep an eye on at Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Naomi Osaka to Sifan Hassan, a look at five stars to keep an eye on at Games

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Five stars to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which start on 23 July after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which start on 23 July after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quick look at five stars to keep your eye on at the megaevent: Naomi Osaka …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan sets women's 10,000m world record in build-up to Games
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan sets women's 10,000m world record in build-up to Games

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Hassan, 28, clocked 29min 06.82sec at the Hengelo meet, smashing the previous best set by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana in winning gold at the 2016 Rio Games. Hengelo: Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands fired a warning shot ahead of the Tokyo Olympics by setting a new world record in the women’s 10,000m on Sunday. To run this world record here today …

World Athletics Championships 2019: Despite standout performances, track and field still in search of next big star after Usain Bolt
5 years, 3 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, …

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