Jim Hines, first sprinter under 10 secs, dies aged 76

5 days, 19 hours ago

Olympic medalist — among fastest men in history — hit by stun gun and arrested: reports

An Olympic sprinter was reportedly hit by a stun gun and arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday night, according to new reports. Fred Kerley, who won a silver medal in the 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a bronze medal in the 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, approached four police officers investigating an incident with an "aggressive demeanor," …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first

The Hindu

Manikanta Hoblidhar thought he had it. If I had been able to run all the way through to the finish line, I’m sure I’d have run in less than 10.20 seconds,” he says. Just a couple of years ago, Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon clocked a time of 9.96 seconds, becoming the first South Asian to break the 10-second barrier in …

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3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

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3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

The Sports Report: Lakers get a key win despite an injury scare

LA Times

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Here are five takeaways from the Bruins’ eighth consecutive victory: Continue reading here USC BASKETBALL Desmond Claude scored 19 points, Saint Thomas scored 13 of his season-high 17 points in the the first half and USC never trailed Sunday night as the Trojans beat Montana State 89-63. “There’s not anyone not trying to do …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

China wins men's 5,000m relay at Short Track Speed Skating World Tour in Seoul

China Daily

SEOUL -- China claimed gold in the men's 5,000m relay on Sunday, the final day of the Short Track Speed Skating World Tour in Seoul. The gold-medal lineup featured Li Wenlong, Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin and Sun Long, who showcased outstanding teamwork and delivered a winning time of six minutes and 53.654 seconds, defeating Japan and South Korea in a …

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1 month ago

Who is Gout Gout, the Australian sprinter who broke Usain Bolt's record as world’s fastest 16-year-old in 200m?

Firstpost

The 16-year-old Gout Gout of Australia competed a 200m race in just 20.04 seconds surpassing the 20.13 seconds record set by athletics legend Bolt at 16 in a meet in Barbados in 2003. On Friday, Gout ran the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds at the Australian schools championships in Brisbane to break the national record Peter Norman set at the …

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1 month ago

Still a giant leap for man: the stagnation of the long jump

The Hindu

In April 2022, the legendary Carl Lewis put out a blunt statement on social media platform X that long jump was the hardest event in track and field. “There have been 5 male world record holders in the long jump since 1936,” Lewis said. Easier to medal Though he never held the long jump world record, the distances Lewis leapt …

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1 month, 1 week ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

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2 months ago

Cycling legend Mark Cavendish announces retirement

The Hindu

Mark Cavendish will compete in his final professional race at the two-day Tour de France Criterium in Singapore, the British cyclist said on Saturday, bringing down the curtain on his glittering career. Cavendish, the world’s most decorated sprinter, announced his retirement last year before reversing that decision and breaking the all-time record for most stage wins at the Tour de …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Julia Hawkins, former teacher who broke records in competitive sprinting after turning 100

The Telegraph

Having graduated from Louisiana State in 1938, she had a stint in Honduras, where she taught four grades in a one-room school on a banana plantation. Then when she was 100, her children were curious to know how she might do at running and in 2016 they persuaded her to enter the Louisiana Senior Games, where she ran the 50m …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Washington ends Miami’s NCAA College Football-record home winning streak at 58

Associated Press

Sept. 24 1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 in the first NFL game played under floodlights. 1988 — American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals. 1994 — Washington ends Miami’s NCAA-record home winning …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes

Associated Press

Sept. 20 1913 — Twenty-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet beats Britain’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open. 1973 — Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse at Houston’s Astrodome. 2003 — Rashaun Woods of Oklahoma State, catches seven touchdown …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Two-time Olympic gold medalist dead at 92, as Oregon share 'heartbreaking' news about former college star

Daily Mail

Otis Davis, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, passed away Monday at age 92, the Oregon track and field program confirmed. Two-time Olympic champion sprinter Otis Davis passed away on Monday at the age of 92 After his time at the Olympics, Davis returned to Oregon and competed for the school's track and field program. Hayward Field is regarded as the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Jakob Ingebrigtsen continues finding answers after losing the 1,500m plot in Paris

The Hindu

Jakob Ingebrigtsen did not raise too many eyebrows when he declared before Paris 2024 that he was the overwhelming favourite for the 1,500 metres. Kerr later claimed Ingebrigtsen had “major weaknesses” and the Norwegian fired back saying he could beat the Briton “blindfolded”. “It’s been almost two weeks since Paris so there was plenty of time to recover,” said Ingebrigtsen. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Today in Sports - U.S. beats Brazil 2-1 to win the women’s soccer gold medal at the Athens Olympics

Associated Press

Aug. 26 1933 — Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. 1993 — Sean Burroughs, the son of former major leaguer Jeff Burroughs, pitches his second no-hitter of the Little League World Series and hits two home runs, sending defending champion Long Beach, Calif., past Bedford, N.H., 11-0 in the final of the U.S. bracket. 2004 — Lindsay Tarpley and Abby …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters

Associated Press

Aug. 22 1851 — The United States wins the first international yacht race. 1885 — Richard Sears beats Godfrey M. Brinley, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to win the U.S. men’s national tennis championship held at the Newport Casino. 1898 — Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight F. Davis, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to win the U.S. men’s national tennis championship held at …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Michael Phelps wins 8th gold medal at Beijing Games for most ever at an Olympics

Associated Press

Aug. 17 1933 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307. 1938 — Henry Armstrong wins the lightweight title with a 15-round decision over Lou Ambers and becomes the only boxer to hold world championship titles in three weight divisions simultaneously. 1995 — John Roethlisberger wins the U.S. …

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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 …

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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 …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Michael Phelps ends his career at the Rio Olympics with 23 career gold medals

Associated Press

Aug. 13 1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. 1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump — 24 feet, 5½ inches — in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. 1997 — Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe’s 16-year-old record in the 800 meters, finishing in …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Our staff picks for the Games’ superlative moments

New York Times

After nearly three weeks and more than 1,000 medals, the Paris Olympics have awarded their final gold. Also receiving votes: China’s diving team — won all eight Olympic diving gold medals Léon Marchand — the French swimmer won four golds and one bronze USA Basketball — extended its gold medal streak to five and eight Katie Ledecky — the American …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Great Britain’s 4×400 metres relay men and women win bronze medals

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Benjamin of US holds off Tebogo of Botswana to win men’s 4x400 relay at Paris Olympics

Associated Press

SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States a gold medal and an Olympic-record time in the men’s 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games on Saturday night. “I have a really good, high ‘track IQ’ on people and how they run and how to do a quick time, so I …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Hindu

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

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Hindu

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Olympic Kipyegon

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Today in Sports - The Green Bay Packers football club is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau

Associated Press

Aug. 11 1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau - named after sponsor Indian Packing Company. 1984 — Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens′ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team; world record. 2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and the heavily …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. men, with Rai Benjamin anchoring, win 4×400 relay gold for third consecutive Olympics

New York Times

SAINT-DENIS, France — Everything that makes Rai Benjamin such an effective anchor leg was on display. “I run the 400 hurdles,” Benjamin said, “so I’d like to think that my engine is bigger than his. … You guys about to get punished right now.” Rai Benjamin holds off Letsile Tebogo to anchor Team USA to gold in the 4x400m relay! …

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5 months ago

American sport climber Sam Watson leaves Paris Olympics with world record but without gold medal

Associated Press

LE BOURGET, France — Sam Watson leaves the Paris Games with another world record in speed sport climbing but without the Olympic gold medal. The American broke the speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the feat came in the fight for the bronze after he was eliminated in the semifinals. I …

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5 months ago

I want to shock the world – Matthew Hudson-Smith vows to build on Olympic silver

The Independent

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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 …

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5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals

The Hindu

Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith and American Quincy Hall won their Olympic 400 metres semifinal heats on Tuesday but Grenada’s Kirani James sent a warning shot that the final will not be a walk in the park for the two favourites. The gold is widely expected to go to Hudson-Smith or Hall, but triple Olympic medallist James showed his mettle with a …

Olympic James Hall Final

5 months ago

Quincy Hall’s grit on display in comeback win for 400m Olympic gold: ‘I’m known to finish’

New York Times

SAINT-DENIS, France — Quincy Hall’s kick feels like a fight against an invisible foe. You can’t get far enough.” Validation has been a long time coming for Hall, who showed promise after getting a bronze in last year’s World Championships. “Oh, that’s where that grit comes from,” Hall said of his JUCO days at the College of the Sequoias. Last …

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5 months ago

Zero US men in the Olympic long jump final is a rare absence for the nation of Lewis and Owens

Associated Press

SAINT-DENIS, France — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump throughout the history of the Summer Olympics, but there was no one from the United States in that event’s final on Tuesday night. Lewis alone won four consecutive gold medals in the long jump — at Los Angeles …

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5 months ago

Mixed feelings for Sam Watson in Paris after he beats US teammate to break own climbing world record

Associated Press

LE BOURGET, France — There were mixed feelings for American Sam Watson after he broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. “I think I honestly had a little bit of fault in the fact that I couldn’t get a faster second run and get the one seed going in,” he said. Email …

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5 months ago

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

The Independent

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5 months ago

Noah Lyles Wins Gold In Thrilling Olympics 2024 100m Finish; Sets Sights On Usain Bolt's 200m Record

ABP News

American sprinter Noah Lyles stormed to victory in a thrilling men's Paris Olympic 2024 100m final in Paris on August 4, clocking 9.79 seconds to win a gold medal. ALSO ON ABP Live | Yusuf Dikec's Daughter Reveals Tips She Gave Turkish Shooter Ahead Of Olympics 2024 Silver Medal Win Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win an …

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5 months ago

‘I have Asthama…, Noah Lyles's tweet winning hearts after 9.784 secs long motivational run, ‘why not you?’

Hindustan Times

In a stirring display of grit and determination, American track and field sprinter Noah Lyles has won the men's 100-meter final by finishing the gut wrenching race in an unbelievable 9.784 seconds. US' Noah Lyles reacts after crossing the finish line in first place, winning the men's 100m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at …

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5 months ago

Noah Lyles wins 100m final by 5 thousandths of a second as Usain Bolt's Colosseum captures photo finish at Olympics

Hindustan Times

Arriving at the monumental Stade de France as the world champion, ace sprinter Noah Lyles completed the thrilling men's 100m final of the Paris Olympics 2024 in 9.784 seconds to become the fastest man on the planet. Putting the United States of America on top in the medal standings on Sunday, Lyles secured a photo-finish win in the closest 100m …

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5 months ago

How Noah Lyles became Olympic 100m champion: A 300-page textbook, biomechanics and a stickman

New York Times

Follow live coverage of Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics, with 21 gold medals on offer Sixty metres into the men’s 100-metre Olympic final in Paris and Noah Lyles is third. The headline is Lyles winning by five-thousandths of a second in the closest men’s 100m Olympic final ever — and the hardest for which to qualify. “Let’s see …

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5 months ago

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

The Independent

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5 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson Did Not Fail

Slate

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. After missing the Tokyo Games entirely due to a positive drug test and a controversial suspension, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was set to make her Olympics debut in the 100-meter dash—and potentially claim the gold medal that she didn’t get a chance to win three years ago. In June, at the U.S. …

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5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Walsh dedicates US relay world record to disqualified sister

The Hindu

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh said she was devastated when she heard her sister Alex had been disqualified in the 200 metres individual medley on Saturday, dedicating her US gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay to her elder sibling. Paris 2024 Olympics: USA’s Alex Walsh walks off the pool after the women’s 200-meter individual medley final in Nanterre on Saturday. …

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5 months ago

Noah Lyles did not break the line first but won 100m gold – here is how he did it

The Telegraph

Sprinters then vary greatly in how long they keep their heads down but this next part of the race was excellent for Thompson who, by 30m, had taken the lead and was moving faster than anyone at 40.6km per hour. Lyles, who was now just touching that same speed, had taken much longer to get there and was actually still …

Lyles

5 months ago

Noah Lyles wrote the check with his mouth. At the Olympics, his feet cashed it

New York Times

SAINT-DENIS, France — Once again, Noah Lyles didn’t get out of the blocks well. “It just goes to show,” Lyles said, “races aren’t won with starts.” But a poor start might’ve been fortuitous. He’s gonna say, ‘I’m going after it in the 200.’ My job is to make sure that …” Lyles paused. The Netflix cameras capturing it all for …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Pan Zhanle of China breaks own world record to win Olympic gold medal in men’s 100-meter freestyle

Associated Press

NANTERRE, France — Pan Zhanle of China broke his own world record on the way to winning the men’s 100-meter freestyle Wednesday night, finishing in 46.40 seconds for his country’s first swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics. I don’t think it influenced my performance.” WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, put out a statement on Tuesday in response to food …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press

NANTERRE, France — Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t far fetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand. Marchand completed one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history Wednesday night, winning the 200-meter butterfly and the 200 breaststroke about two hours apart in front of a home crowd cheering his every stroke. They’re amazing to me, …

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