Is Karsten Warholm v Armand Duplantis on TV? Start time and how to watch 100m race online tonight
4 months ago

Is Karsten Warholm v Armand Duplantis on TV? Start time and how to watch 100m race online tonight

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Newly christened double Olympic pole vault champion Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis will take to the track in a sprint against Norwegian 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm tonight in Zurich, Switzerland. Hosted in collaboration between Puma, Red Bull and Weltklasse Zurich, the two athletic stars will race at the Letzigrund Stadium ahead of the scheduled Diamond League meeting on 5 September. In Paris, Duplantis broke his own world record clearing 6.25m as he cruised to a second pole vault Olympic gold while Warholm added a silver medal to the Olympic gold he earned at Tokyo 2020. open image in gallery Armand Duplantis celebrates beside his world record mark in Paris open image in gallery Karsten Warholm set the 400m hurdles world record in Tokyo Warholm, who holds the world record for the 400m hurdles with a time of 45.94 seconds, recorded a 100m sprint effort of 10.49 seconds back in 2017.

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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

Against Warholm, Mondo put on a 100m exhibition
4 months ago

Against Warholm, Mondo put on a 100m exhibition

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Mondo Duplantis, what in the world. Armand Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm pose after an exhibition 100m race at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland. Mondo in the blue, was accompanied by the “fast gang” – Sha’carri Richardson, Letsile Tebogo, Vernon Norwood, Renaud Lavillenie and Fred Kerley. “I was the last man to beat Mondo in a Championship…If anyone …

Mondo Duplantis stuns Karsten Warholm in Scandinavian sprint showdown
4 months ago

Mondo Duplantis stuns Karsten Warholm in Scandinavian sprint showdown

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Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis: Why sprint showdown could offer clues to the future of athletics
4 months, 1 week ago

Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis: Why sprint showdown could offer clues to the future of athletics

The Independent  

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Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics

China Daily  

Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action as he clears 6.15m during the men's pole vault at the Diamond League at Place de la Navigation, Lausanne, Switzerland on August 21, 2024. LAUSANNE - Armand Duplantis picked up from where he left off at his world record-setting, gold medal-winning showing at the Paris Olympics by dominating the men's pole vault at the Lausanne …

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics

China Daily  

Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action as he clears 6.15m during the men's pole vault at the Diamond League at Place de la Navigation, Lausanne, Switzerland on August 21, 2024. LAUSANNE - Armand Duplantis picked up from where he left off at his world record-setting, gold medal-winning showing at the Paris Olympics by dominating the men's pole vault at the Lausanne …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
4 months, 4 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 …

Mondo Duplantis kisses girlfriend after breaking pole vault record in epic scene
5 months ago

Mondo Duplantis kisses girlfriend after breaking pole vault record in epic scene

The Independent  

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Paris 2024: Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis shatters Olympic and world record to retain Pole Vault Gold medal
5 months ago

Paris 2024: Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis shatters Olympic and world record to retain Pole Vault Gold medal

India TV News  

- that's the chant the whole Stade de France echoed with, in the wee hours of Monday night as world record holder Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis was man on a mission in men's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics. Duplantis not only retained his Gold medal but also shattered the Olympic and world record in a superhuman effort of flying …

Mondo Duplantis soars to new world record, Olympic gold again: ‘He’s the fastest pole vaulter out there’
5 months ago

Mondo Duplantis soars to new world record, Olympic gold again: ‘He’s the fastest pole vaulter out there’

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, pole in hand, stood on the runway staring down a bar higher than anyone’s ever cleared. He is now the first back-to-back Olympic champion in men’s pole vault since American Bob Richards, who won in the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Duplantis and Richards are the only men’s pole vaulters with …

Paris Olympics 2024: Know your athlete - Pole vaulting god Mondo Duplantis looks to reach new heights
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Know your athlete - Pole vaulting god Mondo Duplantis looks to reach new heights

Hindustan Times  

Although he is only 24, Armand Duplantis, better known as Mondo Duplantis, is already a world champion, Olympic champion and world record holder. During the World Athletics Indoor Tour, he cleared three lower heights, before going past 6.17m in the second attempt. Pre-Paris Olympics form In March 2022, he beat his own world record by jumping 6.19m at the Belgrade …

Paris Diamond League: Duplantis misses world record but on track for Olympic title defence
6 months ago

Paris Diamond League: Duplantis misses world record but on track for Olympic title defence

The Hindu  

Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis secured victory at the Paris Diamond League meet with his first attempt on Sunday and while he failed to break his own world record he said his preparations for the Paris Games are on the right track. The Swede, who broke the world record for the eighth time with a vault of 6.24 metres …

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs clocks fastest 100m time since Tokyo
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs clocks fastest 100m time since Tokyo

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Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games
7 months ago

Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games

Associated Press  

ROME — American standout Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is leading the way as expected in the 400 meters with the Paris Olympics less than 50 days away. Kaczmarek clocked 48.98 seconds at the European athletics championships on Monday to mark the third straight day that a woman has cracked the 49-second barrier. In Rome, Kaczmarek surged past Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke in the …

Bol opens season with victory, Duplantis close to world record
7 months, 1 week ago

Bol opens season with victory, Duplantis close to world record

China Daily  

Netherlands' Femke Bol and Jamaica's Andrenette Knight in action during the women's 400m hurdles at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm on June 2, 2024. STOCKHOLM - Femke Bol marked her outdoor debut ahead of the Paris Olympics with victory in the 400m hurdles while Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis went close to bettering his own pole vault world record at the Diamond …

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League

The Hindu  

Armand Duplantis put down a marker ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics as the Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season on Saturday. Duplantis bettered his previous mark of 6.23 metres set at the Eugene Diamond League finale in September, clearing the bar with …

Duplantis, Lyles and Kipyegon among six named World Athlete of the Year
1 year ago

Duplantis, Lyles and Kipyegon among six named World Athlete of the Year

Hindustan Times  

Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis and American sprint star Noah Lyles were among the six who have been announced as World Athletes of the Year for 2023. World Athletics, which annually choses the best male and female athlete of the year, announced three awards in either section to reflect great performances across track, field and out of stadia events. Armand Duplantis …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Duplantis wins second straight gold in pole vault
1 year, 4 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Duplantis soars into world pole vault final
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Duplantis soars into world pole vault final

The Hindu  

Sweden’s pole vault king Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis on Wednesday soared into the final at the World Athletics Championships. The world champion and world record holder finished fourth at last month’s Monaco Diamond League meet. He also improved his world record to 6.22m indoors in Clermont-Ferrand in February and he boasts the second best outdoor vault, 6.11m in Hengelo, and five …

Diamond League: Duplantis dominates Stockholm pole vault as hurdlers dodge protesters
1 year, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Duplantis dominates Stockholm pole vault as hurdlers dodge protesters

The Hindu  

Pole vault star Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, watched by his mother, attempted a world record, and climate protesters added “an 11th hurdle” in the rain-hit Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday. The pole vault was delayed for two hours by the wet weather, as the sound system in Stockholm’s venerable Olympic Stadium, played “Let the Sunshine In” from the musical …

Warholm wins 400m hurdles race hit by environmental protest in Stockholm
1 year, 6 months ago

Warholm wins 400m hurdles race hit by environmental protest in Stockholm

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Karsten Warholm won his 400-meter hurdles race on Sunday and then turned to join the crowd booing environmental protesters who disrupted the Diamond League event near the finish. Warholm running in lane eight had no barrier in his way though seemed distracted, with a fourth apparent protester squatting in lane seven seeming to photograph the incident. Warholm’s winning …

Duplantis to skip Euro indoor athletics in Turkey: association
1 year, 10 months ago

Duplantis to skip Euro indoor athletics in Turkey: association

The Hindu  

Swedish pole vault world record-holder Armand Duplantis will not defend his title at next month’s European Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul, the Swedish Athletics Association said. In recent weeks, relations have been strained even further following anti-Turkey protests in Sweden, including the hanging of an effigy portraying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the burning of a Koran in front …

Mondo Duplantis Wins in Berlin But Misses New World Record
1 year, 11 months ago

Mondo Duplantis Wins in Berlin But Misses New World Record

News 18  

Olympic and world champion pole vault star Mondo Duplantis clinched victory at the Berlin indoor meet on Friday with a height of 6.06m but failed at three attempts to set a new world record of 6.22m. On Friday, Duplantis easily succeeded at 5.60m, 5.82m, 5.91m and 6.06m before being foiled in his attempt to improve on his own world record …

Mondo Duplantis to break own pole vault record in Berlin
1 year, 11 months ago

Mondo Duplantis to break own pole vault record in Berlin

The Hindu  

Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis headlines the Berlin indoor athletics meet on Friday where the 23-year-old Swede is gunning to break his own world record. “What I’m really trying to do in the indoor season is to break the world record. The reason why I’m here is to try to give myself another chance to break my own world record.” …

Duplantis ‘feels close’ to setting new pole vault record
1 year, 11 months ago

Duplantis ‘feels close’ to setting new pole vault record

The Hindu  

Sweden’s Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said he “feels close” to setting a new world record after opening his 2023 season with a convincing win on home soil on Thursday. The 23-year-old was only thwarted by his own world record at the Mondo Classic indoor meeting in Uppsala, failing to clear 6.22 metres and settling for a highest jump …

World Athletics Championship: Armand Duplantis Heads Stellar Cast in Eugene
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship: Armand Duplantis Heads Stellar Cast in Eugene

News 18  

Fresh from setting a new outdoor record, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis heads a stellar cast into the inaugural world championships on US soil in Eugene, Oregon, that kick off on Friday. The 400m hurdles could be the top track event in both sexes, an event in which Norway’s Karsten Warholm and American Sydney McLaughlin set stunning world records when …

Despite an Injury Setback, Record-Holder Karsten Warholm is Ready to Defend his Title
2 years, 5 months ago

Despite an Injury Setback, Record-Holder Karsten Warholm is Ready to Defend his Title

News 18  

World record-holder Karsten Warholm is confident of surging past his rivals as he looks to defend his 400 metres hurdles title at the world championships despite tearing his hamstring last month. He faces a serious challenge from Brazilian Alison dos Santos, who collected bronze in Tokyo and produced the fastest time this year at the Stockholm Diamond League meet.American Rai …

Maiden US World Athletics Championships to Shed Light on Anonymous Athletes
2 years, 5 months ago

Maiden US World Athletics Championships to Shed Light on Anonymous Athletes

News 18  

Track and field stars are hoping a first world athletics championship on US soil will shine the light on athletes in a country where athletics is dwarfed by the big money sports of American football, basketball and baseball. “Most of the time walking around nobody knows who track athletes are," lamented Sandi Morris, an American pole vaulter who has won …

Armand Duplantis Launches Outdoor Season with Eugene Diamond League Pole Vault Win
2 years, 7 months ago

Armand Duplantis Launches Outdoor Season with Eugene Diamond League Pole Vault Win

News 18  

World record-holder Armand Duplantis made a smooth if unspectacular start to his outdoor season on Friday, winning the men’s pole vault at the Eugene Diamond League with a vault of 5.91m. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE “I feel like when I go into any competition I want …

Armand Duplantis Falls Short on New Pole-vault World Record Attempt
2 years, 11 months ago

Armand Duplantis Falls Short on New Pole-vault World Record Attempt

News 18  

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis dominated an indoor pole-vault competition Wednesday winning with an effort of 6.04m but failed to improve on his own world record of 6.18m. “I’m pleased with the win but a bit annoyed at not being able to beat the record,” the 22-year-old said after the event in Uppsala. The charismatic Swede, who set the world record of …

Duplantis falls short on new pole-vault world record attempt
2 years, 11 months ago

Duplantis falls short on new pole-vault world record attempt

The Hindu  

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis dominated an indoor pole-vault competition on Wednesday, winning with an effort of 6.04m but failed to improve on his own world record of 6.18m. “I’m pleased with the win but a bit annoyed at not being able to beat the record,” the 22-year-old said after the event in Uppsala. The charismatic Swede, who set the world record …

Olympic 100m champ Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins on return, Armand Duplantis just misses world record
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic 100m champ Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins on return, Armand Duplantis just misses world record

Firstpost  

Italian sprinter Jacobs won in a time of 6.51sec in his first appearance since stunning the sport at the Tokyo Games in August. Berlin: Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs marked his long-awaited return to the track with victory in the 60m at the Berlin indoor meet on Friday, while pole vault star Armand Duplantis agonisingly missed out on breaking …

Diamond League: Thompson-Herah, Duplantis set meet records in final
3 years, 4 months ago

Diamond League: Thompson-Herah, Duplantis set meet records in final

The Hindu  

Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah led a host of Olympic champions to glory in an action-packed Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday, just a month after the end of the Tokyo Games. Thompson-Herah crowned what she called an "amazing" season by scorching to victory in the 100m in a meet record of 10.65sec, finishing ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith …

Athletics: Olympic champion Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Athletics: Olympic champion Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility

The Hindu  

Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm is not against innovation in sports but feels the new carbon-technology shoes are hurting athletes' credibility, the men's 400 metres hurdles champion at the Tokyo Olympics told Reuters. Benjamin took silver in 46.17, also half a second inside Warholm's previous record of 46.70 while Brazilian Alison dos Santos took bronze in 46.72 as six of the …

Athletics: Olympic champion Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Athletics: Olympic champion Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility

The Hindu  

Karsten Warholm of Norway after winning gold medal and setting a new world record in the men's 400m hurdles at Tokyo Olympics. Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm is not against innovation in sports but feels the new carbon-technology shoes are hurting athletes' credibility, the men's 400 metres hurdles champion at the Tokyo Olympics told Reuters. Benjamin took silver in 46.17, also …

Karsten Warholm sets Tokyo on fire with world record
3 years, 5 months ago

Karsten Warholm sets Tokyo on fire with world record

The Hindu  

He had broken Kevin Young's 29-year-old world record last month and everybody expected Karsten Warholm to repeat it at the Tokyo Olympics. Apart from a brief phase early on the home straight where he came under a bit of pressure from American Rai Benjamin, son of former West Indian fast bowler Winston Benjamin, it was all Warholm and he produced …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Mondo Duplantis wins gold in men's pole vault
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Mondo Duplantis wins gold in men's pole vault

India Today  

World record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden won the Olympic men's pole vault gold medal on Tuesday, soaring over 6.02 metres on his first attempt at that height. Having sealed his gold medal on a warm and humid night in Tokyo, Duplantis decided to go for another world record attempt at 6.19m, forcing the few hundred spectators at the Olympic …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Armand Duplantis eases into pole vault final
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Armand Duplantis eases into pole vault final

Firstpost  

Duplantis was one of 14 men to go through to Tuesday’s final after clearing 5.75 metres at the Olympic Stadium. World record-holder Armand Duplantis sailed through qualification for the men’s Olympic pole vault on Saturday — a competition missing his arch-rival Sam Kendricks, who tested positive for coronavirus. Two-time world champion Kendricks was withdrawn from the Games after his positive …

Norway's Karsten Warholm Shatters Kevin Young's Hurdles Record at Oslo Meet
3 years, 6 months ago

Norway's Karsten Warholm Shatters Kevin Young's Hurdles Record at Oslo Meet

News 18  

Norway’s Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the long-standing 400m hurdles world record at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Oslo and warned he had “more in the tank”. As the Norwegian raced through the line to loud cheers from the 5,000 fans at Oslo’s famed Bislett Stadium, onlooking Swedish pole vaulter Armand …

Diamond League: Norway's Karsten Warholm clocks 46.70 seconds in 400m hurdles to break Kevin Young's 29-year record
3 years, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Norway's Karsten Warholm clocks 46.70 seconds in 400m hurdles to break Kevin Young's 29-year record

Firstpost  

Warholm, the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young back in 1992. Oslo: Norway’s Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the long-standing 400m hurdles world record at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in …

Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches
3 years, 7 months ago

Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches

Firstpost  

After a 2020 season turned on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is no shortage of athletes in search of competition just 61 days before the Tokyo Olympics. A raft of top-class track and field stars including pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and US sprint sensation Sha’Carri Richardson will be in action at Sunday’s opening Diamond League meet in …

Pole Vault Star Armand Duplantis Ready for Olympics Like No Other
3 years, 7 months ago

Pole Vault Star Armand Duplantis Ready for Olympics Like No Other

News 18  

Sweden’s world pole vault record holder Armand Duplantis can barely wait to make his “childhood dream” come true of competing in his first Olympics this summer in Tokyo, he told AFP. I try not to let the pressure break me down.” Even in a year so disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Swede established himself as one of track and …

Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas Named World Athletes Of The Year
4 years, 1 month ago

Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas Named World Athletes Of The Year

News 18  

Swedish pole vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis was named the male athlete of the year, while Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas won the women’s title at athletics’ annual awards ceremony on Saturday. Duplantis, a world silver medallist in Doha last year, set a world record by clearing 6.17m in Torun, Poland, in February and then bettered that by one centimetre in …

Karsten Warholm wants to win athletics’ ‘moon race’
4 years, 2 months ago

Karsten Warholm wants to win athletics’ ‘moon race’

CNN  

CNN — It’s not often an athlete clocks a personal best and then leaves the track with a nagging sense of disappointment. “Being really happy and really disappointed at the same time – it’s a weird feeling,” Warholm tells CNN Sport as he reflects on his season. “This is going to be really, really tough competition-wise,” says Warholm, who took …

Armand Duplantis nails 16th straight pole vault win, Elaine Thompson-Herah dominates in Doha
4 years, 3 months ago

Armand Duplantis nails 16th straight pole vault win, Elaine Thompson-Herah dominates in Doha

Firstpost  

Duplantis walked away with victory with a best vault of 5.82 metres, far off the world outdoor record of 6.15m he set in Rome last week. Doha: Sweden’s Armand Duplantis maintained his amazing form to turn the tables on world champion Sam Hendricks for a 16th consecutive victory in the men’s pole vault at Friday’s Diamond League meet in Doha. …

Armand Duplantis breaks outdoor pole vault world record - Athletics News - Sportstar
4 years, 3 months ago

Armand Duplantis breaks outdoor pole vault world record - Athletics News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis broke Sergey Bubka's 26-year-old outdoor world record on Thursday. Nicknamed "Mondo," Duplantis already holds the indoor world record of 6.18 meters set in Glasgow in February - but Bubka's classic outdoor mark was viewed by many as the ultimate test. He won the silver medal at last year's world championships.World champion Karsten Warholm again narrowly …

Warholm sets new European record at Stockholm Diamond League
4 years, 4 months ago

Warholm sets new European record at Stockholm Diamond League

The Hindu  

Norwegian sprinter Karsten Warholm broke his own European record in the 400 metres hurdles at Sunday's Diamond League event in Stockholm, clocking a time of 46.87 seconds that was just 0.09 seconds off the world record that has stood for 28 years. READ | Home favourite and world record-holder Armand Duplantis destroyed the field in the pole vault, clearing 6.01 …

Remote battles and cardboard fans as athletics returns in Oslo
4 years, 6 months ago

Remote battles and cardboard fans as athletics returns in Oslo

The Hindu  

The Diamond League got back underway with an exhibition event in Oslo on Thursday featuring odd distances and remote competition as athletics bids to restart in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic. With the season's first six Diamond League events postponed due to the outbreak and many athletes still unable to travel, the Oslo meet was the first attempt …

IAAF Diamond League 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won women's 100m in London; Hellen Obiri posts the best timing of the year
5 years, 5 months ago

IAAF Diamond League 2019: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won women's 100m in London; Hellen Obiri posts the best timing of the year

The Hindu  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce cruised to victory against home star Dina Asher-Smith in the women’s 100 metres at the London Anniversary Games on Sunday, crossing the line in a time of 10.78 seconds. It is testimony to the fact that hard work pays off.” Asher-Smith said: “Obviously it’s a privilege to line up against fantastic women, but against the double Olympic champion, …

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