World Athletics Championships 2019: Ruth Chepngetich braves brutal conditions to win women's marathon
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Ruth Chepngetich braves brutal conditions to win women's marathon

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Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich powered through brutal heat and humidity to win gold in the women’s marathon on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic opening day at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. Doha: Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich powered through brutal heat and humidity to win gold in the women’s marathon on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic opening day at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. With around two dozen runners in the 68-strong marathon field falling by the wayside as the sweltering conditions took their toll, Chepngetich dug deep to win the first gold medal of the championships in a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 43 seconds. The marathon, held on a floodlit course alongside Doha’s waterfront Corniche, had started at 11.59pm local time on Friday, in a scheduling move designed to protect athletes from the furnace-like daytime heat.

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Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record
1 week ago

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record

CNN  

CNN — As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off her brilliant year by smashing her own women’s 5,000m road world record at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. “Two races in …

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark
1 week, 1 day ago

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record - set a year ago to the day at the Barcelona race - by 19 …

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

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race at the New York City Marathon
2 months ago

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race at the New York City Marathon

The Independent  

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Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record

NPR  

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s marathon world record yesterday in Chicago by nearly two minutes. SUMMERS: Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich smashed the women's marathon world record yesterday in Chicago by nearly two minutes. SUMMERS: Now, she's won Chicago twice before, but yesterday, she took over four minutes …

Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago

The Independent  

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Ruth Chepngetich shatters world marathon record as Nike overtakes Adidas in super-shoe wars
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ruth Chepngetich shatters world marathon record as Nike overtakes Adidas in super-shoe wars

The Telegraph  

Ruth Chepngetich has become the first woman to run a marathon in under 2hr 10 min, shattering the previous world record by almost two minutes in one of the most exceptional distance-running feats ever. The 2:10 barrier was long considered unbreakable for a woman – and her finishing time of 2:09:56 is more than five minutes quicker than Paula Radcliffe’s …

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

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

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold
5 months ago

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold

New Indian Express  

PARIS: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday, ending defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble. Chebet -- nicknamed "the smiling assassin" -- bided her time before accelerating past compatriot Faith Kipyegon down the home straight to take gold in 14min 28.56sec at the Stade …

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold
5 months ago

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn’t stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. … My main goal is to complete all three distances.” Chebet clocked 14 minutes, 28.56 …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson continued her march toward the Paris Olympics on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, winning the women’s 100 meters in 10.83 seconds. Kenyan Beatrice Chebet s et a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Pre earlier in the day with a time of 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds, while American Christian Coleman won the day’s …

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Beatrice Chebet of Kenya set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet on Saturday, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds. “I felt like I was very comfortable.” It was her first 10,000 race since 2020 in Nairobi. “But my target is to run 5,000 first, then 10,000 comes second,” she said. “Because …

Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women’s race at London Marathon in record time
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women’s race at London Marathon in record time

Associated Press  

LONDON — Peres Jepchirchir was more focused on securing a chance to defend her Olympic gold than on setting a world record for a women-only marathon. She ended up doing both after pulling away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday. That was more than 4 minutes slower than Assefa’s overall women’s world record set in Berlin …

Athletics: Kenya’s Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Athletics: Kenya’s Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge expects to make history with his third consecutive Olympic marathon gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, he told Reuters in an interview on Thursday, adding that there was no thoughts about retirement yet. “My huge expectation actually is to win the Olympics for the third time,” said Kipchoge, who turns 40 in November and finished 10th …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge
1 year, 4 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, 4 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: Tsegay and USA benefit from double Dutch pain
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Tsegay and USA benefit from double Dutch pain

The Hindu  

The Netherlands proved the maxim of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory as two of its most famed athletes, Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol, stumbled metres from the finish line with World Championship gold within their grasp on Saturday. Both had entertained hopes of several titles in Budapest, but Hassan came to grief 20 metres from the end of …

Kiplimo wins XC world title; Chebet in women’s title upset
1 year, 10 months ago

Kiplimo wins XC world title; Chebet in women’s title upset

Associated Press  

BATHURST, Australia — Lightning cracked as Jacob Kiplimo was finishing off his win in the cross-country world championships, waving his arms to celebrate as he strode the last steps of a downhill run to the line that had claimed a major casualty in the women’s race earlier Saturday. She was so close to being the first Ethiopian woman since 2008 …

Chebet stuns Gidey for world cross country gold, Kiplimo wins men’s title
1 year, 10 months ago

Chebet stuns Gidey for world cross country gold, Kiplimo wins men’s title

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet overhauled favourite Letesenbet Gidey with a stunning late burst over the last 100 metres to clinch the women’s cross country world title on Saturday. Jacob Kiplimo later won the men’s title for Uganda but only the approach of a thunder storm about to sweep over the Mount Panorama race track was able to offer drama comparable to …

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping ‘crisis’
2 years, 1 month ago

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping ‘crisis’

Associated Press  

DOHA, Qatar — Kenya faces the prospect of being banned from international athletics because of doping problems that have now reached “crisis” levels, according to authorities in the country. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would have repercussions for a number of medal contenders at next year’s world championships and the …

Chebet and Lokedi of Kenya win NYC Marathon races in debuts
2 years, 2 months ago

Chebet and Lokedi of Kenya win NYC Marathon races in debuts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on Sunday. I’m just thankful.” The 28-year-old was in a tight race before she pulled ahead of Chemtai Salpeter in the final two miles to win by seven seconds and finish about 50 seconds off the course record. “It was a …

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, Benson Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon
2 years, 2 months ago

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, Benson Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon

The Hindu  

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title in a dominant display on Sunday, breaking the tape in two hours 14 minutes and 18 seconds, as her compatriot Benson Kipruto cruised to victory in the men’s race in 2:04:24. “Next year I’m ready to come back again.” American Emily Sisson finished second in 2:18:29 and Kenyan Vivian Jerono Kiplagat third. …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Brazil's Alison Dos Santos Wins 400m Hurdles
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Brazil's Alison Dos Santos Wins 400m Hurdles

News 18  

Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time to win the world 400m hurdles on Tuesday as Norwegian prodigy Karsten Warholm wilted at Hayward Field. Dos Santos clocked a championship record of 46.29 seconds, finishing ahead of Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt, who finished in 46.89 and 47.39sec respectively. Olympic champion and world record holder …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show

News 18  

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won the World Championship men’s marathon in dominant fashion on Sunday as he forged powerfully clear around 34km to come home more than a minute ahead to take gold in a championship record two hours, 05.37 minutes. Over a minute back in 2:06.44, Mosinet Geremew made it an Ethiopian 1-2 for the second World Championship in a …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold

The Hindu  

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in dominant fashion on Sunday, forging powerfully clear around 34km to come home solo to take gold in a championship record of two hours, 05.37 minutes. WORLD CHAMPION ‼️ CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD ‼️ After in London back in 2017, Tamirat Tola concludes a superb effort in the most beautiful …

World Athletics Championships: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon

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Tamirat Tola, who won Olympic 10,000m bronze at the 2016 Rio Games and marathon silver at the 2017 London worlds, clocked a championship record of 2hr 5min 37sec, smashing the previous best of 2:06.54 set by Kenyan Abel Kirui in Berlin in 2009. Eugene : Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola produced a decisive kick 8km from the finish line to win gold …

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

National record holder Murali Sreeshankar finished seventh with 7.96m in the men’s long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Saturday. Performance-wise, it was the weakest long jump final at the Worlds in nearly 20 years and was packed with surprises with Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, this year’s outdoor world leader with 8.45m, taking the bronze with just …

Kenya’s Jepchirchir out of world championship marathon with injury
2 years, 5 months ago

Kenya’s Jepchirchir out of world championship marathon with injury

The Hindu  

Olympic women’s marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya will miss the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, due to a right hip injury, her agent told Reuters on Monday. Kenyan news outlet Nation reported the 28-year-old runner first felt discomfort last week after which Team Kenya’s doctor advised her to rest. “I am so disappointed but I would rather not aggravate …

Kenya Names Star-Studded Athletic Teams for Worlds, Commonwealth Games
2 years, 6 months ago

Kenya Names Star-Studded Athletic Teams for Worlds, Commonwealth Games

News 18  

Five reigning world champions are among the 45 athletes selected to represent Kenya at the 2022 World Athletics Championships to be held next month in Eugene, Oregon in the United States. The corresponding men’s 800m was won by 2018 Commonwealth champion Wycliffe Kinyamal in 1:43.54 after edging a thrilling battle for the line against world under-20 titleholder Emmanuael Wanyonyi. World …

Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir targeting 2023 world record attempt
2 years, 6 months ago

Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir targeting 2023 world record attempt

The Hindu  

Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir said she could target the London, Berlin or Chicago marathons for a world record attempt next year as she builds on a blockbuster run. The 28-year-old Kenyan set the sport ablaze when she won the New York City Marathon just 13 weeks after claiming gold in Tokyo, the first athlete to win the Olympic marathon …

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah romps to victory in Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback
3 years, 4 months ago

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah romps to victory in Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback

Firstpost  

Jamaican star Thompson-Herah powered over the line at Hayward Field in 10.54sec - the second fastest time in history - as Richardson finished a distant last in 11.14sec. Eugene, Oregon: Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah scored an emphatic 100m victory over the returning Sha’Carri Richardson at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon on Saturday. Thompson-Herah’s compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished second in 10.73sec …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins second marathon gold with dominant run in brutal conditions
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins second marathon gold with dominant run in brutal conditions

Firstpost  

The world record holder clocked 2hr 08min 38sec to win gold, becoming only the third man to win consecutive marathon titles. Sapporo: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge underlined his credentials as the undisputed king of the marathon with a totally dominant run to retain his Olympic title on the streets of Sapporo on Sunday. The 36-year-old’s triumph, his 13th win in the …

Jepchirchir beats heat in Sapporo to win Tokyo Olympic marathon; Kenya finish 1-2
3 years, 5 months ago

Jepchirchir beats heat in Sapporo to win Tokyo Olympic marathon; Kenya finish 1-2

India TV News  

There was an unfamiliar sight along the women's marathon course at the Tokyo Olympics: actual fans. Peres Jepchirchir led a 1-2 Kenyan finish in the women’s marathon, withstanding the heat and humidity while running through the streets of Sapporo, more than 500 miles north of Tokyo. The start was moved up an hour to avoid the heat and a smattering …

Jepchirchir beats heat in Sapporo to win Olympic marathon
3 years, 5 months ago

Jepchirchir beats heat in Sapporo to win Olympic marathon

Associated Press  

SAPPORO, Japan — There was an unfamiliar sight along the women’s marathon course at the Tokyo Olympics: actual fans. Peres Jepchirchir led a 1-2 Kenyan finish in the women’s marathon, withstanding the heat and humidity while running through the streets of Sapporo, more than 500 miles north of Tokyo. “I’m going to say too hot,” said Jepchirchir, who gave Kenya …

Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins women’s marathon with late burst
3 years, 5 months ago

Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins women’s marathon with late burst

Al Jazeera  

Two-time world half marathon champion came out on top after breaking out of a virtual tie with world record holder and compatriot at 40km mark. Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympic women’s marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, outduelling compatriot Brigid Kosgei in the final minutes and claiming her country’s second consecutive gold medal in the event. But it was two-time …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega claims first gold in athletics as event gets underway
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega claims first gold in athletics as event gets underway

Firstpost  

The 10-day track and field competition, which got under way in a mostly empty 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium with spectators barred due to Covid-19 restrictions. Tokyo: Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega stormed to a brilliant 10,000m victory to claim the first gold medal of a spectator-less Olympic athletics competition at the Tokyo Games on Friday. The Netherlands’ long-distance star Sifan Hassan …

Stockholm Diamond League: Ronnie Baker wins 100m, Armand Duplantis delights home crowd
3 years, 6 months ago

Stockholm Diamond League: Ronnie Baker wins 100m, Armand Duplantis delights home crowd

The Hindu  

American Ronnie Baker won a tight 100 metres race at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday and heads to his first Olympics in Tokyo as a leading medal contender. With the Tokyo Olympics due to begin in a little over three weeks, world long jump champion Tajay Gayle of Jamaica produced a season's best leap of 8.55 metres to …

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashes half marathon world record; Brigid Kosgei falters
3 years, 9 months ago

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashes half marathon world record; Brigid Kosgei falters

Firstpost  

A strong early pace was set chiefly by Brigid Kosgei, the Kenyan marathon record holder, who eventually came in fifth, almost two minutes adrift. Paris: Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s half marathon world record on Sunday in a time of one hour four minutes and two seconds in Istanbul. The marathon world champion from Doha 2019 sliced almost half …

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year
4 years, 2 months ago

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year

Firstpost  

Gidey, 22, sliced more than four seconds off the previous 5,000m record with a time of 14 min 06.62sec in a race in Valencia Paris: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who smashed the women’s 5,000m world record in October, was among the nominees for the female World Athlete of the Year announced on Tuesday. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, who broke the men’s …

London Marathon 2020: Kenya's Brigid Kosgei retains women's title by pipping Sarah Hall
4 years, 3 months ago

London Marathon 2020: Kenya's Brigid Kosgei retains women's title by pipping Sarah Hall

Firstpost  

“The weather is not good. So we struggled,” Kosgei said of rainy, cold conditions at the 2020 London Marathon. London: Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei retained the women’s London Marathon title on Sunday, producing a brilliant solo run to claim a fourth career win in the 42.2km race. Rather than the usual mazy run around the streets of the British capital, the …

Brigid Kosgei cruises to London Marathon win in the rain - Sports News - Sportstar
4 years, 3 months ago

Brigid Kosgei cruises to London Marathon win in the rain - Sports News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Kenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei cruised to a dominant victory in the London Marathon on Sunday, overcoming her rivals on an unfamiliar multi-lap course in relentless rain to triumph in two hours, 18.58 minutes. Running her first marathon since setting the world record of 2:14.04 in Chicago a year ago, Kosgei ran alongside compatriot Ruth Chepngetich until around the …

Kipchoge headlines Kenyan team for Olympic marathon
4 years, 11 months ago

Kipchoge headlines Kenyan team for Olympic marathon

The Hindu  

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge, the first to break the mythic two-hour mark, and Vivian Cheruiyot will lead the Kenyan marathon team for the Tokyo Olympics in August. “In the last Olympic Games in Rio our female athlete who won the women's marathon gold medal was a shame for us,” said Tuwei, in reference to Jemima Sumgong who tested positive …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World record holders Eliud Kipchoge, Brigid Kosgei named in Kenya's marathon teams for Games
4 years, 11 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World record holders Eliud Kipchoge, Brigid Kosgei named in Kenya's marathon teams for Games

Firstpost  

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was named on Kenya’s team on Friday to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games. Nairobi: Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was named on Kenya’s team on Friday to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games. Brigid Kosgei will lead Kenya’s medal hopes in the women’s race after she ran 2:14:04 in Chicago …

IAAF World Championships 2019: Record breakers in pictures
5 years, 3 months ago

IAAF World Championships 2019: Record breakers in pictures

The Hindu  

She broke her own 400m hurdles World Record(WR) with a 52.16s run!!! USA's Dalilah Muhammad had just set a new WR in July this year and at the Khalifa stadium in Doha she bettered that timing by 0.04s. Two World Records(WRs) in two days for the United States mixed relay team!!! The 4*400m mixed relay event made its World Championships …

World Athletics C'ships: Hassan seals unprecedented double
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics C'ships: Hassan seals unprecedented double

The Hindu  

Sifan Hassan completed an unprecedented double after winning 1500 metres gold, while Joe Kovacs was crowned shot put champion in a dramatic World Athletics Championships final in Doha on Saturday. No one has ever completed a 1500/10k double in a #WorldAthleticsChampspic.twitter.com/P4Th8xZwFH — IAAF October 5, 2019 Kenya's Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon took silver in a national record 3:54.22, two years …

World Athletics Championship: Barshim thrills as Muhammad takes gold
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championship: Barshim thrills as Muhammad takes gold

The Hindu  

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim sent a raucous home crowd into raptures with a stunning gold in the men's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. It was a record-breaking evening for Dalilah Muhammad, who pipped her United States team-mate Sydney McLaughlin in a coruscating women's 400m hurdles final, although their compatriot Fred Kerley had to settle for bronze in …

World Athletics Championships 2019: Dina Asher-Smith primed for 200m gold as rivals withdraw
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Dina Asher-Smith primed for 200m gold as rivals withdraw

The Independent  

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World Athletic Championships 2019: US sprinter Christian Coleman roars to 100m title, race walkers tame heat
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletic Championships 2019: US sprinter Christian Coleman roars to 100m title, race walkers tame heat

Firstpost  

Christian Coleman, who escaped a doping ban earlier this month on a technicality, swept over the 100m finish line in a world-leading personal best of 9.76sec to claim his first major outdoor championship gold medal. The 23-year-old American, who escaped a doping ban earlier this month on a technicality, swept over the finish line in a world-leading personal best of …

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