‘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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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. Read our privacy policy The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to win the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding the gold to her bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres earlier in the week. open image in gallery Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, celebrates after crossing the finish line The race had been impossible to call with all the favourites among a leading pack up until the last 10km. open image in gallery Assefa has two of the fastest ever marathon times and took more than two minutes off the world record in a mixed race to win last year's Berlin marathon. open image in gallery Gold medalist Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands, Silver medalist Tigst Assefa of Team Ethiopia and Bronze Hellen Obiri of Team Kenya Hassan's last-minute victory was a fitting climax to the Olympics' athletics programme, which organisers switched up to finish on the women's marathon instead of the men's, which was run on Saturday.

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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 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 …

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
2 weeks, 4 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 …

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year
1 month ago

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

Dutch News  

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has become the first Dutch sportswoman to be named World Athlete of the Year at a ceremony held by the sport’s governing body. She was also named women’s out of stadium athlete of the year at World Athletics’ annual awards ceremony in Monaco. “Sport is good for everyone’s health, and if we invest in it …

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

Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year
1 month, 1 week ago

Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year

China Daily  

MONTE CARLO - Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan and Botswana's sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year at the 2024 World Athletics Awards in Monaco on Sunday. In addition to the World Athlete of the Year title, Tebogo also took home the Men's Track Athlete of the Year award, while American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was named …

Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world
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1 month, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world

NL Times  

Sifan Hassan was chosen as the best athlete in the world for 2024 at the awards gala of the global association World Athletics in Monaco. The 31-year-old Hassan was the first woman ever to combine the 5,000 and 10,000 meter track distances with the maratho at the Games in Paris. The Dutch woman of Ethiopian descent won two world titles …

Former Tokyo Marathon Runner Tsehay Gemechu Faces Four-Year Ban for Suspected Blood Doping
2 months, 1 week ago

Former Tokyo Marathon Runner Tsehay Gemechu Faces Four-Year Ban for Suspected Blood Doping

The Hindu  

Former Tokyo Marathon runner Tsehay Gemechu has been banned for four years for suspected blood doping. Her 25-year-old career was impacted, including disqualification from her second-place finish in the Tokyo Marathon in 2023, fourth place in the 5,000 meters at the 2019 world championships, and disqualification from the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 for a lane violation. …

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships
4 months, 1 week ago

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships

Hindustan Times  

Aarti won a bronze in women's 10000m race walk event with national U20 record time to open India's medal account in the World U20 Athletics Championships here on Friday. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March while winning gold in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. On Thursday …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
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 …

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme
4 months, 3 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 …

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race

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Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa

Associated Press  

PARIS — Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics. Heading into the last 150 meters of her 10-day Olympics odyssey that spanned three events and 38 miles, the Netherlands’ runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, and then sprinted by her to win the last track event of the Paris Games. So …

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABC  

When Sifan Hassan claimed her second bronze medal on the track at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she was already looking forward. Hell for most, heaven for one, as Hassan created history on a historic day for women's running. With the women's race closing out the athletics program for the first time, Dutch runner Hassan became the first woman in …

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Once an Ethiopian asylum seeker, the Dutch distance running great won her third medal of the Paris Olympics in a thrilling finish to the women’s marathon. Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a gruelling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on the last day of the Olympics, giving the games a dramatic ending of her own. …

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon gold, completes astounding Olympic treble
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon gold, completes astounding Olympic treble

New York Times  

In the most dramatic and competitive Olympic marathon maybe ever, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands officially became an athlete for the ages. The great cliche of marathon racing — “great” because it’s so true — is that “20 miles is halfway.” In so many races, the first 80 percent of the marathon is basically transportation, and then the real racing …

From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze
4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics 2024: India's campaign concludes on penultimate day with medal count currently at six
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: India's campaign concludes on penultimate day with medal count currently at six

Firstpost  

India’s campaign concluded with wrestler Reetika Hooda’s quarter-final exit in the women’s 76kg event and golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finishing tied-29th and tied-49th respectively on Saturday. India’s campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics officially concluded on Saturday, the penultimate day of competitions, with Reetika Hooda bowing out of the women’s 76 kg wrestling event with a quarter-final defeat …

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

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 …

Olympics marathon results: Times in full as Tamirat Tola wins and Eliud Kipchoge fails to finish
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympics marathon results: Times in full as Tamirat Tola wins and Eliud Kipchoge fails to finish

The Independent  

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Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold

ABC  

Father Time waits for no man. An 11-time marathon major winner from just 15 attempts, back-to-back Olympic champion — one of just three in history — Kipchoge boasts a CV that will be tough to be bettered by anyone. Kipchoge — a four-time Olympic medallist who won his first medal, a bronze, in Athens in the 5,000m — said his …

Team USA’s Masai Russell wins gold in women’s 100m hurdles photo finish at Paris Olympics
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Team USA’s Masai Russell wins gold in women’s 100m hurdles photo finish at Paris Olympics

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Masai Russell couldn’t stay asleep. So in Saturday’s women’s 100-meter hurdles final, she had one thought after she surged through the final 10 meters and leaned across the line for another thrilling photo finish at Stade de France. Because when the results came in, after an eternity of seconds, the board did indeed reveal Russell’s name first, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold

The Hindu  

Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title. Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and a bronze in world championships, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Japanese wrestling juggernaut Akari Fujinami extended her outrageous winning streak to claim the women’s 53kg freestyle gold of the Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Thursday. The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and capped her campaign with ridiculous ease winning the gold medal contest against Ecuador’s Lucia Yepez Guzman by technical superiority. I want to enjoy …

The mind-blowing stat behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s stunning 400m hurdles world record at Paris Olympics
4 months, 4 weeks ago

The mind-blowing stat behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s stunning 400m hurdles world record at Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Sifan Hassan earns second medal of Paris Olympics with bronze in 10,000m, awaits marathon
5 months ago

Sifan Hassan earns second medal of Paris Olympics with bronze in 10,000m, awaits marathon

New York Times  

Sifan Hassan collected her second medal of the Paris Olympics, another bronze, this time in the women’s 10,000-meter final. That might sound like a disappointment for the Dutch runner, since she won this race three years ago in Tokyo, along with a gold medal in the 5,000 at those Games. It wasn’t, especially considering Hassan has a marathon to run …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
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 …

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

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 …

50 laps and then a marathon: Sifan Hassan chases impossible dream at Paris Olympics
5 months ago

50 laps and then a marathon: Sifan Hassan chases impossible dream at Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh lived up to her pre-Paris Games billing to win the women’s Olympic high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday. Wearing her trademark blue and yellow eyeliner -- the colours of the Ukraine flag -- Mahuchikh was nowhere near her 2.10m world record form of the Paris Diamond League last month. But her Paris performance on …

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulls out of 200m at Olympics
5 months ago

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulls out of 200m at Olympics

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Sha’Carri Richardson takes silver in women’s 100m final at her first Olympics
5 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson takes silver in women’s 100m final at her first Olympics

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Sha'Carri Richardson Takes Silver Behind Julien Alfred In Olympic 100 Meters
5 months ago

Sha'Carri Richardson Takes Silver Behind Julien Alfred In Olympic 100 Meters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sha’Carri Richardson didn’t get a storybook finish on Saturday at the Paris Olympics ― but she did get silver. Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred celebrates after winning ahead of Sha'Carri Richardson, left, and US' Melissa Jefferson, right, in the women's 100m final. Gold medal winner Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, center, silver medal winner Sha'Carri Richardson of United …

Julien Alfred upsets Sha’Carri Richardson to win women’s 100 meters at Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Julien Alfred upsets Sha’Carri Richardson to win women’s 100 meters at Paris Olympics

LA Times  

This was supposed to be Sha’Carri Richardson’s big moment. After testing positive for marijuana and missing out on the Olympics three years ago, the American sprinter was supposed to earn redemption with gold in the women’s 100 meters at the 2024 Summer Games. “It means a lot to me, my coach, my country, which I’m sure is celebrating now.” How …

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened
5 months ago

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened

ABC  

Saint Lucia sprinter Julien Alfred has won her country's first ever Olympic medal, taking out the women's 100m sprint in a national record time of 10.72. On a rainy night in Paris, Alfred tore out of the blocks and led the field for the next 90 metres, winning the gold convincingly over world number one Sha'Carri Richardson, who finished second …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m

The Hindu  

Defending champion Sifan Hassan took second place in her Olympic 5,000 metres qualifying heat on Friday with a typical last-minute charge to overtake seven women in the home straight and finish a tenth of a second behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon. Hassan, 31, who took the distance running world by storm last year when she won the London Marathon on her …

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ’It is very hard.’
5 months, 1 week ago

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ’It is very hard.’

The Hindu  

Attempting to defend her 5,000 and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. “I can’t tell you I’m going to get the gold medal in every event,” Ms. Hassan said Wednesday. “I’m curious what is going to happen,” MS. Hassan said. And how I’m going to recover.” Ms. Hassan could have run a fourth …

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ‘It is very hard.’
5 months, 1 week ago

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ‘It is very hard.’

Associated Press  

PARIS — Attempting to defend her 5,000- and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. “I can’t tell you I’m going to get the gold medal in every event,” Hassan said Wednesday. “It is very hard.” Hassan’s program will look The 5,000 heats on Friday and the final on Monday. But now she can …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Australia’s O’Callaghan foils clubmate Titmus for 200m freestyle gold
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Australia’s O’Callaghan foils clubmate Titmus for 200m freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Australia’s red-headed rocket Mollie O’Callaghan toppled defending champion Ariarne Titmus to claim gold in the women’s 200-metre freestyle in an Olympic record at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday in a duel of club-mates. Prepared by the same coach Dean Boxall and training at the same suburban Brisbane pool, O’Callaghan and Titmus both bided their time in the race as …

When to watch Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the rest of Team USA’s sprinters in action at the Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

When to watch Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the rest of Team USA’s sprinters in action at the Olympics

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A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage from the Paris Games. Australian Ariarne Titmus, 23, is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the event and the favorite entering Saturday’s competition. For example, New Zealand’s 20-year-old Erika Fairweather would certainly like to play spoiler here; she out-touched McIntosh at 2023 worlds to earn bronze and finish behind Titmus and Ledecky. With none of the …

Paris 2024: World 200m champion Shericka Jackson suffers apparent injury in race with Olympics on horizon
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024: World 200m champion Shericka Jackson suffers apparent injury in race with Olympics on horizon

The Hindu  

World 200m champion and Olympic favorite Shericka Jackson pulled up with an apparent injury late in a race on Tuesday as part of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix. READ | Paris Olympics: USA announces team for athletics, Athing Mu not included in relay pool The Jamaicans are already missing Elaine Thompson-Herah for the Paris Games. The two-time reigning Olympic champion …

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

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

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Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Athing Mu got tangled up in the middle of the track and started falling. With that, one of America’s most promising runners saw her hopes of back-to-back Olympic titles in the 800 meters go down the drain, while sports fans got a refresher on just how unforgiving these U.S. track trials really are. It’s part of our …

U.S. Olympic trials: Athing Mu’s hopes of a golden repeat in the 800 shattered
6 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Olympic trials: Athing Mu’s hopes of a golden repeat in the 800 shattered

LA Times  

Athing Mu crosses the finish line in last place after falling during the women’s 800-meter final at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials on Monday. Olympic champion Athing Mu‘s hopes for a repeat came crashing down on the backstretch of the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track and field trials Monday. Mu could still go to …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100m title at U.S. Olympic trials again, will be joined in Paris by training partners
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100m title at U.S. Olympic trials again, will be joined in Paris by training partners

New York Times  

There will be no denying Sha’Carri Richardson from getting her Olympic moment at last. The dominant American sprint star stormed away from the field Saturday night to run a blistering 10.71 in the 100 meter, capturing first place and a ticket to Paris at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, held in Eugene, Ore. Richardson’s time is the fastest …

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