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

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Charlie Dobson storms to stunning 400m victory in Diamond League final shock
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Charlie Dobson storms to stunning 400m victory in Diamond League final shock

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Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith continues strong form as Jakob Ingebrigtsen suffers another shock 1500m defeat
4 months ago

Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith continues strong form as Jakob Ingebrigtsen suffers another shock 1500m defeat

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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 …

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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‘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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Neah Evans and Elinor Barker navigate ‘chaotic’ madison to claim sprint finish silver
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Neah Evans and Elinor Barker navigate ‘chaotic’ madison to claim sprint finish silver

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Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita left with one last Olympics regret despite Team GB relay silver
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita left with one last Olympics regret despite Team GB relay silver

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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: 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: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals
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 …

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa
5 months ago

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa

Daily Mail  

Hodgkinson becomes just the 10th British woman to win Olympic athletics gold The British star held her nerve in the closing stages before running clear to win Keely Hodgkinson says she has cemented herself in history after she joined the list of British golden girls by storming to Olympic 800 metres glory. Hodgkinson is only the 10th British woman to …

Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith sail into 200m final with Team GB convinced of medal chance
5 months ago

Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith sail into 200m final with Team GB convinced of medal chance

The Telegraph  

A Team GB sprint medal is “100 per cent” up for grabs, Daryll Neita declared after she and a resurgent Dina Asher-Smith sailed into the 200m final. Asher-Smith swept past media, focused on Tuesday’s final, but Neita stopped and said there is “100 per cent” a chance of a medal in what she forecasts will be “an open race”. On …

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

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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 …

Daryll Neita fourth in ‘bittersweet’ women’s 100m final as Julien Alfred romps to gold
5 months ago

Daryll Neita fourth in ‘bittersweet’ women’s 100m final as Julien Alfred romps to gold

The Telegraph  

Neita has previously won World and Olympic medals in the 4x100m relay events but her individual medals were all in the European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Neita’s team-mate, Dina Asher-Smith, had earlier exited in the semi-finals with what, by her high major competition standards, was a desperately disappointing performance when it mattered most. Asher-Smith had run 10.96sec during the European …

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 …

Keely Hodgkinson becomes sixth fastest woman in history with stunning 800m win at pre-Olympic London Diamond League
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Keely Hodgkinson becomes sixth fastest woman in history with stunning 800m win at pre-Olympic London Diamond League

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Noah Lyles warms up for Olympics by setting PB of 9.81 seconds to win 100 in London
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Noah Lyles warms up for Olympics by setting PB of 9.81 seconds to win 100 in London

Associated Press  

LONDON — Heading into the Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles has never been faster. The American world champion warmed up for the Paris Games by setting a personal best in the 100 meters at Saturday’s Diamond League meet in London, clocking 9.81 seconds to beat a strong field in the last major meet before the Olympics. “I wanted to drop under …

Poland’s Kaczmarek wins the 400m European title in 48.98. She’ll be a contender at the Paris Games
6 months, 4 weeks 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 …

European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome
6 months, 4 weeks ago

European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome

The Hindu  

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith maintained her form perfectly to claim her second European 100m title in Rome on Sunday. European Athletics Championships 2024: Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs defends 100m title “I am in really great shape, I feel really good. It is definitely a new way to win a race for me, so that is a plus.” Asher-Smith, the 2019 world …

Simone Biles builds large lead after night 1 of U.S. Gymnastics Championships
7 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles builds large lead after night 1 of U.S. Gymnastics Championships

New York Times  

FORT WORTH, Texas — Simone Biles took approximately six seconds to build an insurmountable lead over the rest of the field at the U.S. SIMONE BILES ‼️ She leads the women's all-around competition after night one with a score of 60.450.#XfinityChamps pic.twitter.com/oTjvQX6PHh — NBC Olympics & Paralympics June 1, 2024 Biles finished night one of the competition with a 60.450, …

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic

New York Times  

EUGENE, Ore. — The display of power out of the starting block was back. It was a historic day in Eugene as Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet set a new WORLD RECORD in the women’s 10,000m with a time of 28:54.14. Moon cleared 4.53 on her second attempt and then passed on jumping 4.63 — thus opening the door for Grove and …

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 …

Hannah Cockroft wins incredible seventh straight 100m gold at World Para Athletics Championships
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hannah Cockroft wins incredible seventh straight 100m gold at World Para Athletics Championships

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On This Day in 2019: Dina Asher-Smith wins gold at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

On This Day in 2019: Dina Asher-Smith wins gold at World Athletics Championships

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Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson triumph at Diamond League meet in Zurich... in USA sprint stars' first action since world championship glory
1 year, 4 months ago

Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson triumph at Diamond League meet in Zurich... in USA sprint stars' first action since world championship glory

Daily Mail  

Sha'Carri Richardson easily won the the women's 100 in 10.88 on Thursday Noah Lyles won the 200m in 19.80 seconds at Diamond League meet in Zurich Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world …

Noah Lyles wins again in Zurich in his first race since world championships triple
1 year, 4 months ago

Noah Lyles wins again in Zurich in his first race since world championships triple

Associated Press  

ZURICH, Switzerland — Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he picked up gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay. He was one of nine recently …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moraa beats favourites Hodgkinson, Mu for 800m gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moraa beats favourites Hodgkinson, Mu for 800m gold

The Hindu  

Mary Moraa of Kenya delivered a storming finish to win the world 800 metres gold on Sunday, proving too good on the final straight for race favourites Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu in a reshuffle of the medals from last year. Best celebration of the #WorldAthleticsChamps 🤝 Mary Moraa What a women's 800m final 🔥 pic.twitter.com/skq3EevlJf — World Athletics August …

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: Redemption for Ingebrigtsen with 5,000m gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Redemption for Ingebrigtsen with 5,000m gold

The Hindu  

Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, bouncing back from bitter disappointment in the 1,500m four days earlier. Then it’s incredibly big to still take the victory.” What a finish in the men's 5000m 👀 Jakob Ingebrigtsen digs deep and successfully defends his 5000m #WorldAthleticsChamps …

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: Rogers wins women’s hammer to secure double gold for Canada
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rogers wins women’s hammer to secure double gold for Canada

The Hindu  

Camryn Rogers won the women’s hammer throw on Thursday to secure a double gold for Canada after Ethan Katzberg had claimed a surprise title in the men’s event at the weekend. I feel Canada is making its presence known all across the world,” Rogers said of her team mate’s stunning victory on Sunday. Camryn Rogers joins Ethan Katzberg as a …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Fast-finishing Watson takes 400m gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Fast-finishing Watson takes 400m gold

The Hindu  

Jamaica’s Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday as he overhauled fading Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith on the line. Hudson-Smith, who set a European record of 44.26 in winning his heat this week, went out hard and was well clear coming off the final bend but that effort took its toll as he began to tie …

World Athletics Championships: Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Armand Duplantis All Make Finals
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Armand Duplantis All Make Finals

News 18  

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles went through the motions as they began their 200m campaigns bidding to add to the 100m golds they won earlier in the week at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. “Noah Lyles will attack the world record, and maybe, if I push him hard, he could set it.” Duplantis, 23, is bidding to claim a …

World Athletics Championships: Lyles cruises into 200m semis in quest for sprint double
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Lyles cruises into 200m semis in quest for sprint double

The Hindu  

Newly-crowned world 100m champion Noah Lyles on Wednesday cruised into the semi-finals of the 200m in his quest to become the first male athlete to win a world sprint double since Usain Bolt in 2015. “I try to make all my races look as easy as possible, even if they aren’t,” said Lyles, who has said he wants to target …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown

The Hindu  

American Sha’Carri Richardson and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, first and second in the 100 metres final on Monday, safely negotiated the next step in their World Championship rivalry as they cruised through their 200m first-round heats on Wednesday. On another roasting morning Richardson, seeking to become the first U.S, winner since Allyson Felix in 2009, looked sharp before easing up to …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas failed to make it into the final of the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest after pulling up injured in his semifinal on Tuesday. South Africa’s world record holder Wayde van Niekerk endured an agonising wait to qualify as one of the two next fastest after missing out on one …

Sha’Carri Richardson wins world 100m title with Dina Asher-Smith eighth
1 year, 4 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson wins world 100m title with Dina Asher-Smith eighth

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Dina Asher-Smith left baffled after disappointing display in world 100m final
1 year, 4 months ago

Dina Asher-Smith left baffled after disappointing display in world 100m final

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World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut

The Hindu  

American Fred Kerley will not be defending his world 100 metres title later on Sunday after he failed to progress from the semifinals, as his compatriots Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman qualified fastest for the final. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championship Day 2 LIVE Updates Former champion Coleman got his traditional fast start and maintained his form to win the …

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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Spain’s Martin captures first gold in 20km race walk
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Spain’s Martin captures first gold in 20km race walk

The Hindu  

Alvaro Martin of Spain captured gold in the 20-kilometre race walk in the opening event of the World Athletics Championships 2023 on Saturday. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championships LIVE Updates Martin, who was fourth at the Tokyo Olympics and seventh at the worlds last year in Eugene, shaved nearly two seconds off his best time. “I am going to enjoy …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 200m sprint

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 200m sprint in Budapest: Shericka Jackson FILE PHOTO: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Though she doesn’t have the season-leading mark, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica should be the favourite as she comes …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 100m sprint
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 100m sprint

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. She set a new U-20 world record in women’s 100m sprint at 2019 NCAA Championships with a timing of 10.75s. Personal Best: 10.71s Season’s Best: 10.71s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce FILE PHOTO: Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a two-time Olympic gold …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track

The Hindu  

World 100m champion Fred Kerley’s long-awaited showdown with Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is one of many intriguing sub-plots to the World Athletics Championships that start in Budapest on Saturday. Since that heady victory, the Italian has been beset by injuries, missing last year’s Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene when Kerley led a U.S. medal clean sweep in track and …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for the women’s 100m hurdles
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for the women’s 100m hurdles

The Hindu  

A total of 40 athletes will be participating in the women’s 100m hurdles in the World Athletics Championships 2023 which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for gold medal in women’s 100m hurdles: Tobi Amusan The 26-year-old Nigerian is the current World Champion, African Champion, and number one ranked in …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s pole vault
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s pole vault

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s pole vault in Budapest: Katie Moon Katie Moon, the reigning World and Olympic champion, is the favourite in the women’s pole vault event. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Moon’s compatriot, Sandi Morris has …

World Athletics Championships 2023: From Julien Alfred to Letsile Tebogo, five potential limelight stealers
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: From Julien Alfred to Letsile Tebogo, five potential limelight stealers

The Hindu  

Established stars like Karsten Warholm and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline the World Athletics Championships in Budapest which gets underway on Saturday but the limelight also beckons for others a year out from the Paris Olympics. World Athletics Championships 2023: Indian team’s medal prospects She won Commonwealth Games silver behind two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah last year confirming the promise she …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 800m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 800m

The Hindu  

A total of 56 athletes will be participating in the women’s 800m in the World Athletics Championships 2023 which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in the Hungarian capital: Athing Mu The 21-year-old American is the current world and Olympic champion and a two-time Diamond league …

Olympic champion McLaughlin-Levrone to miss worlds due to knee issue
1 year, 4 months ago

Olympic champion McLaughlin-Levrone to miss worlds due to knee issue

The Hindu  

American 400 metres hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said on Friday that she will miss the World Championships due to a “minor knee issue”, with the global showcase set to begin in Budapest next week. The 24-year-old was among the biggest names expected to compete and was entered in the 400 metres flat, breaking into new …

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