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

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

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Charlie Dobson storms to stunning 400m victory in Diamond League final shock
3 months, 4 weeks ago

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

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Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris
4 months ago

Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris

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Dame Sarah Storey wins 18th Paralympic gold with C5 time trial victory
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Dame Sarah Storey wins 18th Paralympic gold with C5 time trial victory

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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 …

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

The Hindu  

The Olympic athletics programme, highlighted by the shortest event and then the longest, saw performances of astonishing quality and spine-tingling drama, played out to a beautiful and unique purple backdrop that will forever mean Paris. The closest and highest quality men's 100 metres race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day …

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race
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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
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‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

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Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history
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Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history

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

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

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

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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
5 months 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 …

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?
5 months ago

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?

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

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

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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: 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 reacts to dominant 800m Olympic gold: ‘I deserved this’
5 months ago

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

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Memorable Olympic 100 metres finals following Noah Lyles’ photo finish Paris win
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Memorable Olympic 100 metres finals following Noah Lyles’ photo finish Paris win

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

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

Hindustan Times  

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

Last U.S. Olympic 10,000-meter winner believes Grant Fisher can win the race in Paris
5 months, 1 week ago

Last U.S. Olympic 10,000-meter winner believes Grant Fisher can win the race in Paris

LA Times  

Billy Mills is the only member of one of the most exclusive clubs in U.S. track and field history. “I am excited.” The runner Mills was referring is Grant Fisher, the Olympic trials champion at 5,000 and 10,000 meters, the American record-holder in both events and the ninth-fastest performer in history at the longer distance with a best of 26:33.84. …

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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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 …

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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Olympic Games: Athing Mu trips and fails to qualify for Paris 800 metres
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Olympic Games: Athing Mu trips and fails to qualify for Paris 800 metres

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U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: Dressel, Ledecky register wins
6 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: Dressel, Ledecky register wins

The Hindu  

Caeleb Dressel locked up his second individual race in Paris, giving him another chance to shine after his stellar performance at the last Olympics. Dressel, the winner of five gold medals at the Tokyo Games, claimed a victory in the men’s 100-metre butterfly at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Saturday night. So I’m happy I did.” Ledecky romped to …

Paris awaits for Sha’Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris awaits for Sha’Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — The endorsement deals have been signed, the commercials have been shot. “We have some time still before Paris, but it’s always the hardest team to make, so obviously, got to go out there and put on a performance first.” Two-time Olympic gold medalist Christian Taylor is now 34 and no sure thing to make the U.S. team …

Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials

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George Mills and Romell Glave claim GB’s first medals at European Championships
7 months ago

George Mills and Romell Glave claim GB’s first medals at European Championships

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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 …

I’ve got to take it – Jemma Reekie secures 800 metres silver medal in Glasgow
10 months, 1 week ago

I’ve got to take it – Jemma Reekie secures 800 metres silver medal in Glasgow

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Matt Hudson-Smith claims silver medal for Great Britain in Budapest
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Matt Hudson-Smith claims silver medal for Great Britain in Budapest

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Matt Richards leads British one-two at World Aquatics Championships
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Matt Richards leads British one-two at World Aquatics Championships

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Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne
1 year, 6 months ago

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen held off Lamecha Girma in a battle of world record holders to win the much-anticipated men’s 1,500 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meet on Friday. Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia set a sizzling pace in the men’s 5,000m and then held off several challenges from Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei - including one final move from the world …

Neil Gourley claims 1500m silver as GB win three medals at European Indoors
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Neil Gourley claims 1500m silver as GB win three medals at European Indoors

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Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics
3 years, 2 months ago

Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics

News 18  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she is still “on top of the game” at the age of 34 and after running the third fastest 100 metres of all time in August the Jamaican sprinter is keeping her options open ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fraser-Pryce, the Beijing and London 100m champion, won gold in the 4x100m relay and silver in the …

Tokyo Olympics: Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivers family gold in 1500m final as Britain’s Josh Kerr takes bronze
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivers family gold in 1500m final as Britain’s Josh Kerr takes bronze

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m

Firstpost  

Kenny Bednarek of the United States took silver in 19.68sec while reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles took bronze in 19.74sec. Tokyo: Andre de Grasse said he had “shocked the world” after storming to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final on Wednesday as the United States’ 17-year sprinting gold medal drought continued. Canadian star de Grasse completed a long …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprinting 'double-double' with 200m gold clinch
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprinting 'double-double' with 200m gold clinch

Firstpost  

Thompson, the 2016 Olympics 100m and 200m gold medallist who successfully defended her 100m title on Saturday, bagged a record fourth individual gold after storming home in 21.53sec, the second-fastest time in history. Tokyo: Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history in Tokyo Tuesday, emulating fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt to complete an unprecedented women’s sprinting “double-double” with victory in the 200 metres. …

Tokyo Olympics: Sifan Hassan wins 5000 metres in first step in treble gold bid
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Sifan Hassan wins 5000 metres in first step in treble gold bid

The Hindu  

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan took a first, giant step in her bid for an unprecedented Olympic treble when she sprinted to gold in the 5000m on Monday. In Ethiopians Tsegay, Ejgayehu Taye and Senbere Teferi, and Kenya's Obiri and Agnes Tirop, the entry list featured five of the world's 10 fastest ever over the distance. READ : Morocco's Soufiane el-Bakkali …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica sweep women’s 100m podium; Simone Biles’s campaign teetering with further pullouts
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Jamaica sweep women’s 100m podium; Simone Biles’s campaign teetering with further pullouts

Firstpost  

Elaine Thompson-Herah blazed to an Olympic-record 10.61sec in the women’s 100 metres event, well ahead of crestfallen two-time winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, with Shericka Jackson completing an all-Jamaican podium. Tokyo: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah equalled the second-fastest time in history to retain her women’s Olympic 100m title on Saturday as ongoing mental health problems left gymnastics superstar Simone Biles’s Tokyo campaign teetering …

Dina Asher-Smith pulls out of 200m at Tokyo Olympics due to hamstring injury
3 years, 5 months ago

Dina Asher-Smith pulls out of 200m at Tokyo Olympics due to hamstring injury

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Dina Asher-Smith’s task and GB medal hopes – British Athletics talking points
3 years, 6 months ago

Dina Asher-Smith’s task and GB medal hopes – British Athletics talking points

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Naomi Osaka to Sifan Hassan, a look at five stars to keep an eye on at Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Naomi Osaka to Sifan Hassan, a look at five stars to keep an eye on at Games

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Five stars to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which start on 23 July after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which start on 23 July after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quick look at five stars to keep your eye on at the megaevent: Naomi Osaka …

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

Top 10 Olympic performances: From Beamon's perfect jump to Bikila's back-to-back gold
4 years, 9 months ago

Top 10 Olympic performances: From Beamon's perfect jump to Bikila's back-to-back gold

The Hindu  

The world, following the outbreak of the novel corona virus or Covid-19 as classified by the World Health Organisation, has come to a grinding halt. Read: ‘Tokyo Olympics postponement the right thing to do’ On October 18, the seventh day of the Games, came the impossible leap as Beamon started off with that effort 8.90m which not only destroyed the …

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