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3 months, 1 week ago

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

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 …

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6 months ago

Gabby Thomas shocked but Faith Kipyegon stars again at inaugural women-only athletics meet

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

From major competition also-ran to Paris Olympics medallist, Jess Hull's meteoric rise is the result of unwavering determination

ABC

It's a meteoric rise like no other. By winning Olympic silver at the Stade de France on Sunday morning, Jessica Hull completed her stunning journey from major competition also-ran to Olympic medallist. A staggeringly entertaining race from gun to tape that saw Hull become the first Australian woman to ever win a medal in the event at an Olympics. But …

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7 months, 2 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 …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold

Al Jazeera

Kipyegon becomes the first athlete ever to win three back-to-back 1500m gold medals and sets new Olympic record time. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon made history after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500-metre gold medals with a superb display of middle-distance running. 3rd Olympic 1500m gold for 🇰🇪's Faith Kipyegon 😤 No one in history has won 3 …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kipyegon puts drama from night before behind her, starts quest for 3rd straight 1,500 Olympic title

Associated Press

SAINT-DENIS, France — Faith Kipyegon of Kenya opened her bid Tuesday for a third straight Olympic 1,500-meter title, turning the page on a drama-filled night that ultimately ended with a medal for her. But I’ve had to learn if you’re going to be elite you’ve got to listen to your body and respect what it’s telling you.” This marks the …

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7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan begins Olympic treble attempt with bronze in 5,000m, Faith Kipyegon reinstated for silver

New York Times

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands may not have successfully defended her title in the women’s 5,000 meters, but with a bronze medal in the first leg of what would be a historic Olympic treble the 31-year-old continues to push the boundaries of belief in middle and long-distance running. Hassan, who possesses unmatched speed down the stretch, ran out of track …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Spartan running retreat forges Kenya's future champions

China Daily

Olympic champion, Eliud Kipchoge runs with his training group during a speed work session in Kaptagat on May 4. AFP KAPTAGAT, Kenya — Daily training, frugal living, shared household chores: The Kaptagat camp, where Kenyan athletics stars Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon are preparing for the Paris Games, is a protected retreat, known for its focus on self-discipline. "The idea …

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1 year ago

Record-smasher Gudaf Tsegay dreams of Parisian gold

The Hindu

When Elle St. Pierre sprinted past Gudaf Tsegay to win the women’s 3,000m at the recent World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, the American might have inadvertently sown the seeds for something very special. Outdoor focus Tsegay has excellent indoor pedigree — she owns a world title and a world record under a closed roof — but her focus this …

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1 year, 3 months ago

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

Hindustan Times

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

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1 year, 3 months ago

Kipyegon, Lyles among six crowned at expanded World Athletics Awards

The Hindu

Six athletes - Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, Tigist Assefa, Kelvin Kiptum, and Yulimar Rojas - were all named World Athletes of the Year on Monday after the awards were expanded into three categories. The 2023 World Athletics Awards have been divided into track, field and out of stadia categories following feedback received during the voting process, the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

THE INSIDE TRACK: Noah Lyles, Faith Kipyegon and Zharnel Hughes lead my stars of a thrilling Athletics season... now bring on Paris 2024!

Daily Mail

The track and field season concluded last weekend with the Diamond League final in Eugene. BEST INTERNATIONAL MALE: NOAH LYLES The first man since Usain Bolt to complete a sprint treble at a World Championships, Lyles has been a breath of fresh air on and off the track this season. Double world champion Noah Lyles is one of my stars …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Diamond League Final: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied

The Hindu

American Christian Coleman and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won the men’s and women’s 100m at the Diamond League finals on Saturday as Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson were denied. Lyles and Richardson weren’t the only gold medallists from last month’s World Championships in Budapest to be disappointed in Eugene, Oregon, where American Rai Benjamin stunned world and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships

The Hindu

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon became the first woman ever to complete a 1,500-5,000 metres double at the World Championships after she raced to victory over the longer distance on Saturday. Four days after she won the 1,500 metres, the two-time Olympic gold medallist surged away from Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan down the home straight to cross in 14 minutes 53.88 seconds for …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Paris Olympics podium the target as Laura Muir stays ‘in the mix’ for ‘crazier than ever’ 1500m medals

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kipyegon cruises to third gold medal in 1500m in Budapest

The Hindu

Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon capped a year that brought her a trio of world records by claiming a hat-trick of world 1,500 metres gold medals as she ran a perfect race to come home in 3:54.87 in Tuesday’s final. Still only 29, Budapest is her sixth World Championships and she now has a remarkable haul of three golds, two …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu

The first world record, Faith Kipyegon pointed at her time in disbelief. “She’s rewriting what’s possible,” said Nikki Hiltz, who set the American record in the mile on the day Kipyegon broke the world mark. “It helps us all dream bigger.” Turns out, Kipyegon’s first love was soccer growing up on a farm in the Kenyan Rift Valley. “Winning the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Hassan shows spirit to reach 1500m world final

The Hindu

Sifan Hassan on Sunday rebounded from her dramatic fall metres from the finish of the 10,000m world final to reach the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships. However, the Ethiopia-born 5,000m/10,000m Olympic champion showed fighting spirit to ease into Tuesday's final, timing a season's best 3min 55.48sec to finish third in her semi-final behind winner Faith Kipyegon and Diribe …

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1 year, 7 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 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

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 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Faith Kipyegon A week after she set the 1500m world record in Florence, Faith Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for the 5000m, with a timing …

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1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 1500m

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 Budapest: Faith Kipyegon Faith Kipyegon is the reigning world and olympic champion in the women’s 1500m event. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom in action during the women’s 1500m at the Silesia Diamond League. Hirut …

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

Gabby Thomas shocked but Faith Kipyegon stars again at inaugural women-only athletics meet

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

From major competition also-ran to Paris Olympics medallist, Jess Hull's meteoric rise is the result of unwavering determination

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

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold

Kipyegon puts drama from night before behind her, starts quest for 3rd straight 1,500 Olympic title

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

Sifan Hassan begins Olympic treble attempt with bronze in 5,000m, Faith Kipyegon reinstated for silver

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

Spartan running retreat forges Kenya's future champions

Record-smasher Gudaf Tsegay dreams of Parisian gold

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

Kipyegon, Lyles among six crowned at expanded World Athletics Awards

THE INSIDE TRACK: Noah Lyles, Faith Kipyegon and Zharnel Hughes lead my stars of a thrilling Athletics season... now bring on Paris 2024!

Diamond League Final: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships

Paris Olympics podium the target as Laura Muir stays ‘in the mix’ for ‘crazier than ever’ 1500m medals

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kipyegon cruises to third gold medal in 1500m in Budapest

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023

Hassan shows spirit to reach 1500m world final

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

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 1500m