Athletics
European sprint queen Asher-Smith targets elusive Olympic crown
Dina Asher-Smith once watched up close as Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic heptathlon gold and now Britain’s greatest ever female sprinter hopes the roles will be reversed...
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Athletics
/ 3 days agoParis Olympics have ‘unique significance’ for war-torn Ukraine: Dobrynska
Ukraine’s 2008 heptathlon Olympic champion Nataliia Dobrynska told AFP the Paris Games can serve as a platform to raise awareness about...
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Athletics
/ 5 days agoLyles wins last 100m before Olympics in personal best
Noah Lyles set himself up perfectly for the Paris Olympics by haring to a personal best in winning the 100m at...
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Athletics
/ 6 days agoLyles fires Olympic 100m broadside, Bol cruises
US sprint star Noah Lyles fired out a timely broadside at pretenders to the Olympic 100m crown at Saturday’s Diamond League...
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Athletics
/ 2 weeks agoMen’s relay team set new national record in Italy meet
Malta men’s 4x100m relay team managed to clock a new national record at the prestigious Lignano Sabbiadoro meet, in Italy. Omar...
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Athletics
/ 2 weeks agoBol becomes second woman to break 51sec in 400m hurdles
World champion Femke Bol became the second woman to break 51 seconds in the 400m hurdles on Sunday at La Chaux-de-Fonds,...
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Athletics
/ 2 weeks agoBenjamin wins clash of titans, Sedjati and Hall shine
Rai Benjamin claimed the spoils in a clash of the hurdling titans at Friday’s Monaco Diamond League as Djamel Sedjati and...
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Athletics
/ 2 weeks agoInjured Kenyan marathon star Kosgei pulls out of Olympics
Kenya’s former marathon world record holder and Olympic silver medallist Brigid Kosgei has pulled out of the Paris Olympics because of...
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Athletics
/ 2 weeks agoWorld 200m champion Jackson suffers pre-Olympic injury scare
Double world 200-metre champion Shericka Jackson pulled up with an apparent injury late in a race in Hungary on Tuesday, less...
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Athletics
/ 3 weeks agoMahuchikh, Kipyegon set world records, but Mayer falls
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Kenyan Faith Kipyegon hit world record-breaking form at Sunday’s Diamond League meet in Paris in the perfect...
Olympic Games
Updated: Historic river parade launches Paris Olympics
