Athletics
Australian sprint star Gout out of U20 worlds with hamstring tear
Teenage Australian sprint star Gout Gout on Thursday pulled out of next month's under-20 world championships after suffering a serious hamstring injury in training.
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Athletics
/ 10 months ago‘World’s fastest anime fan’ Lyles in element at Tokyo worlds
Noah Lyles has been dubbed the world’s fastest anime fan for his love of Japanese pop culture and the US sprinter...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoShot put legend Crouser wins third successive world title
Ryan Crouser made light of having missed most of the season through injury to become only the second man to win...
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/ 10 months agoKenya’s Chebet wins 10,000m gold to set up tilt at world double
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the women’s 10,000 metres title at the world championships on Saturday in a first step towards her...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoDunfee and Perez claim opening world golds in Tokyo
Canada’s Evan Dunfee and Spain’s Maria Perez claimed the opening golds on offer at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoCoach Powell barred from athletics under ‘safeguarding order’
Long jump world record holder Mike Powell was suspended from sport on Friday by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) under a...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoJapan athletics chief fights back tears over memory of Covid-hit Olympics
The head of Japanese athletics fought back tears Friday as she described how the world championships in Tokyo can “wipe away”...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoQatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
Three-time former world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim announced his withdrawal on Friday’s eve of the world championships in Tokyo because...
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Athletics
/ 10 months ago‘No pressure’ for teen Lutkenhaus, Team USA’s youngest worlds athlete
US teen Cooper Lutkenhaus insists he feels “no pressure” about the coming world championships in Tokyo, where he will rub shoulders...
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Athletics
/ 10 months agoUS sprinter Knighton banned after losing doping appeal
US sprinter Erriyon Knighton, a double world 200 metres medallist, must serve a four-year ban, the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
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/ 10 months agoDuPlantis excited to be back in Tokyo after ‘apocalyptic’ Olympics
Pole vault world record holder Armand ‘Mondo’ DuPlantis said Thursday that he hoped the world championships in Tokyo would be more...
