Category: Athletics - Page 5

Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Lyles hopes 100m success is start of sprint dynasty

Noah Lyles says he hopes his victory in the 100m at the World Athletics Championships will be the “start of a...

By AFP
Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Lyles strikes 100m gold to extend US dominance

American Noah Lyles roared to victory in a sensational men’s world championships 100m in Budapest on Sunday to extend the US...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Cheptegei wins third successive 10,000m world crown

Joshua Cheptegei became the fourth man in history to win three successive world 10,000m titles as he eased home in Budapest...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Johnson-Thompson regains heptathlon world title

Briton Katarina Johnson-Thompson wept tears of joy as she regained her heptathlon world title in Budapest on Sunday. The 30-year-old 2019...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Hassan shows spirit to reach 1500m world final

Sifan Hassan on Sunday rebounded from her dramatic fall metres from the finish of the 10,000m world final to reach the...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Kerley and Jacobs fail to make world 100m final

Reigning champion Fred Kerley and rusty Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs both failed to make the final of the men’s 100m at...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Fraser-Pryce, Warholm cruise but too soon for Miller-Uibo

Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ensured her quest for a sixth 100m title continued Sunday as a slew of world and Olympic champions...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Coe re-elected as president of World Athletics

Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics since 2015, was on Thursday re-elected as head of track and field’s governing body on...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Pole vaulter Lavillenie misses worlds due to painful hamstring

Former pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie is to miss the World Athletics Championships in Budapest due to a hamstring...

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Athletics
/ 4 months ago

‘Medals first, records second’ as Lyles eyes 100m/200m world double

Noah Lyles says his priority is “medals first, records second” as he bids to become only the fifth man to achieve...

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