Tag: athletics
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Werro wins in Lausanne as Tebogo, Wanyonyi lay down markers for Budapest
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Aug 21 : Switzerland’s Audrey Werro delighted the home crowd by winning the women’s 800 metres at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Friday, holding off fast-finishing Femke Broeders-Bol to add another chapter to her extraordinary breakout season.The 22-year-old, who clocked the fas
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Duplantis swaps pole for microphone with anthem for World Athletics Ultimate
Aug 21 : Already one of athletics’ biggest stars, Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis is now providing the soundtrack too, with the double Olympic pole vault champion releasing the official anthem for World Athletics’ inaugural Ultimate Championship.The track, titled “Gold”, was written and performed by the world-record
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World Athletics unveils lane draft, jump-offs for new Ultimate Championship
Aug 20 : Sprinters will choose their own lanes, jump-offs will decide winners in the high jump and pole vault, and television viewers will get win probabilities and live fan feedback when World Athletics launches its new Ultimate Championship.The sport’s governing body unveiled a series of innovations on Thur
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Asher-Smith equals European medal record, Hunt completes golden treble
Aug 16 : Dina Asher-Smith equalled the record as the most-decorated athlete in European Championships history after helping Britain win the women’s 4×100 metres relay gold on Saturday, taking her career tally at the continental championships to 10 medals.The British quartet of Amy Hunt, Asher-Smith, Success E
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Spain’s Perez and Italian Fiorini set women’s race walk world records
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 15 : Spain’s Maria Perez and Italy’s Sofia Fiorini set world records for the women’s half-marathon and marathon race walks respectively when winning gold medals at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday.Perez’s time of one hour 30 minutes and six seconds was well inside the
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Ingebrigtsen wins first race in nearly a year with 5,000m title at Euro champs
Aug 10 : Jakob Ingebrigtsen pulled off a comeback for the ages to retain the 5,000 metres title at the European Athletics Championships on Monday, winning his first race in nearly a year in 13 minutes and 15.29 seconds.He got past German Florian Bremm (13:15.60) in a thrilling sprint finish down the final str
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Russian federation files fresh CAS challenge against World Athletics sanctions
Aug 10 : Russian Athletics has lodged a new claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging sanctions imposed by World Athletics as the federation seeks to restore the participation of Russian athletes in international competition.The federation said on Monday that the latest appeal targets restrict
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Italian long jumper Furlani withdraws injured from Euros
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 10 : Italy’s long jump world champion Mattia Furlani withdrew injured from the European championships after his opening qualifying effort on Monday.The 2024 Olympic bronze medallist, who was one of the favourites for the event in Birmingham, clutched his right hamstring after landing
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London submits bid to host 2029 World Championships
LONDON, Aug 6 : London has formally submitted its final bid to stage the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with organisers saying the event could generate more than £400 million ($530 million) in economic and social benefits.• Athletic Ventures (AV), a joint venture between UK Athletics, London Marathon
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Singapore’s Shanti Pereira makes history at Glasgow Commonwealth Games, qualifies for 200m final
Pereira clocked a season-best time of 22.81s.
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