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Okagbare runs wind-assisted 10.63 100m in Lagos
Blessing Okagbare added another impressive result to what has become a superb sprint season, clocking 10.63 for 100m at the Nigerian Championships in Lagos on Thursday (17).... Read More
Celebrating brilliant Brumel's six high jump world records
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first of six high jump world records set by Siberian Valeriy Brumel during a remarkable career which was sadly cut short at 23 years of age due to a motorbike accident.... Read More
Kaul and Schafer target Tokyo in Ratingen
Germany’s Niklas Kaul and Carolin Schafer will be among the athletes looking to secure their Olympic spots when the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events moves on to the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting on 19-20 June.... Read More
Orji ready to deliver the KO
Keturah Orji has a skill for making history in Olympic seasons. ... Read More
Rengeruk and Obiri claim Tokyo 5000m places at Kenyan Championships
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and Hellen Obiri secured their Tokyo Olympic Games places by finishing in the top two of a women's 5000m final which saw four women dip under 15 minutes at the Kenyan Championships in Nairobi on Thursday (17).... Read More
Japan's seven wonders: World Athletics Relays Yokohama 2019
In the latest in our ‘seven wonders’ series, we turn our attention to the most recent global athletics event staged in Japan: the World Athletics Relays Yokohama 2019.
First wave of champion athletes confirmed for Monaco
World champions Karsten Warholm, Yulimar Rojas, Tajay Gayle, Anzhelika Sidorova and Kelsey-Lee Barber are among the first stars confirmed for the Meeting Herculis EBS – part of the Wanda Diamond League – in Monaco on 9 July.
Belo, Roos and Pipi take down meeting records in Kladno
Francisco Belo, Fanny Roos and Ama Pipi were among the many athletes to break a meeting record at the Kladno hází a Kladenské Memoriály – a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting – in Kladno on Tuesday (15).
Hassan turns attention to the mile in Gateshead
Sifan Hassan will test her speed once again when she races the mile at the Muller British Grand Prix – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – at Gateshead International Stadium on 13 July.
Family and opportunity inspires Lohalith ahead of second Olympic appearance
Last Tuesday’s confirmation that Anjelina Nadai Lohalith had been picked for the Refugee Olympic Team for a second successive Games was cause for celebration – and the 28-year-old 1500m runner duly marked the occasion at her Ngong training camp in Kenya with much “music and dancing”.
Zheng and Sykora take the spoils in Arona
China’s Zheng Ninali and Jiri Sykora of the Czech Republic came out on top at the Arona Combined Events meeting, the Spanish leg of the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events, held this weekend in the Canary Islands.
Double delight for Mu, Sturgis and Cockrell on final day of NCAA Championships
US teenager Athing Mu wrapped up her 2021 collegiate season with a pair of record-breaking performances on the final day of the NCAA Championships in Eugene on Saturday (12).
Roos breaks Swedish record in Sollentuna, Debjani breaks Belgian record in Geneva
European indoor silver medallist Fanny Roos extended her own Swedish record to 19.33m at the Folksam Grand Prix – a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting – in Sollentuna on Sunday (13).
World leads for Gong in Shaoxing and Dustin in Nice
Gong throws 20.31m in the shot put, Dustin clocks 1:43.82 over 800m
Burrell breaks world U20 400m hurdles record in Eugene
Sean Burrell broke the world U20 400m hurdles record on Friday (11), clocking 47.85* on the third day of NCAA Championships action in Eugene, Oregon.
Ratified: Yang's world 20km race walk record
Yang Jiayu's world 20km race walk record of 1:23:49, set at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan on 20 March, has been ratified.
Tokyo marks the target for athletes in Arona
Athletes will have Olympic qualification in mind when they head to the Meeting Internacional Arona in Tenerife on 12-13 June.