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HD Spikers apply remedies to game plan after shock defeat, crush Athletics
Cignal HD Spikers.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Shaq delos Santos can now laugh about Cignal’s first loss in the current Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference, a stunning straight-sets loss to Choco Mucho that halted the HD Spikers’ strong start. “If you were shocked, we were also shocked,” Delos Santos jested in Filipino after Cignal returned to its winning…
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London Marathon wheelchair race prize fund to be made same as able-bodied races in historic first | Athletics News
London Marathon: “We are proud of our history in championing participants with disabilities, from introducing our first wheelchair race in 1983 to hosting IPC World Championships on multiple occasions. We are delighted to continue our commitment to disability sport with this landmark move” Last Updated: 22/02/24 8:50am The London Marathon’s wheelchair race prize fund will…
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Kelvin Kiptum: World marathon record holder dies in car accident aged 24 | Athletics News
World Athletics president Seb Coe said: “We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the devastating loss of Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana”; Kiptum, 24, broke the course record for the London Marathon last year Last Updated: 12/02/24 12:17am Kelvin Kiptum won the 2023 London Marathon World marathon record holder and London…
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Caster Semenya: I’m not ashamed to be different and will continue to fight for what is right | Athletics News
Caster Semenya born with differences of sexual development (DSD); she has been unable to compete in 800m since 2019 due to World Athletics limits on testosterone for female athletes; in July, ECHR found her human rights were violated after challenges rejected at CAS and Swiss Federal Court Last Updated: 07/11/23 9:26am South Africa’s Caster Semenya…
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Asian Games: Shanti Pereira ends Singapore athletics gold drought
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira celebrates winning the women’s 200m final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 2, 2023. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) When Shanti Pereira sprinted to Singapore’s first athletics Asian Games gold in 49 years no one was prouder than her parents watching…
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Athletics sees medal hopes outside of Obiena
EJ Obiena —AFP EJ Obiena is a sure medal bet for Team Philippines in the coming 19th Asian Games (Asiad). Hurdler Robyn Brown and long jumper Janry Ubas could make it three podium finishers for the country’s track and field squad. Brown ruled the women’s 400-meter hurdles of the Asian Athletics Championships recently and while…
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Mo Farah finishes fourth in last competitive race at Great North Run | Athletics News
Six-times Great North Run winner Sir Mo Farah crosses in one hour, three minutes and 28 seconds, high-fiving dozens of people lining the route down the home straight in what will be his final competitive race; Farah finishes fourth behind winner Tamirat Tola Last Updated: 10/09/23 1:11pm Sir Mo Farah went out with a bang…
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EJ Obiena wins historic pole vault silver in World Athletics Championships – rezal404
EJ Obiena, of the Philippines, reacts after a successful attempt in the Men’s pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) EJ Obiena put himself in the equation to win it all before pocketing the silver medal for another historic finish on the global stage…
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Matthew Hudson-Smith wins 400m silver at World Athletics Championships
GB’s Matthew Hudson-Smith celebrates silver Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver in the men’s 400m as Jamaica’s Antonio Watson raced to gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday. Hudson-Smith, who won bronze at the 2022 World Championships, took the initiative to lift the pace at the halfway mark and led down the…
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World Athletics Championships: Matt Hudson-Smith smashes European 400m record
Matthew Hudson-Smith smashed the European 400m record on Tuesday Great Britain’s Matt Hudson-Smith has targeted global glory after smashing the European 400m record at the World Championships. The 28-year-old continued his bid to improve on last year’s bronze medal by reaching Thursday’s 400m final at the World Championships. He ran an impressive semi-final to win…
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