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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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Great Britain win World Athletics Championships silver in mixed 4x400m relay after Netherlands drop baton
Great Britain’s Rio Mitcham, Yemi Mary John, Laviai Nielsen and Lewis Davey won silver in the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships Great Britain claimed silver in the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championship after Netherlands’ Femke Bol stumbled shortly before the finishing line. The British quartet of Lewis Davey, Laviai…
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World Athletics Championships: Keely Hodgkinson says athletes don’t get recognition they deserve
Keely Hodgkinson is among the contenders for 800 metres victory at the World Athletics Championships Keely Hodgkinson believes athletics stars never get the credit they deserve. The 21-year-old is in Budapest ahead of her assault on the 800 metres title at the World Championships. Emma Raducanu’s US Open win in 2021 catapulted her to stardom…
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