Armand Duplantis brought down the curtain on the World Championships in stunning fashion on Sunday, breaking his own pole vault world record in the final act of the 10-day track and field meet in Eugene. After the United States claimed emphatic victories in both the men’s and women’s 4×400 metre relays, Duplantis took centre stage and duly delivered a perfect finale for the first championships on American soil. The Swede
Claudia Hollingsworth faced a choice between her two great loves. There was no bad option, but there was no easy one either. An excellent schoolgirl footballer, she is also an elite runner. So, what was she to do? Footy or the track? The now 17-year-old was playing last year for her club, the East Brighton Vampires, and at the Sandringham Dragons. She had designs on being drafted to the AFLW
Kenyan Police have launched a manhunt for the boyfriend of distance runner Damaris Muthee Mutua after she was discovered stabbed to death in the town of Iten. Police said Mutua, 28, was found in "a state of decomposition" at the home of her boyfriend, an Ethiopian athlete. Iten's chief of police, Tom Makori told AFP: "According to Mutua's immediate neighbour, her boyfriend was seen in the house on Sunday morning.
Team GB 's 4x100m relay men's runners have been ordered to give back their medals from the Tokyo Olympics in the wake of the doping violation from CJ Ujah. He ran the first leg of the final and helped the quartet to win silver as they narrowly missed out on the win to the Italian team. But he was provisionally suspended in the following days after a test showed the
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Nigerian track-and-field athlete Blessing Okagbare has been hit with a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules". The 33-year-old competes in long jump and sprinting and was initially suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for a human growth hormone following an out-of-competition test on July 19 last year. In addition, Okagbare tested positive for blood booster EPO, another banned drug, in Nigeria in June last year, and
The London marathon is back and it takes place on Sunday with athletes and the public ready to take on the 26-mile beast. Among the athletes is Brigid Kosgei who says she is well prepared for the race in which she is arguably favourite to win. She said: “First of all I want to say thanks because I have been invited to London again and I like London. Before I
British duo Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita posted season and personal bests respectively as Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah stormed to 100m Diamond League glory in Zurich. Asher-Smith continued her comeback from the hamstring injury which ruined her Tokyo 2020 aspirations by finishing second in a time of 10.87 seconds. Compatriot Neita was fourth in 10.93secs, crossing the line just behind Swiss sprinter Ajla Del Ponte. Jamaican Thompson-Herah, who won 100m,
Team GB’s Zharnel Hughes has spoken out for the time since teammate CJ Ujah’s doping scandal. The pair were part of Britain’s relay team who won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in the 4x100m. However, due to Ujah testing positive for two banned substances, the team are in danger of losing their medal. Hughes, 26, who ran the second leg of the race, took to Twitter yesterday evening,
A cabbage came in the mail. Ash Moloney opened the bag delivered to his door in hotel quarantine, and found a cabbage. By now, he was not surprised. He had already received dog food, lubricant, colouring books and paints, as well as regular Uber Eats deliveries from people wanting to buy him lunch, dinner or coffee. He also got a big box of Lego. Australian decathletes Ashley Moloney and Cedric
