Tag: Athletics
Letsile Tebogo, Botswana’s sprint diamond on track for gold in Paris
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the first African sprinter in history to win a medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, is also the African record holder in…
French Federation takes legal action following accusations of violence against Wilfried Happio
The French Athletics Federation (FFA) has taken legal action following accusations of domestic violence against Olympic athlete Wilfried Happio, reported in a testimony by the newspaper Le Monde, it announced…
The athletics GP series continues – vote for the athlete of the day and you can win a prize | Sport
The winner of the vote will be awarded live at the end of the evening. The domestic GP series of athletics continues today, Wednesday, in Lappeenranta. The live broadcast in…
In Monaco’s athletics night, a world record – Ingebrigtsen’s European record | Sports in a nutshell
Jessica Hull has run the women’s 2000 meters with a new world record of 5:19.70. 12.7. 22:02•Updated 12.7. 22:48 Australian Jessica Hull, 27, has run a new world record of…
Injured decathlete Kevin Mayer in desperate race against time
Twice Olympic decathlon vice-champion Kevin Mayer saw his dreams of gold this summer seriously compromised on July 7. During the Paris meeting, the Frenchman injured his left hamstring. Bad luck…
Athletics: Daniel Ståhl far from the top in Hungary with weeks left until the Olympics
The reigning Olympic champion settled for a modest 63.36 – a result that was only good enough for sixth place in the event. Mykolas Alekna, Lithuania, won with his discus…
Athlete Bol says goodbye to fans in Hengelo with track record
Amersfoort – Femke Bol improved her track record in Hengelo during her last competition on home soil before the Olympic Games. Cheered on by thousands of poncho-clad fans, the 24-year-old…
Kipyegon, Empress of the 1,500m, has improved her world record again
Three weeks before the Olympic Games, two world athletics records fell in Paris on Sunday: the Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 2.10 m in the high jump while the Kenyan Faith…
Athletics: Vanessa Kamga on the Swedish record, the support from her sister and the feelings before the Olympics: “I want to go there and compete completely fearlessly”
It was during a competition in Örbyhus on Saturday that Vanessa Kamga struck and threw her discus 65.09 meters. With that, she broke a 25-year-old Swedish record that Anna Söderberg…
Athletics: Armand Duplantis failed to break the world record – won by a landslide
6.00 meters was enough to win the Diamond League gala in Paris. Then it was time for the usual world record attempt of 6.25 for Armand Duplantis. There was too…