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Ingebrigtsen seals Euro double-double as Thiam dominates
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Norwegian prodigy Jakob Ingebrigtsen sealed a memorable European distance double-double in Munich on Thursday as Belgium's Nafi Thiam retained her heptathlon title in style.
Duplantis clears 6.19m to break world pole vault record
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» BELGRADE - Armand Duplantis warned 'this is just the start' as he broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday, clearing 6.19m at his third attempt at the indoor meeting in Belgrade.
Thompson-Herah 'on a mission' at golden Lausanne Diamond League
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS - A golden array of Olympic champions has allowed the organisers to boast that the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne offered 'Best of Tokyo in 2 Hours' but even they were in doubt over the headline race.
Warholm stars as athletics returns to Oslo via French garden and windswept Kenya
AFP, Published on 12/06/2020
» OSLO - Double world 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm put aside coronavirus-induced Lego building to smash the world record for the unorthodox 300m hurdles behind closed doors at a near-empty Bislett Stadium on Thursday.
Seeking the spotlight, athletics takes a leap in the dark
AFP, Published on 23/05/2020
» PARIS - With traditional competition shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, athletics has begun experimenting with imaginative and unusual ways to ensure that, somehow, the show goes on.
European Championships cancellation delivers another blow to athletics
AFP, Published on 24/04/2020
» PARIS - Athletics was left with the prospect of a lost season on Thursday after this summer's European Championships, set to be held in Paris, were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Duplantis breaks world pole vault record for second time in a week
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» GLASGOW - Sweden's Armand Duplantis set a world pole vault record of 6.18 metres at an indoor meeting in Glasgow on Saturday, adding one centimetre to the record he set in Poland last week.
Lyles leads American gold rush in wake of Salazar shock
AFP, Published on 02/10/2019
» DOHA - Noah Lyles led a triumphant night for the United States on Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships just hours after the sport had been rocked by the suspension of controversial coach Alberto Salazar.