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☆ Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for eighth time, soaring to 6.24 meters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sweden’s Armand Duplantis extended his dominant reign over the world of pole vaulting on Saturday, setting his eighth world record in the discipline at the season’s first Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China. And, as the Paris Olympic Games creep ever closer, Duplantis has made it clear that he hasn’t yet reached his best level. Armand Duplantis set a new record of 6.24 meters. “I want to be dominant in the sport because I know that’s what I’m capable of, trying to win every competition and get the most out of myself at every meet that I’m at. In a closely fought women’s 200 meters, 19-year-old Torrie Lewis stunned the favorites to take her first Diamond League victory and announce her presence on the world stage.

Persons: CNN — Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, Duplantis, Armand Duplantis, Tingshu Wang, Reuters “, ”, CNN’s Amanda Davies, “, Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake, Torrie Lewis, Sha’Carri Richardson Organizations: CNN, Diamond League, Paris, Reuters Locations: Xiamen, China, US

☆ Paris Olympics: Team USA expected to win bumper medal haul
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —With 100 days to go until the start of the Paris Olympics, Team USA is expected to top the medal table once again at this year’s Summer Games. According to a virtual Paris Olympics medal table released by Nielsen’s Gracenote, the US is forecast to win 123 medals in Paris – 39 gold, 37 silver and 47 bronze. “The United States team has medals projected in 27 different sports in the Virtual Medal Table, two sports fewer than the country’s own Olympic record of 29 which was set in Tokyo. Australia, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and South Korea make up the rest of the top 10 in the virtual medal table. The table is a statistical model based on individual and team results in past events, including Olympics, world championships and World Cups.

Persons: Nielsen’s Gracenote, ” Gracenote, Katie Ledecky, Alex Slitz, Gracenote, Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, USA, Angeles, United States, “, France Locations: Paris, Tokyo, China, Great Britain, Australia, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, South Korea

☆ Coleman, Jackson upset world champions in Diamond League final
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Athletics - Diamond League - Xiamen Diamond League - Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - September 2, 2023 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m final REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 16 (Reuters) - American Christian Coleman stunned world champion Noah Lyles to win the men's 100 metres at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday as Jamaican Shericka Jackson took the women's sprint title. Coleman missed out on the podium at the World Championships in Budapest but broke the tape in a blistering 9.83 seconds as fellow American Lyles finished second in 9.85. Coleman, the 2018 Diamond League champion, exploded off the blocks and Lyles was unable to overcome a slower start. Jamaican Jackson finished second at the World Championships behind American Sha'Carri Richardson but took the lead in the last half of the women's 100 metres before breaking the tape in 10.70. World champion Warholm was strong favourite after claiming three Diamond League wins this year but Benjamin finished strongly to clock 46.39 seconds, the year's best time and fourth-fastest ever.

Persons: Christian Coleman, Aly, Noah Lyles, Shericka Jackson, Coleman, Lyles, Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, I’ll, Bolt, Jackson, Sha'Carri Richardson, Ivorian Marie, Josee Ta Lou, Elaine Thompson, Rai Benjamin, Karsten Warholm, Warholm, Benjamin, Kyron McMaster, Kipyegon, sparkled, Kirani James, Quincy, Amy Tennery, Ed Osmond Organizations: Diamond League, Xiamen Diamond League, Kenyan, Ivorian, British Virgin Islands, Quincy Hall of, United States, Thomson Locations: Xiamen, China, Eugene , Oregon, Budapest, British, New York

☆ Coleman roars to Xiamen 100m title as Diamond League returns to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Athletics - Diamond League - Xiamen Diamond League - Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - September 2, 2023 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m final REUTERS/Aly Song Acquire Licensing RightsXIAMEN, China, Sept 2 (Reuters) - American Christian Coleman powered to victory in the men's 100 metres race at the Xiamen Diamond League as the premier one-day series returned to China for the first time in four years on Saturday after COVID disruptions. Coleman crossed the line in a joint world leading time of 9.83 seconds to draw huge roars at the Egret Stadium in Xiamen, which replaced Shenzhen and will continue to host one of two Diamond League meetings in the Asian nation until 2032. American 2022 world champion Fred Kerley, who failed to qualify for the final at the Budapest world championships last month, took bronze in 9.96 seconds. Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs has barely raced since his Tokyo Olympics victory and finished a disappointing seventh. The Diamond League heads to Brussels on Sept. 8 before the season concludes in Eugene on Sept. 16-17.

Persons: Christian Coleman, Aly, Coleman, Kishane Thompson, Fred Kerley, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Kirani James, James, Jamaica's Rusheen McDonald, Beatrice Chebet, Mexico's Laura Galvan, Kenyan Margaret Akidor, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Diamond League, Xiamen Diamond League, Rights, Tokyo Olympics, Quincy Hall, Kenyan, Thomson Locations: Xiamen, China, Rights XIAMEN, Shenzhen, Budapest, Tokyo, Brussels, Eugene, Bengaluru

☆ U.S. take double gold in sprint relays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Lyles added the relay gold to his sprint double while Richardson had already claimed 100m gold and bronze in the 200m. It was a glorious end to the night for the sport's superpower after the earlier disappointment of seeing their highly-favoured 4x400m women's team disqualified following a baton failure in the semi-finals. But they were almost faultless on Saturday as Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes and Lyles won in 37.38. Olympic champions Italy, with Tokyo individual gold medallist Lamont Marcell Jacobs on the second leg, took silver with 37.62. Richardson and Gabby Thomas were added to the women's team alongside Tamari Davis and Twanisha Terry and the foursome were superb in running a championship record time of 41.03 seconds.

Persons: Richardson, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carrie Richardson, Lyles, Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, It's, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Gabby Thomas, Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, I'm, Shericka Jackson, Alexis Holmes, Quanera Hayes, Holmes, Hayes, Mitch Phillips, Ken Ferris, Pritha Organizations: Jamaica, BUDAPEST, United States, Italy, Britain, U.S, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Britain, Jamaica, U.S, Canada, India

☆ U.S. safely into men's 4x100m final, Canada out
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Defending champions Canada, however, failed to make it through from their semi-final on Friday. Given their extraordinary depth and quality, the U.S. men have a woeful recent record in the event. They have not won an Olympic final since 2000 and have just one gold from the last seven World Championships amid a series of fumbles and disqualifications. Olympic champions Italy, with Tokyo individual gold medallist Lamont Marcell Jacobs running a barnstorming second leg, were impressive winners of the second heat in 37.65. South Africa finished second, with Britain overhauling Canada on the last leg for the third automatic qualifying spot as the holders failed to make the final.

Persons: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, JT Smith, Noah Lyles, Smith, Rohan Watson, Coleman, We're, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson, Shashales Forbes, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Sha'Carrie Richardson, Shericka Jackson, Mitch Phillips, Ken Ferris Organizations: Canada, U.S, Italy, South Africa, Olympic, Ivory, Saturday's, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, United States, Jamaica, U.S, Japan, Tokyo, Canada, Ivory Coast, Italy

☆ American Lyles delivers with 100m world gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fourth-placed Oblique Seville of Jamaica was three thousandths of a second off the podium as all three men clocked 9.88. Tebogo, 20, is the first African to win a world 100m medal, while Hughes, the fastest in the world coming into the championships with 9.83, is the first Briton on the men's 100m podium since Darren Campbell took bronze 20 years ago. "I needed to make sure that I was accelerating and when I was at 60 metres I took the lead," Lyles said. The two-times world champion in the 200m will now go for the sprint double, last achieved by Usain Bolt in 2015, before hoping to sign off with a win in the sprint relay. Defending 100m world champion Fred Kerley of the U.S. failed to qualify for the final after running 10.02 in the semis.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Marton Monus, Hughes, Kerley, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Christian Coleman, Darren Campbell, Lyles, COVID, Usain Bolt, I's, Fred Kerley, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis, Pritha Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Briton, Tokyo Olympics, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, BUDAPEST, Botswana, Seville, Jamaica, United States

☆ U.S. sending 139 athletes to world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The team will include 82 members from last year's world championships squad in Oregon where the U.S. dominated by winning 33 medals, including 13 gold. "Coming off of such an incredible showing at Oregon22, Team USATF is primed for success in Budapest,” said USATF CEO Max Siegel in a statement. "We’re thrilled to see each and every athlete on this team put the pieces together as we head to Budapest to defend our Team Trophy." The 100m will feature Lyles, Doha winner Christian Coleman and Oregon winner and Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley. Sha'Carri Richardson will run the women's 100 and 200 double as the U.S. tries to end Jamaica's domination of sprints.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Peter Cziborra, Christian Coleman, ”, Max Siegel, We’ve, We’re, Usain Bolt, Fred Kerley, Sha'Carri Richardson, Ryan Crouser, Katie Moon, Sandi Morris, Hana Moll, Grant Holloway, Michael Norman, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: Diamond League, London, USA, USATF, Doha, U.S, Olympic, U.S ., Thomson Locations: London, Britain, United States, Budapest, Oregon, Oregon22, Tucson, Bermuda , Los Angeles, New York, Doha, Jamaica, The U.S, Eugene, Toronto

☆ Sha’Carri Richardson runs the fastest women’s 100m time of the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Sha’Carri Richardson ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year on Thursday at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 23-year-old finished the opening heat with a world-leading time of 10.71 seconds as she boosted her chances of qualifying for next month’s World Championships in Budapest. Her strong performance Thursday, finishing 0.25 secs ahead of second-placed Brittany Brown, qualifies her for Friday’s semifinals. Elsewhere, Christian Coleman put in a strong performance in the men’s 100m, running 9.95 seconds in his heat. The 2019 world champion, who missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after breaching a “whereabouts failure” rule, clocked the fastest time overall in the men’s 100m at the championships.

Persons: CNN — Sha’Carri Richardson, Richardson, Brittany Brown, Marie, Josee, Lou, Christian Coleman Organizations: CNN, Miramar, Friday’s, Oslo Diamond League, Tokyo Olympic Games Locations: Eugene , Oregon, Budapest, Ivory Coast

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