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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

☆ Neeraj Chopra has gained unlikely stardom in India. If he wins another Olympic gold, he will be ‘treated like God’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In a line-up of India’s sporting heroes, most of whom have gained celebrity status through cricket, Neeraj Chopra is an anomaly. Matthias Hangst/Getty ImagesPrior to Chopra, India had practically no history in track and field, winning most of its Olympic medals in field hockey and wrestling. But still, Neeraj Chopra is the best sportsperson. “My main focus is to stay healthy,” says Chopra, “but I’m not taking the pressure of winning a gold medal again. He is a moving billboard, one can say now.”And if he wins a second gold medal at the Olympics?

Persons: Neeraj Chopra, ” Chopra, – Chopra, ”, Chopra, It’s, Matthias Hangst, Norris Pritam, He’s, Fabrice Coffrini, “, Pritam, Kirill Kudryavtsev, he’s, I’m, I’ll, ’, –, Michael Steele, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Ormax Media, Diamond League, Tokyo, “, ”, volleyball, Zurich Diamond League, Getty, Commonwealth Games, Paris Olympics, India Locations: India, Tokyo, Budapest, Khandra, Haryana, Panipat, AFP, Panchkula, Hungary

☆ Yaroslava Mahuchikh: ‘When I see Russian athletes …. I see every city destroyed,’ says Ukrainian high jumper
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Mahuchikh won her first world championship title in August, then successfully defended her Diamond League Final victory in September. That’s often a source of anxiety for Mahuchikh, especially when Russian attacks target the eastern city. This year’s Olympics, Mahuchikh believes, will enable Ukrainian athletes to promote a message of peace, though perhaps inevitably, the Games have also become entwined in geopolitics. However, international federations have the first say on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes can qualify for the Olympics. “When I see Russian athletes … I see every city destroyed, every life that was destroyed by Russian people, by the Russian Federation,” she says, adding that she would find it “difficult” to compete against athletes from Russia and Belarus.

Persons: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Mahuchikh, “, ” Mahuchikh, –, Ben Stansall, itinerancy, ”, ‘, it’s, ’ ”, General’s, Kirby Lee, Vadim Guttsait, Greg Baker, shouldn’t, …, Emmanuel Macron, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Guttsait, Karsten Warholm, Duplantis, Puma – Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Diamond League, Paris Olympics, Getty, Department, USA, Reuters, Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, Games, Olympics, Athletics, Ukrainian, Russian Federation, IOC, Millrose, Puma Locations: Ukraine, New York, Glasgow, Budapest, AFP, Europe, Dnipro, That’s, “, ’, ’ ” Dnipro, Russia, Belarus, Xiamen, China, Paris, Belarusian, Russian, Silesia, Poland, Tokyo, Cottbus, Germany

☆ China to host opening two events in 2024 Diamond League
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sept 26 (Reuters) - The 2024 Diamond League will begin its 15-stop season with two meets in China, in Xiamen and Shanghai, in April while Brussels will stage the two-day season finale in September, organisers said on Monday. Last year's Diamond League was also scheduled to have 15 meets but the Shanghai stop was cancelled after COVID-19 restrictions caused delays in the renovation of the venue. Xiamen will host the opening event on April 20, a week before Shanghai returns to the calendar for the first time since 2019. Paris, Monaco and London will host meetings in July before the Paris Games begin later that month. Brussels will host the final for the first time since 2019 and 11th time overall when it stages the meet from Sept. 13-14.

Persons: Eugene, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Diamond League, League, Shanghai, Prefontaine, Stockholm, Olympic, Paris Games, Thomson Locations: China, Xiamen, Shanghai, Brussels, Doha, Rabat, U.S, Eugene , Oregon, Oslo, Paris, Monaco, London, Lausanne, Silesia, Rome, Zurich, Stockholm, Hyderabad

☆ Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for seventh time, Gudaf Tsegay sets women’s 5000m record
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Armand Duplantis reached seventh heaven at the Diamond League Final on Sunday as he yet again broke the pole vault world record. Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay also broke the women’s 5,000-meter record with a time of 14 minutes, 0.21 seconds. Sweden’s Duplantis needed just one attempt at 6.23m – a centimeter higher than his own record set in France earlier this year. Duplantis clears 6.23m at Hayward Field -- the seventh time he has broken the world record. Tsegay’s effort means that the women’s 5000m record has now been lowered by nearly 11 seconds over the past three years.

Persons: CNN — Armand Duplantis, Duplantis, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay, Sweden’s Duplantis, Ernest John Obiena, Steve Dipaola, I’ve, Tsegay, Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet, Kirby Lee, Chebet Organizations: CNN, Diamond, Hayward, Hayward Field, USA Locations: Eugene , Oregon, France, Philippines, Eugene

☆ Tsegay, Duplantis topple records at Eugene Diamond League
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women's 5,000 metres world record and Armand Duplantis raised the bar again for the men's pole vault on Sunday, as the season-ending Eugene Diamond League meet concluded on a high. Shericka Jackson came off the turn with a massive lead to retain her women's 200 metres Diamond League championship title in 21.57, but came short of her goal to break Florence Griffith-Joyner's world record. The Jamaican Jackson won the 100 metres Diamond League championship a day earlier and finished more than half a second ahead of Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou on Sunday, as Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas took third in 22.16. The Canadian Arop finished five hundredths of a second slower and Algerian Djamel Sedjati took third in 1:43.06. Dutch World Champion Femke Bol collected her third Diamond League championship with a confident 51.98 performance in the 400 metres hurdles, as American Shamier Little took second in 53.45 and Jamaican Rushell Clayton finished third in 53.56.

Persons: Tsegay, Armand Duplantis, Eugene Diamond, Sweden's Duplantis, Shericka Jackson, Florence Griffith, Jackson, Ivorian Marie, Josee, Lou, Anthonique Strachan, Andre De, Kenny Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, It’s, De, Mu, Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, Toppin, Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop, Canadian Arop, Djamel Sedjati, Femke Bol, Little, Rushell Clayton, Yaroslava, Joe Kovacs, Ryan Crouser, Amy Tennery Organizations: Eugene Diamond League, Kenyan, Diamond, Diamond League, Bahamas, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Ivorian, Andre De Grasse, Canada, United States, Tokyo, De Grasse, Ukrainian, New York

☆ 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

☆ World champion Lyles to take 'victory lap' in Eugene, Oregon
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lyles earlier this month said he was ending his season after becoming the first male athlete since Jamaican Usain Bolt to win gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. "Every meet that happens after world championships I see almost as a victory lap," Lyles told reporters ahead of the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League final, where he will compete in the 100m on Saturday. "A lot of people will get tired and they don't really want to go to track meets and I'm like, it doesn't matter if you win or lose now because you already won world championships. "We've got to treat this like our victory parade, like when other teams go back to their city and they celebrate. The Prefontaine Classic runs Sept. 16-17 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Denis Balibouse, Bolt, Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin, Sydney, We've, Rory Carroll, Diane Craft Organizations: Diamond League, Prefontaine, Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo Olympic, Hayward Field, Thomson Locations: Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland, Eugene , Oregon, Budapest, Lyles, Los Angeles

☆ Norway's Ingebrigtsen breaks 2,000m record in Brussels
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke a 24-year-old world record in the rarely run 2,000 metres in the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday. "I think I'm at a point in my career where I can challenge all the records as well. Kitaguchi threw a 2023 world-leading distance of 67.38 metres in the final round to secure victory against a strong women's javelin line-up. In the 400 metre hurdles, Dutch world champion Femke Bol destroyed the opposition to set a meeting record of 52.11 seconds. Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop, additional reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Morocco's Hicham El, Ingebrigtsen, Shericka Jackson, Haruka Kitaguchi, Jackson, Kitaguchi, Femke Bol, Elaine Thompson, Laura Muir, Ciara Mageean, Philip Blenkinsop, Tommy Lund, Toby Davis Organizations: Diamond League, Irish, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Brussels, Belgian, Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, Paris, Eugene, Budapest, Gdansk

☆ 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

☆ Staying injury-free is priority for world champion Chopra
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The mop-haired 25-year-old became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, throwing 88.17 metres to secure victory in Budapest on Sunday. "In events like Olympics or World Championships, you have to give 100 percent," Chopra, whose personal best remains 89.94 metres, told reporters. "I had already qualified for the Diamond League final, so I could afford to take it slightly easy here. "The Diamond League final is on Sept. 16-17, so I don't have much time. I believe winning the title or the gold medal matters more.

Persons: India's Neeraj Chopra, Marton Monus, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch, Chopra, Amlan Chakraborty, Toby Davis Organizations: Diamond League, Games, Czech, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, DELHI, Zurich, New Delhi

☆ Triple world champion Lyles ends season
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"And with that I say goodbye to the 2023 season!" The social media post included three checked boxes: "World's fastest man in 100 & 200; 2 years undefeated in the 200m; 3X world champion." The news means the 26-year-old, arguably the U.S. team's biggest name, will not race at home in the Diamond League final on Sept. 16-17 in Eugene. Lyles closed his season with a victory in the 200 at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday in Zurich, and tops the 200m standings with wins in all three of his appearances. The Diamond League circuit has two stops before the final, on Saturday at Xiamen, China and the Memorial Van Damme, Sept. 8-9 in Brussels.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Denis Balibouse, Lyles, Van Damme, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis Organizations: Diamond League, Twitter, team's, Weltklasse Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland, U.S, Eugene, Xiamen, China, Brussels, Budapest, Paris

☆ Lyles, Richardson back up world titles in Zurich
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ZURICH, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Americans Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson cemented their status as fastest in the world this year with victories at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday. Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands handed world record holder Karsten Warholm his first 400 hurdles loss this season, taking victory in 47.27 to edge the weary-looking world champion Norwegian who crossed in 47.30. The Olympic champion and twice reigning world champion failed on three attempts at 6.23 - what would have been the seventh time he has bettered the world record. Winfred Yavi of Bahrain passed world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya with a lap remaining in a carbon copy of her world victory to win the women's 3,000 steeplechase. Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia won a men's 5,000 race in which Lamecha Girma, the world record holder in the 3,000 steeplechase, dropped out with two laps to go.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Richardson, Erriyon Knighton, Knighton, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, Jackson, Kyron McMaster, Karsten Warholm, Warholm, Yulimar Rojas, Rojas, Armand Duplantis of, Mutaz Barshim, Yared, Briton Josh Kerr, Kerr's, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Nuguse, Kerr, Yavi, Beatrice Chepkoech, Yomif, Lamecha, Lori Ewing, Ed Osmond Organizations: Weltklasse Diamond League, British Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Olympic, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Budapest, Zurich, Hungary, British, Norwegian, Armand Duplantis of Sweden, Qatar, Bahrain, Kenya, Ethiopia

☆ Redemption for Norway's Ingebrigtsen with 5,000 metre world title
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUDAPEST, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, bouncing back from bitter disappointment in the 1,500m four days earlier. The 22-year-old, who has battled an illness this week, ran down Spain's Mohamed Katir over the final 50 metres to win in 13 minutes 11.30 seconds. "Getting sick is a nightmare," said Ingebrigtsen, gold medallist in the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda's Oscar Chelimo did not finish, pulling off the track holding his hamstring with two laps to go. Reporting by Lori Ewing; Additional reporting by Tommy Lund Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Spain's Mohamed Katir, Katir, Jacob Krop, Ingebrigtsen, I've, Britain's Josh Kerr, Briton Jake Wightman, Oscar Chelimo, Lori Ewing, Tommy Lund, Toby Davis Organizations: NRK, Paris Diamond League, Tokyo, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Norway, Kenya, Norwegian, Eugene, Budapest

☆ Lyles races to third 200m world title after some serious self-reflection
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Aug 25, 2023; Budapest, Hungary; Noah Lyles (USA) poses for photographs after winning the mens 200m race during the 2023 World Athletics Championships at National Athletics Centre. Armed with a new mindset, the 26-year-old on Friday stormed to his third consecutive 200m title at the World Championships and, after his victory in the 100m five days earlier, became the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the sprint double. "I remember when I won my first World Championships, and I ran 19.8, I couldn't watch that race for months because I felt so disappointed in myself. I did it young, it was a great field and it was a hard World Championships. Now I look back at World Championships not for the times, but for what I had to go through to get to the win."

Persons: Noah Lyles, Kirby Lee, Usain Bolt, Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, Letsile, Michael Johnson's, I've, we've, Lori Ewing, Ken Ferris Organizations: National Athletics Centre, USA, Rights, Tokyo, London Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Tokyo, Botswana, Eugene

☆ Lyles takes next step towards sprint double
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 26-year-old boldly predicted he would run 19.10 in the 200, which would break Usain Bolt's 2009 world record of 19.19, though that long shot would only conceivably come in Friday's final. Lyles was ill with Covid ahead of last month's U.S. trials. "I try to make all my races look as easy as possible, even if they aren't," said Lyles, who is seeking to become the first man to do the sprint double since Bolt in 2015. The 19-year-old Knighton has a personal best of 19.49 - second fastest in the field - and season's best of 19.72. "Noah Lyles will attack the world record, and maybe, if I push him hard, he could set it."

Persons: Noah Lyles, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Lyles, Bolt, Andrew Hudson, I'm, Kenny Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Knighton, Bednarek, Britain's Zharnel Hughes, John Regis's, Tebogo, Andre De Grasse, Lori Ewing, Mitch Phillips, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Athletics Centre, Rights, London Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S

☆ Warholm back on top of world 400-hurdles podium
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUDAPEST, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Karsten Warholm of Norway returned to the top of the global medal podium, racing to his third victory in the 400-metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. The 27-year-old won the 2017 and 2019 world championships, but struggled to seventh at the worlds last season in Eugene when he was hampered by a hamstring injury. "It feels incredibly good to have the gold around my neck again," Warholm told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Kyron McMaster won silver in 47.34 to earn the first world championships medal for the British Virgin Islands. "This means the world to my country - I have been chasing this medal since 2017," McMaster said.

Persons: Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin, Warholm, Kyron McMaster, McMaster, Benjamin, I've, Lori Ewing, Tommy Lund, Toby Davis Organizations: Olympic, NRK, Tokyo, Monaco Diamond League, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Norway, Eugene, Norwegian, British Virgin, Lane, Tokyo

☆ Moon, Kennedy share world championship pole vault title
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's Pole Vault Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 23, 2023 Australia's Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon of The U.S. celebrate after winning joint gold in the women's pole vault final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 23 (Reuters) - American Katie Moon and Australia's Nina Kennedy decided to share the gold medal in a dramatic women's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. It was the second consecutive world title for Moon, who also won Olympic gold in Tokyo. The 4.90 mark was a national record for Kennedy and a personal best by eight centimetres. Wilma Murto of Finland tied her season's best of 4.80 for bronze, missing all three of her attempts at 4.85. The 25-year-old became the first Finnish woman to win a Diamond League title when she beat Moon at the London event on July 23.

Persons: Australia's Nina Kennedy, Katie Moon, Kai Pfaffenbach, Moon, Kennedy, Wilma Murto, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Olympic, Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, Tokyo, Finland

☆ Laulauga Tausaga-Collins wins US’ first women’s discus world championship
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Kevin Dotson | Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hawaii-born Laulauga Tausaga-Collins took gold in the women’s discus at the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday. American Tausaga-Collins won the competition with a huge throw of 69.49 meters, beating her previous personal best by nearly four meters and winning the United States’ first ever world championship gold in women’s discus. It’s amazing!”Following her impressive win, Tausaga-Collins took to social media to thank fans for their support, reposting messages of congratulations and adoration to her Instagram Stories. The decorated Kenyan also won Olympic gold in 2016 and 2022, along with her world championship gold medal success in 2017 and 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images“This is a great season for me: breaking world records and becoming a world champion here, defending my title,” said Kipyegon.

Persons: Laulauga Tausaga, Collins, United States ’, ” Tausaga, Valarie Allman, Feng Bin, Ben Stansall, Allman, “, ” Allman, Laulauga, ”, Faith, Kipyegon, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Diribe Welteji, Hassan Organizations: CNN, United, USA Network, Getty, Reuters, USA, Monaco Diamond League, Florence Diamond League, Kenyan, Olympic Locations: Hawaii, Budapest, Hungary, United States, AFP, Paris, Kipyegon

☆ Morocco's El Bakkali retains 3,000m steeplechase world title
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 22, 2023 Gold medallist Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali celebrates with his medal after winning the final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco claimed his second consecutive world championship title in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase on Tuesday. "After winning in Eugene last year, I am really proud to bring home another gold," said El Bakkali. "I am satisfied with every single race against El Bakkali," Girma said. "I still aim to win gold at the World Championships or Olympic Games. In any case, I continue fighting and dreaming about world gold."

Persons: Morocco's Soufiane El, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Soufiane El, Lamecha Girma, Eugene, El Bakkali, Girma, Abraham Kibiwot, Leonard Kipkemoi Bett, Kibiwot, Lori Ewing, Ken Ferris Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Olympic Games, Paris Diamond League, El, Olympic, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali, Soufiane El Bakkali, Morocco, Ethiopia, Paris

☆ Sha’Carri Richardson Is the Fastest Woman in the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Talya Minsberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“These last three years, I’ve shown you what I can do,” Richardson said. The next month, she won the 100 meters at a Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar, defeating Jackson of Jamaica, an Olympic and world championship podium mainstay. She defeated Jackson again in July at a Diamond League meet in Poland. The national championships in Eugene, Ore., where she could qualify for her first world championships after failing to do so in 2022, was finally on the horizon. She had run 10.72 — what was then the sixth-fastest women’s 100 meters in history — a few months prior, and stepped into stardom when she won the 100 meters at the national championships with a dominant performance, finishing in 10.86.

Persons: I’ve, ” Richardson, Jackson, Richardson Organizations: Diamond League, Hayward Field Locations: Doha, Qatar, Jamaica, Poland, Eugene ,

☆ Fast times, big crowds as worlds return to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hungary itself has a woeful world championship record, having never won a gold medal. However, World Athletics says ticket sales have been "strong" and the purpose-built 30,000-capacity stadium, which boasts the same bouncy Mondo track that contributed to so many fast times in Tokyo. Still only 29, she is appearing in her sixth world championships seeking a third gold to add to two Olympic 1,500 metres titles. Norwegian duo Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1,500m) and Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles) are among the big names expected to triumph in the longer distances. With sprinters Marlies Goehr and Marita Koch - whose 1985 400m world record of 47.60 remains much quicker than any current athlete - leading the way, the original "state-sponsored" doping regime of East Germany topped the table with 10 golds.

Persons: Sha'Carri Richardson, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Sebastian Coe, Faith Kipyegon, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, Fred Kerly, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Karsten Warholm, Ryan Couser, Tobi Amusan, Coe, Marita Koch, Mitch Phillips, Ed Osmond Organizations: Diamond League, Doha, Paris Olympics, Athletics, WA, Kenyan, Eugene, Marathon, Marlies Goehr, Thomson Locations: Silesia, Silesian, Poland, Budapest, Eugene, United States, Hungary, Tokyo, Jamaica, U.S, Norwegian, East Germany

☆ American Norman will not defend 400m world title in Budapest
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Norman produced a memorable performance to triumph in Eugene last year after a succession of career disappointments, including a shock fifth-place finish in the Tokyo Olympic final. "Unfortunately I will not be defending my title at the 2023 World champs," Norman said in an Instagram post. Norman had scarcely competed this year and withdrew from the LA Grand Prix in May after finishing eighth in the 200m at the Doha Diamond League meet. McLaughlin-Levrone, who broke her own world record to win the 400m hurdles last year, had been expected to compete in the flat event. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Michael Norman, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Norman, Eugene, I’ve, Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, McLaughlin, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: Hayward Field, Tokyo Olympic, LA, Prix, Doha Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Eugene , Oregon, U.S, Budapest, New York

☆ 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

☆ Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon shatters women’s mile world record
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon smashed the women’s mile world record by almost five seconds at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday. It just went smoothly and to accomplish the world record - that is amazing,” said Kipyegon per Reuters. Faith Kipyegon celebrates after setting a new world record at four minutes, 7.64 seconds. “When I started this season, my goal was to just break the 1500m world record. Laura Muir went on to shatter Zola Budd’s 38-year-old British women’s mile record, finishing fourth.

Persons: CNN —, Kipyegon, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, “, ”, Claudia Greco, ” Kipyegon, Ciara Mageean, Sonia O’Sullivan’s, Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu, Laura Muir, Zola, Australia’s Jessica Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Melissa Courtney, Bryant Organizations: CNN, Monaco Diamond League, Reuters, Kenyan, United States Locations: Hungary, Budapest, United, American

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