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☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ Kipyegon smashes mile world record, Warholm sparkles at Monaco Diamond League
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 21 (Reuters) - Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile world record, while compatriot Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 metres in a photo finish at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday. "Tonight, I just confirmed what I am capable of," Omanyala said after securing his first Diamond League victory in the 100m. American Fred Kerley, who suffered his first defeat of the season last week at the Silesia Diamond League, did not run. Sweden's world record holder, Armand Duplantis, experienced a challenging time at the pole vault competition, losing the event for the first time this year. "Today did not go as planned, and this is my last competition before the World Championships in Budapest.

Persons: Kipyegon, Ferdinand Omanyala, Ciara Mageean, Omanyala, Jamaica's Ackeem Blake, Fred Kerley, Karsten Warholm, Alison Dos Santos, Warholm, Jamaica's, Jackson, Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia, Dina Asher, Smith, Armand Duplantis, Christopher Nilsen, Duplantis, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris Organizations: Monaco Diamond League, Kenyan, Diamond League, Silesia Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Ireland, Botswana, Silesia, Oslo, Brazil, Budapest, Gdansk

☆ Kipyegon shatters mile world record at Monaco Diamond League
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Athletics - Diamond League - Herculis - Stade Louis II, Monaco - July 21, 2023 Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1 mile final and setting a new world record REUTERS/Claudia GrecoJuly 21 (Reuters) - Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile world record by almost five seconds at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday. The 29-year-old completed the race in four minutes, 7.64 seconds to smash Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan's 2019 mark of 4:12.33. Hassan's record was also set in Monaco. It just went smoothly and to accomplish the world record - that is amazing." Kipyegon has now broken three world records in just two months, including the 1500m and 5000m.

Persons: Stade Louis II, Kipyegon, Claudia Greco, Tommy Lund, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Diamond League, Stade, Monaco Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Monaco, Gdansk

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