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☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ The Real Power of Super Shoes Could Be Supercharged Training
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One month before the year’s biggest track and field event, a dizzying number of fleet-footed performances have lit up local and professional meets. In the spring, the University of Washington track team produced eight sub-four-minute milers. On Friday night, Kipyegon set yet another record, smashing the women’s one-mile world record by almost five seconds when she broke the tape in 4 minutes 7.64 seconds. The performance stunned track fans accustomed to records that often improve by mere tenths of a second. So do the ever-evolving breeds of super shoes — those thick, springy kicks with a midsole plate that have revolutionized racing in recent years by giving higher rebound energy when a runner pushes off.

Persons: Faith Kipyegon, Kipyegon, — Organizations: University of Washington Locations: Paris, Kenya, Ethiopia

☆ Warholm wins 400m hurdles race hit by environmental protest in Stockholm
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

STOCKHOLM, July 2 (Reuters) - Norway's Olympic champion Karsten Warholm won the men's 400 metres hurdles in a race that was hindered by a protest from environmentalists at a rain-hit Galan Diamond League meet on Sunday. The 27-year-old double world champion, who slapped his thighs and let out a loud whoop during the introductions, ran blind in the outside lane en route to a time of 47.57 seconds. WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTThe rain wreaked havoc with numerous events, particularly the much-anticipated men's pole vault featuring local hero Armand Duplantis. He then missed on three attempts at 6.23, which would have topped his world record of 6.22. With Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia breaking the steeplechase world record last month in Paris, there could be a thrilling battle between the African pair at the worlds in Hungary.

Persons: Karsten Warholm, Galan, Warholm, Armand Duplantis, Kristjan, Daniel Stahl of Sweden, Freweyni Hailu, Hailu, Beatrice Chebet, Soufiane El, Akani, Simbine, Lori Ewing, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris, Toby Davis Organizations: Galan Diamond League, A22 Network, TV4, NRK, Stockholm, Broadcasters, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Norwegian, Budapest, Slovenia, Soufiane El Bakkali, Morocco, Ethiopia, Paris, Hungary, South Africa, Gdansk

☆ Want to Run a World-Record Time? Follow the Green Lights.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ben Bloom | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jakob Ingebrigtsen was ready to become a Pac-Man when he stepped on the track in early June. (The distance is not considered world-record eligible because it is not an official World Athletics distance.) Incredibly, it was one of three records set on that balmy summer evening at the Paris Diamond League meet. Faith Kipyegon of Kenya set a world record in the 5,000 meters just a week after setting the 1,500-meter world record, and Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia broke the world record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Bram Som, Wavelight’s co-creator and operational director, was a successful pacer himself after a career as a professional runner.

Persons: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Ingebrigtsen, Faith Kipyegon, Wavelights, Roger Bannister, Bram Som, Wavelight’s Organizations: Paris Diamond League Locations: Norwegian, Kenya, Ethiopia

☆ Paris Diamond League: Two world records broken at an astonishing track and field meet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A week after breaking the women’s 1,500m world record, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon put her name in the record books again, this time setting a world record in the women’s 5,000m at the Diamond League meet at Stade Charlety. “I didn’t think about the world record, I don’t know how I made it,” Kipyegon, who fell onto the track after the race, exhausted and emotional, said, per World Athletics. When I saw that it was a world record, I was so surprised – I just wanted to improve on my PB, the world record was not my plan. “The world record is not a surprise. World and Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen set a world best 7:54.10, telling reporters afterwards: “Being able to break this mark feels amazing.”“It is my first world best outdoors.

Persons: Kipyegon, Letesenbet Gidey, “, ” Kipyegon, –, Gidey, ”, Ethiopia’s, Qatar’s Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Ethiopia's, Girma, Jeff Pachoud, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Ingebrigtsen Organizations: CNN, Diamond League, Stade Charlety, Athletics, ” Records, Getty Locations: Paris, AFP

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