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 19th April 2023, 10:42 AM
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Kenya's Evans Chebet successfully defended his Boston Marathon title - with two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge back in sixth.
Chebet won in two hours five minutes and 54 seconds, with compatriot Kipchoge finishing 3:29 behind him. It is only Kipchoge's third defeat in his previous 18 marathons. Kenya's Hellen Obiri, competing in just her second race over the marathon distance, won the women's race in 2:21.38 |
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26th April 2023, 02:02 AM
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Russian and Belarusian athletes who receive state funding must remain excluded from international sport, says UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer.
Last month, the International Olympic Committee recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete under a neutral flag. However, the IOC has yet to make a decision on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Frazer said athletes who receive Russian or Belarusian state funding cannot be considered neutral. |
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30th April 2023, 02:04 PM
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Morocco's Mohamed Oumaarir secured victory in the Belfast Marathon men's race while Shewaye Woldemeskel of Ethiopia won the women's event.
Oumaarir crossed the finishing line in two hours 22 minutes 54 seconds and he was followed in by Welshman Adam Bowden in 2:23:26. Race favourite and 2017 winner Bernard Rotich clocked 2:26:03 in third. Woldemeskel eased to victory in 2:37:20, four minutes clear of local runner Gladys Ganiel. Ethiopia's Gadise Negasa was third with a time of 2:44:24. Commonwealth Games athlete Ganiel won the women's race last year but she was happy with her runner-up spot on Sunday in a time of 2:41:20. |
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3rd May 2023, 02:54 PM
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Botswana's 2012 Olympic 800m silver medallist Nijel Amos has been banned from athletics for three years after testing positive for a prohibited substance.
Amos, whose silver in London was the first Olympic medal ever won by his country, was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in July 2022 after an out of competition test detected a banned metabolite in a urine sample. At the time of the suspension, the 28-year-old was in the United States preparing for the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. The ban will end on 11 July 2025. |
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3rd May 2023, 07:26 PM
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That's sad to hear - particularly for such a trailblazer for his country.
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5th May 2023, 02:06 PM
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Britain's Dina Asher-Smith says she is relishing the chance to test herself against some of the world's best in the Diamond League opener in Doha.
Asher-Smith will line up in a high-quality 100m field on Friday which features reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson. The 27-year-old went undefeated during an indoor season which saw her improve her British 60m record to 7.03 seconds. "I'm very much a competitor so I love challenging races," Asher-Smith said. |
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6th May 2023, 12:42 PM
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Dina Asher-Smith finished third as Sha'Carri Richardson set a new 100m meeting record at the opening Diamond League of the season in Doha.
American Richardson, 23, clocked 10.76 seconds, beating the previous meeting record of 10.80 set by her compatriot Tori Bowie, whose death at the age of 32 was announced on Wednesday. Britain's Asher-Smith ran 10.98secs, with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson second. "I'm so blessed and thankful, I feel at peace," said Richardson, 23. "All I do is the best I do and I'm excited to do it." Asher-Smith said: "The whole point about my season is to race against the best and I did that tonight. "I am really happy with my race, third place is a good start and the time is decent." |
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10th May 2023, 06:25 PM
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British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith will race the 100m at the London Stadium Diamond League meeting on 23 July.
Her appearance will be a key part of her preparations for August's World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Asher-Smith, 27, last ran at London Stadium at a 2019 Diamond League event, when she was second to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica in the 100m. "To be back competing in the London Stadium will be very special," said the former world 200m champion. It was at London Stadium where Asher-Smith ran 10.99 seconds in the 100m in 2015 to set what was then a British record |
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11th May 2023, 08:34 PM
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Three Dina Asher-Smith posts in a row
 Looks like she's very much the person of the season at the moment!
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12th May 2023, 12:57 PM
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UK Sport is in talks with UK Athletics (UKA) about the "possibility of providing some investment" for July's Diamond League meeting in London.
The funding agency told BBC Sport that "no decision has been made yet, but conversations are ongoing". Track and field's governing body approached the funding agency for help with its flagship event at the London Stadium amid financial difficulties. |
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14th May 2023, 04:06 PM
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One of the more impressive performances in Nairobi considering the altitude was World Junior Champion Reynold Cheruiyot beating African Champion & World Indoor Bronze medalist Abel Kipsang in a new PB of 3:32.01. And 2021 World Junior Champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi won the 800m in 1:43.32 with Wycliffe Kinyamal also under 1:44 running 1:43.66; former world 1500m champs & Olympic medalist Timothy Cheruiyot 3rd in 1:44.99.
Mary Moraa won the women's 800m in 1:58.83 Sha'Carri was impressive although the competition was not particularly strong. Unfortunately Shelly-Ann pulled out of the 100m with Twanisha Terry winning in 10.86 (wind was +2.6) |
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18th May 2023, 01:46 PM
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Far from just an evening of racing, the Night of the 10,000m PBs pitches itself as a "celebration" of the 25-lap event.
It is that ethos which has led many to believe the unique event represents the future of track distance running. Dubbed the "Glastonbury of the 10,000m" thousands will gather for a free night of racing, music, entertainment and the 'lactic tunnels of love' on Saturday. Britain's 2022 winner Jessica Warner-Judd and runner-up Amy-Eloise Markovc both return at Parliament Hill, London. Scottish record holder Andrew Butchart is among the contenders in the men's event, as the elite British athletes compete for UK Athletics Championship honours and World Championship qualification. |
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21st May 2023, 05:38 PM
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Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah finished eighth at the Great Manchester Run, the penultimate race of his career.
The 40-year-old Briton completed the 10km course in 29 minutes 11 seconds - 44 seconds behind winner Eyob Faniel of Italy. Kenya's Hellen Obiri defended the women's title in 31 minutes 14 seconds. Farah's final competitive race will be the Great North Run in Newcastle on 10 September. |
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21st May 2023, 10:12 PM
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Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson won in two events on her return at the Loughborough International.
The 2019 world heptathlon champion ran 13.73 seconds in the 100m hurdles, 0.64secs off her personal best but 0.8secs ahead of Mia McIntosh. She also held off the chasers when running the second leg as England won the 4x400m relay. It was the 30-year-old's first competition since winning heptathlon gold at August's Commonwealth Games. |
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24th May 2023, 02:50 PM
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Indoor track and field competition will be renamed 'short track' in a change by World Athletics which the governing body hopes will help grow the sport.
Indoor championships will remain but the move is intended to encourage "competition innovation", with the traditional indoor 200m track providing flexibility for outdoor use in cities. Performances on outdoor or temporary 200m tracks would be recognised as official results, including records. It will come into effect on 1 November. |
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28th May 2023, 01:09 PM
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KJT jumped 6.32 SB in the long jump in Gotzis. Commonwealth bronze medalist got a new PB of 6.32 in the same event, so well done to her.
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28th May 2023, 01:10 PM
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Olympic and world shot put champion Ryan Crouser has broken his own world record.
Crouser threw 23.23m and 23.31m at a track-and-field meet in Los Angeles before setting the new best with an effort of 23.56m. The previous record was 23.37m, which the 30-year-old American set in Eugene in 2021. |
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28th May 2023, 05:54 PM
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Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson finished second on her return to the heptathlon as America's Anna Hall claimed gold at the HypoMeeting.
Hall, 22, ran a personal best of two minutes 2.97 seconds in the 800m to finish on 6,988 points - the fifth best points total in history. Johnson-Thompson was competing in the heptathlon for the first time since winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in August. She finished on 6,556 points. A bronze medallist at the 2022 World Championships, Hall also claimed personal bests in the 100m hurdles, high jump, 200m and the long jump in Gotzis, Austria. |
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16th June 2023, 01:32 PM
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Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen shone on home soil at the Oslo Diamond League, while Britons Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished tied fourth in the women's 100m.
Warholm clocked the fourth-fastest 400m hurdles time in history as he won in 46.52 seconds at the Bislett Stadium. Compatriot Ingebrigtsen thrilled the crowd by setting a European men's 1500m record of three minutes 27.95 seconds. Asher-Smith and Neita clocked 10.98s in a race won by Marie-Josee Ta Lou. The Ivory Coast athlete crossed the line in a world-leading time of 10.75s to beat the Bahamas' Anthonique Strachan, while Jamaica's world 200m champion Shericka Jackson was awarded third - in the same time as the two Britons. |
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24th June 2023, 09:37 PM
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Catching up on that Diamond League event now - always nice to see how they're all performing a few months away from the World Championships! Some young names I hadn't heard of before taking wins - Erriyon Knighton in the 200m and Birke Haylom (only 17 years old!) in the mile.
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