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Miller-Uibo supreme as Felix makes history
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Friday, 06 August 2021 07:39
Bahamian sprinter wins 400m title in Tokyo as American takes 10th Olympic medal and Britain’s Jodie Williams excels again Five years ago in Rio, Shaunae Miller-Uibo won Olympic 400m gold in desperate fashion, dramatically falling over the finish line a few hundredths of a second ahead of Allyson Felix. This time there was no need for a desperate dip finish.…
Magical Muir takes silver as Kipyegon lands 1500m title
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Friday, 06 August 2021 08:22
British record falls in stunning run for second place while Kenyan defends her Olympic crown in style as Hassan’s treble bid is thwarted It might not have been the gold medal-winning feats of Sebastian Coe or Kelly Holmes but Laura Muir produced one of the greatest performances in British 1500m history as she smashed her UK record and finished a…
Jamaica win women’s 4x100m gold as Britain take bronze
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Friday, 06 August 2021 08:44
Britain repeat their third place from the 2016 Olympics with great runs but poor change-overs in Tokyo on Friday There really wasn’t too much doubt that Jamaica would win the 4x100m by a distance after the 100m final barring a baton failure. In the earlier 100m final, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson gained a 1-2-3 – all inside…
Italy pip Britain to men’s Olympic 4x100m title
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Friday, 06 August 2021 09:01
Marcell Jacobs wins second sprint gold as the Italian’s late rush denies Britain at the Tokyo Games on Friday The two closest 4x100m relays in Olympic history have been 2004 and now 2021 where a single hundredth of a second separated the winners. In 2004 Britain held off USA to win in 38.07 to 38.08 but 16 years later an…
World record-holder Cheptegei wins fast 5000m
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Friday, 06 August 2021 07:34
Ugandan bounces back from 10,000m disappointment to land his first major title over shorter distance at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday Joshua Cheptegei went into the 5000m final as the world record-holder, Olympic 10,000m silver medallist and the world 10,000 champion but very few experts thought he had a chance of winning over the shorter distance, having been a well-beaten…
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Friday, 06 August 2021 05:09
Three most dramatic finishes in running history
Friday, 06 August 2021 03:55
Antonella Palmisano wins 20km race walk Olympic gold
Friday, 06 August 2021 03:02
Unheralded Dawid Tomala wins 50km walk in style
Thursday, 05 August 2021 08:42
Gardiner grows into Olympic 400m champion
Thursday, 05 August 2021 09:15
Damian Warner breaks 9000-point barrier and sets Olympic record
Thursday, 05 August 2021 05:48
Olympic record in red-hot men’s 1500m semi-finals
Thursday, 05 August 2021 07:08
Bradshaw lands bronze as Nageotte wins gold in pole vault
Thursday, 05 August 2021 08:24
Britain ease through to women’s 4x400m final
Thursday, 05 August 2021 08:25
Nafi Thiam successfully defends Olympic heptathlon title
Thursday, 05 August 2021 03:53
Massimo Stano conquers the heat to win men’s 20km race walk
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 21:36
Jamaicans stun the Americans in sprint hurdles Olympic final
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 21:48
Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo dominates triple jump
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 20:53
Ryan Crouser supreme with Olympic record 23.30m
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 18:46
British record for the women’s 4x100m falls
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:15
Kenyan one-two in disappointing Olympic 800m final
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:36
Gold at last for De Grasse
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 07:30
Poland win another hammer gold in Tokyo
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 05:25
KJT’s heptathlon ends in Tokyo with injury
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 05:45
Jodie Williams breaks 50sec barrier to reach Olympic 400m final
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 06:33