Athletics
Nafi Thiam leads heptathlon after two events
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 20:20
Olympic champion holds advantage from Erica Bougard of the United States but world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson has started well and is poised in third Many were not particularly expecting a close and thrilling showdown between Olympic champion Nafi Thiam and world gold medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson due to the Briton’s much-publicised injury-hit build up. But Johnson-Thompson put herself in the mix…
Sydney McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles showdown in world record
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 20:27
American beats team-mate Dalilah Muhammad as Femke Bol sets European record in third in another brilliant Tokyo Olympics race These are the Olympic Games that keep on giving. Less than 24 hours after Karsten Warholm smashed the world record for 400m hurdles, Sydney McLaughlin matched his feat in the women’s event. On a warm Wednesday morning in Tokyo the American…
Keely Hodgkinson: how they train
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 18:03
Olympic 800m silver medallist and coach Trevor Painter talk about their training set-up in the run-up to Tokyo Keely Hodgkinson trains out of “the great town of Wigan.” She says so with a smile – hinting at a little sarcasm – but she says it fondly, most likely influenced by her coach Trevor Painter. “We usually train at Robin Park,…
Noah Lyles survives scare in 200m semi-final
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 06:41
World champion goes through to final after finishing third, as we bring you a round-up of Olympic qualifying news from Tuesday evening in Tokyo World champion Noah Lyles scraped into the Olympic 200m final as one of the fastest losers after inexplicably easing down at the finish of his semi-final and winding up third in a race won by Aaron…
Anita Włodarczyk wins third Olympic hammer title
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 07:00
Pole proves to be the greatest women’s hammer thrower of all-time as she takes another gold in Tokyo on Tuesday evening Anita Włodarczyk sealed her position as the greatest female hammer thrower of all-time after claiming the third consecutive Olympic title of her career. A fourth-round effort of 78.48m was enough to give her victory over the 77.03m of China’s…
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 07:08
Records fall as Mu and Hodgkinson star in extraordinary Olympic 800m
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 07:26
Elaine Thompson-Herah wins fourth individual Olympic gold
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 08:01
Mondo Duplantis produces faultless performance to claim pole vault gold
Monday, 02 August 2021 20:40
Three Brits through to men’s 1500m semi-finals
Monday, 02 August 2021 21:16
Malaika Mihambo wins long jump in Tokyo with last-gasp leap
Monday, 02 August 2021 21:36
Karsten Warholm wins 400m hurdles gold in 45.94!
Monday, 02 August 2021 14:41
Female Spitfires in the Land of the Rising Sun
Monday, 02 August 2021 06:16
McLaughlin, Thompson-Herah, Mboma impress in qualifying
Monday, 02 August 2021 06:53
Soufiane El Bakkali ends Kenyan steeplechase dominance
Monday, 02 August 2021 07:10
Valarie Allman lands USA’s first athletics gold in Tokyo
Monday, 02 August 2021 07:22
One down, two to go for Sifan Hassan
Sunday, 01 August 2021 19:36
Sifan Hassan survives heavy fall in 1500m heat
Sunday, 01 August 2021 20:23
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn storms to sprint hurdles gold
Sunday, 01 August 2021 20:41
Miltiádis Tentóglou snatches gold from Cubans in final round of long jump
Sunday, 01 August 2021 15:05
Katie Snowden: “The 1500m can be tactical and that’s what makes it exciting”
Sunday, 01 August 2021 13:46
Olympics-obsessed Dobbin determined to live dream to the full
Sunday, 01 August 2021 08:05
Tamberi and Barshim share gold in dramatic high jump contest
Sunday, 01 August 2021 08:06
Lamont Marcell Jacobs lands surprise 100m gold
Sunday, 01 August 2021 06:14
Olympic record for Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Sunday, 01 August 2021 07:14