Harry Jerome Track Classic: “They’re young, hungry and optimistic”
By Gary KingstonThey’re young, hungry and excitedly optimistic. But if a group of up-and-coming Canadian 400-metre runners want to qualify a 4x400 mixed relay team for August’s World Athletics Championship in Budapest, they’re also going to have to be...
Broom-Edwards wins world gold as part of GB & NI’s three-medal haul in Paris
Jonathan Broom-Edwards (coach: Bethan Partridge, club: Newham and Essex Beagles) maintained his status as the globe’s very best as he won back-to-back World Para Athletics Championships titles in his first competition this year, also claiming the British team’s second...
Abdihamud Nur takes US 5000m title, Elise Cranny defends for third time
Abdihamid Nur won the USATF 5000 metre title in the time of 13:24.37 off of a final kilometre of 2:21.62 at the national championships on Sunday night.
Finishing in second place was Paul Chelimo clocking a 13:23.90 performance....
World 200m lead changed hands three times in one day, between Gabrielle Thomas and...
First, Sha'Carri Richardson ran the world lead in the 200m event at the USATF Championships, clocking 21.61, but was deemed illegal due to wind. Then the lead changed three times between Gabrielle Thomas and Shericka Jackson between the U.S. and Jamaican athletes. Thomas...
Best of British shine on stacked second day at UK Athletics Championships
Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet), Darryl Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers), Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, and Jazmin Sawyers (City of Stoke) all starred on a stacked second and final day of action at the UK Athletics Championships in...
Sha’Carri Richardson, 100m USATF champion, runs fourth-fastest 200m all-time
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Sha'Carri Richardson is running the best performances of her career. First, she became the sixth fastest 100m runner in history at 10.71, then she followed up with the fourth-fastest 200m all-time with...
Hughes and Caudery among those to excel on day one of UK Athletics Championships
Taking place under grey skies and largely stormy weather, Zharnel Hughes (coach: Glen Mills, club: Shaftesbury Barnet) and Molly Caudery (Stuart Caudery, Thames Valley) lit up proceedings as part of a stacked day of action on day one of...
Jamaican Shericka Jackson takes world-lead from American Sha’Carri Richardson
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Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson took over the 2023 world lead from Sha'Carri Richardson, improving on the American's 10.71, with a 100-metre sprint of 10.65.
Richardon's run on Thursday was a statement, a personal...
Sha’Carri Richardson sprints to a 10.71 world lead time at 2023 USATF Championships
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Sha'Carri Richardson sprinted to a new personal best and a world-leading time of 10.71 seconds at the USATF Championships on Thursday. She opened the meet in Eugene, OR with a statement. She...
Pole vault coach banned 10 years for sexual misconduct
New Zealand’s Olympic pole vault coach Jeremy McColl has been banned from athletics for 10 years. After an investigation found he had committed serious misconduct the sentence was handed down. The charges included harassment and inappropriate sexual remarks to...
