Category: Athletics

Bolt injured and crashes out in men’s relay

lONDON, Aug 13 (IANS) Usain Bolt suffered a injury midway into his anchor leg of the men's 4x100 metres relay…

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Star athletes shine at World Championships

London, Aug 12 (IANS) World champions Dafine Schippers and Pawel Fajdek defended their titles on Day 8 of the competition…

7 years ago

Poland’s Fajdek scores title hat-trick at world athletics

London, Aug 12 (IANS) Poland's two-time reigning world champion Pawel Fajdek completed his title "hat-trick" with a convincing victory in…

7 years ago

Polish Fajdek scores title hat-trick at London worlds

London, Aug 12 (IANS) Poland's two-time reigning world champion Pawel Fajdek completed his title hat-trick with a convincing victory in…

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Old guard passes baton to younger generation at athletics Worlds

Nairobi, Aug 12 (IANS) The ongoing 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships in London marked the retirement from track of two…

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American Reese lands fourth long jump world title

London, Aug 12 (IANS) American Brittney Reese claimed her fourth women's long jump world title at the World Athletics Championships…

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Coburn sets women’s steeplechase championship record at London worlds

London, Aug 12 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Emma Coburn of the United States cut nearly four seconds off the championships…

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Schippers retains women’s 200m world title

London, Aug 12 (IANS) Holland's Dafine Schippers retained the women's 200 meters title at the World Athletics Championships here. Schipper,…

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Long jumper Klishina glad to just focus on competition

London, Aug 12 (IANS) Darya Klishina, the Russian long jumper who competed at the London world championships as a neutral…

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Kenya dominant in women’s 3,000m steeplechase, feels Chemos

Nairobi, Aug 11 (IANS) Milcah Chemos, the former world champion in the women's 3,000 metre steeplechase said on Friday with…

7 years ago

Milkha appointed WHO ambassador

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Legendary athlete Milkha Singh was on Friday appointed the World Health Organisation's goodwill ambassador for…

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Unheralded athletes shine at world championships

London, Aug 11 (IANS) The seventh day of competitions at the IAAF London world championships saw unheralded athletes stun big…

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Kori Carter wins women’s 400m hurdles at worlds

London, Aug 11 (IANS) Underdog Kori Carter made a surprising lane nine move to bag the gold in the women's…

7 years ago

Guliyev shocks favourite Van Niekerk in 200m at worlds

London, Aug 11 (IANS) Ramil Guliyev won Turkey's first gold medal at the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships here as…

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Kenyans shine at IAAF worlds in London

Nairobi, Aug 10 (IANS) Kenyans have come out to praise the performance of the country's team at the IAAF World…

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Francis wins women’s 400m title at world athletics

London, Aug 10 (IANS) American Phyllis Francis won her first major individual title as she took the women's 400 metres…

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Warholm wins men’s 400m hurdles at world athletics

London, Aug 10 (IANS) Norway's Karsten Warholm scored a surprise victory in the men's 400 meters hurdles at the World…

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Botswana’s Makwala qualifies for 200m semis

London, Aug 10 (IANS) Botswana's Isaac Makwala qualified for the men's 200m semi-finals in a race he ran alone after…

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Gong wins China’s first gold at world athletics

London, Aug 10 (IANS) Olympic and world silver medalist Gong Lijiao won the first gold medal for China at the…

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Olympic champions dominate at World athletics championships

London, Aug 9 (IANS) Two-time Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic lifted her second world javelin throw title…

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