Athletics

Budapest, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) It seems that only the soaring bar could stop Armand Duplantis but the pole vault star and world record holder said here that he didn’t want to set limits on himself….

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian men’s 4x400m relay team caused a sensation at the World Athletics Championships here finishing second behind the United States in the semifinal heat, setting the Asian Record and…

Budapest, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Both Yulimar Rojas and Haruka Kitaguchi triumphed at the World Athletics Championships with their final attempts while Noah Lyles added the 200m title to his 100m crown here. Yulimar Rojas, the…

New Delhi, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s star Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem has hailed India’s Neeraj Chopra’s performance in the ongoing World Athletics Championship 2023 and wished him luck ahead of the finals. “Best of luck…

Budapest, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With a bullet start, powerful pick-up, brilliant bend and utterly scintillating home straight, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson sprinted deeper into the history books at the World Athletics Championships on Friday night, sizzling…

Budapest, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra began his World Athletics Championships campaign in style as he qualified for men’s javelin throw final with a season best of 88.77m and sealed qualification for…

Budapest, Aug 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou clinched the men’s long jump title with a tremendous last jump at the World Athletics Championships. Heading into the sixth and last attempt on Thursday final, Tentoglou…

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spain swept the four titles of the race walking at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest as Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez both doubled their victories here on Thursday. Just…

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Jeswin Aldrin has qualified for the final of the Men’s long jump while fellow Indian Murali Sreeshankar failed to make it, finishing 22nd overall in the qualifying rounds here…

Budapest, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy won his first-ever world high jump title after a thrilling display here at the World Athletics Championships. The joint Olympic gold medallist made a first-time…

Budapest, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Debutant Sha’Carri Richardson outshone several renowned sprinters to clinch the top spot in the women’s 100m race at the World Championships on Monday. The 23-year-old American, beginning inconspicuously from the ninth…

Budapest, Aug 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei delivered his season’s best performance of 27 minutes 51.42 seconds, clinching the men’s 10,000m world title for the third consecutive time on Sunday. Cheptegei, 26, only surged ahead…

Mumbai, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chhagan Bombale from Hingoli district in Maharashtra retained the men’s half-marathon title in the 7th edition of the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon for the second year in succession….

Budapest, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United States won the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships here on Saturday night, improving their own world record to 3:08.80 after the Netherlands’ world indoor 400m record-holder…

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spain’s Alvaro Martin claimed the first gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships by winning the men’s 20km race walk here on Saturday. This was the only final in…

Budapest, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympic triple jump silver medalist Zhu Yaming hoped to achieve his season best at the upcoming World Athletics Championships, here. Zhu and his teammates took a training session in the…

Mumbai, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Having achieved 89.94 m in Stockholm on June 30, 2022, India’s Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was expected to cross the psychological 90 m mark. Chopra, the Tokyo Olympic…

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille Sumariwalla was on Thursday elected as one of the four vice-presidents of World Athletics, even as track and field’s global governing body…

Mumbai, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has come out in support of fellow javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena, who is likely to miss the World Athletics Championship to be held in…

New Delhi, Aug 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Racewalker Akshdeep Singh, who won gold at the Asian Race Walking Championships, aspires to make a strong impression once again by securing a medal on his debut at the World…