Athletics
KJT targeting podium in Budapest
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Friday, 18 August 2023 04:04
World 2019 heptathlon champion on mindset, motivation and medals ahead of the World Championships Katarina Johnson-Thompson heads into Budapest with the knowledge that a world medal can help avenge some the struggles she has had over the past few years. Its four years since the 30-year-old became world heptathlon champion in the searing heat of Doha. @media only screen and…
Origins of the World Athletics Championships
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Friday, 18 August 2023 04:07
Its now 40 years since the inaugural World Athletics Championships took place in Helsinki. As Ben Bloom discovers, their birth was not only reactionary, but revolutionary handful of years ago, while wading through old artefacts in preparation for the launch of World Athletics heritage department, an employee at the sports governing body stumbled across some dusty scrapbooks. The contents related…
Faith Kipyegons formula for success
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 23:55
Simon Freeman on what makes the Kenyan the best female middle-distance runner on the planet Faith Kipyegon is full of surprises, but perhaps not in the way you might think. You could point to the fact, for instance, that the scale of her recent world record-breaking spree wasnt entirely expected by fans or observers. At the Rome Diamond League on…
Fanzone opens at World Champs in Budapest
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:08
Visitors to Hungary can put their own athletics abilities to the test at Erzsébet Square this week Are you curious about your jumping skill? Seize the opportunity on the SKY HIGH track to experience the exhilaration of flying into the air, mirroring the sensation of jumping achieved by athletics jumping superheroes. Consider this: the mens pole vault world record stands…
Seb Coe re-elected as World Athletics President
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 04:58
Double Olympic 1500m champion will begin a third and final term as head of the global governing body Sebastian Coe says there is still plenty of work to do during his last term as World Athletics President. The 66-year-old polled 192 of the 195 votes with three abstaining, but did not have any opposition as the decision was announced in…
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