Athletics
Sprint golds for Sophie Hahn and Thomas Young at Paralympics
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Saturday, 28 August 2021 06:41
British athletes produce world-beating performances to strike victory on Saturday at the Tokyo Games Sophie Hahn and Thomas Young took gold for Britain in the T38 100m finals at the Paralympics in Tokyo on Saturday (Aug 28). If Hahn’s was expected after she equalled her own world record in the heats, the triumph of Young was a glorious surprise as…
Niyonsaba goes from strength to strength
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Saturday, 28 August 2021 09:25
Burundi runner goes No.5 all-time at 3000m while sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah impresses again in the women’s events at the Diamond League in Paris Francine Niyonsaba went No.5 on the world all-time rankings for the women’s 3000m with another strong run at the Meeting de Paris on Saturday (Aug 28). With 8:19.08 she beat Ejgayehu Taye – as the Ethiopian runner-up…
Duplantis back over six metres in world record attempt in Paris
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Saturday, 28 August 2021 09:55
Swede wins pole vault with 6.01m leap at the Diamond League in France as we bring you a wrap-up of the men’s events Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis may have suffered a shock loss in Lausanne two days earlier but he sailed over 5.55m, 5.73m and 5.81m at his first attempt to control the competition at the Diamond League in Paris…
Asher-Smith takes on Thompson-Herah in Paris
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Friday, 27 August 2021 04:08
British sprints star takes on the formidable in-form Jamaican as the Diamond League series hits France Only two days after the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, the series moves on to Paris on Saturday (Aug 28) with the women’s 100m once again set to be one of the highlights. Elaine Thompson-Herah, the multiple Olympic champion, leads a strong field which…
Muir, Giles and Hodgkinson ranked second in latest world rankings
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Friday, 27 August 2021 03:18
British middle-distance runners are highly ranked in the World Athletics rankings system but does it work? While golf and tennis have long held a world rankings system based on honours won and levels of performance, athletics hasn’t until recently. World Athletics devised a new global ranking system where athletes score points on a combination of result and place depending on…
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