Athletics
Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo dominates triple jump
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 21:48
Former Cuban dominates Olympic final on Thursday with Cuba and Burkino Faso winning the other medals The world leader and two-time world silver medallist Pedro Pichardo finally won the big one as he dominated the triple jump with the three longest jumps as Portugal won their second title in four Games following Nelson Evora’s win in 2004. His 17.98m was…
Ryan Crouser supreme with Olympic record 23.30m
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 20:53
American successfully defends his title with crushing victory over Joe Kovacs and Tom Walsh in Tokyo With a huge winning throw of 23.30m, Ryan Crouser came within just 7cm of his own world record in the shot put final in Tokyo on Thursday lunchtime. The 28-year-old American won’t mind, though. He successfully defended his Olympic title – winning the crown…
British record for the women’s 4x100m falls
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 18:46
Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita smash five-year-old mark in Tokyo Olympics heats Buoyed by the return of Dina Asher-Smith and anchored by in-form Daryll Neita, the British women’s 4x100m team set a national record of 41.55 in the relay heats on Thursday morning in Tokyo. Asha Philip started things off with a bullet start before passing…
Kenyan one-two in disappointing Olympic 800m final
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:15
Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot spare Kenyan blushes in an anticlimactic race on Wednesday evening in Tokyo Kenya were not having the best of championships – a pair of thirds in the steeplechase and out of the medals in the men’s 10,000m but on Wednesday they went one-two in the 800m. The winner Emmanuel Korir is 26 years old…
Gold at last for De Grasse
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:36
Canadian wins Olympic 200m title from Americans Kenny Bednarek, Noah Lyles and 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton Andre De Grasse’s persistent pursuit of gold at a major championship paid off in Tokyo on Wednesday as he claimed the Olympic 200m crown in a Canadian record of 19.62 (-0.5). The 26-year-old has been the nearly man of global sprinting in recent years. He…
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