Athletics News
• 25 August 2016
Elaine Thompson wins post-Rio 100m in 10.78 seconds
Newly crowned Olympic 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica took the 100m at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday.
Regarded as the
• 24 August 2016
Live: Diamond League Athletissima Lausanne
Live Stream, Results, Videos, Entry Lists: IAAF Diamond League Athletissima Lausanne. Event scheduled for Thursday, August 25 at 6:00pm GMT.
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• 24 August 2016
International Athletics Federation (IAAF) aproves three world records
The track and field governing body (IAAF) ratified three new world records on Wednesday, August 24.
Cuban Yalanmis Aguilar set a new world Junior U20
• 23 August 2016
Entry Lists: Lausanne Diamond League
Entry Lists: The IAAF Diamond League Athletissima Lausanne 2016. Event scheduled for Thursday, August 25.
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• 22 August 2016
Russian Kolodko stripped from London 2012 Shot Put Silver
Russian athlete Evgeniia Kolodko has been stripped of her London Olympic silver medal in shot put after her doping sample retests showed a presence of a
• 21 August 2016
Kipchoge wins Olympic Marathon gold in Rio
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge became the Olympic marathon champion in Rio on Sunday.
The 31-year-old Kipchoge clocked 2:08.44 to win his first Olympic gold medal nearly 2 minutes
• 21 August 2016
Spain's Ruth Beitia becomes Olympic champion at age of 37; Rohler wins javelin with 90.30m
The 37-year-old Spaniard Ruth Beitia became an Olympic high jump Champion in Rio on Saturday.
Beitia cleared 1.97m to become the oldest high jump Olympic
• 21 August 2016
Mo Farah completes Olympic 'double double' as he wins 5000m in Rio
Great Britain's Mo Farah won his 4th Olympic gold and became only the second runner in history after Finnish legend Lasse Viren to defend 5000m and 10000m titles.
Mo
• 19 August 2016
Usain Bolt becomes 8-time Olympic champion as he wins 200m in Rio
The fastest man on Earth, Usain Bolt, cemented his status as one of the greatest athletes of all time after he won the 200m Olympic gold in Rio and became the 8-time Olympic
• 18 August 2016
Kerron Clement finally wins Olympic 400m hurdles gold
The 2-time world champion Kerron Clement of the United States bagged an Olympic 400m hurdles gold in Rio on Thursday morning.
The 30-year-old Clement clocked the fastest time
• 18 August 2016
Schedule and Start Lists Athletics Day 6: Rio Olympic Games
Start Lists, schedule Day 6: Rio Olympic Games - Thursday, August 18
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• 18 August 2016
Bolt sets 200m season's best as Gatlin and Blake fail to qualify for the final
Usain Bolt won the 200m semi-final 2 in a new season's best, meanwhile Justin Gatlin and Yohan Blake failed to qualify for the 200m final.
The 7-time Olympic champion Usain
• 18 August 2016
USA women take 100m hurdles podium as Thompson wins 200m
USA women dominated the women's 100m hurdles final by sweeping the podium, while Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won the 200m final on Wednesday night in Rio
Pre race favourite
• 17 August 2016
21-year-old Kipruto defeats Jager and Kemboi to win 3000m steeplechse Olympic gold
The 21-year-old Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto won the men's 3000m steeplechase final on midday in Rio Olympics.
Kipruto won the Olympic gold in a new Olympic record of 8:03.28
• 17 August 2016
Start Lists Athletics Day 5: Rio Olympic Games
Start Lists Athletics Day 5: Rio Olympic Games - Wednesday, August 17
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• 17 August 2016
Kenyan Kipyegon takes down Dibaba to win Olympic 1500m gold in Rio
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon defeated World record holder and champion genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia in the Olympic 1500m final in Rio.
The fastest women in 2016 Kipyegon unleashed a
• 17 August 2016
Jamaican Omar McLeod storms to 110m Olympic title in Rio
Omar Mcleod claimed the men's 110m hurdles Olympic gold and continued Jamaica's dominance in short sprint events at Rio Olympics.
Pre race favourite the 22-year-old World
• 17 August 2016
Canada's Derek Drouin takes high jump gold with 2.38m
Canada's Derek Drouin delivered gold by winning men's high jump on Wednesday night in Rio.
The 2-time World Champion, Drouin, produced one of his
• 16 August 2016
Start Lists Day 5: Rio Olympic Games
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• 16 August 2016
Shawnee Miller in a thriller finish beats Felix for 400m gold
Bahamas Shaunae Miller dived and beat favourite Allyson Felix at the Olympic 400m final in Rio on Monday.
Coming out of the final bend the 2015 world silver
• 16 August 2016
David Rudisha retains olympic 800m title in Rio
David Rudisha took the men's 800m title in style and became the first man since 1964 to defend the men's 800m Olympic title on Monday.
The-26-year-old world record holder,
• 15 August 2016
Anita Włodarczyk throws 82.29m and breaks hammer throw world record
Poland's Anita Włodarczyk broke her own women's hammer throw world record to win her first Olympic title on Monday.
The 2015 world champion, Włodarczyk, opened the
• 15 August 2016
19-year-old Ruth Chebet (8:59.75) takes 3000m steeplechase gold
Kenyan born Ruth Chebet of Bahrein took the women's 3000m steeplechase Olympic gold on Monday in Rio.The 19-year-old Chebet clocked 8:59.75 and improved her own African
• 15 August 2016
Start Lists Day 4: Rio Olympic Games
Start Lists Day 4: Rio Olympic Games - Monday, August 15
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• 15 August 2016
Wayde van Niekerk breaks world record to win 400m gold in Rio
South African Wayde van Niekerk won the Olympic games gold medal and shattered Michael Johnson's 400m world record on Sunday in Rio.
Van Niekerk, the 2015 world
• 14 August 2016
Sumgong becomes first Kenyan women to win marathon in Olympics
Kenya's Jemima Jelagat Sumgong became the first Kenyan women to win Olympic marathon gold on Sunday in Rio.
In the final stages of the race Sumgong pushed aways from Bahrain
• 14 August 2016
Start Lists Day 3: Rio Olympic Games
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• 14 August 2016
Elaine Thompson takes 100m title in 10.71, Fraser-Pryce wins bronze
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won the women's 100m, while two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took bronze at the Rio Olympics.
The -24-year-old Elaine Thompson
• 14 August 2016
Mo Farah defends 10,000m Olympic title in style
Great Britain's Mo Farah joined the greats in history of distance running after he successfully defended his Olympic 10,000m title in Rio on Saturday.
Despite a fall early in
• 13 August 2016
Watch: Usain Bolt wins his 100m heat to qualify for semi-final
No surprise! Usain Bolt wins heat 7 in Men's 100. #TeamTTO Richard Thompson# is off radar in 6th pic.twitter.com/WvzcTBjrXk— C Sports (@CSportsLive) August 13,
• 13 August 2016
Ennis-Hill leads heptathlon after day one
Defending Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain is currently leading the women's heptathlon after day on in Rio.
Ennis-Hill who won the 100m hurdles in 12.84
• 13 August 2016
Carter breaks USA record, beats Adams and gold in shot put in last attempt
World indoor champion Michelle Carter won the women's shot put gold on Day 1 at at track and field competition in Rio Olympic games.
USA's Michelle Carter in the final 6th
• 13 August 2016
Start Lists Day 2: rio Olympic Games 2016
Start Lists Day 2: Rio Olympic Games - Saturday, August 13
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• 12 August 2016
Ayana destroys world record to win 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashed the women's 10,000m record to win the gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Reigning world 5000m champion Ayana clocked 29:17.45 to claim
• 12 August 2016
Bulgarian Steepler Danekova fails drugs test
Bulgarian 3000m steeplechaser Silvia Danekova has failed a drugs test ahead of her start at Rio Olympics.
She arrived in Rio on July 26 and her doping samples were collected a
• 11 August 2016
Kenyan coach expelled from Rio after allegedly posing as 800m runner Ferguson Rotich
A Kenyan track and field coach has been kicked out of Rio after allegedly posing as an athlete and giving a doping sample.
A source says that Kenya's sprint coach John Anzrah
• 11 August 2016
Live: Athletics 2016 Rio Olympic Games
Live Stream, Results, Start Lists,Schedule: Athletics Rio Olympics 2016. Event scheduled August 12 - 21.
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• 09 August 2016
Entry Lists: 2016 Rio Olympics
The track and field governing body (IAAF) have published final entry list for the 2016 Rio Olymic Games.
You can see entry lists on the link here.
The Athletics competition
• 06 August 2016
Semenya drops 400m to focus only on 800m
South African runner Caster Semenya dropped the 400m so she can focus on winning her first gold in 800m in Olympics.
The 25-year-old Semenya, who in the span of 4
• 05 August 2016
Bolt says he is in better shape than last year
World fastest men, Usain Bolt, believes he is better shape than a year ago when he took 100m, 200m and 4x100m world tities in Beijing.
The 6-time Olympic champion, Bolt
• 05 August 2016
Live: Rio Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will starts on Friday at 9:50pm GMT.
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• 02 August 2016
World Half Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir aims to make Marathon impact in Frankfurt
World Half Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir aims to make Marathon impact in Frankfurt, Mark Korir to be a contender for men’s title.
A year of outstanding performances by
• 31 July 2016
Bobsledder Joel Fearon clocks 9.96 seconds at English National Championships
Over the weekend a big surprise produced bobsledder Joel Fearon, who clocked 9.96 seconds to win 100m at the English Athletics Championships.
Fearon, who will not compete at the
• 31 July 2016
Julian Reus sets German 100m national record
German sprinter Julian Reus clocked a blistering 10.01 seconds in 100m at Mannheim international meet on Friday, July 29.
The 28-year-old Reus lowered his personal best
• 28 July 2016
Usain Bolt lands in Rio de Janeiro
World's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has arrived in Rio more than two weeks before his first race the 100m heats.
Bolt, who landed in Rio on Wednesday afternoon will join Jamaican
• 27 July 2016
Running Boom in Athens: 50,000 entries and Elite Runners return to the Authentic Race
The “Athens Marathon. The Authentic” (AMA) continues its run of success despite the tough economic situation for Greece as a whole.
The organisers of the first ever
• 25 July 2016
Abdelrahman could miss Rio for positive doping test
Egypt's anti-doping agency has temporarily suspended world javelin throw silver medalist Ihab Abdelrahman after his doping samples returned positive results for male hormone
• 23 July 2016
Usain Bolt wins 200m in London in 19.89 seconds
The fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt, cruised to a very comfortable 200m victory on Day 1 at the Diamond League meet in London on Friday.
Bolt, who suffered a grade one
• 20 July 2016
USA's Noah Lyles takes world junior 100m crown
Noah Lyles of the United States took the men's 100m gold at the World Athletics Junior Championships day 3 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
In a dramatic finish, the fastest
• 20 July 2016
Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele duel on Berlin’s world record course
The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON will see a duel of superstars Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele on 25th September.
While Kenya’s Kipsang has already won Germany’s most