Athletics News
• 16 July 2015
Estonian Decathlete Clears 1.90m in the boys HJ Dec with no shoes at WYC in Cali
Hans-Christian Hausenberg cleared 1.90m in the Boys' high jump during boys decathlon competition on Day 1 with no shoes at 2015 world youth championships in Cali, Colombia.
• 16 July 2015
Gatlin leads strong 100m field in Monaco
Justin Gatlin will be the main figure at men's 100m race at IAAF Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday, July 17.
Last time the controversial sprinter lost a race was
• 16 July 2015
Entries: Diamond League Monaco
Entry Lists: 2015 IAAF Diamond League Meeting Herculis Monaco. Event scheduled for Friday July 17.
Entry Lists Men
100m
SB
PB
JAM
ASHMEADE,
• 16 July 2015
Japan's Sani Brown sets CR to win gold in 100m at world youth championships in Cali
Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown set a new championships record of 10.28 seconds at the boys 100m final during the opening day of IAAF World youth championships in
• 15 July 2015
Powell dominates 100m, Williams runs 22.32 in 200m and beats Campbell-Brown in Luzern
Jamaican sprint star Asafa Powell clocked his 6th sub 10 second 100m this season beating high quality field at European athletics classic meeting in Luzern.
Powell posted
• 15 July 2015
Van Niekerk breaks SA 200m record
South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk surprised everyone as he went sub 20 seconds to break national record over 200m race at European athletics classic meeting in Luzern,
• 14 July 2015
Live: EAA Meeting Luzern
Live stream, Results: European Athletics Premium meeting Spitzen Leichtatletik Luzern. Live event scheduled for Tuesday, July 14 at 7:30pm central European
• 14 July 2015
Gatlin ineligible to Win IAAF AOY Award
American sprinter Justin Gatlin will not be able to win the IAAF athlete of the year award after track and field governing body made changes in the selection criteria.
• 13 July 2015
Budding African Athletes Compete in Madrid
SEVEN
African countries - South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana, Morocco, Zambia,
Ethiopia and Kenya had a fair representation at the 33rd Madrid track
and field meeting in
• 13 July 2015
Lemaitre and Lavillenie win French national titles
French sprint star Christophe Lemaitre and world pole vault record holder Renaud Lavillenie were crowned champions at 2015 French national championships on Sunday (12).
• 13 July 2015
Powell and Blake to clash in 100m at Spitzen Leichtatletik meet in Luzern on Tuesday
Two great Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and YohanBlake will go head to head at this week's Spitzen Leichtatletik Lzuern, a European Athletics Premium meet, on Tuesday, July
• 12 July 2015
Merrit, Richards-Ross Victorius in Canada
United State's Olympic 400m champions LaShawn Merrit and Sanya Richards-Ross took victories at 2015 Track Town Classic in Edmonton , Canada on Sunday afternoon.
The
• 12 July 2015
Jimmy Vicaut clcoks 9.92 beats Lemaitre in 100m final at French championships
Jimmy Vicaut set the top performance on the second day of French national championships when he beat Christophe Lemaitre in the 100m final.
The 23-year-old, Vicaut, who equaled
• 11 July 2015
Thompson, Haorun headline Meeting Madrid
Jamaican Elaine Thompson and Qatari Abdalelah Haorun were the top stars at the 33rd Meeting Madrid, the IAAF World Challenge, on Saturday, July 11.
The 23-year-old Thompson won
• 10 July 2015
Live: World Challenge Meeting Madrid
Live Stream, Results, Entries: IAAF World Challenge 33rd Meeting Madrid. Event Scheduled for Saturday, July 11 at 18:30pm Central European,12:30pm US Eastern.
Watch
• 10 July 2015
Bolt for Sainsbury's Anniversary Games
The fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt, is coming to London for the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games, the IAAF Diamond league.
The 6-time Olympic champion, Bolt, will headline the
• 10 July 2015
Gatlin Beats Powell and Gay in Lausanne
American sprinter Justin Gatlin easily beat two great rivals, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, in the 100m at Lausanne Diamond League meet on Thursday night.
Gatlin
• 09 July 2015
Genzebe Dibaba runs stunning 3:54.11 and sets new African record
Ethiopian super star Genzebe Diabab ran a stunning 3:54.11 to set a new African record at in Barcelona’s Estadi Joan Serrahima stadium on Wednesday evening (8).
• 09 July 2015
Live: Diamond League Lausanne
Live: Diamond League Lausanne. Event scheduled for Thursday, July 9 at 8:00pm Central European, 2:00pm US Eastern time.
Watch Live
• 07 July 2015
Gatlin to face Powell in Lausanne
With an absence of Usain Bolt, this year's currently two fastest men, Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell will clash in the 100m on Thursday at Lausanne Diamond League meet.
• 07 July 2015
Entry Lists: 2015 Lausanne Diamond League (Athletissima)
Entry Lists: Lausanne Diamond League - July 9, 2015
Entry Lists Men
100m
SB
PB
USA
BAILEY, Ryan
9.89
9.88
TTO
BLEDMAN, Keston
9.86
9.86
SKN
COLLINS,
• 06 July 2015
Makwala runs 43.72; regains his 400m record
On Saturday night at Diamond league meet in Paris South African Wayde van Niekerk set a new African record with 43.96 performance over 400m, but less than 24 hours later Isaac
• 05 July 2015
Double victory for Jamaicans in 100m at Paris Diamond league
Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce took victories in 100m on Saturday night at 2015 Meeting Areva, the IAAF Paris Diamond league meet.
The
• 05 July 2015
Van Nierken Beats James in Paris
South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk set a new African record of 43.96 seconds when he beat Olympic champion Kirani James in the 400m at the Meeting Areva, the IAAF Diamond
• 03 July 2015
Fraser-Pryce to not defend world 200m gold
Jamaican double world sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said on Friday she will not defend her world 200m championships title at next month's Beijing world
• 02 July 2015
South Africa's sprinter Akani Simbine joins sub 10 second 100m club
South Africa's Akani Simbine broke the 10 second barrier in 100m for the first time in his career at the 20th European Athletics Classics Meeting in Slovenia on Wednesday
• 02 July 2015
Makhloufi runs 2:13.08 in 1000m in France
Olympic 1500m champion Taoufik Makhloufi became 4th fastest man in history over 1000m at European Athletics classic meeting Nancy on Wednesday (1).
Makhloufi, who was paced
• 01 July 2015
Bolt pulls out from Paris and Lausanne DL
World's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has withdrawn from Diamond League meetings in Paris and Lausanne, the athlete himself confirmed on Tuesday.
Bolt was expected to run 100m
• 30 June 2015
Entry Lists: Paris Diamond League (Meeting Areva 2015)
Privisional entry lists: Paris Diamond League (Meeting Areva 2015)
Event scheduled for Saturday, July 4
Entry Lists Men
• 30 June 2015
Ayana and Dibaba to attack 5000m WR
The track and field fans awaits special treat on Saturday, July 4 as two distance running greats, Almaz Ayana and Genzebe dibaba, will line up at Paris Areva Grand Prix
• 29 June 2015
Miguel Francis runs sensational 19.76 seconds in 200m in Antigua and Barbuda
A big surprise came from Antigua and Barbuda national track and field championship where Miguel Francis ran a sensational 19.76 seconds (w -1.1m/s) in the 200m final on
• 29 June 2015
Wlodarczyk throws hammer farther than world record, but mark needs approval from officials
Current hammer world record holder Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk at the Odra River meet on Saturday threw the hammer farther than her current official world record mark
• 29 June 2015
Gatlin wins 200m in blistering 19.57
Controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin won the 200m with a massive time of 19.57 seconds in the closing day of the 2015 USA trials in Eugene on Sunday, June 18.
The
• 28 June 2015
Gardiner (44.27) break's Chris Brown's Bahama's national record
Steven Gardiner set a new national record over one lap race during the opening day at Bahama's national championships on Saturday afternoon in Nassau.
Gardiner, who won his
• 28 June 2015
Keston Bledman (9.86) and Kelly-Ann Baptiste (10.84) in 100m at Trinidad and Tobago national championships
Olympic games silver and bronze medalist, Keston Bledman, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, the Olympic games bronze medalist, were crowned champions at Trinidad & Tobago national
• 28 June 2015
Omar McLeod sets impressive world lead of 12.97 in 110m hurdles at Jamaican champs
The 21-year-old Omar McLeod set an impressive personal best and world leading time in the men's 110m hurdle final on Saturday night at Jamaican national championships in
• 28 June 2015
Bartoletta leaps 7.12m at USA champs
Tianna Bartoletta produced the top performance on the third day of the 2015 USA track and field outdoor championships in Eugene on Saturday afternoon.
The 30-year-old
• 27 June 2015
Powell, Fraser-Pryce win Jamaican 100m trials
Former world record holder, Asafa Powell, and defendingdouble world sprint champion, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, won Jamaican championships in 100m dash on Friday night in
• 27 June 2015
Farah to stick with Salazar
Double Olympic champion in 5000m and 10,000m, Mo Farah, says he will stick with coach Alberto Salazar following coach's statement of trying to disprove all doping
• 25 June 2015
Pitkamaki back in the spotlight in Turku
Former world javelin champion, Teri Pitkamaki, of Finland threw his farthest mark in two years to defeat Egypt's Ihab Abdelrahman in the men's javelin contest at 2015
• 25 June 2015
Usain Bolt withdraws from Jamaican trials, his next race is in Paris on July 4
According to Jamaica-Gleaner report today, world's fastest man Usain Bolt has pulled out from the Jamaican national trials that is set to start on Thursday.
Bolt, who has
• 24 June 2015
Holzdeppe, Da Silva impress in Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan - Reigning world pole vault champion Raphael Holzdeppe with a magnificent personal best jump of 5.92m beat Brazil's Tiago Da Silva of Brazil on the first day of
• 24 June 2015
Start Lists: USA Track and Field Championships
Start Lists: 2015 USA Track and Field Championships June 25-28
Eugene, Oregon
Courtesy: USATF.org
Event 1 Women 100 Meter Dash
• 23 June 2015
High-class sprinter to represent Britain
Jamaican based top-class sprinter, Zharnel Hughes, has been cleared to compete for Great Britain.
Hughes, who trains along-side with greats Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake,
• 23 June 2015
Olympic and world championship medalists to line up at Paavo Nurmi Games on Thursday
Finish city of Turku will stage several Olympic and world championships medalist as the 2015 Paavo Nurmi Games takes place on Thursday, June 25.
The Men's 5000m will see
• 22 June 2015
Farah, Kiprop and Makhloufi set to clash in 1500m in Monaco
Mo Farah, Asbel Kiprop and Taoufik Makhloufi will clash in the men's 1500m at next month's Monaco Diamond league meet.
These three man all together have collected 3 Olympic
• 22 June 2015
8th grader Tyrese Cooper breaks Kirani James world age record at New Balance US high school nationals
New Balance High School nationals - 8th grader Tyrese Cooper of Miami Gardens Xpress high school broke Kirani James world age record in the 400m on Sunday
• 22 June 2015
Bolt to run at Jamaican Championships
World's
fastest man Usain Bolt will compete next weekend at Jamaican world
championships trials , the JAAA confirmed on Sunday (21).
Usain
Bolt after a sluggish 200m
• 21 June 2015
Russia beats Germany at European Team Championships
RUSSIA convincingly beat Germany to win the European
Athletics Championships Team title in Cheboksary at the weekend - 20- 21
June.
The host country
garnered the most number
• 21 June 2015
Denia Caballero sets Discus world lead of 70.65, Pichardo debuts in long jump
Cuban discus thrower Denia Caballero with a new personal best and world leading throw of 70.65m took victory at the XV International Meeting Villa del Bilbalo in