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• Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 1500m world record as Laura Muir comes second in Diamond League

  02-06-2023 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Faith Kipyegon sets a new 1500m world record in the Florence Diamond League meeting on Friday, with Britain's Laura Muir a distant second.
  
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• Faith Kipyegon smashes 1500m world record in Diamond League meeting

  02-06-2023 22:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Kenyan wins in 3:49.11 in Florence to eclipse Dibaba’s mark‘I’m so happy for her,’ says second-placed Laura MuirFaith Kipyegon set a women’s 1500 metres world record, clocking 3:49.11 at the third Diamond League meeting of the season in Florence on Friday.The Kenyan athlete, winner of the last two Olympic 1500m golds and the 2017 and 2022 world titles, bettered the previous mark of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in 2015. Continue reading...
  
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• Diamond League: Faith Kipyegon breaks 1500m world record with 'sensational' run

  02-06-2023 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Kenya's Faith Kipyegon breaks the 1500m world record with a "sensational" time of three minutes 49.11 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Florence.
  
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• Caster Semenya to publish ‘unflinching’ memoir with Stormzy’s #Merky Books

  02-06-2023 14:52 via theguardian.com
  
  In The Race to Be Myself, the Olympian athlete will detail her battle for permission to compete as a woman with hyperandrogenismStormzy’s #Merky Books is to publish Olympian Caster Semenya’s memoir this year.South African athlete Semenya, whose book is titled The Race to Be Myself, was just 18 when she won the 800m at the Berlin World Championships in 2009, but her win was quickly overshadowed by questions raised about her sex. Continue reading...
  
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• World Para-athletics Championships: Nine debutants in Great Britain and Northern Ireland team

  02-06-2023 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nine debutants are named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for July's World Para-athletics Championships in Paris.
  
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• Mike McFarlane: Great Britain's Olympic medallist dies aged 63

  31-05-2023 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Olympic silver medallist Mike McFarlane has died at the age of 63.
  
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• Eilish McColgan admits her recent injury makes World Championship gold less likely

  29-05-2023 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eilish McColgan says winning gold at this summer's World Championships is a "pipe dream" after her latest injury setback.
  
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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson second in heptathlon return at HypoMeeting

  28-05-2023 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson finishes second on her return to the heptathlon as America's Anna Hall scores the fifth best points total of all time at the HypoMeeting in Austria.
  
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• Johnson-Thompson ‘can see a path back’ after second-place finish in Götzis

  28-05-2023 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Briton rediscovered form at prestigious Hypomeeting‘I have blown the cobwebs off and I can truly attack’Katarina Johnson-Thompson believes she has rediscovered her mojo after an impressive second‑placed finish at the prestigious Hypomeeting in Götzis – and insists she is ready to “truly attack” again following her return to form.The 30-year-old has looked a shadow of her best since sustaining a career-threatening achilles rupture in 2020. But her performa
  
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• Olympic champion Ryan Crouser shatters own shot put world record

  28-05-2023 03:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Crouser breaks own world mark with 23.56m throw in LAUS sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson among scratches in 100mOlympic and world shot put champion Ryan Crouser produced a sensational performance to obliterate his own world record at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on Saturday.The 30-year-old American star heaved a mammoth 23.56m throw at Drake Stadium to smash his previous world mark of 23.37m set at the US Olympic trials in Eugene in 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Ryan Crouser breaks own shot put world record in Los Angeles

  28-05-2023 00:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic and world shot put champion Ryan Crouser throws 23.56m to break his own world record.
  
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• Emotional Johnson-Thompson rallies with personal best on comeback trail

  27-05-2023 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Heptathlete recovers from slow start with PB in shot put‘I can see the path back now so I am really happy’Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon career has often resembled a wild big dipper, with incredible highs, heart-plunging lows, and not a great deal else in between. But here at the prestigious HypoMeeting the full KJT experience was distilled into an extraordinary few hours.It ended with Britain’s most talented athlete sitting in third place on 3,930 points, smiling
  
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• Hannah Cockroft improves own 100m world record in Switzerland

  27-05-2023 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Hannah Cockroft improves her own T34 100m world record at the Para-athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland.
  
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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson: ‘In 2022, I felt like I was asleep the whole year’

  26-05-2023 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  After a disappointing 2022, the British heptathlete feels reinvigorated with a new coach and new goals“Stories need to be told, and athletes need to be honest,” says Katarina Johnson-Thompson, as she ruminates on her struggles and those of track and field. “It’s not a fake sport, yet you hear a lot of fake one-liners which are designed not to cause any controversy. But I feel we should be honest with our injuries, our ups and downs, and the fact we’re not always fly
  
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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson: ‘I want to prove to myself that last year was not me’

  26-05-2023 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  After a disappointing 2022, the British heptathlete feels reinvigorated with a new coach and new goals“Stories need to be told, and athletes need to be honest,” says Katarina Johnson-Thompson, as she ruminates on her struggles and those of track and field. “It’s not a fake sport, yet you hear a lot of fake one-liners which are designed not to cause any controversy. But I feel we should be honest with our injuries, our ups and downs, and the fact we’re not always fly
  
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• Millions pledged for sports centre revamp

  26-05-2023 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The stadium hosted the first women's FA Cup Final and was a key site for athletics.
  
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• Lamont Marcell Jacobs to miss 100m showdown with Fred Kerley in Rabat

  25-05-2023 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Italy's Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs says he will have to miss his sprint showdown with American Fred Kerley because of a back injury.
  
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• Indoor athletics will be renamed 'short track' to encourage outdoor competition innovation

  23-05-2023 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indoor track and field will be renamed 'short track' by World Athletics in a bid to grow the sport through official outdoor competition.
  
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• Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins in two events at Loughborough International

  21-05-2023 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins in the 100m hurdles and the 4x400m on her return to competition at the Loughborough International.
  
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• Great Manchester Run: Mo Farah eighth in penultimate race of career

  21-05-2023 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah finishes eighth in the Great Manchester Run, 44 seconds behind winner Eyob Faniel.
  
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• Great Manchester Run 2023: Mo Farah completes his penultimate race as Eyob Faniel wins

  21-05-2023 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the moment Mo Farah finishes the penultimate race of his career in eighth place, as Italy's Eyob Faniel wins the Great Manchester Run.
  
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• Night of the 10,000m PBs: Jessica Warner-Judd becomes back-to-back UK champion

  21-05-2023 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jessica Warner-Judd wins the UK title for a second successive year at the Night of the 10,000m PBs.
  
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• Mo Farah: Briton set for penultimate race of career at Great Manchester 10k

  19-05-2023 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mo Farah will take to the start line at Sunday's Great Manchester 10k for the penultimate race of his career before he retires in September.
  
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• Night of the 10,000m PBs: Jessica Warner-Judd among main contenders at athletics' 'Glastonbury'

  18-05-2023 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jessica Warner-Judd returns to defend her title at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London - dubbed the event's "Glastonbury".
  
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• World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping

  17-05-2023 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  10km record holder faces four-year ban if found guiltyKipruto: “I don’t cheat or dope! The truth is on my side’The world 10km record holder, Rhonex Kipruto, has been suspended for suspected doping offences in yet another serious blow to the reputation of Kenyan athletics.The 23-year-old, who also won a world championship bronze medal in 2019 as a teenager, was charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit with “use of a prohibited substance or method” after inconsistencie
  
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• Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto is suspended for suspected doping offences

  17-05-2023 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  10km world-record holder faces four-year ban if found guiltyKipruto: “I don’t cheat or dope! The truth is on my side’The world 10km record holder, Rhonex Kipruto, has been suspended for suspected doping offences in yet another serious blow to the reputation of Kenyan athletics.The 23-year-old, who also won a world championship bronze medal in 2019 as a teenager, was charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit with “use of a prohibited substance or method” after inconsis
  
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• The Speed Project: The secret 'Fight Club'-style race between Los Angeles and Las Vegas

  16-05-2023 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No website, no rules, no official route, no spectators. The Speed Project, a 350-mile race between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, has become the hottest event in ultra-running.
  
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• Kevin Sinfield carries Rob Burrow over Leeds marathon finish

  14-05-2023 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Leeds event is named in honour of ex-rugby league player Burrow, who has motor neurone disease.
  
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• Fred Kerley: World 100m champion on aiming for double gold, Lamont Marcell Jacobs and athletics' future

  14-05-2023 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World 100m champion Fred Kerley tells BBC Sport about his bid for double gold, his rivalry with Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs, and the future of athletics.
  
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• Diamond League: UK Sport in talks with UK Athletics over July's meet in London

  12-05-2023 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK Sport is in talks with UK Athletics about the "possibility of providing some investment" for July's Diamond League meeting in London.
  
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• Shaun Pickering: Welsh Olympian dies aged 61

  11-05-2023 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales' Commonwealth Games shot put bronze medallist and Olympian Shaun Pickering dies at the age of 61.
  
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• Ultra-Trail Snowdonia: The ultra test in the Welsh mountains

  11-05-2023 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lowri Morgan explains the attraction of the endurance racing that will take place in north Wales over the coming days.
  
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• World Athletics awaits report into Rana Reider after coach reveals sanction

  10-05-2023 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Coach sanctioned over relationship with one of his athletesGoverning bodies awaiting full report from US SafeSportWorld Athletics is awaiting a US Center for SafeSport report into Rana Reider after the renowned sprint coach revealed he had been sanctioned for a relationship that “presented a power imbalance” with one of his athletes.Reider, who guided Andre de Grasse to the Olympic 200m title and also coached British athletes Adam Gemili and Daryll Neita before they left him, will no
  
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• Rana Reider: US sprint coach given probation following sexual misconduct investigation

  10-05-2023 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US sprint coach Rana Reider is given a one-year probation following an investigation into sexual misconduct complaints against him, his lawyer says.
  
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• Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith set to race at London Stadium in July

  10-05-2023 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith is among the athletes competing in the Diamond League at the London Stadium this summer.
  
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• Cambodia's Bou Samnang finishes 5,000m in torrential rain six minutes behind winner

  09-05-2023 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Cambodia's Bou Samnang digs deep to finish the women's 5,000m nearly six minutes after the winner in torrential rain at the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh.
  
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• Hitting the squall: Cambodian runner refuses to quit race despite huge storm – video

  09-05-2023 15:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Cambodia's Bou Samnang completed the women's 5,000m at the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh despite being engulfed by a heavy rainstorm. Samnang was still out on the track almost six minutes after the winner, Nguyen Thị Oanh of Vietnam, had crossed the finish line when rain began pounding down on her. The athlete was overcome by emotion and thanked the smattering of supporters who had stayed to cheer her on. She finished in last place with a time of 22mins, 54.22 secs. Continue reading.
  
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• Eric Lira pleads guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes

  09-05-2023 09:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A Texas man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes.
  
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• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: ‘Every part of my being believes I can run faster’

  09-05-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jamaica’s ‘gentle assassin’ on her school sports day heroics and why female athletes should never feel ashamed of wanting to winIn the city where she expects to ironclad her legacy at the Olympics next year, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is reliving the moment she went viral on the school run. You may have seen the clip of the greatest female sprinter in history, baseball cap back to front, thrashing a field of fellow mums on her son’s sports day in Jamaica recently. But, as Fr
  
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• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: ‘A parent at sports day tried to psych me out’

  09-05-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jamaica’s ‘gentle assassin’ on believing she can still run faster, and why female athletes should never feel ashamed of wanting to winIn the city where she expects to ironclad her legacy at the Olympics next year, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is reliving the moment she went viral on the school run. You may have seen the clip of the greatest female sprinter in history, baseball cap back to front, thrashing a field of fellow mums on her son’s sports day in Jamaica recently. But,
  
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• ‘If you win: housewife’: Spanish women’s race sorry after winner given food processor

  08-05-2023 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Organisers of Carrera de la Mujer apologise after backlashSpain’s secretary of state for equality offers criticismThe organizers of a women’s running race in Spain has apologised after the winner was offered a food processor to take home, something that has sparked accusations of sexism.The 7km Carrera de la Mujer issued a statement on Twitter saying it hadn’t considered the kitchen appliance – donated by a sponsor – would have sexist implications. Continue reading.
  
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• Sha’Carri Richardson storms to 100m win in Doha’s Diamond League opener

  05-05-2023 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Shericka Jackson second with Dina Asher-Smith thirdFred Kerley wins’s men’s 100m ahead of Kenneth BednarekSha’Carri Richardson left her rivals in the dust as the American streaked to 100m victory in the first Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha.Richardson, who was expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 before she accepted a one-month ban after testing positive for cannabis, set a meet record with a time of 10.76 seconds. Continue reading.
  
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• Diamond League: Sha'Carri Richardson sets new 100m meeting record in Doha

  05-05-2023 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith finishes third as Sha'Carri Richardson sets a new 100m meeting record at the opening Diamond League of the season in Doha.
  
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• Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith third as USA's Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100m, beating Tori Bowie Doha record

  05-05-2023 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith comes third as USA's Sha'Carri Richardson wins the women's 100m final in 10.76 seconds, beating the late Tori Bowie's Doha Diamond League meeting record.
  
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• Hellen Obiri: Boston Marathon winner on family sacrifice and quitting the track

  05-05-2023 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya's multiple world champion on moving her family to a different country in search of marathon success.
  
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• ‘She was unapologetically her’: Tori Bowie was a brilliant one of a kind

  05-05-2023 09:15 via theguardian.com
  
  In the aftermath of the sprinter’s death at the age of just 32, her USA teammate remembers a talented athlete who did things her own wayThe post-race glory photo-op is a time honored tradition, an occasion for athletes to get their hit of global adulation in case their compatriot fans forget to tune in to the medal ceremony. Tori Bowie never looked more resplendent than she was in a snapshot of USA’s 4x100m women’s team after their remarkable triumph at the 2016 Olympics.Interl
  
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• Doha Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith relishing chance to face world's best

  04-05-2023 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Dina Asher-Smith says she is relishing the chance to test herself against some of the world's best sprinters at the Doha Diamond League on Friday.
  
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• Russia announces plans to stage 'World Friendship Games' after 2024 Olympics

  04-05-2023 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia plans to stage an international multi-sport event by relaunching the 'World Friendship Games' next year.
  
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• Diamond League: Who is competing and who to watch out for in 2023

  04-05-2023 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Everything you need to know before the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Qatar on Friday.
  
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• A look back at the life of world champion sprinter Tori Bowie – video obituary

  03-05-2023 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  The former Olympic and world champion sprinter, Tori Bowie, has died at the age of 32, her management company confirmed on Wednesday.The American won three gold medals on the global stage. Her first came as part of the USA 4x100m relay team at the 2016 Olympics. 2017 was even more successful: she added another relay gold at the world championships in London and won individual gold in the 100m. Bowie won two other Olympic medals: a silver and bronze in the 100m and 200m respectively at Rio 2016.B
  
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