There is a saying that thunder doesn’t strike twice but not with Stephen Maguire who got a shocked disappointment twice in the hands of UK Athletics. First, he was seen as a leading candidate for the post of head coach at UK Athletics in 2020 before that appointment went to former international sprinter Christian Malcolm. […]
In what is now becoming a case of integrity in a drama house of athletics. Since July 17th when World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan was found not guilty of whereabouts failure by the Disciplinary Tribunal, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) did not deem it fit to appeal all this while. But in an […]
Athletics Integrity Unit that was created in 2017 by World Athletics Body to stem doping seems to have up their game as a new teenage sensation has been caught in their net. Just a week ahead of the World Championships in Budapest, the Athletic Integrity Unit has announced the provisional suspension of 100m World record […]
Andre De Grasse’s late usual surge to form has finally be dealt a big blow. This time around, the Canadian championship at Langley witnessed some athletics fireworks from younger athletes. In yesterday 100m semifinal, De Grasse was roasted to third place in 10.21s. Duan Asemota 10.13s and Bismarck Boateng 10.19s pushed him away from the […]
Self acclaimed new queen of the track, Sha’carri Richardson is finally living up to that as she won US 100m trials some minutes ago in a classical manner. Sha’carri first laid a bench mark in the heat by accelerated to 10.71s; a world lead and a personal best ( 6th fastest time ever). In the […]
The ever confident Sha’carri Richardson drew the shine of the first day of US trial at Oregon on Thursday (6th) . She recorded a new personal best and world lead of 10.71s to win her heat. There were no upset as Brittany Brown also hit personal best of 10.96s to qualify for next round. The […]
African sprinters are more getting more technical and running faster this season with a Cameroonian joining the league of 9s runner. Few minutes ago at the Resisprint International in Switzerland, Cameroonian Eseme Emmanuel finally joined the league of 9s African sprinters by winning with a legal time of 9.96s beating Australia Browning Rohan 10.10s to […]
Earlier today in Ostrava Golden Spike, the South African athletes ubiquitous took the shine in the sprint events. Akani Simbine was sublime in 100m; winning in 9.98s leaving Andre De Grasse in 10.21s third. Italian Samuele Ceccareli came second in 10.15s while Liberia Joseph Fahnbulleh came fifth in 10.26s. Then in 200m, another South African […]
This year American National Junior College Athletics Association Championship (NJCAA) at New Mexico showed more dominating performances from African; especially from Nigerian and Ghanaian. In the 100m hurdles, Nigeria Miracle Thompson lower her best to win in legal 13.31s. Her counterpart Ese Awusa was fifth in 13.95s. Nigeria Success Umukuro almost achieved sprint double but […]
The World Champion, American Grant Holloway showed his supreme tantalizing hurdling on the fast Atlanta city track in city games late last night. In his specialty 100m hurdles, Holloway returned 13.01s, a world leading time beating Robert Dunning who ran personal best of 13.09s. The female version was won by American Tia Jones 12.50s to […]
The ever ready Richardson Sha’carri in her composed form of life was more than impressive with big statement on Friday 5th in Doha Diamond meet. In the 100m, Sha’carri surged from behind with incredible top end speed to beat a very strong field; including Jamaica Jackson Shericka. Sha’carri stopped the clock with legal 10.76s while […]
The athlete who arrived Ndola late last night due to flight hitches in Lusaka with second batch has gotten Nigeria her first gold medal. Djoma Fejiro Praise, who has a deceptive look of non triple jumper with her slender diminutive stature was on song right from her first jump. She jumped 12.69m which stood as […]
Inside the magnificent Levy Mwanawasa stadium, in Ndola Zambia the venue of this year U-18 and U-20 Athletics Championship. The opening ceremony was done in the morning. The first event will start with high jump final. The athletes are in call room stand right now. Nigeria got her first gold medal in triple jump girls […]
As the former world champion, Christian Coleman goals to return to world dominance is pretty on course as he continues to improve his slight weakness of speed endurance. This again was put test at Michael Johnson invitation few hours ago. In the 200m, Coleman was again impressive by speeding to 20.11s legal time win. In […]
Quadriple World champion and an Olympic champion in 20km racewalk, Chinese Liu Hong has again lowered her own women’s 35km Asian record at the 62nd All Japan Race Walk in Wajima, Japan. Liu, who turns 36 next month, clocked two hours, 38 minutes and 42 seconds to finish first and register a new Asian mark, […]
For an umpteenth time, the duo record breakers who totally dealt a big blow to some sprints indoor record had intensively snow ball their records book into outdoor. The record breaker Julie Alfred who decimated both the NCAA sprints indoor was again on her record strides some minutes ago at Tom Jones Memorial. She broke […]
After sensation run in both 100m and 200m last year, Botswana Letsile Tebogo was stuck in a dilemma whether to push for professional or school scholarship in US. But tonight performance by this young talented Botswana record holder showed that he has taken the right decision. In the 200m inside a fantastic Ansin Miramar city […]
Sha’Carri Richardson was over the moon few minutes ago after blown the strong field away at Ansin sport complex in Florida to win in 10.57s (4.1) after impressive 10.73s (2.8) in the heat. The young Jamaica Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake dominated the men 100m after oblique won in 9.91s (2.2) to Ackeem 9.93s. oblique […]
Can this be the season Matthew Boling has been waiting for to break into international senior success; only time will tell as this multi talented American slowly getting faster by the day. Earlier today, the 23 years old Boling completely took control of the proceeding at Torrin Lawrence invitation in popular Spec town track. Boling […]
Just after few days of surrendered it’s hosting right of under-17 FIFA World cup, again earlier on Wednesday the Peru government has announced it’s withdrawal from hosting next year under-20 Athletics championship as a result of political instability occasioned by social unrest and also worsen by natural disasters. Peru’s northern region was hit by torrential […]
In what started like a rumors few days ago as finally play out as Laura Muir and training partner Jemma Reekie finally part ways with their long-time coach Andy Young. It all started after a reported ‘burst up’ in their camp which made Muir and Reekie to unexpectedly cut short their altitude training camp, thereby […]
The Stratford born 25-years-old Zoe Hobbs has again for umpteenth time breaks her own New Zealand national record and also in the process break Oceania record in Sydney Track Classic on Saturday (13th). Hobbs destroyed the field in 100m in 10.97s. In men Australia Browning Rohan came top in 10.14s. In the 400m, the world […]
The first day of NCAA division 1 championship in New Mexico on Friday (10th) sparked up with a lot of records. It was the long jump that first threw the record salvo when Jasmine Moore leaped into a new collegiate record of 7.03m to win and thereby erased Tara Davis 6.93m collegiate record. Then in […]
When the 23 years old Italian Ceccarelli Samuele upset the World Indoor and Olympics Champion, Jacobs Marcell Lamont at Italian indoor championship in February to win his first national champion in 6.54s, most people called it a flash in the pan. Ceccarelli with a best of 10.45s in the 100m (2021) showed is a man […]
Breaking national record seem now become a bit a cake as duo national record breaker Rashidat Adeleke and Juliet Alfred have done that again at Big 12 on Saturday 25th). The Dublin twenty years old Rashidat Adeleke again for the second time this season lower the Irish national 400m indoor record to an impressive 50.33s, […]
The Birmingham World Indoor Tour on Saturday (25th) was first set alight in the 60m female heat as Asher- Smith Dina breaks her own British record after qualified for final in 7.03s. She then later won the final in 7.05s. In the 1500m men, the Scottish Neil Gourley who seems to have adapted well to […]
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Wednesday (22nd) its big hammer of life ban on Iraqi national sprint coach Karokh Salih Mohammed for giving an athlete the prohibited substances stanozolol and clenbuterol without the athlete’s knowledge. In what looks like a bizarre story the athlete in question, Danah Hussein was still ban for three years. Hussein is a two-time […]
After digging under 50s in the indoor 400m this season, Femke Bol knew it’s just a matter of time before she cracks the world record. But on Sunday (19th) at the Netherlands indoor championship, a confident Bol took the first curve by storm and keep her momentum speed to finish the home straight in an […]
At last after a remarkable life best indoor performance, Aleia Hobbs finally put an ice on her cake of 2023 indoor outing by shattered an American indoor 60m record on Saturday (18th) at US indoor championship. Hobbs won the final in cool 6.94s to Marybeth Sant Price 7.09s and Destiny Smith-Barnet in 7.11s. In the […]
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