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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has set a new marathon world record with a time of two hours, one minute 39 seconds in the race over the distance in Berlin.

The 33-year-old took more than a minute off the previous best which was set by compatriot Dennis Kimetto when he ran 2:02:57 in Berlin in 2014.

"I lack words to describe this day," said Kipchoge. "I am really grateful, happy to smash the world record."

The women's race was won by Gladys Cherono of Kenya in 2:18:11.

Kipchoge is regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time.

He won the London Marathon for a third time earlier this year and is the Olympic champion over the distance.

"It was hard," Kipchoge added. "I ran my own race, I trusted my trainers, my programme and my coach. That's what pushed me in the last kilometres."

In 2017, Kipchoge missed out on becoming the first athlete to run under two hours for the marathon by 26 seconds.

The Kenyan clocked 2:00.25 but because in-out pacemakers were used, the time was not be recognised as a world record.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/45539546
 
Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.

The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.

It will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.

The Olympic champion missed out by 25 seconds in a previous attempt in 2017.

Knowing he was about to make history on the home straight, the pacemakers dropped back to let Kipchoge sprint over the line alone, roared on by a large crowd in the Austrian capital.

The four-time London Marathon winner embraced his wife Grace, grabbed a Kenyan flag and was mobbed by his pacemakers, including many of the world's best middle and long-distance runners.

With a leading pace car beaming green lasers on to the road to indicate the required pace of 2:50 per kilometre, Kipchoge never went slower than 2:52 for any.

He was 10 seconds ahead of schedule at the halfway mark, before appearing to slow with a few 2:52 kilometres, only to regain the pace and kick on in the final stages.

Kipchoge was assisted by a team of 42 pacemakers, including Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz, Olympic 5,000m silver medallist Paul Chelimo and the Ingebrigtsen brothers Jakob, Filip and Henrik.

His coaches delivered him water and energy gels by bike over 4.4 laps of a 5.97-mile course in the city's Prater park, instead of having to pick refreshments up from a table as in normal competition marathons.

These aids are not allowed under the rules of the IAAF, athletics' world governing body, which is why it will not recognise this feat as the official marathon world record.

Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.

The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.

It will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.

The Olympic champion missed out by 25 seconds in a previous attempt in 2017.

Knowing he was about to make history on the home straight, the pacemakers dropped back to let Kipchoge sprint over the line alone, roared on by a large crowd in the Austrian capital.

The four-time London Marathon winner embraced his wife Grace, grabbed a Kenyan flag and was mobbed by his pacemakers, including many of the world's best middle and long-distance runners.

With a leading pace car beaming green lasers on to the road to indicate the required pace of 2:50 per kilometre, Kipchoge never went slower than 2:52 for any.

He was 10 seconds ahead of schedule at the halfway mark, before appearing to slow with a few 2:52 kilometres, only to regain the pace and kick on in the final stages.

Kipchoge was assisted by a team of 42 pacemakers, including Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz, Olympic 5,000m silver medallist Paul Chelimo and the Ingebrigtsen brothers Jakob, Filip and Henrik.

His coaches delivered him water and energy gels by bike over 4.4 laps of a 5.97-mile course in the city's Prater park, instead of having to pick refreshments up from a table as in normal competition marathons.

These aids are not allowed under the rules of the IAAF, athletics' world governing body, which is why it will not recognise this feat as the official marathon world record.

Kipchoge holds the official marathon world record of 2:01:39, set in Berlin, Germany in 2018.

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Kenya's Brigid Kosgei eclipsed the 16-year-old women's marathon world record held by Britain's Paula Radcliffe as she retained her Chicago title.

The 25-year-old recorded a time of two hours 14 minutes 04 seconds, easily inside Radcliffe's mark of 2: 15:25 set at the London marathon in 2003.

It adds to the Kenyan's win in London this year when she clocked 2:18:20 and became the youngest winner of the race.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/50035304
 
Two-time London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang has been charged for 'whereabouts failures' and 'tampering' by the Athletics Integrity Unit.

The 37-year-old Kenyan is now banned from competing until his hearing has taken place.

Kipsang - the London 2012 marathon bronze medallist - has also won the Berlin, New York and Tokyo marathons.

His management stressed he has not failed a drugs test and added: "No prohibited substance was found."

Volare Sports added: "The accusation regarding alleged/attempted tampering concerns an explanation that was given in the results management process regarding a possible Whereabouts Failure and does not concern tampering with a doping test itself."

Kipsang is the sixth fastest marathon runner in history, with a personal best of two hours three minutes and 13 seconds.

The AIU - founded by World Athletics to combat doping in 2017 - confirmed Kipsang's suspension for "whereabouts failures" and "tampering or attempted tampering".

Under anti-doping regulations, athletes have to inform testing authorities of their whereabouts for a one hour window of every day.

Three failures in 12 months - not being present at the said time, or filing inaccurate or incomplete information, counts as one failure - leads to an automatic ban.

On its website, the Athletics Integrity Unit says it "will be taking a more stringent approach to whereabouts requirements in 2020".

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/51069880
 
Salwa Eid Naser: World 400m champion provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation

World 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser has been given a provisional suspension for failing to make herself available for anti-doping tests.

The Bahraini, 22, ran 48.14 seconds - the third-fastest time in history - to claim the world title in Doha in 2019.

She could face a ban of up to two years for the whereabouts violation.

Naser said in an Instagram live video: "I've never been a cheat. I will never be. I only missed three drug tests, which is normal. It happens."

Explaining that the missed tests occurred before last September's World Championships, she added: "Hopefully, it'll get resolved because I don't really like the image. It's going to be fine. It's very hard to have this little stain on my name."

World Athletics anti-doping rules say a whereabouts violation consists of any combination of three missed tests or filing failures in a 12-month period.

Naser, who was born in Nigeria but switched allegiance to Bahrain in 2014, is the first Asian woman to be world champion in the discipline.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/amp/athletics/52938089?__twitter_impression=true
 
Salwa Eid Naser: World 400m champion missed four anti-doping tests

World 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser missed four anti-doping tests rather than the three she claimed, says the Athletics Integrity Unit.

The Bahraini, 22, ran 48.14 seconds - the third-fastest time in history - to claim the world title in Doha in 2019.

In an Instagram live video, she said she "only missed three drug tests" before the World Championships, which she described as "normal".

But the AIU says there was a fourth whereabouts failure in January 2020.

She has been provisionally suspended.

In a statement, the AIU said: "The investigation into Ms Naser's three whereabouts failures in 2019 was ongoing at the time of the Doha World Championships and she was not provisionally suspended at that time.

"Following conclusion of the investigation and a fourth whereabouts failure in January 2020, a notice of charge was issued and Ms Naser subject to an immediate provisional suspension.

"The disciplinary process is ongoing."

Speaking on Saturday, Naser said: "I've never been a cheat. I will never be. I only missed three drug tests, which is normal. It happens."

Explaining that the missed tests occurred before September's World Championships, she added: "Hopefully, it'll get resolved because I don't really like the image. It's going to be fine. It's very hard to have this little stain on my name."

World Athletics' anti-doping rules say a whereabouts violation consists of any combination of three missed tests or filing failures in a 12-month period.

Naser, who was born in Nigeria but switched allegiance to Bahrain in 2014, is the first Asian woman to be world champion in the discipline.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/52956011
 
World 100m champion Christian Coleman has been provisionally suspended after missing a third doping test.

The American, 24, has disputed the third whereabouts failure, on 9 December, which has been confirmed by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

He claims he was Christmas shopping "five minutes away" from home and the tester made no effort to contact him.

"I have never and will never use performance enhancing supplements or drugs," Coleman posted on social media.

"I am willing to take a drug test every single day for the rest of my career for all I care to prove my innocence.

"I have nothing to hide but it's not possible to show that if I'm not even given a chance to."

Coleman says he has been contacted by phone "literally every other time" he has been tested, and claimed the AIU tester wrote an incorrect address on his unsuccessful attempt form.

It is understood the AIU do not regard Coleman's explanation for the missing test as a defence, as it is not their policy to call an athlete if they're not at the designated address.

Coleman - who won his first major title at the World Championships in Doha last year - had previously missed a test on 16 January 2019 and experienced a filing failure on 26 April 2019.

Three whereabouts failures in a 12-month period can result in a ban of up to two years by the AIU.

"The system must change," he said.

"I thought the point of the organisation was to keep the sport clean by testing everyone and catching cheaters, not attempt to catch people when they're not home and make no attempt to actually test them and mess with the livelihoods of people who are clearly not doping.

"This isn't justice for anybody."

The AIU has not yet responded to Coleman's claims.

His chances of competing in Doha last August had looked slim after the US Anti-Doping Agency charged Coleman with missing three drugs tests in 12 months.

However, it then withdrew the case after it was proved there had been a filing irregularity regarding the date of the first missed test.

Earlier this month, Bahraini world 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended after missing four doping tests.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/53075670
 
Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics' governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption.

The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping scandal.

Diack was convicted of accepting bribes from athletes suspected of doping to cover up test results and letting them continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics.

He was sentenced to four years in prison, two of them suspended.

Diack's lawyers said he would be appealing against the judgement, which they called "unfair and inhumane".

Diack, who was also given a maximum fine of 500,000 euros (£456,928), was investigated by French authorities for four years over claims he took payments of more than 3m euros to cover up cheating.

The judge said his actions had "undermined the values of athletics and the fight against doping".

Diack has been under house arrest in Paris since November 2015.

Previously one of the most influential figures in world sport, Diack was president of the International Association of Athletics' Federations - now World Athletics - for 16 years until he was replaced by Britain's Lord Coe in August 2015.

Diack's son Papa Massata Diack - who was banned for life from athletics in 2016 - was sentenced to five years in prison and a given a 1m euros fine (£913,850).

After the ruling, World Athletics released a statement in which it said it was "disappointed this happened in our sport" but "grateful for the strong and clear decisions that have been taken against the individuals involved".

Athletics' governing body added that it would like to "reassure everyone that the reforms our congress approved in 2016 will ensure that similar actions by individuals can never happen again in our sport".

"We are grateful for the damages awarded by the Paris Criminal Court totalling 16m euros for embezzled funds and for reputational damage suffered as a direct consequence of these crimes and the resulting media coverage," it added.

"As the court acknowledged, this damage has impacted World Athletics' finances and had a negative impact on World Athletics' image and reputation in a deep and lasting way. We will do everything we can to recover the monies awarded, and return them to the organisation for the development of athletics globally."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54176537
 
Defending champion & world record-holder Brigid Kosgei wins women's race

Four-time winner & world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge in men's race at 10:15

Paralympian David Weir seeks ninth men's wheelchair race win at 13:12

Races in a bio-secure closed course over 19 laps of a 1.5 mile circuit

45,000 runners around the world taking part in a virtual London Marathon
 
Ethiopian Shura Kitata outsprinted Kenya’s Vincent Kipchumba to win a thrilling London Marathon on Sunday as a stunned world record holder Eliud Kipchoge faded late in the race to suffer his first defeat since 2013.

In cold, wet conditions, 24-year-old Kitata edged clear in the final metres to win by one second over Kipchumba in a relatively slow two hours, 05.41 minutes.

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia was third in 2:5.35, with Kipchoge, the hot favourite, who in his last race a year ago became the only man to break the two hour mark for the distance, eighth in 2:06.49 having suffered cramp and a blocked ear.


In the absence of injured Kenenisa Bekele, Kipchoge was widely expected to lift a fifth London crown but was never able to impose his usual speed in the relentless cold rain.

He was in a pack who went through halfway in just under 63 minutes – very pedestrian in relation to his recent races, not least his official world record of 2:01.39 set in Berlin two years ago.

Ethiopians Lemma and Tamirat Tola, both sporting woollen hats to stave off the cold, took up the running as the field began to realize that, perhaps, Kipchoge was struggling.

They were right. The favourite, whose face never usually gives any indication of suffering, was showing the occasional grimace and he lacked his usual smoothness.

At one point the leaders clocked a five minute mile, a virtual jog at elite level. Then, as never previously seen during his all-conquering career, Kipchoge, 35, broke, dropping back from a pack of six with just over three miles to go.

As the pace eventually picked up it was down to three, shoulder to shoulder, as they entered The Mall in a finish more like an 800m race than a marathon. The tall Kipchumba looked as if he would do it as he edged ahead, but Kitata fought back magnificently to take the tape.

Kitata, who finished second in London in 2018, thanked his missing compatriot for his victory. “Kenenisa Bekele was helping me for this race and he advised me how to run,” he said. “I trained for the same course, I am very happy to win.”

Kipchoge had won 12 of his 13 previous marathons – the blip being a second place behind a then-world record in his second outing over the distance in Berlin in 2013.

“I’m really disappointed, I had a problem with my right ear after it blocked, and then I really cramped and had problems with my hip from about the last 15 km,” he said.

“It’s really cold but I don’t blame the conditions and I’m still there to come back again.”

Earlier, Kenyan world record holder Brigid Kosgei was a comfortable winner of the women’s race in 2:18.58 as American Sara Hall produced a great finish to snatch second from Ruth Chepngetich.

The races, originally postponed from April because of the COVID-19 pandemic, were run over almost 20 laps of a fenced-off course in a “controlled secure biosphere” around St James’s Park.

Although there was no mass field this year, around 40,000 people are running the distance at venues of their choice through the day. They will receive official finisher’s medals and raise millions of pounds for charities hard hit by the cancellation of the April race.
 
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men's 10,000m world record as Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey broke that of the women's 5,000m in Valencia.

Cheptegei, 24, clocked 26 minutes 11.00 seconds to beat Kenenisa Bekele's 15-year-old time by more than six seconds.

Gidey, 22, clocked 14 minutes 6.62 seconds to better the 14mins 11.15secs set by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008.

They achieved the feats at the NN Valencia World Record Day, a one-off event taking place in the Spanish city.

"I'm happy," said Gidey, who won 10,000m silver at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. "This has been a long-time dream. It is very big for me."

Bekele's previous world record time of 26mins 17.53secs had been the longest standing men's 10,000m world record in history.

Cheptegei's success marks his fourth world record in 10 months, having broken the 10km road best in December and the 5km road record in February.

At the Monaco Diamond League in August, he broke another of Bekele's world records, beating his 16-year-old mark in the 5,000m by two seconds.

The World Record Day, in which both Cheptegei and Gidey had pacemakers, took place at Valencia's Turia stadium with 400 people present.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54458196
 
Peres Jepchirchir breaks women's half-marathon world record

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir has broken her own world record for a women-only half marathon.

The 27-year-old ran one hour five minutes 16 seconds at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland.

Germany's Melat Yisak Kejeta was second in 1:05:18 with Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw in third with 1:05:19.

In the men's race, Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo claimed victory in a championship record time of 58:49.

In the women's race, the top three all ran under Jepchirchir's previous would record of 1:05:34.

The leading group went through 10km in 30:47, while the chances of Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh and Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei suffered when they fell on the third lap as they went on to finish fifth and sixth respectively.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/54583206
 
Double Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan missed out on the 5,000m world record at the Prefontaine Classic - her first meet since Tokyo 2020.

The 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic champion was aiming to beat the record set by Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey in 2020.

Hassan, of the Netherlands, won easily in 14 minutes 27.89 seconds but failed to beat Gidey's record of 14:06.62.

"The last two laps, I knew I wasn't going to break the record," said Hassan, who won three medals in Tokyo.

Cheered on by a crowd of more than 5,000 in Eugene, Oregon, Senbere Teferi finished second with a time of 14:42.25 and her Ethiopian compatriot Fantu Worku came in third with 14:42.85.

Despite missing out on the world record, Ethiopia-born Hassan, 28, still recorded a season best after an intense summer of competition that included six races at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

"I just want to finish strong and run hard," she continued.

"I had a really tough two weeks at the Olympics. All the emotion with the media and the stress. I'm in shape but I'm just tired, I'm not fresh."

As well as winning the 5,000m and 10,000m titles at Tokyo 2020, Hassan also earned a bronze medal in the 1500m event. It meant she became the first person to win Olympic medals over 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m.

Hassan, who currently holds the world record in the mile, also won gold medals in the 1500m and 10,000m at the 2019 World Championships and in June broke the 10,000m record with a time of 29:06.82 - only for Ethiopia's Gidey to improve on that time by five seconds just two days later.
 
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest women's 100m of all time at the Eugene Diamond League.

The Jamaican, who retained her 100m-200m title double in Tokyo, clocked a new world lead of 10.54 seconds.

Only American Florence Griffith-Joyner has run faster, when she set her world record of 10.49 secs in 1988.
 
Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, with police treating her husband as a suspect.

The two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, who finished fourth in the Olympic 5,000m final two months ago, was 25.

A criminal investigation is now underway into her death, with police saying her husband has gone missing.

On Wednesday, crime scene investigators were at the house of Tirop, who police say was reported missing by her father on Tuesday night.

"When [police] got in the house, they found Tirop on the bed and there was a pool of blood on the floor," Tom Makori, head of police for the area, said.

"They saw she had been stabbed in the neck, which led us to believe it was a knife wound, and we believe that is what caused her death.

"Her husband is still at large, and preliminary investigations tell us her husband is a suspect because he cannot be found. Police are trying to find her husband so he can explain what happened to Tirop."

Makori added that police believe that CCTV in the house may be able to help with their investigation.

Tirop was also found dead with a stab wound to her stomach, sources have told the BBC.

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"Athletics Kenya are distraught to learn about the untimely death of World 10,000m bronze medallist Agnes Tirop," the country's athletics body said in a statement.

"We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise. Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track."

Last month, Tirop set the world record for a women's only 10km road race in Germany.

At the 2020 Olympic Games in August, Tirop finished just outside the medal places for the women's 5,000m, trailing Ethiopia's bronze medallist Gudaf Tsegay by 0.75 seconds.

As well as her 10,000m bronze medals at both the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships, Tirop also impressed off the track.

In September, she set a time of 30 minutes and one second in Herzogenaurach, Germany, as she took 28 seconds off the old 10km road race record set in 2002.

Tirop began her career as a junior athlete in 2011, winning two bronze medal in the 5,000m at that year's world junior championships.

Four years later, during a rapid ascent, she won the senior World Cross Country championships in China - becoming the second youngest medallist at that level.

"It is unsettling, utterly unfortunate and very sad that we've lost a young and promising athlete who, at a young age of 25 years, had brought our country so much glory," Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta stated.

"It is even more painful that Agnes, a Kenyan hero by all measures, painfully lost her young life through a criminal act perpetuated by selfish and cowardly people."

"I urge our law enforcement agencies to track down and apprehend the criminals responsible for the killing of Agnes so that they can face the full force of the law," the head of state added.

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World 200m bronze medallist Alex Quinonez has been killed in his home country of Ecuador.

The 32-year-old finished third at the World Championships in Doha two years ago to become the first Ecuadorian athlete to win a global medal in a track event.

The Ecuadorian sports ministry announced the news in a statement on its Twitter feed, saying: "Today we lost a great athlete, a person who made us dream, who made us excited."

It said Quinonez had been killed in the city of Guayaquil.

"The National Police are at the scene and the authorities are conducting the corresponding investigations. He will forever remain in the hearts of all Ecuadorians," it added.

Ecuador's president Guillermo Lasso tweeted: "We are very sorry for the painful loss of Alex Quinonez, father, son, a great sprinter who marked the sport.

"Our sincerest condolences to your loved ones. Rest in peace. Those who take the lives of Ecuadorians will not go unpunished. We will act forcefully."

Ecuador's Olympic Committee said in a statement that the circumstances surrounding the death had "not yet been clarified".

Quinonez qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games but did not compete after being suspended for breaching the whereabouts rules.

News of the sprinter's death came on the same day as the funeral of Kenyan distance star Agnes Tirop, who was killed earlier this month.
 
<b>BBC Sport secures media rights to broadcast next five World Athletics Championships.</b>

The next five World Championships will be broadcast by BBC Sport after an extension to its World Athletics deal.

The new agreement also covers three more World Indoor Championships, including the 2024 event in Glasgow.

The 2022 World Championships are in Oregon in August, with Britons Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson expected to defend titles won in Doha.

"It's fantastic news that the BBC will deliver these world-class athletics events, free to air to UK audiences," she said.

"With so much UK talent emerging and athletes winning medals on the world and Olympics stage, the next few years are set to be an incredibly exciting time for the sport."

The BBC also has rights to the 2024 Olympics and every Diamond League event until the end of the same year, as well as the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games, both of which are being staged in 2022.

However, the broadcaster's deal with British Athletics expired in 2020 without being renewed, meaning this year's British Championships in Manchester, where Olympic qualification was decided for many athletes, was streamed rather than shown on television.
 
Trinidad and Tobago's Olympic and world 4x400m relay medallist Deon Lendore has been killed in a car crash in Texas at the age of 29.

Lendore was driving home after coaching at Texas A&M university.

He anchored his country to a bronze medal at London 2012 and also competed at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics.

"Deon has flown the Trinidad and Tobago flag with pride, honour, patriotism and an indomitable will," said the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.

"He has been an inspiration and motivation to us all, both on and off the track."

Commonwealth Games 100m champion Michelle-Lee Ahye was one of many athletes to pay tribute.

"The hurt that I'm feeling right now. Fly high babe. You will be missed," she wrote of her compatriot on Twitter.

Lendore also won relay silver at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015, and took individual bronze at the following year's World Indoors in Portland, Oregon.



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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/winter-olympics/great-britain-stripped-of-tokyo-olympics-silver-after-sprinter-s-positive-drugs-test/ar-AAU2nBS?ocid=msedgntp

Great Britain have been stripped of their silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after sprinter CJ Ujah tested positive for a banned substance.

The British quartet missed out on the gold medal in Japan, with Italy finishing first but Ujah tested positive for two banned substances on 6 August.

His drug test found traces of ostarine and S-23 in his system, both of which are banned substances.

A statement issued by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) said Ujah did not challenge the violation but argued he had "not knowingly or intentionally doped, suggesting that the source of the prohibited substances could have been the ingestion of a contaminated supplement."

The statement added: "The CAS ADD sole arbitrator issued the present decision in which she determined, to her comfortable satisfaction, that an anti-doping rule violation had been committed."

The CAS ADD said that it has requested World Athletics to consider further action against Ujah, including a ban.

Ujah ran the first leg of the sprint relay that saw his team including Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake narrowly beaten by the Italians.

The athlete said he accepts the court's decision "with sadness".

In a statement, Ujah, 27, said: "I would like to make it clear that I unknowingly consumed a contaminated supplement and this was the reason why an anti-doping rule violation occurred at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"I sincerely regret that this has inadvertently led to the forfeiture of the men's 4x100m relay team's Olympic silver medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"I would like to apologise to my teammates, their families and support teams for the impact which this has had on them.

"I'm sorry that this situation has cost my teammates the medals they worked so hard and so long for, and which they richly deserved. That is something I will regret for the rest of my life."

He added that representing Team GB at his second Olympics "surpassed my childhood ambitions and I will forever be devastated that this situation has marred the success achieved" in Tokyo.

"I would also like to apologise to both British Athletics and Team GB. British Athletics has supported the relay athletes for years and this has been difficult for everyone involved in the programme."
 
CJ Ujah, what a fool.

Feel so bad for his teammates, who all ran brilliantly in that final and were an inch off winning the Gold.
 
<b>Leon Reid: Olympic sprinter sentenced on flat cocaine charges</b>

A sprinter who represented Ireland in the Olympics has been given a suspended sentence for allowing his flat to be used to produce crack cocaine.

Leon Reid, 27, of Longmead Terrace in Bath, was sentenced to 21 months, suspended for 18 months, and 220 hours unpaid work by a judge at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.

Reid represented Ireland in the 200m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

He also won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Reid was convicted of allowing his flat in Bath to be used to produce cocaine and for receiving payment, which text messages showed amounted to £500 a month.

He was found not guilty of concealing criminal property and of three firearms offences, which all related to items seized from his flat.

Reid won European Championship medals at under-20 and under-23 level for Great Britain but switched international eligibility to Ireland in 2018.

Three other men convicted over the 2020 drugs operation were given jail terms.

They included 30-year-old Romaine Hyman, previously of Portland Place, Bath, who was found guilty of 18 offences and sentenced to 26 years in prison.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60445366
 
Eilish McColgan broke Paula Radcliffe's 21-year-old British half marathon record with a stunning run at Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

The 31-year-old Scot finished sixth in one hour six minutes 26 seconds, eclipsing Radcliffe's mark of 1:06:47.

McColgan's milestone in just her second competitive half marathon also beat her mother Liz's best of 1:07:11.

Ethiopia's Girmawit Gebrzihair Gebru emerged from a strong field to take victory in a course record 1:04:14.

Elsewhere, Adam Clayton beat his own Scottish indoor 200m record, clocking 20.86 seconds at Texas Tech Track & Field.
 
Our media were rightly going in hard on the Russian kid and now our own guys are testing positive aswell.

Scandalous behaviour and he has unfortunately cost his team mates a well deserved medal.

Its probably not feasible given it was a collective effort but part of me feels that the rest of them should get to keep theirs.
 
Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith saw off a high-quality field to win her first 100m outing of the season at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting.

The 26-year-old got off to a fast start and held Tokyo bronze medallist Shericka Jackson at bay in the final 20 metres to win in 11.11 seconds.

Fellow Briton Daryll Neita was third in 11.14, with American 200m specialist Gabby Thomas down in fifth.

Asher-Smith's time, in a 0.1m/s headwind, was well off her 10.83 best.

However, her powerful, clean getaway from the blocks bodes well as she builds up to a season in which she will attempt to improve on her world silver from 2019 and defend her European title in the event.

"It was good for my first 100m of the season against a very strong field," she told BBC Sport.

"I could have done a few things differently if I'm being picky but I'm very happy to win against this field and in this wind.

"We're targeting the World Championships but also to perform at all three championships this summer, so you have to ease into it.

"I will take that for an opener although I'm sure on Monday my coach will come with about 100 million things that could have been better!"

Asher-Smith returned later to help Great Britain win the women's 4x100m relay by a huge margin.

Earlier in the day Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir produced a typically ruthless piece of front-running to win the 1500m, taking the pace out along with Jessica Hull before edging away from the Australian over the final lap to win in four minutes 2.81 seconds.

"I am looking forward to getting my first sub-four this year but happy to nail the World Championships standard early in the season," said the Scot.

"I want to do all three championships this year.

"There were no natural frontrunners in the race so I thought I needed to be prepared to take it out."

Muir's training partner Jemma Reekie was fifth.

Keely Hodgkinson looked fully recovered from the quad injury that forced her out of the World Indoor Championships earlier this year as she strode clear of the field in impressive style in the 800m.

Her winning time of 1:58.63 is the fourth fastest in the world this year, although a tougher test is in store next weekend when she resumes her rivalry with American Olympic champion Athing Mu at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene.

"It's still early days but it's exciting," Hodgkinson said of her performance.

"It's a confidence booster and I want to build on it with two months to go before the World Championships.

"I am heading to Prefontaine now and expecting a big battle but it will be a great experience for me."

BBC
 
American sprinter Fred Kerley made a "statement" in clocking 9.79 seconds in his 100m heat at the World Championships, says Michael Johnson.

The Olympic silver medallist sent out an extraordinary warning of his form as he seeks a first world medal over the shorter sprint distance.

It was the fastest heat time ever recorded in World Championship history.

"There's definitely more in the tank, that was very easy," said four-time Olympic champion Johnson on BBC TV.

"I was watching how [Kerley] ran that race and he just looked so easy, confident, in control of the race from start to finish and runs 9.79, that's an incredible time for him.

"This track is quick, there's no doubt about that, but an amazing performance."

BBC
 
The World Championships begin on Friday in Oregon, with the world's best going toe to toe at a gleaming Hayward Field venue.

Dina Asher-Smithis set to compete in the 100m and 200m and after her success in Doha she will be hoping for a spot on the podium.

Katarina Johnson-Thompsonis back from injury and looking to make her mark on the heptathlon. GB'sKeely Hodgkinsonis also up against a strong field in the 800m but will be looking to continue her success after winning the silver in Tokyo.

Great Britain also have a medal threat in the men's 1500m with Olympic bronze medallistJosh Kerrin great form.
 
Fred Kerley won his first individual World Championship title as he led an American clean sweep of the men's 100m medals on home soil.
 
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a record fifth women's 100m world title in a Jamaican clean sweep of the medals as Dina Asher-Smith finished fourth.

Fraser-Pryce ran a championship record of 10.67 seconds to finish ahead of silver medallist Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who took bronze.

She is the first person to win five golds in an individual track event at the World Athletics Championships.

GB's Asher-Smith equalled her British record of 10.83 in Eugene, Oregon.

Michael Johnson column: 'Fraser-Pryce's longevity impressive - and underrated'
Johnson-Thompson sixth after day one of heptathlon
"This performance is phenomenal for me and I've had a fantastic championships," said Asher-Smith, who won silver in the event at the 2019 Worlds in Doha. "I really couldn't fault it but I'm so gutted that it didn't get me on the podium. I was so close. But that's just champs. I'm upset.

"It's been an interesting season for me so far. I've been in physical shape for a bit but I've had some life things that I'll probably talk about more after the 200m. I needed to make sure my mind was actually in the race rather than with my family or here.

"We're looking to keep going faster throughout the summer into Commonwealths and Europeans. But I definitely came here with an eye to get on to the podium."

It is the first time a nation has taken a clean sweep of the women's 100m medals at a World Championship, and comes a day after the United States completed the one-two-three in the men's 100m final.

The same Jamaican trio achieved the feat at last year's Olympics in Tokyo - Thompson-Herah winning her second gold on that occasion - with the nation also doing it at the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Asher-Smith's GB team-mate Daryll Neita missed out on a place in the final, finishing third in her semi-final in 10.97.

On Saturday, 26-year-old Asher-Smith had qualified fastest for the semi-finals in 10.84, the second quickest time of her career, and placed second in 10.89 in her semi-final behind Jackson on Sunday.

She drew lane eight for the final and after a good start, looked the most likely to threaten the Jamaicans' podium domination but was reeled in by Jackson and Thompson-Herah.

Asher-Smith's narrow miss of the podium - by just 0.02 seconds - comes after a mixed start to the season, in which she was beaten by Neita to the 100m UK title.

"I was in better shape than the times I was running throughout the season," she added.

"I know sometimes it must have sounded crazy when I was saying I was in good shape and then the races were popping up with something different.

"But it is psychological. It's one of those things where you really have to be in the room and emotionally in the room.

"For lots of the season I couldn't do that. I didn't have it in me. That's just life stuff. I'm happy that I got it in time but I'm gutted."

Fraser-Pryce 'feels blessed'
Two-time Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce's fifth world title comes 13 years after her first, won in 2009 in Berlin.

She now has 10 World Championship titles across the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Three of those have come since she gave birth to her son in 2017.

"I feel blessed to have this talent and to continue to do it at 35, having a baby, still going, and hopefully inspiring women that they can make their own journey," said Fraser-Pryce.

"I can't even imagine the amount of times I've had setbacks and I've bounced back and I'm here again.

"I continue to remind myself that sometimes it's not because you don't have the ability but it's the right time. It was the right time and I'm so, so grateful for the continuous support.

"This is the third one-two-three that I've been a part of and I'm so excited. I was able to come away with the win."

Fraser-Pryce became the oldest woman to claim a 100m world title in 2019, and after extending that record by three years in Eugene, shows no signs of winding down.

"It's my favourite world title - doing it at 35, yes I said 35," Fraser-Pryce said.

"Whenever I'm healthy I'm going to compete. I'm hungry, I'm driven and I always believe I can run faster and I'm not going to stop until I stop believing that."
 
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim adds another gold medal in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics Championships

Mutaz Essa Barshim won his third consecutive gold medal in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field Monday night.

Barshim cleared 7 feet, 7¾ inches to win the gold medal. Barshim had won the world titles in London in 2017 and Doha in 2019. He also shared the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

South Korea’s Sanghyeok Woo finished second with a jump of 7-7 and Ukraine’s Andriy Protsenko was third at 7-6¼. Shelby McEwen of the United States finished fifth at 7-5¼.

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Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali believes he is the "king of steeplechase" after adding the world title to his Olympic Games gold.

The 26-year-old put on a tactical masterclass over the 3,000m course in Eugene to end Kenya's 15-year reign in the discipline at the World Athletics Championships.

In a repeat performance of his Olympic success in Tokyo last year, he stayed near the back of the leading pack for much of the race before making the decisive move in the last 200m to claim gold in a time of eight minutes 25.13 seconds.

"I am the king of steeplechase because I have gained confidence on the track. That's why I am the Olympic champion and now the world champion," El Bakkali told BBC Sport Africa.

Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma had to settle for silver once again, having finished second in Tokyo and in Doha three years ago, while Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto, the 2019 champion, ended with bronze.

Kenyan runners had won men's steeplechase gold in every edition of the World Championships since Brimin Kipruto's success in Osaka in 2007 and El Bakkali said his finishing speed had been the key to victory in Oregon.

"The course was very tactical, slow. We had very good runners like defending champion Kipruto," said El Bakkali, who beamed as he waved the Moroccan flag over his head.

"I positioned well in the last lap. I am very strong in the 400m and it worked out for me.

"After the semi-final I had a good look at the strategy of the Kenyan athletes. I was on my own, the only Moroccan in the race, but I did not limit myself to winning silver nor bronze. Instead I managed to come first in two world league meetings and now the World Championship."

Girma, after another second-placed finish, intends to reassess his training with an eye toward next year's World Championships in Budapest.

"The pace was very slow today, my tactic did not work and that [cost] me the gold," he said.

"I was trying to change the tactic but the pace limited me very much. I will go for gold next year and my training is starting from now on."

Dethroned world champion Kipruto, meanwhile, said he "did not execute the race as planned".

"I was running against athletes who have two years of consistent running when I was struggling," he added.

"It was never going to be easy. But I take the bronze positively."

Meanwhile two-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya took 1500m gold in an astonishing time of 3:52.96 to regain her world title.

Kipyegon first took the crown in London in 2017 and becomes the first woman to win four global 1500m titles, with Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay second and Britain's Laura Muir in third.

Winning silver in Doha in 2019, having spent 12 months out of competitive running the year before when her daughter was born, meant crossing the line first in Eugene was even more fulfilling for the Kenyan.

"I knew it was going to be fast so I was really expecting that tight race," she told BBC Sport.

"I was not scared. I was like 'everything is possible' and I had to calm down, enjoy the race and I won.

"It feels very good to get back the world title that I lost in 2019 when I was coming back from giving birth to my daughter, who means the world to me."

BBC
 
Shock victory as Jake Wightman claims World Championships gold

Headset on and heart beating out of his chest, Hayward Field commentator Geoff Wightman knew he had a job to do, but composure was in short supply. As reasons go, his was about as good as you could possibly get.

“I have to explain why the stadium camera has just focused on me,” he somehow managed to blurt out, as his face filled the screen moments after the men’s 1,500 metres final. “That’s my son, I coach him and he’s the world champion.”

Lying about 50m below him on the Eugene track, in a similar state of disbelief, was Jake Wightman, who had just produced the race of his life to win World Championships gold.

Jake has long been an excellent athlete: an Olympic finalist, a world finalist, a European and Commonwealth bronze medallist. But it will take something extraordinary this week for there to be a bigger shock victory than the one he had just achieved. In truth, it is difficult to think of a more surprising British world triumph in recent history.

So unexpected was it that the medal ceremony had to be brought forward because Jake’s flight home was due to depart before his podium moment was originally due to take place the following day.

“It’s not going to sink in for about a year, I don’t think,” said Jake immediately after.

His win came courtesy of the perfect race. For 1,200 of the 1,500m he had to run, he simply let all of his more fancied rivals burn themselves out.

First Kenya’s Abel Kipsang, who had not lost a race all season, fell away after leading for the first two laps. Then his compatriot, world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, did likewise.

With Britain’s Olympic bronze medallist Josh Kerr failing to ever muscle his way into proceedings and eventually finishing fifth, only one rival remained for Jake to pass.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen has long been a phenomenon. The Olympic champion is the fastest non-African in history and is part of an extraordinary family story, coached by his father Gjert alongside his two brothers.

In the battle of the father-son duos, there was only expected to be one winner. And yet when Wightman passed Ingebrigtsen with 200m remaining, the Norwegian had no answer.

Wightman’s winning time of two minutes 29.23 seconds was not only a personal best, but also the second-fastest winning time in World Championships history. Ingebrigtsen held on for silver in 3-29.47, with Spain’s Mohamed Katir claiming bronze in 3-29.90.

Wightman’s victory was Britain’s first in the event since Steve Cram in 1983. Cram, commentating on BBC said: “He is a very smart runner. I don’t know too many people who have a better racing brain. When he is fit, he puts himself in exactly the right positions. It doesn’t matter what the pace is. He is a racer.

“It has been a long wait [for another British triumph]. It’s just a great story because he is the sort of athlete that so many others can look up to. He wasn’t smashing records when he was a junior, age-group records or anything. Just steady, steady progress, a real commitment to what he does.

“He believes in himself, he is not brash, he just waits until he is ready and he has produced the performance there. I couldn’t be happier for him.”

Dina Asher-Smith forced to work hard
Meanwhile, Dina Asher-Smith was forced to work hard to continue the defence of her world 200m title, pushing right to the line to finish second in her semi-final.

Faced with a three-way battle against Jamaica’s Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and America’s Tamara Clark, Asher-Smith was unable to conserve any energy to secure her place in Thursday’s final, running 21.96sec - the third fastest time of her life.

In a blanket finish, that was only good enough for second place, with Clark triumphing in 21.95sec and Thompson-Herah coming third in 21.97sec.

“I am really happy with that,” said Asher-Smith. “I knew that each of these three semi-finals, the field is so wide open and the quality is so high.

“We knew that we had to run this very well, so I was really happy to get second. I didn’t actually know if I came first or third so I was just waiting.

“Navigating your way through the rounds and making it into the final, that is part of the skill.”

Asher-Smith and her semi-final rivals look destined to battle for bronze, with Jamaican duo Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce easing to victory in their respective semi-finals to qualify fastest for the final.

Jackson looked hugely impressive in posting a rapid 21.67sec without exerting herself, while 100m champion Fraser-Pryce was similarly unflustered with her victory in 21.82sec.

Prior to these championships, the quickest time ever run in a world 200m semi-final was 22.12sec. In Eugene on Tuesday, 22.08sec was not even quick enough to make the final.

American pair Erriyon Knighton and Noah Lyles - the fourth and fifth fastest runners in history - look destined for an epic tussle in the men’s 200m after winning their semi-finals in 19.77sec and 19.62sec respectively.

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Eleanor Patterson claims historic high jump gold medal at World Athletics Championships
Australian Eleanor Patterson has shocked the world by becoming the first ever Aussie to take home the gold medal in women’s high jump.

Australian has a new world champion.

Eleanor Patterson stunned the world by becoming the first Australian to win womens’s high jump gold at the World Athletics Championship.

The 26-year-old recorded a personal best of 2.02m, equaling the Oceania record, during the event in Oregon on Wednesday (AEST).

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh failed three times to clear the bar at 2.04m as she attempted to better the Aussie’s mark.

The missed attempts handed Patterson the gold medal on countback.

The pair faced off at the indoor championships earlier this year with Mahuchikh emerging victorious.

She’s just the 10th Australian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championship. Italy’s Elena Vallortigara claimed the bronze medal with a jump of 2.00m.

Patterson’s unbelievable victory comes after she walked away from the sport after missing out on selection for the 2018 Commonwealth Games team.

After moving to Sydney in 2019, the star quickly changed things around and began regaining the form that once had her on top of the world.

Patterson finished fifth in Tokyo before her silver medal earlier this year at the indoor championships.

Social media quickly erupted after Patterson’s historic victory in an event Australia had never captured a women’s medal in.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ELEANOR PATTERSON<br><br>World High Jump Champion!!!!!<br><br>What a story - freak junior, won &#55356;&#57102; Youth title, suffered a toxic relationship, retired from the sport so young, a phone call from Alex Stewart to check in on her, she comes back to the sport - Olympic Final, Indoor &#55358;&#56648; - now &#55356;&#57102; &#55358;&#56647;</p>— Jason Richardson (@JaseRicho) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaseRicho/status/1549587299117441024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GOLD! 🥇<br><br>Britain's Jake Wightman produced a stunning run to take 1500m gold at the World Championships! 👏 <br><br>More ⤵️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBCAthletics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBCAthletics</a></p>— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1549628921397788674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
What a result for Jake Wightman!

Doing Team GB proud :)
 
Neeraj Chopra eyes history at World Athletics Championships

All eyes on Neeraj as his World championships campaign begins at Hayward Field
NEW DELHI: The moment everyone has been waiting for is here. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin his much-awaited campaign at the World athletics championships in Eugene early Friday morning (India time) when he, along with compatriot Rohit Yadav, will compete in the men's javelin throw qualification rounds in Group A & B at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in the US.
Neeraj, who is aiming to become the country's first-ever track and field world champion in the event's 39-year-long history, is expected to top the qualification stage and reach the final, scheduled early Sunday morning on the concluding day of the event.

Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George is the first and the only Indian ever to win a medal at the World athletics championships - a bronze with a leap of 6.70m - at the 2003 Paris edition of the meet.
In his debut outing at the 2017 Worlds in London, Neeraj had failed to qualify for the final round. He couldn't clear the automatic qualification mark of 83m, with his best throw recorded being 82.26m.

"I would look to compete at the World Championships with a pressure-free mindset. I won't like to bring that aura of invincibility with me that 'oh, I am an Olympic champion'. I will put my natural game into play and give my 100 percent on the field. For every athlete, the target is always the gold. It's the same for me," Neeraj had recently told TOI during an exclusive interaction from his training base in Chula Vista.
The reigning CWG and Asian Games champion will be looking to breach the 90m milestone at the Worlds, a mark he has set his sights on reaching this year. Three weeks ago, Neeraj had launched the spear to his career's personal-best distance of 89.94m for the second-place finish at the Wanda Diamond League in Stockholm on June 30.

The Times of India
 
World Athletics Championships Eugene22 Day 5 Summary

Here is report from day of the World Athletics Championships 2022 which takes place at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos won his first world gold medal in the men’s 400 metres hurdles setting a championship record with 46.29.

Dos Santos became the first South American athlete to win a medal in the 400m hurdles in the history of the World Championships. He set a Brazilian, South American and US all-comers record and the third fastest time in history at world level.

Alison Dos Santos: “I am so happy. The energy of the crowd was amazing. I felt their love., people hugging me. When you win, you start being everyone’s favourite. That’s pretty awesome to win the world title on this track. I didn’t care about the time because this is the first time I won a world title. I think I can run faster. I don’t think you will have a perfect race. I will always look for ways to improve”.

Raj Benjamin won his third consecutive global silver medal in 46.89 repeating his second places from the World Championships in Doha 2019 and the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021.

Raj Benjamin: “My season has been rough, but I dug deep and it turned out this way. I am grateful for silver. I got it done. I chopped a few hurdles and my race went out the window, but when I heard USA, USA, I ran as fast as I could to keep my second place”.

Trevor Bassitt edged former European under 20 champion Wilfried Happio by 0.02 in 47.39.

Trevor Bassitt: “To come out here, run a PB on the biggest stage and get a bronze, it’s all I could ask for. You can’t do any better than your best and I think a medal is an incredible blessing. Sometimes you just have to run fast and that’s what happened today. It’s unbelievable. To make my first world outdoor championship and get a final, it’s not something a lot of people can say”.

Happio had to settle with fourth place In 47.41 running faster than Karsten Warholm’s winning time in the previous edition of the World Championships in Doha. This time would have enough to win 14 of the past 17 world titles.

Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm placed seventh in 48.42 after stumbling at the eighth hurdle.

Karsten Warholm: “It was a very tough race. I had an injury but to me it’s always your fight and giving your all and leaving it all on the track. I felt I did that. I hope looking back I will feel proud of that, even though I prefer to take a medal”.

Men’s discus throw:

Kristjan Ceh won the world title in the men’s discus throw setting a championship record of 71.13m.

The Slovenian discus giant won 13 of his 14 competitions and threw the discus three times beyond the 70 metres barrier this year.

Kristjan Ceh: “I knew I had the ability to produce a big throw, but this is a major championship. Of course the main goal was to secure the spot, but the best bit was the 71-metre throw. It was a fast circle here but everybody has the same conditions and you just need to trust yourself. We have some time before the European Championships and I want to be the best there”.

Former world champion Andrius Gudzius took the early lead with a throw of 67.31m overtaking his younger compatriot Mykolas Alekna, who started the competition with a throw of 66.59m.

Ceh moved into the lead with a throw of 69.02m in the second round. Alekna, the son of two-time World and Olympic champion Virgilius Alekna, threw the discus to 67.87m to take second place ahead of his compatriot Gudzius.

In the third round Ceh sent the discus out to 71.13m improving the championship record of 70.17m held by Virgilius Alekna since Helsinki 2005.

Daniel Stahl threw the discus close to 70 metres with 69.16m, but his attempt was later ruled to be a foul throw.

Alekna and Gudzius improved their best mark to 69.27m and 67.55m. Stahl set his best performance of the day with 67.10m to end the competition in fourth place. For the first time in the history of the World Championships five men threw beyond 67 metres.

Matthew Denny from Australia and Alin Firfirica from Romania produced their best performance of the day throwing 66.47m and 65.57m. Alex Rose threw 65.57m reaching the first top finish for Samoa in any event in the World Championships.

Women’s high jump:

Eleanor Patterson from Australia won the world title with 2.02m on her first attempt equaling the Oceanian outdoor record set by her compatriot Nicola Olyslagers (née McDermott).

Eleanor Patterson: “I knew I could bring a big performance. I have not competed much, but to come here tonight, seeing all these phenomenal athletes doing so well, I am just so humbled. I just could not believe I am the champion”.

World indoor champion Yaroslava Mahuchik cleared 2.02m on her second attempt to win the silver medal on countback.

Elena Vallortigara from Italy won the bronze medal after clearing 2.00m on her first attempt. Iryna Gerashchenko cleared 2.00m on her second attempt to place fourth on countback.

Eight women remained in contention when the bar was raised to 1.98m. Mahuchik, Vallortigara, Patterson and Gerashchenko cleared 1.98m at the first time of asking. Olyslagers made three unsuccessful attempts at 1.98m.

Safina Sadullayeva from Uzbekistan failed one attempt at 1.98m, but she passed this height and failed her final two attempts at 2.00m.

Vallortigara continued her clean sheet by clearing 2.00m on her first attempt to hold on her lead. The Italian jumper set the second best performance of her career four years after improving her PB to 2.02m in London in 2018.

Patterson and Mahuchik cleared 2.00m on their second attempts. Gerashchenko improved her PB to 2.00m on her second attempt.

Patterson had a first-time clearance at 2.02m. Mahuchik needed two attempts to clear this height. Vallortigara and Gerashchenko failed their three attempts at 2.02m.

Vallortigara reached the podium in a global championship for the third time after winning bronze medals at the World Under 18 Championships in Ostrava 2007 and at the World Under 20 Championships in Moncton 2010. She has become the second Italian high jumper to win a world outdoor medal following in the footsteps of Antonietta Di Martino, who finished third twice in Berlin 2009 and Daegu 2011.

Elena Vallortigara: “It’s a dream come true. I have not sunk it in. I have aimed for this medal for such a long time. This medal is worth a career. I am really proud for me, my coach Stefano Giardi and the work we have done to reach this achievement. When I jumped 2.00m, I realized that something marvelous could happen. I even dreamed a medal of a different colour. I thought it would not be so difficult. Today I thought that I could break the Italian record. For the first time I was in top shape. I am sure I will not sleep tonight”.

Olyslagers finished fifth with 1.96m beating Safina Sadullayeva from Uzbekistan, seventeen-year-old Karmen Bruus from Estonia and Nadezhda Dubovitskaya from Kazakhstan on countback. Bruus equalled the world under 18 and the national record to place seventh with 1.96m.

Final men’s 1500 metres:

European and Commonwealth bronze medallist Jake Wightman from Great Britain won a surprising 1500m world gold medal improving his PB to 3:29.23 holding off Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who also ran a great race taking the silver medal in 3:29.47. Mohamed Katir from Spain also broke the 3:30 barrier to complete an all European podium with his third place in 3:29.90. European Under 23 silver medallist and NCAA Championships second placer Mario Garcia from Spain placed fourth in a lifetime best of 3:30.20 (the fastest ever time by a collegiate athlete) ahead of Olympic bronze medallist Josh Kerr from Great Britain (3:30.60), Timothy Cheruiyot (3:30.69) and Abel Kipsang (3:31.21).

Wightman bounced back from his 10th place in the Olympic 1500m final in Tokyo last year. The 28-year-old Scottish middle-distance runner is coached by his father Geoff Wightman, a former marathon runner and the in-stadium announcer at these championships and at many other big athletics events in Great Britain. His mother Susan was also an elite marathon runner and was also at Hayward Field.

Abel Kipsang went to the front ahead of Ingebrigtsen and defending champion Timothy Cheruiyot. Wightman was running just behind them.

Ingebrigtsen took the lead with two laps to go, closely followed by Kipsang, Cheruiyot and Wightman.

Ingebrigtsen was leading ahead of Cheruiyot and Wightman, but the British athlete moved into the lead with 200 metres to go to take the title.

Wightman clocked 54.84 in the final lap.

“It probably won’t sunk in until I have retired. It’s mad. I had such a disappointing year in Tokyo last year. I don’t think people realise how crushing it was to go in with such high expectations and come away hoping for a medal but ending 10th”.

Ingebrigtsen will have the chance to bounce back in the 5000 metres.

Men’s 200 metres semifinals:

US sprinters set the top three times in the 200m semifinals. Reigning world champion Noah Lyles set the fastest time with 19.62 beating Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Bednarek, who improved his seasonal best to 19.84.

Noah Lyles: “My coach told me to get out a little bit of the beast today”

Eighteen-year-old Erryion Knighton won the third semifinal in 19.77. Aaron Brown edged Filippo Tortu by three thousands of a second in 20.10. Tortu narrowly missed the qualifying spot but he improved his PB by 0.01.

Alexander Ogando from Dominican Republic won his semifinal in 19.91 edging this year’s double NCAA champon Joseph Fahnbulleh from Liberia by 0.01. World 100m champion Fred Kerley suffered from a cramp and finished sixth in 20.58.

Fred Kerley: “I caught a cramp. It’s part of the game. I am on to the next competition”

Women’s 200 metres semifinals:

This year’s 200 metres Jamaican champion Shericka Jackson set the fastest semifinal time with 21.67 beating Aminatou Seyni from Niger (22.04). Mujinga Kambundji improved her own Swiss record to 22.05 to reach her second final at these championships.

Shericka Jackson: “I am strong, I am fast, so it was not surprising”.

Five-time 100m world champion Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce set her seasonal best with 21.82 to win the third semifinal ahead of US champion Abby Steiner (22.15).

Tamara Clarke clocked the third best time of 21.95 beating Dina Asher Smith, who improved her seasonal best to 21.96. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah dipped under 22 seconds for the first time this season with 21.97 to secure her spot in the final.

Women’s 400 metres hurdles heat:

World record holder Sydney McLaughlin won the first women’s 400 metres hurdles heat in 53.95 on the track where she broke her own world record clocking 51.41 in the US Championships.

Femke Bol ran faster than McLaughlin winning the third heat wit 53.90.

Sydney McLaughlin: “Just checking out, getting ready for the next round, getting used to the stadium. The atmosphere was good. Lane eight is not ideal, but I only had to do what I needed, and I am just really happy”.

Janieve Russell from Jamaica won the second heat in 54.42 beating 2015 world silver medallist Shamier Little (54.77).

Reigning world champion Dalilah Muhammad returned to her best form by winning the fourth heat with 54.45.

This year’s NCAA champion Britton Wilson claimed the final heat in 54.54 ahead of Italian champion Ayomide Folorunso, who came close to her seasonal best of 54.69.

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Britain's Eilish McColgan and Jessica Judd are through to the 5,000m final at the World Championships in Oregon and Matthew Hudson-Smith is in the 400m final, but medal hope Max Burgin withdrew from the 800m with injury.

McColgan ran a season's best 14 minutes 56.47 to advance and Judd 14:57.64.

Caster Semenya's 15:46.12 was not enough to qualify, however, with the South African middle-distance great running the 5,000m because she is barred from races between 400m and a mile over her testosterone levels.

Semenya - a two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion over 800m - finished 13th in her heat, around 45 seconds off the time required to reach the final.

The 31-year-old cannot compete at her preferred distance unless she takes medication to reduce her testosterone levels.

"I am learning and I am willing to learn even more," said Semenya. "It was hot, could not keep up with the pace, I tried to stick as much as I can."

Ethiopia's 10,000m champion Letesenbet Gidey qualified fastest in 14:52.27. Britain's Amy-Eloise Markovc failed to qualify but ran a season's best time of 15:31.62.
 
Complete highlights from the 2022 World Athletics Championships day six, Wednesday, July 20 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

China’s Feng Bin improved her PB by more three metres to 69.12m to win a surprising world gold medal. Bin had set a lifetime best of 66.00m last April.

Feng becomes the second best Chinese discus thrower to win the world title after Li Yangfeng in Daegu 2011.

Feng Bin: “I am so excited and I have to say all opponents did a very good job today. I did not expect this result coming to Eugene. I just wanted to show my best. After failing to reach the Olympic final in Tokyo, my coach gave me the support and courage. He pushed me to move forward and to work hard. He taught me how to not give up. I have a huge respect to all my rivals in this final. I would like to catch them up in the future and to be more stable with my results ”.

Double Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic from Croatia set a seasonal best of 68.45m on her second attempt to win the silver medal. Perkovic also produced a second best attempt of 67.74m in the fifth round. The Croatian thrower has become the first woman to win five world championships medals following her world gold medals in Moscow 2013 and London 2017, silver in Beijing 2015 and bronze in Doha 2019.

Sandra Perkovic: “We did not expect the Chinese thrower to beat us all. Today I know that I have more in my hand, but I could not reach it. I am glad that after 2009, when I first managed going in the final in Berlin, I am still here and taking the silver medal. I am pleased”

Olympic gold medallist Valarie Allman clinched the bronze medal with a throw of 68.30m in the third round to become the first US athlete to reach the podium in the discus throw in World Championships history. Allman produced a second best over the 68 metres barrier with 68.05m in the fifth round. Allman entered the final with a world lead of 71.46m set last April.

Valarie Allman: “It was bittersweet today. I feel that I had so much that I could have shown today and it would have been so special to do it at home. Sometimes you need extra motivation to take away a lot from not being at the top of the podium and I am excited to use that going forward”.

Jorinde Van Klinken from the Netherlands placed fourth with 64.97m.

Women's 3000m steeplechase

Norah Jeruto from Kazakhstan won the world gold medal in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase setting the championships record of 8:53.02. The former Kenyan runner set the third fastest time in the world all-time list. She had set her previous PB of 8:53.65 in the Eugene Diamond League meeting last year.

Jeruto had previously won the heat in 9:01.54 setting the second fastest time in the history of the World Championships, including finals.

For the first time in history the top three all broke the 9 minutes barrier in a 3000 metres steeplechase race.

African champion Werkuha Getachew from Ethiopia won the silver medal setting a national record of 8:54.61. Last year’s Olympic fourth placer Mekides Abebe from Ethiopia claimed the third place improving her PB to 8:56.08. Getachew and Abebe moved to fourth and fifth behind Jeruto in the world all-time list.

Winfried Yavi from Barhein finished fourth in 9:01.31 ahead of Albania’s Luiza Gega, who set the national record with 9:10.04. US Olympic silver medallist took sixth place with 9.10.59. Aimee Pratt set a British record of 9:15.64 to finish seventh ahead of 2017 world champion Emma Coburn (9:16.49).

Kazakhstan won the first ever gold medal in the history of the World Athletics Championships.

Jeruto made her debut on the international stage when she won the world under 18 gold medal in the 2000m steeplechase for Kenya. She switched allegiance to Kazakhstan last year but she missed the Olympic Games.

Norah Jeruto’s sister Daisy Jepkemei finished sixth in her 3000m steeplechase heat in 9:23.07.

Norah Jeruto: “At the start line I was afraid of my friends from Ethiopia. They are also champions like me, so I was scared of them. I tried my best to win the race and it was not easy. I decided to be at the front because I like to control the race, to make sure I can fight for medals. I have to thank my father and my mother, my coach and opponents, and my my manager and my sister. She missed out on qualifying for the final but I want to tell her that she is the next champion”.

Women’s 400 metres hurdles semifinals:

Reigning world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the first 400m hurdles semifinal in 53.28 ahead of Olympic finalist Anna Ryzhykova (54.51). Jamaican champion Janieve Russell finished third in 54.66, but it was not enough to advance to the final.

Olympic bronze medallist and European record holder medallist Femke Bol won the second semifinal in 52.84, setting the second fastest semifinal time ever at a World Championships. Shamier Little improved her seasonal best to 53.61 to reach the final. Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton and NCAA champion Rushell Clayton are the fastest non-automatic qualifiers with 53.63 and 53.72.

World record holder Sydney McLaughlin won the third semifinal in 52.17, setting the second fastest ever time in the history of the World Championships, just 0.01 slower than Muhamad’s winning time in the final of the World Championships in Doha 2019. Gianna Woodruff from Panama set the area record of 53.69 to reach the final in second place ahead Shiann Salmon from Jamaica (54.16) and Viktoria Tkachuk (54.24). Ayomide Folorunso broke Yadis Pedroso’s Italian record with 54.34, but she did not advance to the final.

Sydney McLaughlin: “I felt it was good to get faster. I just had to shake off some of the nerves and get ready for Friday. I can’t wait to have my teammates join in the final. I just want to be free, give all I have and leave it all on the track”.

Women’s 400 metres semifinals:

Double Olympic champion Shaunae Miller Uibo clocked the fastest semifinal time in a seasonal best of 49.55 beating Olympic finalist Candice McLeod (50.05). Anna Kielbasinska from Poland advanced to the final as the fastest non automatic qualifier in third place with 50.65.

Olympic silver medallist Marileidy Paulino from Dominican Republic won her semifinal in 49.98 beating Sada Williams from Barbados (50.12). This year’s US champion Tallitha Diggs did not get through to the final in third place 50.84.

Paulino’s compatriot Fiordaliza Cofil set her PB with 50.14 to win the second semifinal ahear of Lieke Klaver, who broke the Dutch record for the second time at these Championships with 50.18. Stephanie Ann McPherson was the second fastest non-automatic qualifier with 50.56.

Men’s 400 metres semifinal:

Two-time US champion Michael Norman won his semifinal setting the fastest time with 44.30, holding off British record holder Matthew Hudson Smith, who narrowly missed Thomas Schoenlebe’s European record by 0.05 with 44.38. Christopher Taylor was the second fastest non-automatic qualifier with 44.97.

Former world and Olympic champion Kirani James from Grenada won the second semifinal in 44.74 ahead of Olympic 4x400 silver medallist Bayapo Ndori from Botswana (44.94).

US Championships second placer Champion Allison claimed the win in the third semifinal in 44.71 holding off world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk from South Africa (44.75). Jonathan Jones from Barbados was the fastest no-automatic qualifier in third place with 44.78.

Men’s 800 metres heats:

Marco Arop from Canada ran the fastest 800m time with 1:44.56 beating Jesus Tonatiu Lopez from Mexico (1:44.67), Mark English from Ireland (1:44.76) and Catalin Tecuceanu from Italy (1:44.83 PB).

Peter Bol from Australia won the second heat in 1:45.50 holding off Kyle Langford from Great Britain (1.45.68) and Mariano Garcia from Spain (1:45.74). Mohad Zahafi from Morocco took first place in 1:46.15 beating Olympic finalist Gabriel Tual from France (1:46.34) and world under 20 champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:46.45). Bryce Hoppel did not advance to the semifinal after finishing fifth in 1:46.98.

Slimane Moula from Algeria dipped under the 1:45 barrier with 1:44.90 to win the sixth heat ahead of Wycliffe Kinyamal (1:45.08).

Donovan Brazier also did not get through to the semifinal after placing sixth in his heat in 1:46.72 and will undergo surgery next week to remove a small bone in his foot.

Women’s 5000 metres heats:

Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey ran the fastest time of the two heats with 14:52.27 just four days after winning the 10000m world gold medal. Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui from Kazakhstan finished second in this heat with 14:52.54 ahead of Olympic champion Sifan Hassan (14:52.89).

World 1500m bronze medallist Gudaf Tsegay from Ethiopia won the second heat in 14:52.64 beating her compatriot Dawit Seyaum (14:53.06) and Beatrice Chebet from Kenya (14:53.54).

Women’s javelin throw qualifying round:

Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchhi led the qualifying round with 64.32m. Olympic champion Liu Shiying from China produced the second best throw with 63.86m. Liveta Jasiunaite from Latvia was among the three automatic qualifiers with 63.86m. US Kara Winger and defending world champion Kelsey Lee Barber also advanced to the final with 61.30m and 61.27m respectively.

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Noah Lyles defended his world 200m title in emphatic fashion, beating Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton in another American clean sweep.

The race had been billed as a duel between Lyles and 18-year-old sensation Knighton.

But Lyles was in a class of his own, running an exceptional bend before powering home 19.31 seconds.

His time is one hundredth of a second better than the American record set by Michael Johnson at Atlanta 1996.

The style of Lyles' victory was as compelling as the statistic.

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The 25-year-old revved up the Eugene crowd before taking to his blocks, left Bednarek and Knighton in his wake and then paraded round the track, race suit torn in celebration and gold medal held aloft, to take the acclaim.

Olympic silver medallist Bednarek finished in 19.77, with Knighton third in 19.80. The men's 100m, won by Fred Kerley earlier in the week, was also an American 1-2-3.

The race was an hotly-anticipated finale to the seventh day of action. Lyles and Knighton, once apparently close, had crossed paths and words on the same track last month.

Lyles had celebrated his win over Knighton at the US Trials in June by pointing across his rival at the clock.

Knighton then walked out of their joint post-race interview, saying "it ain't finished".

However, Lyles thrived on the big occasion, while Knighton, who ran 19.49 earlier this year, seemed to shrink from it.

"I put myself under no pressure," Lyles told BBC Sport. "I came came out here to give it my 100%.

"That time was always going to come once I got a start I wanted.

"My dad [Kevin Lyles] grew up in that era racing against Michael Johnson, and I remember the Americans sweeping everything.

"Then we had to watch the Jamaicans dominating. I said to myself, 'when I get there I want to make sure the USA is dominating again'."

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A delighted Dina Asher-Smith won 200m world bronze to return to the major championship podium after a year of personal and physical pain.

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson took gold in the second-fastest time in history, winning in 21.45, only 0.11 seconds off the 34-year-old world record.

Jackson's compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won 100m gold earlier in the week, was second in 21.81 seconds.

Asher-Smith's 2021 Olympics campaign was wrecked by a hamstring injury.

The 26-year-old's grandmother, who she was especially close to, died earlier this year.

Asher-Smith sunk to the track after the finish, wreathed in smiles before embracing her mother Julie by the trackside.

"I don't think we have ever been in World final with that kind of talent," she told BBC Sport.

"I knew I just had to run as fast as my legs would carry me and really pray and hope it would be enough to get on the podium.

"I am so happy to made the podium in an era where everyone is running so fast."

She added that the death of her grandmother had "knocked me for six".

"She had been ill for some time and was such a bedrock of my family. I used to spend every day at her house as a child.

"For a long time athletics was at the back of my mind, my brain has been everywhere.

"It has been a really tough mental challenge to get through this season."

Jackson, who failed to make the 200m semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics after easing up too early in her heat, has been in spectacular form this season.

The 28-year-old is the fastest in the world this year and qualified fastest for the final.

She came off the turn behind Fraser-Pryce, but the former 400m specialist had the speed to reel in her compatriot and ended the race just short of Florence Griffith Joyner's 1988 world record.

Jackson succeeds Asher-Smith as world champion, but the Briton's win in Doha in 2019 was against a weaker field.

American Brittany Brown's silver-medal winning time three years ago would not even have earned a place in the final in Eugene.

Asher-Smith took the final place on the podium ahead of raft of high-quality rivals, with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and US collegiate champion Abby Steiner among those left in her wake.

Hodgkinson makes way into 800m semis

British Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson comfortably won her heat in 2:00.88 as she continued towards a 800m final showdown with American Athing Mu, the fastest woman in the world this year.

Hodgkinson's position at the front of the field ensured she avoided a pile-up of athletes following a fall in the pack on the final lap.

"I am healthy, my body is in one piece," said Hodgkinson. "I got my ankle clipped a few times but I am grateful to come through safely."

Jemma Reekie, whose season has been hindered by glandular fever, also qualified for the semi-finals. In a fast heat, the Scot clocked 1:59.09, her second-fastest time of 2022 to finish second.

Britons Ellie Baker and Alex Bell also advanced to the next round, which begins at 02:35 BST on Saturday.

However Kyle Langford and Daniel Rowden both failed to make the men's 800m final. Britain's Max Burgin, the fastest man in the world this year, pulled out of the event earlier this week with a calf injury.

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It was the first US podium sweep at the World Championships since Helsinki 2005 when Justin Gatlin beat Wallace Spearmon and John Capel.

Lyles led the third US podium sweep at these championships. The 200m triumph came five days after Fred Kerley’s win in the 100m ahead of Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell. In the shot put Ryan Crouser won the gold medal ahead Joe Kovacs and Josh Awotunde.

The clock first showed the winning time as a championship record of 19.32. This time would have tied Michael Johnson’s US record from the 1996 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The time was later corrected to 19.31m moving Lyles into third in the world all-time list behind Usain Bolt (19.19) and Yohan Blake (19.26).

Lyles, who won the 200m world gold medal in Doha 2019, becomes the third US sprinter to win back-to back titles at these championships after Calvin Smith and Michael Johnson.

Noah Lyles: “I saw the time popped up and I tied Michael Johnson’s US record. I was like: ‘You are going to do that ?’. Then the number was changed from 19.32 to 19.31. My whole mood changed. I was true in form for a world record, but I am OK with the US record. I literally had nothing left after I crossed the finish-line. Everybody dreams about this day. Today is my day. I knew it was coming. It’s an immaculate feeling to be on the podium with two fellow Americans. When I remember in Doha, it was just me. I felt just lonely. I have got two people run just as fast. They are close behind me. We are a dominant force in America now. I felt I got the best start I could possibly ask for. The race was basically set up for me. I was given lane six, an outside lane. To be honest, every step was purposeful, going out with the intent to win. I have given my all. This is by far the most fun I have ever had at a track meet and we still have the 4x100 relay to do”.


Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek won the silver medal in 19.77.

Kenny Bednarek: “Now I have a silver medal again. I just try to be better. This is just amazing experience and I want to come stronger next year”.

Nineteen-year-old world under 20 record holder Erryion Knighton finished third in 19.80 becoming the youngest ever individual sprint medallist at the World Championships. This year’s NCAA champion Joseph Fahnbulleh finished fourth in 19.84. Alexander Ogando just missed his own national record finishing fifth in 19.93.

Erriyon Knighton: “It feels good to be so young and be on the podium. There is more to come. I gave it my all. From the blocks, I had a small mess-up and that threw my race off, but I got a medal. I cannot complain. I am only 18 and I have some time to get in the weight room. Noah Lyles will be one of the greatest in the sport. It feels good coming from him”.

Women’s 200 metres final:

Jamaica Shericka Jackson won the 200 metres final in 21.45 setting the second fastest time in history. Jackson smashed the previous championship record of 21.63 set by Dafne Schippers in Beijing and missed Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record of 21.34 by 0.11.

With her gold medal in the 200m Jackson has become the first sprinter to complete a full set of medals at the World Championships over three different sprint distances following her 100m silver in Eugene and bronze medals in the 400 metres in Beijing 2015 and Doha 2019. Jackson celebrated her 28th birthday on 16 July.

Fraser Pryce was slightly ahead of Jackson in the first 100 metres clocking 11.03 to 11.04. Jackson ran 10.41 to Fraser Pryce’s 10.81 in the second part of the the race in the home straight.

Jackson has become the third Jamaican sprinter to win a 200m world gold medal after Merlene Ottey (Stuttgart 1993 and Goteborg 1995), Veronica Campbell Brown (Daegu 2011).

Shericka Jackson: “I was feeling great once I came out and put on the show. The fastest woman alive, the national and championships record. I cannot complain. I know that Shelly Ann is one of the best curve sprinters, so I knew she was going to go hard. I knew that I wanted to get gold, I had to run as hard as possible. I know I am strong and fast in the home straight. I knew if I eventually caught up with her, I could take it”.

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce won the silver medal in 21.81 following her fifth world gold medal in the 100m. Fraser Pryce missed her lifetime best by 0.02. The 35-year-old Jamaican sprint legend won her second medal at these championships after her world gold medal in Moscow 2013.

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce: “I got off like nobody. I really tried my best to win it and I am so grateful for the gift that I got”.

Defending world champion Dina Asher Smith won the world bronze medal in 22.02 three years after her triumph in Doha.

Dina Asher Smith: “I am so happy to make the podium. I do not think we are going to see anything like that again. I knew I really had to run today”.

Aminatou Seyni from Niger placed fourth in 22.12. This year’s NCAA and US champion Abby Steiner finished fifth in 22.22 ahead of Tamara Clarke (22.32), Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah (22.39) and 2019 world bronze medallist Mujinga Kambundji (22.55). Steiner ran her 55th race of her busy season and won the US and NCAA Championships.

Men’s 800 metres semifinal:

Olympic champion won the first men’s 800 metres semifinal in 1:45.38 beating his compatriot Wycliffe Kyniamal (1:45.49). Olympic fourth placer Peter Bol from Australia advanced on time in 1:45.58.

Algeria’s Djemal Sedjati won the second semifinal in 1:45.44 holding off Olympic finalist Gabriel Tual (1:45.53).


Slimane Moula from Algeria clocked the fastest time of the three semifinals with 1:44.89 beating Marco Arop from Canada (1:45.12). Last year’s world under 20 champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi reached the final in third place as the fastest non-automatic qualifier with 1:45.42.

Women’s 800 metres heats:

Diribe Welteji from Ethiopia won the first 800 metres heat setting the fastest time with 1:58.63 beating Jemma Reekie (1:59.09) and Adelle Tracey, who set her PB with 1:59.20.

Olympic gold and silver medallists Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson won their respective heats clocking 2:00.88 and 2:01.30. Renelle Lamote won a very competitive fourth heat in 2:00.71 beating Freweyni Hailu (2:00.83) and Ajée Wilson (2:01.02).

Men’s triple jump qualifying round:

Olympic champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo led the qualifying round with 17.16m. World and Olympic bronze medallist Fabrice Zango set the automatic qualifying mark of 17.15m. Emmanuel Ihemeje from Italy, who won the NCAA title in 2021 and finished second at the Collegiate Championships in Hayward Field this year, qualified with the third best mark of 17.13m. Olympic silver medallist Yaming Zhu from China and world indoor champion Lazaro Martinez jumped over the 17 metres with 17.08m and 17.06m. The final will feature European Under 23 champion Andrea Dallavalle from Italy (16.86m) and US jumpers Will Claye (16.84m) and Chris Carter (16.70m). Four-time world champion Christian Taylor, who is on a comeback trail after rupturing his Achilles tendon last year, did not get through to the final with 16.48m.

Men’s javelin throw:

Reigning world champion Anderson Peters from Grenada came close to the 90 metres barrier to lead the qualifying round with 89.91m. Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra from India set the second best qualifying mark with 88.39m. The only other athletes to throw beyond the automatic qualifying mark were Julian Weber from Germany (87.28m) and Jakub Vadlejch from Czech Republic (85.23m).

Men’s 5000 metres heats:

Oscar Chelimo from Uganda won the first heat 13:24.24 ahead of US Grant Fisher and Selemon Barega, who clocked the same time of 13:24.44 in a very close finish in the first 5000m heat. Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei advanced to the final in fourth place with 13:24.47. Nicholas Kimeli was outside the five automatic qualifying spots in sixth place with 13:24.56, but he got through to the final by less than half a second.

Jacob Krop won the second heat in the fastest time of the two semifinals with 13:13.30 beating Olympic 1500m champion Jacob Ingebrigtsen (13:13.62). Luis Grijalva from Guatemala reached the final in third place with a seasonal best of 13:14.04 beating Mohamed Ahmed from Canada (13:15.17).

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Sydney McLaughlin shatters 400m hurdles record to win gold

Sydney McLaughlin produced another astonishing run as she broke her own world record by almost three-quarters of a second to take 400m hurdles gold at the World Championships in Eugene.

The 22-year-old American left her rivals for dust as she came home in 50.68 seconds, smashing her own record of 51.41 seconds set in June.

"The time is absolutely amazing and the sport is getting faster and faster," said McLaughlin.

"I only get faster from here."

The Netherlands' Femke Bol, who won bronze at last year's Tokyo Olympics, took silver in 52.27, ahead of the United States' Dalilah Muhammad.

Muhammad held the world record after breaking it twice in 2019 - on the second occasion, running 52.16 to beat McLaughlin to gold at the last world championships in Doha.

Hudson-Smith claims world 400m bronze
But McLaughlin has improved that mark four times in the past 13 months, and has now run five of the six fastest times in history.

Her winning time was faster than the seventh and eighth-placed times in the women's flat 400m final, raced half an hour earlier on the same track.

McLaughlin said that the presence of fans and family, after the Covid pandemic took sport behind closed doors, has helped spur her on to new heights.

"The last 100 really hurt, but I'm grateful to have this crowd," she added.

"It was absolutely unreal to have my family in the stands. I have never had them together on one place."

Second-placed Bol said it was surreal to see McLaughlin's pace at first hand.

"It was crazy," Bol said. "She was so far in front at the end so I was always doubting if I really had a good race because it felt very good.

"It means a lot that she also broke the 51-second barrier.

"It is unbelievable but it is amazing to be a part of it and to come out second in such a race."

McLaughlin hinted once again that she may switch events, with a change to the 400m flat looking most likely.

"Me and [coach Bobby Kersee] are going to go back after the season, decide if this is still an event I even want to do, or if we're going to find something else because we've accomplished so much in it," she told NBC.

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World Athletics Championships: Matt Hudson-Smith wins 400m bronze to add to GB haul

Matt Hudson-Smith won his first World Championships medal, claiming 400m bronze with a gutsy run in Eugene.

The Briton, 27, went hard over the first 300m and then held off American rival Champion Allison and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk to take the final podium spot.

Michael Norman, of the USA, won gold in 44.29 seconds, ahead of Grenada's London 2012 champion Kirani James.

"This is just the beginning," Hudson-Smith, who ran 44.66, told BBC Sport.

"I don't think I have scratched the surface, if anything. I have got a monkey off my back getting a world medal. Now I push on from here."

In the wake of Norman's victory, the American crowd cheered Sydney McLaughlin to 400m hurdles victory in a stunning new world record time.

It was on the same Hayward Field track that Hudson-Smith broke Iwan Thomas' 25-year-old British record with a 44.35-second run in May.

However, the Englishman has always been adamant that he needs medals, not landmarks, at this point of his career.

At the age of 21, Hudson-Smith finished eighth in the Rio 2016 final, but came close to quitting the sport a year later, contemplating a career in strength and conditioning.

His mother convinced him to continue and he left his home city of Wolverhampton to train in the United States.

He missed last year's Olympics with the latest in a string of medical problems, but has returned in fine form this season.

He qualified second-fastest for the final before finally adding another medal to his 2018 European gold.

"It's mad," he added. "I don't think people know the half of it. These past three years have been a whirlwind - Achilles tendon tears, hamstring tears, a lot of mental health issues.

"I was just hanging on for dear life at the end there."

Hudson-Smith will return home to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where, with James opting to miss the Games, he will be favourite in front of a home crowd.

Hudson-Smith's medal is Great Britain's fourth of the Championships following Jake Wightman's 1500m gold and bronzes for Laura Muir in the 1500m and Dina Asher-Smith at 200m.

Miller-Uibo finally claims world gold
Bahamas' double Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo finally claimed the world title that has eluded her in her five previous World Championships finals as she strode away with 400m gold in the women's race.

The 28-year-old came off the final bend well clear of the Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino and the rest of the field could not make any inroads into her lead.

Miller-Uibo won in a world leading 49.11 seconds, half a second clear of Paulino with Barbados' Sara Williams taking bronze.

Elsewhere, Great Britain's Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson put in composed performance to win her 800m semi-final in 1:58.51.

However American Olympic champion Athing Mu was fastest into the final, easing up en route to an impressive victory in 1:58.12.

Jemma Reekie, fourth in last summer's Olympic final, saw her World Championships campaign end at the semi-final stage after she finished fifth in a heat won by Kenyan contender Mary Moraa.

Hodgkinson, Mu and Moraa will vie for gold at 02:35 BST on Monday.

"I think Athing is going to be strong, she is a good competitor," said Hodgkinson.

"But I do not think that the gold medal is already on anyone's neck. There is a good five of us battling for the medal. So it is going to be very stormy race."

British relay teams advance to finals
Great Britain made their way into the 4x100m final safely and in style, with Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita winning their heat in 41.99 ahead of Jamaica.

Both teams will strengthen for the final at 03:30 BST on Sunday. Asher-Smith will come into the British quartet, while Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who completed a clean sweep of the 100m final earlier in the week, are likely to be brought into the Jamaican team.

The United States, with 100m finalists Melissa Jefferson and Aleia Hobbs in their team, qualified quickest in 41.56 seconds.

Great Britain's men's team, world champions in 2017, also qualified for the final, but are up against an impressive United States team, featuring Noah Lyles, Christian Coleman and Marvin Bracy.

The USA qualified fastest in 37.87, with Great Britain seventh fastest in 38.49.

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EUGENE, UNITED STATES - American Sydney McLaughlin set the world championships alight Friday when she obliterated her own world record en route to gold in the 400m hurdles.

In a consummate display of front-foot running, McLaughlin left a loaded field for dead from the gun, haring through the tape in an astonishing 50.68 seconds. It sliced more than half a second off her previous world mark of 51.41sec set last month.

"We took the 400m hurdles and made it something you want to watch," said McLaughlin, adding that she was proud to have once again delivered at a "big-stage race".

"I knew the pressure was going to be there tonight. The time is absolutely amazing and the sport is getting faster and faster. Just figuring out what barriers can be broken. I only get faster from here."

Femke Bol of the Netherlands took silver in 52.27sec while defending champion Dalilah Muhammad of the United States took bronze in 53.13.

To put McLaughlin's staggering performance in perspective, her time after negotiating 10 hurdles over 400m would have seen her beat two runners in the women's flat 400m final, and raced just minutes beforehand. That race was won by two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas.

Miller-Uibo, who was deprived of gold in Doha in 2019 by Salwa Eid Nasr of Bahrain -- since banned from the Tokyo Games and these championships after three missed doping tests -- timed a world lead of 49.11sec at Hayward Field.

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic claimed silver in 49.60sec, with Sada Williams of Barbados taking bronze in a national record of 48.75.

The men's one-lap final was claimed by American Michael Norman, whose victory made up for a disappointing fifth-placed finish at the Tokyo Olympics. Norman, who failed to advance from the semi-finals in the Doha worlds in 2019 with a thigh injury, clocked a winning time of 44.29sec.

Three-time Olympic medallist and 2011 world champion Kirani James of Grenada claimed silver with 44.68sec, while Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith took bronze (44.66).

World record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who set the record of 43.04sec when winning gold at the Rio Olympics, finished fifth in 44.97sec. Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber retained her javelin title, the current Olympic bronze medallist throwing a best of 66.91 metres.

There was drama in the battle for silver and bronze, however, as American Kara Winger (64.05m) and Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi (63.27) snatched the respective medals with their sixth and final throws.

- Easy does it for Duplantis -

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis made his first appearance at Hayward Field, easily qualifying for Sunday's pole vault final. The US-born world record holder and Olympic champion, seeking to improve on his world silver from Doha, was faultless up to his 5.75m qualifying mark.

"I didn't want to take too many jumps," said Duplantis, who set a world outdoor record of 6.16m in Stockholm last month. I just wanted to make it safe to the final."

"First of all, I want to win. That is the most important thing. If I am able to jump high, then I would jump high. That would be nice but the gold is the most important for me now."

Olympic champion and home favourite Athing Mu led US teammates Ajee Wilson and Raevyn Rogers into the final of the women's 800m.

Also making the final are Kenya's Mary Moraa, Briton Keely Hodgkinson, Jamaica's Natoya Goule, Ethiopian Diribe Welteji and Slovenia's Anita Horvat.

The United States safely negotiated the heats of the 4x100m relays. Christian Coleman, newly-crowned 200m champion Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall and Marvin Bracy breezed around in a world-leading 37.87sec.

The world champions in Doha, featuring Coleman and Lyles in that line-up, could only finish sixth in last year's Tokyo Olympics. But the US team held a pre-worlds relay camp for the athletes to better hone their baton-exchanging skills.

The final will also comprise France, Canada, South Africa, Jamaica, Brazil, Britain and Ghana.

There was no place for Olympic champions in Italy, missing Tokyo's individual 100m champion Marcell Jacobs through injury.

Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs, Jenna Prandini and Twanisha Terry got the baton around in 41.56sec for the US women. Also qualifying for Saturday's final are Britain, reigning world champions Jamaica, Germany, Spain, Nigeria, Italy and Switzerland.

Jamaica did not call on five-time world 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 200m champion Shericka Jackson and four-time Olympic individual medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah.

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Defending champion Nia Ali crashed out of 100m hurdles heats at the World Championships in Eugene.

The 33-year-old American was leading the race until she hit her knee on the penultimate barrier.

She struggled to regain balance and fell at the final hurdle as Jamaican training partner Britany Anderson won the heat in a time of 12.59 seconds.

"I just let my technique get away from me and it cost me everything," said Ali.

A silver medallist at Tokyo 2020, Ali added it was the first time a fall like that had happened to her.

She clocked 12.34 to beat pre-race favourite Danielle Williams to the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships.

Ali's compatriot Alaysha Johnson, who was a medal contender having recorded the second-fastest time of 2022, was also eliminated as she lost her stride pattern leading up to the opening barrier and pulled out of the race before the third hurdle.

"I have no idea what happened," said Johnson. "I have no words."
 
World Athletics Championships: New-look GB team wins 4x100m relay bronze

A new-look Great Britain quartet won 4x100m bronze in the final race of day nine of the World Championships.

With Jona Efoloko, 22, preferred to Adam Gemili on the opening leg and Reece Prescod on the anchor, Britain held off Jamaica to ensure a medal.

Canada exploited a slack final changeover from the United States to take gold ahead of their neighbour.

A mystery leg injury to Dina Asher-Smith cost Great Britain's women a shot at a medal in the 4x100m relay.

The 26-year-old, who finished fourth in the 100m and won bronze over 200m during a hectic schedule in Oregon, hobbled through the final 15m of her third leg.

Great Britain, who had been third in the race, slipped back to eighth as she slowed. Daryll Neita ran the fastest split of anyone in the race - 9.57 seconds - on the anchor leg, but it was only enough to regain sixth.

"I feel confused because I felt fine coming in, but when I was going round the bend my legs just stopped corresponding with me," Asher-Smith told BBC Sport.

"I hope it is nothing serious as I have a lot more races to do this year. I feel awful because we were running well."

Asher-Smith has been named in the England team for the Commonwealth Games, which begins next week, and has three titles to defend at August's European Championships in Munich.

At the front of the race, the United States claimed a memorable victory over an all-star Jamaican team.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who filled the podium in the 100m, were part of the Jamaica quartet attempting to defend their 2019 title.

But excellent legs from Melissa Jefferson and Abby Steiner gave the Americans an advantage that survived Jackson's surge for the line by four hundredths of a second.

Germany took bronze.

'We are serial medallists'
Great Britain's men narrowly lost out to Italy in the Tokyo Olympic final last summer, before being stripped of silver following CJ Ujah's positive test for a banned substance. Prior to that the team had won silver at Doha 2019 and gold at London 2017.

With Richard Kilty injured and Gemili out of form, vacancies have opened. Efoloko, a former world junior 200m champion, took his chance with a solid opening leg before mainstays Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake moved away from the pack and Prescod, who has struggled for fitness and focus in recent years, came home hard.

"We have shown we are serial medallists in the relay," said Mitchell-Blake, who is captain of the British team in Eugene.

"We get a medal every year, it's becoming normalised and under appreciated..

"Ultimately the aim is to come away from the next world championships with a gold and then go onto Paris 2024. It is a stepping stone, we will get better because we have to raise our game.

"It's fuel for the fire going forward. We cannot control the past, we can control the present and that dictates the future and that's what we've got to focus on."

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The final race of the day did not end with the expected home team victory as Elijah Hall's clumsy handover to Marvin Bracy opened the door for Canada's 200m Olympic champion Andre de Grasse to snatch gold.

Eilish McColgan, whose preparations have been blighted by a hamstring niggle, finished 11th in the 5000m final, two places ahead of fellow Briton Jessica Judd.

Gudaf Tsegay took gold ahead of Kenya's Beatrice Chebet and fellow Ethiopian Dawit Sayaum, with world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey fifth and Olympic champion Sifan Hassan sixth.

"That was tough. It took all my will in that last kilometre to keep going and not drop out," said McColgan.

"Honestly the pace of those top girls is just insane. I did what I could but there was nothing more there for me.

"It has been a tough championships for me all round, but I am still proud. I made two finals."

Emmanuel Korir came good on the big stage once again in the 800m, adding the world title to the Olympic gold he won last summer. The Kenyan reeled in Canada's Marco Arop coming into the home straight to take gold ahead of Algeria's Djamel Sedjati.

Korir's winning time of 1:43.71 is still short of the world-leading time run by Britain's Max Burgin last month. Burgin pulled out of the event before the first round after developing a deep vein thrombosis.

Felix returns on a wing and a plea
Great Britain's 4x400m relay team of Ama Pipi, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu and Nicole Yeargin, secured their place in the final with a solid second place behind the United States in their heat.

Allyson Felix, who was thought to have appeared in her last competitive race earlier in the week as the United States won bronze in the mixed relay, ran in the American quartet after being called in at late notice.

"I was diving into some hot wings and a root beer float, but I got a phone call and they asked if I was willing to come back and help the team get a position, so I dropped the wing!," said the 19-time world medallist.

The United States team could be strengthened with the likes of 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin and Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu before the final at 03:50 BST on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Great Britain's Lorraine Ugen and Jazmin Sawyers reached the long jump final at the World Championships in Eugene.

The pair each jumped 6.68m to finish in the top 12 after missing the automatic mark of 6.75m.

Ugen, 30, and Sawyers, 28, will compete in Sunday's final on the last day of the Championships.

World Athletics Championships: Jazmin Sawyers & Lorraine Ugen through to long jump final
"I'm happy - the job in qualifying is to make it to the final," said Sawyers, who recorded a season's best.

"There's definitely some technical things I can do better, but that's my first world final at my third try so I'm really happy.

"I don't know why I can't do it in round one and just get the auto-Q but you know what? I just said before, people pay for tickets, I've got to give them a full three rounds of entertainment, I did it for them."

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Not a bad games for GBR. Quietly impressive.

A brilliant Gold medal winner and also lots of potential on the Bronze podium for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Hopefully can get into the top ten of the medal table on the final day.
 
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson fell just short of the 800m world title in a dazzling home-straight duel with American Olympic champion Athing Mu.

Hodgkinson, who admitted she was "a bit gutted" with silver, finished in 1:56.38, eight hundredths off Mu.

The pair went toe-to-toe down the final 100m as Hodgkinson pulled alongside the home crowd favourite, but could not quite pass her for victory.

"I gave it everything right up to the line," Hodgkinson said.

"A world silver is not too bad. It adds fuel to the fire. I will go away and I still have more championships to come so will have to refocus for that.

"I'm gunning for a bit more so I am looking forward to next year."

Hodgkinson's rivalry with Mu, also 20, seems set to define the event for the World Championships in Budapest in 2023, the Olympics in Paris in 2024 and, potentially, many years beyond.

Both barely broke a smile as they were introduced to the crowd before the start, the tension of their contest clear.

They hit the bell in a swift 57.09 seconds, and the race boiled down to the expected face-off down the back straight.

Mu made the first move, stretching her legs to open a lead, but Hodgkinson's counter followed soon after.

The Briton dragged herself back alongside Mu and seemed poised to pass up the inside in a dramatic heist.

But Mu found just enough to hold on to gold and hold her rival at bay.

As she collected her breath after the finish line, Hodgkinson motioned to her team in the stands, her finger and thumb set a couple of inches apart to show the fine margin of defeat.

The gap to Mu is small. And, as coach Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows will remind her, diminishing.

Ingebrigtsen bounces back from 1500m defeat
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, beaten by Britain's Jake Wightman in his preferred 1500m earlier in the week, bounced back with a superb victory in the 5000m.

The Norwegian had suggested he would end his season in the immediate aftermath of his defeat by Wightman, but changed his mind and was rewarded with his first world title as he strode clear of Kenya's Jacob Krop and Uganda's Oscar Chelimo.

Joshua Cheptegei, who won 5000m Olympic gold in Tokyo last summer, finished down in ninth with Great Britain's Marc Scott 14th.

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan, who ran a world record in the 100m semi-finals earlier in the day, took gold as she blitzed away from Jamaica's Britany Anderson and Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

Amusan's winning time of 12.06 seconds would have been an improvement on the 12.12 second world record she had set a couple of hours before, but was ruled ineligible by a tailwind over the legal limit.

Great Britain's Cindy Sember came fifth in 12.38 seconds, a time that would have further lowered the national record she set in the semi-finals.

Britons Jazmin Sawyers and Lorraine Ugen finished ninth and 10th in the long jump with efforts of 6.62m and 6.53m respectively. Germany's Malaika Mihambo, who fouled on her first two jumps, defended her world title, leaping out to 7.12m.

Armand Duplantis was in his class of his own in the pole vault. The Swedish world record-holder made a first-time clearance of 6.06m to clinch gold.

Nobody else in the field managed to clear higher than 5.94m.

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Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set a new 100m hurdles world record as the World Championships semi-finals deliver an extraordinary set of times.

The 25-year-old, who ran a new African record of 12.40 seconds in Saturday's heats, clocked 12.12 seconds on the final day of action in Eugene.

Her time beats the 12.20 seconds set by American Kendra Harrison, who finished second behind Amusan, in 2016.

"I wanted to get out and go," said Amusan. "I did what I had to do."

Amusan went on to win gold in the final, two hours later.

Great Britain's Cindy Sember finished fourth in the semi-final won by Amusan but qualified for the final with a new British record of 12.50, beating sister Tiffany Porter's 2014 mark by one hundredth of a second.

It was one of four national records, excluding Amusan, run in the semi-finals with another seven athletes equalling or breaking their personal bests.

"That was a crazy race. I actually thought I was running slow. Tobi was amazing, I can't deny," said Sember.

The low times across the board raised suspicions that an error may have been made in timing.

"I'm not believing these times," three-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson told BBC Sport.

"World Athletics will have to ratify it so it will be interesting," added former 110m hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson. "They will have to check it quite intensely."

World Athletics have been approached for comment.

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James said:
Not a bad games for GBR. Quietly impressive.

A brilliant Gold medal winner and also lots of potential on the Bronze podium for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Hopefully can get into the top ten of the medal table on the final day.
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7 medals overall for GBR!

The target was 3 to 5. That’s a good performance.

In the top 5 for quantity. 11th for medal type.

Lots of promise to build on for upcoming events.
 
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Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson fell just short of the 800m world title in a dazzling home-straight duel with American Olympic champion Athing Mu.

Hodgkinson, who admitted she was "a bit gutted" with silver, finished in 1:56.38, eight hundredths off Mu.

The pair went toe-to-toe down the final 100m as Hodgkinson pulled alongside the home crowd favourite, but could not quite pass her for victory.

"I gave it everything right up to the line," Hodgkinson said.

"A world silver is not too bad. It adds fuel to the fire. I will go away and I still have more championships to come so will have to refocus for that.

"I'm gunning for a bit more so I am looking forward to next year."

Hodgkinson's rivalry with Mu, also 20, seems set to define the event for the World Championships in Budapest in 2023, the Olympics in Paris in 2024 and, potentially, many years beyond.

Both barely broke a smile as they were introduced to the crowd before the start, the tension of their contest clear.

They hit the bell in a swift 57.09 seconds, and the race boiled down to the expected face-off down the back straight.

Mu made the first move, stretching her legs to open a lead, but Hodgkinson's counter followed soon after.

The Briton dragged herself back alongside Mu and seemed poised to pass up the inside in a dramatic heist.

But Mu found just enough to hold on to gold and hold her rival at bay.

As she collected her breath after the finish line, Hodgkinson motioned to her team in the stands, her finger and thumb set a couple of inches apart to show the fine margin of defeat.

The gap to Mu is small. And, as coach Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows will remind her, diminishing.
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The British girl will soon be winning all of the Golds in this event. The American was defeating her comfortably last year but already the gap has closed to 0.08 seconds. Go Keely!
 
World Athletics Championships: Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record

Sweden's Armand Duplantis added a new world record to his pole vault world title, clearing 6.21m in a virtuoso performance in Oregon.

The 22-year-old Olympic champion had gold secured with a first-time clearance of 6m. None of his rivals managed higher than 5.94m.

Duplantis then beat his own world record of 6.20m - set in Belgrade in March - at the second attempt.

It is the fifth time he has broken the world record.

His success marked the first time the record has been set outdoors since the legendary Sergey Bubka cleared 6.14m for the first time in Sestriere, Italy, in 1994.

Duplantis, who grew up in Louisiana, celebrated with a front flip in front of a packed crowd, kissed girlfriend Desire Inglander, before being embraced by his father Greg, a former top-class pole vaulter himself.

"It was something that I really wanted and needed," Duplantis said to BBC World Service of the one major medal missing from his collection.

"I was so caught up in trying to win and capture the gold that honestly the world record thing was just an afterthought.

"It didn't cross my mind during the competition because I just wanted to win so badly.

"To be able to do it in the fashion I did is very special. It is something I am very grateful for."

Asked how high he could potentially push the record, Duplantis added "there is definitely more".

"It doesn't feel like I have maxed out what I can do yet. As long as I feel I can keep pushing boundaries, the motivation is still going to be there. Plus I am having fun doing it," he said.

Nigeria's Amusan breaks 100m hurdles world record
It was the second world record set on the final day of competition at the World Championships in Eugene.

Earlier, Nigeria's Tobi Amusan broke the 100m hurdles world record as the semi-finals delivered an extraordinary set of times.

The 25-year-old, who ran a new African record of 12.40 seconds in Saturday's heats, clocked 12.12.

Her time beat the 12.20 set by American Kendra Harrison, who finished second behind Amusan, in 2016.

"I wanted to get out and go," said Amusan. "I did what I had to do.

"I believe in my abilities but I was not expecting a world record at these championships."

Amusan went on to win gold in the final, two hours later.

Great Britain's Cindy Sember finished fourth in the semi-final won by Amusan, but qualified for the final with a British record of 12.50, beating sister Tiffany Porter's 2014 mark by one hundredth of a second.

It was one of four national records, excluding Amusan's, run in the semi-finals, with another seven athletes equalling or breaking their personal bests.

"That was a crazy race. I actually thought I was running slow. Tobi was amazing, I can't deny," said Sember, who went on to finish fifth in the final.

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the fourth-fastest ever women's 100m, 10.62 seconds, to win at the Diamond League in Monaco.

The five-time world 100m champion, 35, bettered her own mark for the fastest 100m of the year, having clocked 10.66 seconds in Poland on Saturday.

She has now run the third and fourth-fastest women's 100m times ever.

Fellow world champion Jake Wightman of Britain won the 1,000m with the fastest time this year.

Fraser-Pryce's fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson came second in Monaco with a personal best of 10.71 seconds, while Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast set an African record in third and Britain's Daryll Neita finished sixth.

"I did what I needed to and we had fun and let the clock do the talking. To be able to run 10.60 consistently means a lot. It's remarkable. It's hard to keep up the speed at this high level," said Fraser-Pryce.

"I'm in my late thirties and I feel I have more to give. I look forward to doing my personal best [10.60 run in August 2021] during the rest of the season."
 
<b>Decathlete Ben Gregory is in a critical condition after being involved in a serious bike crash over the weekend.

The 31-year-old's partner, Naomi Heffernan, said on social media: "Ben... has a fractured skull, neck and multiple haemorrhages to his brain. He's in a coma and on life support."</b>

Gregory has represented Great Britain, is a multiple Welsh champion and competed at three Commonwealth Games.

In October 2020 Gregory escaped serious injury in another bike crash.

His bike was involved in a collision with a car in London and at the time he credited wearing a helmet as the reason he was able to walk away from the incident.

Welsh Athletics issued a statement saying: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Ben's friends and family at this time.

"Ben's accomplishments as an athlete speak for themselves: Wales' greatest ever decathlete - three Commonwealth Games, the Welsh record holder and representing Wales and Great Britain multiple times.

"The outpouring of support across social media is testament to his popularity as a person and as an athlete. Everyone who has had the privilege of training or competing alongside Ben will speak of his incredible love of life, his kindness, support and loyalty.

"We will all continue to pray for a full recovery for Ben."

Gregory, who outside athletics works as a model and personal trainer, was a promising youth rugby union player who was on the books at the London Wasps Academy before studying at Loughborough University, but ultimately opted for a sporting career in athletics.

The chief executive of Welsh Athletics, James Williams, added his own personal tribute and well wishes.

"I found out last night via social media, like most of us did and utter shock and concern first of all for Ben and obviously considering his family and friends and hoping the next 24-48 hours bring some form of positive news for us all," Williams said.

"He is the type of person you always want on your team and every time he's part of a team he ends up being team captain and there is a reason behind that. He's this larger-than-life character that everyone gravitates to.

"I think back to previous Commonwealth Games when he's literally had the whole stadium cheering for him, been the last person on the pole vault or winning the 400 or 1500m at the end of each day. That's my memories of Ben and what most people would consider the type of person he is.

"Decathletes are these individuals who just turn themselves towards anything. To be able to be as successful as you are at 10 events, let alone one, just speaks to the type of person he is."

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Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has broken his own men's marathon world record at Sunday's race in Berlin.

The 37-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, to beat his previous best by 30 seconds, set in the in the German capital four years ago.

He had previously taken one minute 20 seconds off compatriot Dennis Kimetto's record of 2:02.57 in Berlin in 2014.

Kipchoge had played down his chances of a world record in the build up.
 
London Marathon in progress - More than 40,000 runners taking on iconic 26.2-mile course
 
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Elite men's winner - Amos Kipruto

Amos Kipruto picked his moment and executed his final move to perfection.

The Kenyan, who ran a personal best in Tokyo earlier this year, can really enjoy his final metres down the mall and raises his arms aloft as he crosses the line in under two hours, four minutes and 39 seconds.
 
<b>British sprinter CJ Ujah will be considered for selection after serving his drugs ban, says new UK Athletics technical director Stephen Maguire.</b>

Ujah, 28, was handed a 22-month suspension after he tested positive for two banned substances, Ostarine and S-23, at the Tokyo Olympics.

Britain won silver in the men's 4x100m relay but was stripped of the medal following the doping violation.

"If [Ujah] is available to compete we will select him," said Maguire.

"I haven't spoken to CJ in a couple of years. He made a mistake and that's clear, I need to see what the environment is like."

Ujah, whose ban is backdated to 6 August 2021 and will end on 5 June 2023, was cleared of intentionally taking prohibited drugs by the Athletics Integrity Unit and World Anti-Doping Agency.

The World Athletics Championships take place in Hungary in August next year - two months after Ujah's ban ends - and Maguire said he will assess the sprinter's fitness to see if he is ready to make a comeback.

"CJ, first of all, has to run fast anyway," said Maguire, who rejoined UK Athletics to replace Christian Malcolm in September.

"It's looking at that environment and where it all fits. Hopefully things go easy for CJ in coming back and it would be great to have that choice in selecting CJ. The 100m and 4x100m is going to be tough for anyone.

"I'll definitely be chatting to CJ. I've had a couple of conversations with the BOA (British Olympic Association). It's getting to know them now the CJ news has broken. He's eligible next year. It's a conversation I'll need to have."

At the time of the positive test, Ujah said he had "unknowingly consumed a contaminated substance" and the situation is one he would "regret for the rest of my life".

Ujah apologised to his 4x100m relay team-mates Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, after Britain was stripped of a medal at a summer or winter Games for only the third time.

Kilty said earlier this year he would never forgive Ujah for his "sloppy and reckless" behaviour.

On whether it will be hard to reintegrate Ujah back into the team, Maguire said: "Yes is the word because we have to reaffirm where we're at, are we all on the same page?

"I'd be surprised if - although I'm not sure mediation is the right word - we didn't have conversations about this, how it's going to look.

"There is going to be a big group of athletes, not just CJ, Adam (Gemili), Richard or Zharnel. It's a group working together to understand how to do things."

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A man who vowed to complete a marathon on every day of 2022 has hit his £1m target after completing his final run.

Gary McKee, from Cleator Moor, in Cumbria, began his challenge on 1 January, with donations to be shared between Macmillan Cancer Support and West Cumbria Hospice at Home.

The father-of-three often ran his 26.2-mile (42km) route before starting work at the Sellafield nuclear site.

As he crossed the finish line, he thanked the "fantastic" reception.

And he later revealed in a tweet that he had reached his £1m goal in aid of charities.

Cheered on by crowds, he started his latest challenge at 08:30 GMT and finished at about 14:00 GMT in front of a fireworks display.

Mr McKee has gone through more than 20 pairs of trainers, run more than 9,500 miles (15,300km) and finished his final marathon at about 14:00.

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Dina Asher-Smith sets British 60m record to win Germany meeting

Dina Asher-Smith set a new British record as she won the women's 60m at the World Indoor Tour in Germany.

Asher-Smith clocked a time of 7.04 seconds to beat Poland's Ewa Swoboda, who finished in 7.09secs.

Swiss sprinter Mujinga Kambundji took third in 7.11secs at the Karlsruhe event.

Asher-Smith's time surpassed Asha Philip's previous mark of 7.06secs, set when winning the European title in 2017.

It marks a strong start to 2023 for Asher-Smith, who endured a stop-start season in 2022 after injury forced her to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games.

Elsewhere, Britain's George Mills won the 1500m with an indoor personal best time of three minutes 35.88secs, while Jemma Reekie started her 2023 season with fifth place in the 800m, finishing with a time of two minutes 2.10secs.

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Sam Atkin broke a record set by Mo Farah as he recorded the fastest 3,000m time in history by a British runner.

The 29-year-old ran seven minutes 31.97 seconds at the John Thomas Terrier Classic event in Boston, improving on Farah's time of 7:32.62 from 2016.

Atkin set the time by finishing second behind American Yared Nuguse, who won the race in 7:28.24.
 
A top Scottish ultra-marathon runner has been disqualified from a race for using a car during part of the route.

Joasia Zakrzewski finished third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race - but is thought to have travelled by car for 2.5 miles.

The 47-year-old GP, from Dumfries, is understood to have been tracked on GPX mapping data covering a mile of the race in just one minute 40 seconds.

A friend said Ms Zakrzewski had felt sick and was sorry for any upset.

The matter has been referred to UK Athletics.

Wayne Drinkwater, the director of the GB Ultras race, said that after the ultramarathon he received information that a runner had gained an "unsporting, competitive advantage during a section of the event".

BBC
 
London Marathon today


A stacked elite men's race will feature four of the five fastest marathon runners in history today.

Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in ever over the distance, is joined on the start line by Kelvin Kiptum, Birhanu Legese and Mosinet Geremew.

Only world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is missing from the top five, although he is the official starter.

And there's more.

2022 winner Amos Kipruto is back again while Ethiopia's world champion Tamirat Tola is also here.

Mo Farah is also running his final London Marathon.

It could be quite the race.
 
Hassan wins the London Marathon
Women's elite race

Extraordinary!

Sifan Hassan has won on her marathon debut.

She pulled up injured in the early stages but has taken it with her arms wide in a sprint finish.
 
Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum smashed compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's course record to win the men's London Marathon on his debut at the race.

The 23-year-old was just 16 seconds outside Kipchoge's world record, finishing in two hours one minute 25 seconds.

Britain's Mo Farah finished ninth in what he says will be his last marathon.

Sifan Hassan produced a remarkable run to win the women's race on her debut at the distance.

The Dutch Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, 30, appeared out of the race after dropping back early on with what looked like cramp, but gradually fought back.

She then produced a sprint finish to win in two hours 18 minutes 33 seconds.

Ethiopia's Alemu Megertu was second and Kenya's previously unbeaten Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir third.

Switzerland's Marcel Hug knocked 50 seconds off his own course record to win a third consecutive London Marathon men's wheelchair race - and fifth in total.

Hug, 37, finished in one hour 23 minutes 48 seconds, well ahead of the Netherlands' Jetze Plat in second, with Japan's Tomoki Suzuki third and the United States' Daniel Romanchuk in fourth.

Britain's David Weir, 43, finished his 24th London Marathon in fifth place.

Australia's Madison de Rozario held off Manuela Schar, of Switzerland, in a sprint finish to win the women's wheelchair race for a second time.

The four women's favourites made it on the Mall together before De Rozario and Schar pulled away.

De Rozario won in one hour 38 minutes 52 seconds, with defending champion Catherine Debrunner, of Switzerland, in third and the United States' Susannah Scaroni fourth.

Eden Rainbow-Cooper, 21, who was third in 2022, was the first Briton home in seventh.

The event has returned to its traditional date in the calendar, in April, for the first time since 2019 after being moved during the Covid-19 pandemic.

More than 47,000 runners are taking part, with huge crowds lining the streets of London despite damp conditions.
 
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Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa smashes women's marathon world record in Berlin​

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa smashed the women's marathon world record as she won Sunday's race in Berlin.

Assefa, who also won last year's race, crossed the line in a time of two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.

The 26-year-old took more than two minutes off the previous record of 2:14.04 - set by Kenya's Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in 2019.

Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge was the men's winner for a record fifth time in Berlin with a run of 2:02.42.

The 38-year-old Kenyan set the men's record of 2:01.09 in Berlin last year, when he moved level with Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie on four wins.

Assefa's winning time is the 13th world record to be set in Berlin, where she won last year in 2:15.37 - which at the time was the third fastest women's run in history.

"I am very happy," she said. "I wanted to break the marathon world record, but I couldn't imagine that it would result in a time under 2:12."
A former 800m specialist, Assefa only started racing marathons in April last year.

She made her intentions clear on her return to Berlin, setting a lightning-quick early pace before reaching the halfway mark in one hour six minutes 20 seconds.

One of six women to be on world record pace at that stage, Assefa maintained that speed to streak clear and at the 37km mark (23 miles) she was just three seconds per kilometre slower than Kipchoge's time at the same stage on Sunday.

Despite running the slowest marathon of his career (2:09.23) as he finished a surprise sixth in Boston in April, Kipchoge said after the race in Berlin that he had expected to break the world record he set last year.

During the early stages, he was on course for a sub-two hour run and later on was still on track to break his record, but he drifted off the pace for each of those times. He reached halfway in 1:00.21, slightly slower than the halfway split for his world record - 59:51.

He has run a marathon in under two hours, in Vienna in 2019, but that was not recognised as the official world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.

Kipchoge has won on five of his six appearances in Berlin and in 16 of his 19 races, including the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Sunday's time was the eighth fastest of all time and Kipchoge, who aims to be the first athlete to win three Olympic marathons next year, has now run five of the top eight times.

"I was expecting to do the same [break the record], but it did not come, that's how sport is," he said. "Every race is a learning lesson.

"I'll put all my experience of my 21 marathons into next year in the Olympics in Paris and try to be the first to win for the third time, but I would also be happy with the podium."

BBC
 
These are some wild numbers. You would have to set your tedmil to 19 kph for 2 hours and 11 mins to match her! What a machine she is
 
Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.

The 23-year-old finished in a time of two hours 35 seconds.
 

British athlete supplied with drugs, according to court documents in US​

A male British Olympic athlete was supplied with banned drugs by an American therapist who is facing 10 years in jail, according to court papers filed in New York.

In May, Eric Lira became the first defendant to be charged under a new US law introduced in the wake of Russia's state-backed doping scandals.

He pleaded guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes.

But a sentencing document filed in the Southern District of New York has given details of other athletes and coaches implicated in the case, with an unnamed British competitor also referred to.

"Lira separately met with a third Olympic athlete who competed on behalf of the United Kingdom ('Athlete-3') multiple times in the Summer of 2021 for the purpose of providing him with PEDs [performance-enhancing drugs]," claims the document.

As revealed by the Times, the case is now being investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Lira was found to have supplied drugs to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, who last year was banned from athletics for 11 years.

The 34-year-old was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics just before the women's 100m semi-finals after it emerged she had tested positive for human growth hormone in an out-of-competition test in Slovakia before the delayed 2020 Games.

The court documents also state that: "Lira likewise provided drugs to an athlete competing on behalf of Switzerland in advance of the Olympic games ('Athlete-2') in the Summer of 2021, and discussed with an intermediary the detectability on drug tests of one of the prohibited drugs that Lira had provided to Athlete-2.

"In short, Lira travelled across the United States to deliver and/or administer various drugs to various Olympic athletes, all with the calculated aim of impacting the outcome of the Tokyo Olympics."

Lira was charged under a 2020 law named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory who helped expose the country's state-sponsored doping regime.

US Attorney Damian Williams said in a federal court the case was a "watershed moment for international sport".

The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act enables US authorities to prosecute individuals involved in "doping schemes for the purpose of influencing international sports competitions" including those who have not previously been governed by sport anti-doping laws.

Source: BBC
 
Drugs in sports have been a talking point for a long time. I wonder if it is ever going to stop.
 
Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Fatima Whitbread wins Helen Rollason Award

Former javelin world champion Fatima Whitbread has been honoured with the Helen Rollason Award at Sports Personality of the Year 2023.

Whitbread, now 62, spent the first 14 years of her life in children's homes after being abandoned as a baby.

After being fostered, she went on to break the javelin world record and win world and European Championship gold.

The Helen Rollason Award recognises outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.

Whitbread now campaigns to improve the care system and ensure children in care are "seen, heard and valued".



Source: BBC
 

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan athlete breaks women's world 5km record in Barcelona​

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet broke the women's world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.

The 23-year-old crossed the line in 14 minutes 13 seconds, beating Ethiopian Senbere Teferi's women-only record by 16 seconds.

Chebet also finished six seconds faster than the women's world record in a mixed race, set by Ethiopia's Ejgayehu Taye at the 2021 Cursa dels Nassos.

Taye, 23, was second in the race and Kenya's Lilian Rengeruk, 26, third.

The win completed a successful year for Chebet, who won the world cross-country title Bathurst in February before claiming the inaugural world 5km title in Riga in October.

She also won bronze in the 5,000m at the World Championships in Budapest in August.

Britain's Katie Snowden and Holly Dixon finished seventh and 10th respectively.

The men's race was won by 25-year-old Dominic Lobalu of South Sudan.

Source: BBC
 
These African athletes are almost unbeatable when it comes to long distance running.
 
Luke Littler: Darts star could join Pele, Emma Raducanu and Sachin Tendulkar as a sporting teenage sensation

Luke Littler has captured the imagination of the sporting world with his dream run to the PDC World Darts Championship final, at the age of just 16.

The Warrington-based teenager has been able to forge a surprise path into the public consciousness after some magical performances at this year's tournament at London's Alexandra Palace.

His semi-final win over Rob Cross set a Sky tournament viewing record, with a peak audience of 2.32m, comfortably surpassing the 2015 final (1.65m).

Littler is already the youngest finalist in the tournament's history by more than four years and victory over Luke Humphries in Wednesday's final would see him become the youngest winner by some margin.

Michael van Gerwen currently holds that record. The Dutchman was 24 years and nine months old when he won his first title in 2014.

Of course, there have been many teenagers who have become champions in their sports and BBC Sport takes a look at some of the biggest names that Littler could join.

Luke Littler - the 16-year-old who is changing darts
Luke Littler's local pub goers on darts teen's run to final
'It's a free hit' Littler bids for historic title.

Source : BBC Sports
 

Laura Muir awarded retrospective European Indoor 3,000m bronze medal​

Laura Muir has been awarded a retrospective European Indoor bronze after Russian Yelena Korobkina was found guilty of doping offences.

Scottish athlete Muir, an Olympic 1500m silver medallist, finished fourth in the 3,000m at the 2015 event in Prague.

Belarusian Sviatlana Kudzelich has had her silver upgraded to gold with Dutch runner Maureen Koster taking silver.

A reallocated medal ceremony will be arranged and Muir, 30, said the news brings "mixed emotions".

She told Scottish Athletics: "Predominantly I feel very fortunate and grateful to receive the bronze medal, particularly when still competing at an elite level, as I am aware many athletes are not afforded that opportunity.

"Had I received the medal on the day of the race, it would have been my first senior international medal at an age of 21.

"Missing out on that special moment, especially as I was not on the podium on the night, was very difficult. But looking back it made me more determined than ever to ensure the same outcome didn't happen for future championships, which luckily has been the case."

Muir has two European Indoor 3,000m golds from the 2017 and 2019 championships and is also a two-time 1500m European champion and a Commonwealth champion over that distance.

With her retrospective bronze, she has 14 major podium finishes.

"I am very excited to see that particular European Indoors 2015 medal and it will have a proud place alongside my other sporting accomplishments," Muir added.

Korobkina, 33, has been banned for four years from September 2023 and her results from July 2013 to July 2016 will be expunged.

Source; BBC
 
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