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The Queen’s Baton has spent the past five days in The Queen’s backyard, touring England, the first stop of the Europe region. Since Her Majesty placed Her message into the Baton at Buckingham Palace on 13 March, it has traveled to 39 Commonwealth nations/territories, inspiring community pride and exciting people about...
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham Birmingham (Alexander Stadium), 20/08/2017 Women's results 100 Metres - Women Heats Heat 1 Wind: +0.8 m/s 1 Thompson , Elaine JAM 10.97 Q 2 Asher-Smith , Dina GBR 11.13 Q 3 Okagbare-Ighoteguonor , Blessing NGR 11.18 Q 4 Williams , Christania JAM 11.23 5 Morrison , Natasha JAM 11.24 6 Pearson , Sally...
By Chris Lotsbom, @chrislotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (20-Aug) -- This morning, Stephen Sambu faced the daunting task of winning his fourth consecutive New Balance Falmouth Road Race, something no man had ever done before. Dictating the race and dealing with a stubborn Leonard...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (19-Aug) -- Craig Engels of the Nike Oregon Project earned his first victory as a professional here at the Aetna Falmouth Mile, while Brooks Beast Hannah Fields snagged a personal best of 4:28.32 in a tight...
The second AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) Children’s Series race of 2017 was held on 27 July in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, approximately 350km north of Baghdad. This is the first time the AIMS Children’s Series has ever...
Star-studded Javelin duel in prospect with Olympic champion Röhler versus World champion Vetter The Olympic champion against the World champion, that’s the scenario for a big showdown at the 76th ISTAF meeting on August 27. The Olympic champion Thomas Röhler and the World champion Johannes Vetter will strive for javelin supremacy...
IAAF World Championships London 2017 - the most compelling and competitive championships of all time Speaking ahead of the final evening session on Sunday (13), IAAF President Sebastian Coe described the IAAF World Championships London 2017 as the most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time. “I can’t remember a time when...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (12-Aug) -- Over 55,000 fans packed London Stadium here tonight on the penultimate day of the 16th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, most with the same goal: see Mo Farah win his fourth, and final, world 5000m title. It was not...
Sally Pearson (Qld) is a champion once more, clocking 12.59 (w: +0.1) to win a stunning gold medal at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London (GBR). Providing a fairy tale ending to arguably Australian athletics’ most famous comeback story, Pearson’s victory tonight sees a second world title added to a...
Australia's Sally Pearson has completed one of histories most epic sporting comebacks overcoming two years of injury to win the world 100 metres hurdles title in London. RESULT POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK MS* REACTION TIME 1 3632 Sally PEARSON AUS 12.59 0.127 2 4338 Dawn HARPER NELSON USA 12.63 SB 0.167 3 3925 Pamela DUTKIEWICZ GER 12.72 0.143 4 4339 Kendra HARRISON USA 12.74 .736 0.146 5 4353 Christina MANNING USA 12.74 .737 0.183 6 3675 Alina TALAY BLR 12.81 SB 0.139 7 4137 Nadine VISSER NED 12.83 0.154 8 4311 Nia ALI USA 13.04 0.149