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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
The third Beer Mile World Classic (BMWC) is set to twist off on August 12th in London. Preview This will be the third Beer Mile World Classic (BMWC) after the inaugural race in 2015 in San Francisco. Men’s race Last year Corey Bellemore of Canada coasted to victory in a world record 4:34.35...
Stratton jumps to best ever Team Australia result, as Pearson progresses to sprint hurdles final fastest Brooke Stratton (Vic) has delivered Australia’s best ever female result in the women’s long jump final on day eight of the 2017 IAAF World Championships, as Sally Pearson (Qld) sent a commanding message to her rivals by...
Live Results, Day 8 – IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 London Latest results are at the top of the page – Day 8 Complete 200m Women Final Dafne Schippers takes gold, Ta Lou comes second, Miller-Uibo takes bronze POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK REACTION TIME 1 4132 Dafne SCHIPPERS NED 22.05 SB 0.165 2 3772 Marie-Josée TA LOU CIV 22.08 NR 0.199 3 3654 Shaunae MILLER-UIBO BAH 22.15 0.147 4 3880 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 22.22 SB 0.169 5 4373 Deajah STEVENS USA 22.44 0.178 6 4327 Kimberlyn DUNCAN USA 22.59 0.198 7 3725 Crystal EMMANUEL CAN 22.60 0.158 8 3653 Tynia GAITHER BAH 23.07 0.162   3000 Metres Steeplechase Women FINAL Emma Coburn takes gold, Courtney...
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WCH 2017 London- Luke Mathews AUS 1500 Metres Heat 3 via IAAF Athletics 1500 METRES MEN Semi-final qualifiers Luke Mathews was the fastest qualifier for the semi-finals 16′ Olympic 1500m finalists, Gregson and Centro knocked out in heats POS RANK HEAT BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY RESULTS MS* 1 1 3 649 Luke MATHEWS AUS 3:38.19 Q 2 2 3 1128 Timothy CHERUIYOT KEN 3:38.41 Q 3 3 3 1210 Filip INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 3:38.46 Q 4 4 3 983 Jake WIGHTMAN GBR 3:38.50 Q 5 5 3 1011 Homiyu TESFAYE GER 3:38.57 Q 6 6 3 874 Adel MECHAAL ESP 3:38.99 Q 7 7 3 1175 Fouad ELKAAM MAR 3:39.33 q 8 8 3 1396 John GREGOREK USA 3:39.62 q .611 9 9 3 1304 Kalle BERGLUND SWE 3:39.62 q .619 10 10 3 739 Benson Kiplagat SEUREI BRN 3:39.77 q 11 11 3 1250 Michal ROZMYS POL 3:40.28 q 12 1 2 737 Sadik MIKHOU BRN 3:42.12 Q 13 2 2 829 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE 3:42.31 Q 14 3 2 971 Chris O’HARE GBR 3:42.53 Q 15 4 2 1361 Ronald MUSAGALA UGA 3:42.75 Q .741 16 5 2 1224 Nicholas WILLIS NZL 3:42.75 Q .743 17 6 2 1373 Robby ANDREWS USA 3:43.03 Q 18 7 2 1139 Ronald KWEMOI KEN 3:43.10 q 19 8 2 625 Federico BRUNO ARG 3:43.16 20 9 2 643 Ryan GREGSON AUS 3:43.28 .274 21 10 2 855 Marc ALCALÁ ESP 3:43.28 .279 22 12 3 692 Ismael DEBJANI BEL 3:43.71 23 13 3 1017 Harvey DIXON GIB 3:44.03 NR 24 1 1 1140 Elijah Motonei MANANGOI KEN 3:45.93 Q 25 2 1 1134 Asbel KIPROP KEN 3:45.96 Q 26 3 1 987 Timo BENITZ GER 3:46.01 Q 27 4 1 1176 Abdalaati IGUIDER MAR 3:46.03 Q 28 5 1 1245 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL 3:46.06 Q 29 6 1 657 Jordan WILLIAMSZ AUS 3:46.11 Q 30 7 1 938 Mahiedine MEKHISSI FRA 3:46.17 31 8 1 903 Samuel TEFERA ETH 3:46.22 32 9 1 1228 David TORRENCE PER 3:46.39 33 10 1 841 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI 3:46.64 34 11 1 963 Josh KERR GBR 3:47.30 35 12 1 602 Abderrahmane ANOU ALG 3:47.38 36 13 1 858 David BUSTOS ESP 3:47.52 37 14 1 1381 Matthew CENTROWITZ USA 3:48.34 38 11 2 986 Benjamín ENZEMA GEQ 3:48.39 39 14 3 1194 Erick RODRÍGUEZ NCA 3:52.35 SB 40 12 2 633 Dominic Lokinyomo LOBALU ART 3:52.78 PB 41 13 2 1201 Richard DOUMA NED 3:55.36 3 905 Taresa TOLOSA ETH DNF 2 901 Chala REGASSA ETH DNS 2 1170 Brahim AKACHAB MAR DNS 1 713 Thiago ANDRÈ BRA DNS
Luke Mathews (Vic) has won his heat of the men’s 1500m to advance to the semi-final at London 2017, where he will be joined on the entry lists by his teammate Jordan Wiliamsz (Vic). Ensuring that Team Australia has two starters in second round of the event at the IAAF World Championships for...