By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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ZURICH (27-Aug) -- On the eve of her final track race of the season, Kate Grace is both calm and antsy. The 27-year-old Oiselle athlete who trains with the NorCal Distance Project is very excited to race here at...
Zurich’s Weltklasse meeting on Thursday (1) looks set to once again live up to its ‘Olympics in one day’ nickname. The first of two IAAF Diamond League finals can boast the full complement of medallists from the Rio 2016 Games in six different disciplines.
Pride won’t be the only thing...
After Trials Disappointment, Ryan Hill Is Motivated To Run Fast
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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PARIS (28-Aug) -- Ryan Hill is running angry, using past experiences to light a burning fire in his fit frame. That rousing stimulus is partially what helped him run 7:30.93...
World and Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk broke her own world record 82.29m with a throw of 82.98m at the Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw on Sunday (28).
Each one of the Pole's five valid throws were beyond the previous meeting record. She opened with 79.68m and improved with her following three efforts,...
LaCaze Smashes Australian 3000m Steeplechase Record in Paris
One week on from reaching the Women’s 5000m and 3000m steeplechase finals at the Rio Olympics, Genevieve LaCaze (VIC) has backed up another stellar performance at the Paris Diamond League overnight (August 27, 2016) breaking the Australian and Oceania 3000m steeplechase record...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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PARIS (27-Aug) -- The Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League here was a distance runner's dream, with records falling left and right. Ruth Jebet smashed an eight year-old 3000m steeplechase world record by a country mile; Laura Muir startled...
Complete Paris Diamond League Results
27/08/2016
Meeting de Paris
Paris Saint-Denis (Stade de France), 27/08/2016
Men's results
100 Metres - Men Wind: -0.1 m/s
Pts
1 Meité , Ben Youssef CIV 9.96 10
2 Simbine , Akani RSA 10.00 6
3 Martina , Churandy NED 10.01 4
4 Fearon , Joel GBR 10.05 3
5 Vicaut , Jimmy FRA 10.12...
FLASH: JEBET SMASHES 3000M STEEPLECHASE WORLD RECORD IN PARIS
Ruth Jebet of Bahrain shattered the world record in the 3000m steeplechase, clocking 8:52.78*, at the Meeting de Paris on Saturday (27), the 12th stop of the IAAF Diamond League series.
Jebet, who won the Olympic title in the event in Rio...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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PARIS (26-Aug) -- Ezekiel Kemboi finished third in the Olympic Games final of the steeplechase, but was disqualified after a protest by the French federation on behalf of fourth-place finisher, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. Kemboi stepped on the white line between...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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PARIS (26-Aug) -- Fans expecting to see world record chases here at the Meeting de Paris tomorrow, part of the IAAF Diamond League series, may be disappointed, as both Olympic champions Ruth Jebet and Faith Kipyegon put to rest...
