Lima, Peru; 27 August, 2024 - Australia's rising sprint stars have opened their account at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Lima with gold, as the Mixed 4x400m relay team secured the nation's first relay victory in 26 years, while Aleksandra Stoilova becomes the first Australian since Sally Pearson to contest the Women's 100m final at the prestigious meet.
Olympic 5000m champion Beatrice Chebet, former 800m Wanda Diamond League champion Mary Moraa, and 400m hurdles silver medallist Karsten Warholm are set to showcase their talents at the upcoming Weltklasse Zurich meet, the second-to-last event in this year’s Wanda Diamond League series.
Olympic medallists Letsile Tebogo, Kishane Thompson, and Fred Kerley are set to compete in a high-profile men’s 100m race at the Wanda Diamond League event in Rome on August 30th.
The World Athletics Council has implemented sanctions against the Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA) following historical violations of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (ADR), as advised by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). This decision, as reported on the World Athletics official website, comes after an 18-month investigation by the AIU into the BAA's adherence to ADR 15, which imposes specific anti-doping obligations on Member Federations, separate from the World Anti-Doping Code.
Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has set a new world record in the 3,000 meters at the Silesia Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland, with an astonishing time of 7 minutes 17.55 seconds. This feat broke the previous record of 7:20.67, which had been held by Kenya’s Daniel Komen since 1996. Ingebrigtsen’s performance surpassed Komen’s time by over three seconds, setting a new benchmark in the sport.
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Sweden's Mondo Duplantis set a new pole vault world record by clearing 6.26 meters on his second attempt at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Sunday. This achievement marks the tenth time Duplantis has broken the world record, surpassing his previous best of 6.25 meters set after winning Olympic gold in Paris earlier this month.
Olympic 800m gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson has announced that she will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2024 athletics season because of an injury. The 22-year-old British runner had planned to compete in the Diamond League finals in Brussels next month but will now focus on her recovery.
The stage is set for an electrifying showdown at the Zürich Diamond League on September 5, where Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen will face off once again. This race will serve as a highly anticipated rematch of the Olympic 1500m final, where these four athletes thrilled fans with their performances.
The doping case of U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton, involving claims of consuming contaminated meat, is now being appealed and will be reviewed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Knighton’s attorney, Howard Jacobs, suggested that the sprinter may be caught in the crossfire of a global dispute among anti-doping agencies.
On a night of unforgettable triumph in Paris Olympics 2024, Julien Alfred fulfilled a childhood dream and achieved something her tiny Caribbean nation had never seen before: an Olympic gold medal. The 23-year-old sprinter, hailing from St. Lucia, blazed through the 100m final in a dazzling 10.72 seconds, becoming the eighth fastest woman in history and delivering St. Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal.
