Canada's Dunfee pleased with sixth place at world championships
EUGENE, Ore. — Canadian Olympic bronze medallist Evan Dunfee says he's come to love climbing medal podiums.
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Rohan Bopanna-Matew Middelkoop pair loses Hamburg Open final
Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matew Middelkoop lost to the British-Finnish pair of Llyod Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara in straight sets in the Hamburg Open final here on Sunday. The fourth-seeded Indo-Dutch duo, who reached the French Open semifinal this year, failed to break the unseeded pair of Glasspool and Heliovaara even once to suffer a 2-6, 4-6 defeat in a match that lasted a little more than an hour.
World Athletics Championships: Canada stun US to win men's 4x100 relay gold
United States gold in the men's 4x100 metres relay on Saturday as Canada surged down the final straight to take the world title. The Americans looked set to retain their crown until the last changeover between Elijah Hall and Marvin Bracy, who lost time with a slow exchange. Canadian anchor Andre De Grasse did not waste the opportunity and passed Bracy on the final leg.
World Athletics Championships: Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay holds on to win 5,000m gold
Tokyo bronze medallist Tsegay traded the lead with compatriot Gidey, the world 10,000m champion, throughout the race until the pack took off for the final lap. The Netherlands' 5,000m Olympic champion Sifan Hassan, known for her ferocious kick, picked up the pace before delivering a challenge with 200m to go as she wove to the inside, but could not maintain her speed as Tsegay charged down the final straight. "I have been training well for 1,500m and this helps spring on the home stretch," said Tsegay, who collected silver in the 1,500m earlier in the meet.
De Grasse leads Canada to men's 4x100m relay gold at world championships
EUGENE, Ore. — The Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team is golden at the world track and field championships.
Neeraj Chopra creates history, becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World Athletics Championships
While a nation was asleep, the reigning Olympic champion created history after becoming the first ever Indian athlete to win a silver at the World athletics championships with his best effort of 88.13m on early Sunday morning (India time) to etch his name in the record books. He, however, failed in his endeavour to become the first javelin thrower after Norwegian track and field great Andreas Thorkildsen to hold both the Olympics and World Championships titles at the same time. Thorkildsen had achieved the feat at the Berlin edition of the Worlds meet.
Ethiopia’s Tsegay wins world 5000m gold, Hassan to leave Eugene empty-handed
EUGENE, United States: Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay surged down the home straight to win the women’s world 5,000m title in the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. Tsegay timed a winning 14min 46.29sec for gold, with Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet claiming silver in 14:46.75 and another Ethiopian, Dawit Seyaum, taking bronze (14:47.36). Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands could only finish sixth, meaning she will depart Oregon not having made the podium in either the 5,000 or 10,000m.
Canadian Damian Warner leads after 1st decathlon event at World Athletics Championships
Olympic champion Damian Warner has started his pursuit of claiming his first world decathlon title by posting the fastest time in the 100-metres – exactly how he started in Tokyo one year ago.