American Aleia Hobbs ends Jamaican dominance in women's 100m at Diamond League Lausanne
American Aleia Hobbs won the women's 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, beating Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in a photo finish on Friday.
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Noah Lyles, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce highlight Lausanne Diamond League; TV, Live Stream Schedule
The 2022 Diamond League action continues this Friday, August 26 in Lausanne, Switzerland with an encore presentation Saturday, August 27. Live coverage will be available on Peacock and CNBC. See below for additional information on how to watch/live stream the 2022 Diamond League.
Reekie hoping she is through low point in career
Jemma Reekie believes she has finally battled through the lowest point of her career after bringing a gruelling summer of athletics to an end in Munich. The Kilbarchan middle distance star has endured a torrid year both on and off the track after struggling with glandular fever and failing to qualify for both the World Championship or Commonwealth Games finals in her preferred 800m event. Ad But Reekie, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo last summer, defied her initial instincts to compete at this week's European Championships to finish a brave fifth in last night's 800m final as teammate Keely Hodgkinson won gold.
Hodgkinson kept it simple on the way to first major gold
Keely Hodgkinson believes keeping things simple and trusting her instinct fired her to a long-awaited major championship gold. The Olympic silver medallist won the European 800m title on Saturday night after breezing to victory ahead of Renelle Lamote and Anna Wielgosz in Munich. Ad Hodgkinson, 20, followed up her breakthrough Tokyo medal with silvers at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games after being beaten by Athing Mu in Eugene and then stunned by Mary Moraa in Birmingham.
Athletics Ireland not surprised by Munich success
A week to savour for Irish athletics at the European Championships in Munich.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis retains European pole vault title
Duplantis, fresh from breaking his own world record in Eugene as he clinched world gold with 6.21 metres last month, set a championship record of 6.06 metres for gold at the Olympic Stadium. Germany's Bo Kanda Lita Baehre claimed silver with a best of 5.85m, while Norway's Pal Haugen Lillefosse took bronze (5.75). Coming into the continental showpiece, Duplantis was on an 18-competition winning streak and was once again a class apart from a field that struggled throughout in cool, damp conditions.
Wightman lambasts poor performance despite making it through to 800m final
Jake Wightman delivered a damning assessment of his European 800m semi-final display despite keeping his medal hopes alive in Munich. The 1500m world champion has opted to run a shortened distance this week at the multi-sports championships in a bid to showcase his versatility and keep his future options open. Ad And it almost backfired on Friday night as Wightman, 28, was forced into a final lap battle to edge into the final.
Muir labels gruelling European 1500m gold 'hardest race' she's run after memorable title defence in
Laura Muir labelled her hard-fought European title defence the 'hardest race she's ever run' after a lightning turn of pace propelled her to a third major 1500m medal of the summer in Munich. The Scottish middle distance star left herself with considerable work to do before hitting the accelerator at the pivotal moment to burst clear of the field and retain the title she won in Berlin four years ago. Ad Muir, 29, clocked a red-hot time of 4:01.08 to finish 1.48s clear of Ireland's Ciara Mageean — who ran a bold race to seal silver – and Poland's Sofia Ennaoui in front of a bumper crowd at the city's 1972 Olympic Stadium.