Jake Wightman in confident mood as he looks to add to World Championships title
Scotland’s Jake Wightman admits his confidence is sky high as he chases a golden treble.
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That’s the most it’s sunk in – Jake Wightman enjoys world champion status
Scotland’s Jake Wightman admits his world title win has finally sunk in at the Commonwealth Games.
Watch: Botswana Sprinter Reminds Of Usain Bolt On Way To Setting U20 World Record
Deemed by many as the possible heir of legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo recently retained his U20 World Championship title in Cali, Colombia. He set a new world record by clocking 9.91 seconds, three hundredths of a second off his own record set at the recent World Championships in Eugene (9.94), where he reached the semi-finals. Apart from his comparisons with Boult on the basis of performance, his antics on the track are also reminiscent of the eight-time Olympic gold medallist.
Commonwealth Games: Thompson-Herah and Omanyala take 100m golds
BIRMINGHAM, England: Elaine Thompson-Herah, the only one of Jamaica's "Big Three" women to show up at the Commonwealth Games, was rewarded with the 100m gold medal on Wednesday (Aug 3), while Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala powered to the men's title.
‘This is for her’: Johnson-Thompson follows family loss with heptathlon gold
After the sorrow and the suffering, the glory and the pain. Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been through the wars over the past three injury-ravaged years, and last week she also lost her grandmother Mary. Yet in front of an adoring home crowd she summoned a performance of no little resolve to retain her Commonwealth Games heptathlon title.
Elaine Thompson-Herah finally claims Commonwealth Games gold in 100 metres
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clinched her first Commonwealth Games 100m title as Daryll Neita’s challenge failed to materialise.
Games-Thompson-Herah and Omanyala take 100 metre golds
BIRMINGHAM, England : Elaine Thompson-Herah, the only one of Jamaica's "Big Three" women to show up at the Commonwealth Games, was rewarded with the 100 metres gold medal on Wednesday, while Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala powered to the men's title.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson ends ‘tough week’ with Commonwealth Games gold
Katarina Johnson-Thompson dedicated her first heptathlon title for three years to her late grandmother after successfully defending her Commonwealth Games crown.