El Bakkali retains 3,000m steeplechase world title
BUDAPEST: Olympic gold medallist Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco raced to his second consecutive world championship title in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase on Tuesday.
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Peerless Kipyegon cruises to third 1500m world gold
BUDAPEST: Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon capped a year that brought her a hat-trick of world records by claiming a treble of world 1,500 metres gold medals as she ran a perfect race to come home in 3:54.87 on Tuesday (Aug 22).
Women's 5,000m heats delayed due to high temperatures
Soaring temperatures in Budapest have pushed back the women's 5,000 metres heats from the morning session to the evening session on Wednesday, World Athletics said.
'Scenes of absolute horror': Saudi border guards guilty of mass killings of migrants, says HRW
“I saw people killed in a way I have never imagined.” Last February, 14-year-old Hamdiya was trying to cross the Yemen-Saudi border with a group of 60 people when she heard the gunfire.
Noah Lyles and Joshua Cheptegei crowned world champions with 100m gold in Budapest
Noah Lyles of the United States raced to victory in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, his first world title over the distance, while Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei took gold in the 10,000m.
Cheptegei wins third successive 10,000m gold
BUDAPEST: Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei delivered a devastating last lap to win a third successive World Championship 10,000 metres gold on Sunday despite barely competing over 25 laps in the last three years.
He came to B.C. as a refugee. Now, this boxing champion is training for an Olympic bid
When Dalis Gures arrived as a teenager in Vancouver with his single mother and four siblings in 2016 — via a refugee camp in Kenya — the Canadian-Ethiopian athlete had played soccer but never considered boxing.
Shocker In World Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable Fails To Qualify For Final Round In 3000m Steeplechase
National record holder 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable failed to qualify for the final round of the World Athletics Championships after finishing a disappointing seventh in his heat race in a shocking result here in Budapest on Saturday. Sable, who trained abroad for many months on Sports Ministry's funding to prepare for this showpiece event and was exempted from competing in domestic events, clocked 8 minute and 22.24 seconds to finish seventh in heat number one.