Time has come for World Athletics to budge from its outmoded policy on false starts
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Wayde van Niekerk books first 400m final in 5 years at World Champs
South African Olympic medallist Wayde van Niekerk has qualified for his first final since 2017 after easing into the 400m final at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday.
Mark English advances to semi-finals, Rhasidat Adeleke just misses out on final
Mark English has qualified for the 800m semi-finals after a brilliant run on Thursday morning at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Jeruto claims steeplechase gold, Feng Bin wins women's discus
EUGENE, Ore. : Norah Jeruto set a World Championships record en route to winning the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase gold while China's Feng Bin outdid Olympic champion Valerie Allman in the discus final in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday.
Jeruto, Feng hammer out emphatic wins in steeple and discus at worlds
EUGENE, OREGON: Kenyan-born Norah Jeruto won world gold for Kazakhstan in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase on Wednesday while China’s Feng Bin threw a massive personal best to claim the discus title.
Sports ministry, AFN move to boost athletes’ morale as 4x100m relay begins
• Coaches work on baton exchange In a move to boost the morale of Nigerian athletes and officials at the ongoing Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, United States, the Sports Ministry and Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are in a race to ‘fix situation’ in the team’s camp ahead of the 4x100m relay event, which starts tomorrow.
Jake Wightman owed a Mars bar by Edinburgh club president after gold medal triumph
The 28-year-old, who moved to Linlithgow from Nottingham as a child, produced the performance of his life to beat Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the line in the men's 1,500 metres in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday morning.
Matt Hudson-Smith eases into 400m final at World Championships
Matt Hudson-Smith cruised into the 400m final at the World Championships and declared he is ready to win.