Zharnel Hughes - players.bio

Zharnel Hughes will thrive under the pressure of being a British record holder and serious medal contender at the Paris 2024 Games: that's according to former Olympian Iwan Thomas. Hughes will be tasked with replicating his phenomenal performance on the biggest stage of all in 12 months' time and Thomas is backing him to rise to the challenge.

Britain Sporting athletics sprint 2024 100m

Zharnel Hughes backed to thrive and contend at Paris 2024

Zharnel Hughes will thrive under the pressure of being a British record holder and serious medal contender at the Paris 2024 Games: that's according to former Olympian Iwan Thomas. Hughes, 27, shattered Linford Christie's 30-year British 100m record when he stopped the clock in 9.83 seconds at last month's New York City Grand Prix, before claiming the sprint double at the British Athletics Championships over the weekend.

Britain Sporting athletics sprint

NYC Grand Prix: Zharnel Hughes breaks Linford Christie’s 30-year British 100m record with 9.83 finish

Zharnel Hughes ran 9.83 seconds to break Linford Christie’s 30-year British 100m record in New York. The 27-year-old’s effort was 0.04 seconds quicker than Christie’s run at the World Championships back in 1993. Ad Hughes’ effort is the quickest time in the world so far this year and the second fastest ever by a European athlete.

Marcell Jacobs Britain Italy Tokyo New York athletics 100m NYC

British sprinter CJ Ujah banned 22 months after Olympic medal stripped

British sprinter Chijindu “CJ” Ujah was banned for 22 months on Monday after testing positive for two prohibited substances during the Tokyo Olympics.

Richard Kilty Britain Canada Tokyo Budapest athletics

British sprinter Chijindu Ujah gets 22-month doping ban

British sprinter Chijindu Ujah was banned for 22 months on Monday after testing positive for two prohibited substances during the Tokyo Olympics last year.

Richard Kilty Britain Tokyo Budapest athletics

CJ Ujah cleared of deliberately taking drugs at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, British sprinter will serve reduced ban

CJ Ujah has been cleared of deliberately taking banned substances at last year’s Tokyo Olympics and will serve a reduced ban. Ujah has been banned for 22 months, which is backdated to August 6, 2021 — the date he failed his drugs test.

Richard Kilty Britain Italy Tokyo athletics 2020

British sprint stars hail European Championship success after relay gold

Britain's sprint stars hailed a European Championship to savour after scorching to 4x100m relay gold in record time. Zharnel Hughes, Jeremiah Azu, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Jona Efoloko combined in devastating fashion in Munich to clock a championship record 37.67s ahead of France and Poland. Ad Hughes claimed individual 100m silver and 200m gold earlier in the week while Azu bagged bronze behind his teammate in the competition's blue riband race.

Britain France Germany Poland county Hughes Sporting athletics cycling sprint

Azu credits ability to perform under pressure in European 100m bronze

By Will Jennings in Munich Jubilant Jeremiah Azu believes a natural ability to thrive on the big stage fired him to his brilliant 100m European bronze. Ad The Welsh sprinter, 21, finished third behind Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs and British teammate Zharnel Hughes on a memorable night in Munich. Athletics'The gold should have been mine': Neita rues cramp as she settles for bronzeAN HOUR AGO Azu clocked a personal best time of 10.13 to finish 0.18s behind Jacobs — whose 9.95s marked a Championship record — and improve on his fifth-place finish at this summer's Commonwealth Games.

Marcell Jacobs Britain Birmingham county Will county Jennings Sporting athletics volleyball 100m bronze

Zharnel Hughes: Last News

Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse go head-to-head at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia

All news where Zharnel Hughes is mentioned