Noah Lyles comes closest in 11 years to breaking Usain Bolt's 200m WR with emphatic run
Noah Lyles broke the American 200-metre record as he destroyed the field at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
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Fastest man in American history: Noah Lyles wins 200m in emphatic fashion
Noah Lyles broke the American 200-metre record as he destroyed the field at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m bronze at World Athletics Championships, dedicates medal to late grandmother
Dina Asher-Smith delivered a brilliant bronze over 200m at the World Athletics Championships – and then paid an emotional tribute to her grandmother. Shericka Jackson blew the field apart to lead home a Jamaican one-two ahead of 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Jackson’s time of 21.45s was the second fastest in history and just 0.11s shy of Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record from 1988.
Bronze for Dina Asher-Smith in 200m final as Shericka Jackson goes supersonic
As Shericka Jackson went supersonic in one of the greatest displays in sprinting history, Dina Asher-Smith was finding inspiration from the heavens to claim a stunning bronze here in Eugene.
Lyles retains 200m crown as US sweep podium, Jackson wins women's title
Noah Lyles retained his 200 metres title as U.S. sprinters secured their second podium sweep while Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made it a 1-2 finish for Jamaica in the women's event at the World Championships on Thursday.
World Athletics Championships: Shericka Jackson edges Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win world 200m gold
Jackson set a championship record of 21.45 seconds, the second fastest time ever run over the distance, for a first individual world title at Hayward Field, Eugene. Newly-crowned 100m gold medallist Fraser-Pryce took silver in 21.81sec, with defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of Britain claiming bronze (22.02).
World Athletics Championships: Noah Lyles defends 200m crown as US sweep podium
Five days after Fred Kerley led a USA 1-2-3 in the 100m, Lyles delivered another show-stopping display at Hayward Field, scorching to victory in 19.31sec -- the fourth fastest time in history. Only Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have run faster.
Lyles defends world 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce
EUGENE, OREGON: Noah Lyles defended his world 200m title in electric fashion in a second US sprint clean sweep on Thursday, while Shericka Jackson thwarted Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s bid for a sprint double in the women’s race.