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Watch: Neeraj Chopra Reaches Maiden World Athletics Championships Final With 1st Throw

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Friday sealed a berth in the final of men's javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and all it took was just one attempt. The 24-year-old's first throw of 88.39m was enough to take him to the final, as he breached the automatic qualification mark of 83.50m. Chopra was in Group A in qualifying and was the first throw, and continued his brilliant form in the season as he booked a spot in Sunday's final.

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.

World Athletics Championships: Mark English misses out on 800m final spot

Mark English finished fifth in his 800m semi-final at the World Championships, with the Finn Valley AC star missing out on a place in the final by just a fifth of a second.

Athletics-Champion Lyles relishes American worlds dominance

By Amy Tennery

Champion Lyles relishes American worlds dominance

EUGENE, Ore. : A year after the U.S. men walked away from the Tokyo Olympics without a single individual track gold, sprinter Noah Lyles said on Thursday he was savouring every title won by American athletes at the World Championships.

Proud Sri Lanka athletes defy crisis to fulfil Games dreams

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne heads to England next week to cap his Commonwealth Games career where it began - a swansong almost derailed by his bankrupt country's bruising economic crisis.

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).

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.

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Watch: Neeraj Chopra Reaches Maiden World Athletics Championships Final With 1st Throw

Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m bronze at World Athletics Championships, dedicates medal to late grandmother

World Athletics Championships: Mark English misses out on 800m final spot

Athletics-Champion Lyles relishes American worlds dominance

Champion Lyles relishes American worlds dominance

Proud Sri Lanka athletes defy crisis to fulfil Games dreams

World Athletics Championships: Shericka Jackson edges Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win world 200m gold

Lyles defends world 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce