Alfred and Jefferson-Wooden set up Tokyo 100 metres showdown
TOKYO :Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Julien Alfred set up their highly anticipated 100 metres showdown when they swept through the semi-finals at the world championships on Sunday.
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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Oblique Seville win track worlds 100s - ESPN
TOKYO — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at the world championships Sunday in a changing of the guard in track.
Thompson and Bednarek dead heat their way into 100m final
TOKYO :Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and American Kenny Bednarek laughed their way into the world 100 metres final on Sunday, crossing the line smiling together in their heat with identical times to the thousandth of a second in 9.85 seconds.
Hudson-Smith hobbles through to 400m semis in Tokyo
TOKYO : Britain's world and Olympic 400 metres silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith scraped into the semi-finals at the world championships on Sunday but said he felt flat and struggled with a hip problem as he finished fourth in his heat.
Sports have started accommodating nursing mothers. Jennifer Jones helped pave the way
When Jennifer Jones heard the cries of her fellow mothers at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alta., she knew she couldn't be silent anymore.
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Jepchirchir sprints to marathon gold, Ingebrigtsen out of 1,500m
TOKYO : Peres Jepchirchir edged Tigst Assefa in a thrilling sprint finish at Tokyo's National Stadium to win the women's marathon on a steamy second morning of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.
Ingebrigtsen knocked out in world 1,500m heats
TOKYO :Norwegian former Olympic 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance to the world championship semi-finals on Sunday after trailing in eighth in his heat on the back of an injury-hit preparation.