Helmut Marko: Red Bull are dominating 2022 season
Helmut Marko has said that Red Bull are dominating the 2022 season at the moment, and it is hard to argue with that summary.
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Shericka Jackson and Yohan Blake win Jamaican 100m titles in season-best times
KINGSTON : Shericka Jackson sped to season best 10.77secs (wind +0.9 m/s) to turn back the challenege of Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah to win her first Jamaican 100m title on Friday in Kingston.
Meet the madcap cast hoping to be crowned Britain's 100m sprint king
Together, they gathered in an attempt to claim ownership of the vacant throne: the potential superstar, the reformed doper, the man robbed of his greatest achievement by a cheating team-mate, and another fuelled by his close brush with death.
Simon Yates omitted from BikeExchange-Jayco team for Tour de France - set to ride in Vuelta a Espana instead
Britain's Simon Yates has been left out of the BikeExchange-Jayco team for the Tour de France. The second Grand Tour of the year gets underway in Copenhagen on July 1, but the 29-year-old Yates won't be on the start line.
Allyson Felix advances, Sha’Carri Richardson out of the 100m on Day 1 of U.S. Track and Field Championships
Dynamic but inconsistent sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson will not be on the U.S. 100m team for World Championships. On the opening night of the 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships, Richardson finished 5th in her heat in 11.31, well off her season best of 10.85, and not fast enough to advance to the semifinals. While the Dallas native is still entered in the 200, the early round elimination came as something of a surprise after Richardson finished 2nd at the 2022 Prefontaine Classic in May behind two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce dazzles at Jamaica Championships
Fraser-Pryce, the fastest woman in the world this year after twice clocking 10.67sec -- most recently in Paris last weekend -- showed no sign of fatigue as she blazed to an emphatic victory. Fraser-Pryce exploded from the blocks and controlled the race from the start, with former World Under-20 sprint double champion Briana Williams second in 10.98sec.
Bradley Wiggins says Mark Cavendish deserves Tour de France spot and backs Chris Froome to ‘surprise us all’
Bradley Wiggins believes former teammate Mark Cavendish deserves a shot at defending his green jersey and breaking the Tour de France stage record this year. Cavendish is set to miss out on being selected by QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl for the upcoming Tour, which starts on July 1, with team manager Patrick Lefevere stating Fabio Jakobsen is the preferred sprinter.
Sainz no longer fears he will ‘lose the car’
Carlos Sainz says he can finally push flat-out “without any fear of losing the car”, a problem he had earlier this season.