Athletics News
Obiri breaks her own US all-comers 1500m record in Eugene - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 07:32
Despite feeling a bit fatigued, Kenya's Hellen Obiri was confident in the strength and duration of her kick at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday (31).
Johnson-Thompson wins at Hypo-Meeting
BBC - 1 Jun 2014 18:27
Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson sets a personal best of 6,682 points to win the heptathlon at the prestigious Hypo-Meeting.
Malcolm fails to make 200m standard
BBC - 1 Jun 2014 17:08
Christian Malcolm fails to make the selection criteria for the Commonwealth Games at the Welsh Athletics Championships in Cardiff.
Liu and Barrondo take the spoils in La Coruna - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 07:32
China's world bronze medallist Liu Hong and Guatemala's Olympic silver medallist Erick Barrondo captured respective 20km victories in 1:27:39 and 1:21:14 at the '28th Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha', the Spanish leg in t...
Rudisha and Kiprop conquered in Eugene - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 07:32
Two of the big middle-distance questions coming into the 40th edition of the Prefontaine Classic, the third leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League, were whether Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and David Rudisha would continue to domin...
Lavillenie and Martinot-Lagarde score two for France in Eugene - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 07:32
It was a good afternoon for France at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene as Renaud Lavillenie lived up to expectations in the pole vault and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde exceeded them in the 110m hurdles on Saturday (3...
Kazmirek and Theisen Eaton lead at the end of day one in Gotzis
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 01:32
Germany's Kai Kazmirek and Canada's defending Gotzis champion Brianne Theisen-Eaton led overnight at the famous Hypo Meeting, the third leg of this year's IAAF Combined Events Challenge, on Saturday (31).
Kabuu close to course record at Run for Women in Albany
IAAF - 1 Jun 2014 01:32
Kenya's Lucy Kabuu, fourth at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in March, came home ahead of the more than 4000 at the 36th running of the Freihofer's Run for Women over 5km on Saturday (31).
Rudisha seventh on return to action
BBC - 1 Jun 2014 00:43
Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha is seventh on his return from injury at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene.