Athletics News

Wayde Van Niekerk made a little bit of history at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris when he became the first African to dip below 44 seconds for one lap of the track, when he ran 43.96 on Saturday (4).

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell runs the second fastest 100m of the year to win the Diamond League in Paris.

In the end it wasn't even a world-leading time for the year, but the Ethiopian pair of Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana threw almost everything they had at their assault on the 5000m world record in Paris on Saturday (4).

American-born Cindy Ofili is second to sister Tiffany Porter in the women's 100m hurdles at the British Championships.