Athletics News

Britons Asha Philip and Dina Asher-Smith reach the 60m semi-finals at the World Indoor Championships in Portland.

Barring an injury, Aston Eaton looks certain to secure his third successive world indoor title after the American world record holder cleared a best of 5.10m in the heptathlon pole vault on Saturday afternoon.

With six spots available for seven teams, the top teams secured their presence in Sunday's 4x400m final, including defending champions the United States.

Windy and cold weather conditions in the Slovak spa city of Dudince welcomed the race walkers at the 35th edition of the Dudinska 50, an IAAF Race Walking Challenge meeting, on Saturday (19).

US champion Barbara Pierre had a flawless start to her 60m campaign, rocketing from the blocks in the final heat and powering down the track to win in 7.07, the fastest of all qualifiers.

US indoor champion and world leader Ajee Wilson moved one step closer to winning her first senior global medal by dominating the first of the three heats in 2:00.61, the fastest time in the first round.`

With his lead having reduced to 63 points after yesterday's final event, Ashton Eaton increased his lead in the heptathlon by posting the fastest time in the first event of the second day, the 60m hurdles.

Brittney Reese's return to the top of the women's long jump wasn't complete until her final attempt of the competition at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 on Friday night (18).

Day two at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 saw the athletes take to the track for the first time, with the fans who packed the stands being treated to a night to remember. Here are the six pivotal story...

Trayvon Bromell electrified a sold-out crowd by becoming the first US athlete to claim the men's world indoor 60m title in six years with a personal best of 6.47.

By his lofty standards, it was a disappointing evening for Ashton Eaton in the heptathlon high jump, the American world record holder unable to clear better than 1.99m. Eaton came into the event with a commanding lead of...

In the build-up to the women's 60m hurdles final, all the talk was about the two Americans who had recorded blistering times to win their semi-finals, Brianna Rollins and Kendra Harrison.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton ran the race of her life in the 800m to win her first global title, smashing the North American pentathlon record with a winning score of 4881.

Bralon Taplin was completely dominant in the first of the two men's 400m semi-finals, the Grenadian powering through the first 200m and maintaining well thereafter to take victory in 45.38, the second fastest time in the...

Kemi Adekoya may not be the fastest woman in the world this year but the Asian indoor champion, best known outdoors for her prowess over the hurdles, confirmed her status as a favourite for gold over two laps of the trac...

Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman confirmed he is ready to defend his world indoor 1500m title with a convincing win in the second of two heats.

After running a Caribbean record of 6.44 in the morning, Jamaica's Asafa Powell confirmed his ambitions to win his first individual world title by producing an identical time to win his semifinal.

Anastasiya Mokhnyuk had been in medal contention all along, but the Ukrainian gave herself a great chance to take the pentathlon title after leaping an outright PB of 6.66m in the long jump.

While his effort in the shot was by no means a disaster, Ashton Eaton would have been hoping for a bit more than 14.16m in his quest to break the world indoor heptathlon record in Portland.

Kendra Harrison and Brianna Rollins made bold statements of intent in the heats of women's 60m hurdles heats on Friday evening (18), blitzing their way to the final in the third and fourth fastest times of the year.

The 87th Seoul International Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, has been billed as likely to become a battle between defending champion Wilson Loyanane and former world record holder Patrick Makau on Sunday (20).

Although she surrendered her overall lead, Brianne Theisen-Eaton improved her chances of victory in the pentathlon after throwing a big season's best in the shot.