Athletics News
Semenya clocks 49.96, Amos defeats Korir in Asaba - African Championships, Day 3
IAAF - 3 Aug 2018 23:06
Producing one of the most dominant displays at these championships so far, Caster Semenya sped to a 49.96 victory in the 400m to highlight the third day of action at the African Athletics Championships on Friday in Asaba...
Weatherwatch: downpours failed to dampen Olympic spirit in 1948
The Guardian - 3 Aug 2018 22:30
The Games opened in scorching sunshine - then the rains came, and Time magazine called the weather "the worst in Olympic history" Tokyo's heatwave may be a warning sign for the 2020 Olympics there, but things were rather...
Joanna Blair: Great Britain javelin thrower banned for four years
BBC - 3 Aug 2018 16:47
British javelin thrower Joanna Blair is banned for four years after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
High jumper Lysenko out of Euros after being stripped of neutral status
BBC - 3 Aug 2018 14:27
Russian Danil Lysenko's status as a neutral athlete is revoked, ruling the high jump gold medal favourite out of the European Championships.
Lyles to headline Birmingham 100m field - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 3 Aug 2018 14:14
Noah Lyles, this season's fastest man in the world over both 100m and 200m, will headline the 100m field at the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham IAAF Diamond League fixture on 18 August.
Reece Prescod: 'Sometimes you just want to die, but you've got to keep going and keep running'
The Guardian - 3 Aug 2018 13:00
The UK's top sprinter on smoked salmon before a session, his love of a good javelin competition and how his grandad's funeral inspired him to get into the sport What have you been up to recently? I've been in Berlin doin...
Spencer wins third CAC Games high jump title, Walcott his first
IAAF - 3 Aug 2018 12:48
Saint Lucia's Levern Spencer and Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott were the standout performers at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia on Thursday (2), a day that Cuba added four g...