Athletics News
Dina Asher-Smith's extraordinary tale of desperate dash for Olympic fitness
The Guardian - 31 Jul 2021 19:40
Team GB's poster girl reveals her secret attempts to get fit before Tokyo in the wake of her 100m semi-final heartbreak Tokyo blues. Dina Asher-Smith did pretty well, all things considered, to keep it together for the op...
Tokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah last woman standing as bar brawl boils down to duel
BBC - 31 Jul 2021 19:15
The 100m royal rumble never emerged. Instead it was a whole lot less global and whole lot more personal as Elaine Thompson-Herah overhauled Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Great Jamaicans start to shift their sport out of Flo-Jo's shadow
The Guardian - 31 Jul 2021 18:19
In breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's Olympic record, Elaine Thompson-Herah has begun the process of removing a long-standing millstone around women's sprinting Minutes before the start of the women's 100m final, the mo...
Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Jemma Reekie, Alex Bell & Keely Hodgkinson reach women's 800m final
BBC - 31 Jul 2021 15:51
Watch highlights as Team GB Jemma Reekie, Alex Bell and Keely Hodgkinson all secure their places in the women's 800m final at Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah defends 100m title
BBC - 31 Jul 2021 15:21
Elaine Thompson-Herah became the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to defend her Olympic 100m title.
Elaine Thompson-Herah takes stunning Olympic gold in women's 100m
The Guardian - 31 Jul 2021 14:58
Fraser-Pryce takes silver, Jackson bronze, in Jamaican sweep Great Britain's Daryll Neita finishes eighth in final Elaine Thompson-Herah produced a stunning sprinting performance to take gold in the women's 100m at the T...
Dina Asher-Smith: Jessica Ennis-Hill, Michael Johnson & Denise Lewis discuss GB runner's withdrawal from 200m
BBC - 31 Jul 2021 14:23
Jessica Ennis-Hill, Michael Johnson and Denise Lewis discuss Dina Asher-Smith's hamstring injury and withdrawal from the 200m, describing the situation as ''devastating''.
Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare out of women's 100m semis after doping ban
The Guardian - 31 Jul 2021 10:00
Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone on 19 July Sprinter, 32, had been due to race Dina Asher-Smith in semi-final Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is out of the Tokyo Olympics after being handed a provisi...
Tokyo Olympics: Tiffany Porter & Cindy Sember reach 100m hurdles semi-finals
BBC - 31 Jul 2021 07:49
Team GB sisters Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 100m hurdles on a busy day of track and field heats at Tokyo 2020.