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American takes world 200m title in 19.52secI cant wait to be the only man to win five 200m titlesFirst Noah Lyles equalled Usain Bolts record of four straight 200m gold medals at a World Athletics Championships. Then he ...

Lyles pulled ahead of teammate Kenny Bednarek heading into the straight then held him off down the stretch to capture his fourth title in a much-awaited final. Lyles finished in 19.52 seconds for a 0.06-second winning ma...

Despite gashing her leg in the heats, the 28-year-old powered into the final in Tokyo with a new national recordWearing an adhesive bandage covering a gash on her leg, Jess Hull became the first Australian woman to quali...

USA's Rai Benjamin takes gold in the men's 400m hurdles, after being reinstated following an earlier disqualification for knocking over another athlete's hurdle at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The USA's Noah Lyles wins his fourth 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Netherlands' Femke Bol takes gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The American has rewritten the hurdles record book and now posted the fastest 400m flat in four decades. At 26, her ceiling seems limitlessAs Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Marileidy Paulino whisked around the final bend ...

Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell reach the final of the women's 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson moves into third place in the heptathlon following the high jump at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

World Championship silver medallist Jake Wightman says he, Josh Kerr and Neil Gourley could claim a Scottish clean sweep at next summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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With three women, including the 1500m bronze medallist, into the 800m semis at the world championships, Australias quality is evidentExpectations around Australias womens 800m runners were already high when Claudia Holli...