The Irish giant man of Irish field event, Eric Favour step into another gear again by breaking his own Irish shot put again at Carolina Challenge on Saturday (22). Eric who first break 28 years old Irish shot put indoor record in February last year, went further yesterday to land a new record of 19.84m […]
Tag: 200m
The 200m specialist who has always been slow down by injury, Kynnedy Flannel, produces one of her best yesterday. She capped the best performance on Friday (21) at Red Raider Open. She raised to 22.97s in the 200m , a world lead. Nigeria Favour Ofili was also impressive in a new terrain 60m, when she […]
Twenty-four-old Lithuania Olympian, Gediminas Truskauskas has once proved again why he’s often called ‘the king of 200m’ after added to his outdoor national record on Thursday (19) at indoor meet in Latvia. Truskauskas strolling in new found confident broke Lithuania 200m indoor national record with 21.25s strong finish, there by breaking thirty years old 21.27s […]
At the Corky Classic in Lubbock on Saturday (15) a Bahamian 200m specialist, Terrence Jones showed how quick his legs can be as he stepped down in distance to win the 60m. After winning his heat – in what was the first 60m race of his life – in a national record 6.53s, then later […]
Egyptian sprint record holder, Bassant Hemida confirmed she is the Egyptian sprint star of the moment. At the national championship which ended on Sunday (26), Bassant won her customary 200m in 23.01s and went on to dazzled all and sundry with national record in 400m win with impressive 52.84s. Bassant now holds all the Egyptian […]
The European 200m bronze medalist, Swiss Alex Wilson has just ran an incredible 9.84s (1.9) to take down Francis Obikwelu’s 9.86s European record. The 30 years old Jamaica born Alex, improved his Swiss national record of 10.08s he recorded in 2019 at Georgia Games in Marietta. In the 200m, he also improved his national record […]
On the third day of European U-20 Championship on Saturday (17), the Kadriorg Stadium was beamed into life as Rashidat Adeleke cough out a magnificent athletics display. An European U-20 leader with 22.96s, Adeleke in scintillating form rounded over the sprint double win in 200m; adding to 100m she won yesterday. In the process setting […]
The Egyptian champion and All Africa Games medalist, Bassant Hemida looking more sharper for Tokyo Olympics Games. At the Czech Club League Athletics Meet yesterday (4), Hemida produced scintillating performance to hit a sprint double win and double national record. In 100m Hemida improved her national record of 11.23s she set in the same stadium […]
A good performance continues at the US trials on Friday (25). Gabby Thomas notched another world lead time in 200m after finished first in her semifinal with a new personal best of 21.94s. Jenna Pradini was also impressive with a personal best of 21.99s beating Allyson Felix who ran 22.20s to second place in another […]
The US Olympics trials continues on Thursday (24) with a lot of sparks. First, the Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas continues her early in the season strong showing in 200m. In the 200m heat yesterday, Gabby who seems to be over her hamstring injury ran a world leading time and personal best of 21.98s to lead […]
A freshman in a season with national record under her belt, ruthless Ruth Ushoro finally nailed the NCAA triple jump title on Saturday (12). Ushoro kept her best jump for the last to beat energetic Jasmine Moore to soared to 14.19m to Moore 14.13m. On the one lap race, American new sensation Athing Mu’s sting […]
Although crazy stuff happens in 4×400m relay when athletes are well puffed up. But what happened yesterday in men 4×400m relay was astonishing; something from another planet. The name Auhmad Robinson does not ring any bell, but yesterday the name rang more bells. This is a man who was a 47s runner last year in […]
The world 200m fastest man this season, Terrance Laid was completely dazed over 200m on Friday at the NCAA championship. Terrance had comfortable won the 100m title earlier in 10.02s, beating Shaun Maswanganyi and Micah Richard. But in 200m his favourite, despite boasted one of fastest last 50m of 200m; Joseph Fahnbulleh, a freshman from […]
At the Sunday (23) Adidas Boston Boost meet, a new Canadian 200m sensation, Jerome Blake took the headline. The 27-year-old Jerome took the world 400m record holder, Wayde Van Niekerk to cleaner. He won in a new personal best of 19.89s, the third fastest time for this season. British Champion, Zharnel Hughes also hit personal […]
The world leader in 100m this season, quarter miller Fred Kerley showed why he’s the season fastest man earlier today at the Ostrava Golden Spike. Fred surprised himself by beating world champion Justin Gatlin in 100m. He won in 9.96s to Gatlin 10.08s while Andre De Grasse was third in 10.18s. In the 200m, Fred […]
A real icing on the cake for consistent beautiful performance all through this season finally came for a teenage Irish sensational, Rhasidat Adeleke. At the weekend at the Big 12 Championship in New York, the 18-year-old Adeleke risen to her potential by breaking the Irish 200m. Adeleke is currently on an athletic scholarship at the […]
Athletics in Tel Aviv capital city of Isreal was agog as several Isreali national record holder turned up for the local meet at the Tel Aviv beautiful stadium arena on Saturday (1). Although Blessing Afrifa 21.11s over 200m was a bit far from national record but in 1500m, it was Necho Tayachew that was more […]