World 400m bronze medalist, Jamaica Shericka Jackson who took the short sprint by storm lately has confirmed her new found form by winning the 200m at the Stockholm Diamond League today, Sunday (3). Jackson subdued African champion, Maria-Jose To Lou to win the 200m in 22.10s to Ta Lou season best of 22.36s. Another national […]
After several assault on Kelvin young 400m hurdle 46.78s world record, the Norwegian Karsten Warhorm finally got what he actually deserved this evening at Oslo Diamond League by smatching the world record with near perfect hurdling, finished in 46.70s. The reigning champion showed the glimpse of world record form when at Weltklasse Zurich in August 2019, […]
This evening at the Oslo Diamond League, Dutch Champion Femke Bol who has broken national record for umpteenth time has registered another one. She finished 400m hurdles in impressive 53.33s, a new national record. But the 100m women saw the resurgence of Ivorian Maria-Josee To Lou who clocked her season best of 10.91s (-0.3) to […]
The Diamond league on Thursday (10) in Rome threw up some exciting performances. Dutch Sifan Hassan showed again that she should not be toiled with as she smashed the 1500m meet record with a world leading time of 3:53.63. The Kenya Champion Faith Kipyegon in that fast race broke national record to come second in […]
The chance of suspended reigning 100m World Champion, Christian Coleman participating in Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year is now seriously hanging on lightest string going by the statement of World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, has warned Coleman not to expect any special deals or favours that would allow […]
The Jamaica 2019 World Discus Silver Medalist, Fedrick Dacres has sound a note of warning about Jamaica’s brewing strength in field events yesterday in a GleanerInstagram Live interview. Dacres believes that including his discipline, Jamaica has the best range of field-event athletes it has had in years, and he said that the country has the […]
Registration for the World Athletics Relief Fund will be open to applicants until May 31 with a working group overseeing the distribution of funds, with eligibility criteria and the application process now being finalised. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who chairs the working group has said defining the eligibility criteria has been difficult to ensure […]
The Euromeetings group has added pressure on World Athletics by asking for reversal of freezing of the Olympics Tokyo 2020 Qualification window. This group which was founded 1979 by the late organiser of the Zürich Weltklasse, Andreas Brugger, represents all the major meetings on the continent including regular Diamond League final host Brussels, Lausanne, Oslo, […]