221 articles tagged "athletics"
Italy has won the men’s 4x100-metres relay to give Marcell Jacobs his second gold medal at Tokyo 2020. Jacobs who won the men’s 100-metres was part of the team that won the sprint relay. The Italians edged
Steven Gardiner has won Olympic 400m gold to secure the Bahamas' first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Gardiner who is the current 400m world champion crossed the line in 43.85 seconds. Colombia's Anthony Zambr
Uganda's Peruth Chemutai has won the 3,000m steeplechase gold as Kenyan world champion and world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech finished seventh. Chepkoech had complained after Sunday's heats that she was suffer
Emmanuel Korir led home countryman Ferguson Rotich to complete a Kenyan one-two in the 800m final. Korir, who finished sixth in the 400m final at Doha 2019, showed his finishing speed as he made a decisive break f
Canada's Andre de Grasse has won his first gold and fifth Olympic medal overall as he beat the world champion, Noah Lyles, in the final 50 metres of the 200m final. The 26-year-old, who took bronze in the 100m fin
The USA's Sydney McLaughlin has smashed her own world record with a sensational run as she took Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin who is only 21 powered down the home straight
100 metres bronze medalist Adre De Grasse is aiming to collect his second Tokyo Olympic medal in the 200 metres final after clocking the fastest time from the semi-final. The Canadian sprinter clocked 19.73 second
Norway's Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men's 400m hurdles race to demolish his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020. Warholm who is 25-years-old finished in 45.94 seconds to slash more than seven-tent
Elaine Thompson-Herah has confirmed her place among the greatest sprinters of the world as she has secured a women's 100m-200m double at Tokyo 2020. The 29-year-old Jamaican surged home in 21.53 seconds to back up
Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah is on course to complete a sprint double after equalling her personal best to qualify for the women's 200 metres final. The 100 metres champion clocked 21.66 seconds to lead the quali
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim has added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo -and persuaded organisers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi. Both B
Peter Bol has qualified for the men's 800 metres final in Tokyo, becoming the first Australian to achieve the feat since Ralph Doubell won gold at the 1968 Olympics. Bol set an Australian and Oceania record with a
US shot-putter Raven Saunders has made the Tokyo Olympics' first podium demonstration, after winning her event's silver medal. BBC News reports as the medallists posed for photos, Saunders raised her arms and cross
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas has set a world record - the first to be broken in athletics at the Tokyo Games - as she won Olympic gold in the triple jump. BBC News reports Rojas who is the silver medallist at Rio 201
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs is the new sprint king of the world after he claimed a shock gold in the Olympic Men’s 100 metres final this morning. Jacobs who switched from long jump in 2018 clocked a time of 9.8
New Zealand shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams has won her fourth Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020. She got bronze in the women's shot put final this afternoon. This is her fifth Olympic shot put final. Adam
Australia’s 23-year-old Rohan Browning shocked the world last night in the men's 100 metres heats when he beating the second-fastest man in history Yohan Blake of Jamaica and Britain’s Chijindu Ujah. Browning r
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has become the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to retain her Olympic 100 metres title. The 29-year-old ran 10.61 seconds, a new Ol
Pacific Sprint King Banuve Tabakaucoro has ended his Tokyo 2020 campaign with a seventh-place finish in Heat 4 of Round 1 of the men’s 100 metres. He clocked a time of 10.70 seconds. The 28-year-old was qua
Pacific Sprint King Banuve Tabakaucoro has qualified for Round 1 of the 100 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Tabakaucoro tied for third place with a time of 10.59 seconds in the preliminary round this aft
