33 articles tagged "olympics-athletics"
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
Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro will make his Olympic Games debut in heat 2 of the Men’s 100m preliminary round this afternoon. Tabakaucoro has ran a season-best of 11.20 and is 520th in the world ranking.
Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro who is representing Team Fiji in the 100 metres event has resumed his training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. An update from Team Fiji highlighted that he rested
One of Usain Bolt's favourites in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games this month is Trayvon Bromell who won the event at the US Olympic track and field trials. Bolt who is 34 years old retired in 2017 and will wat
American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-metre race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. BBC News reports Richardson who won the 100 metres at the US Olympic trials
US Olympic champion Ryan Crouser’s has shattered the shot put world record that has stood for 31 years. FoxSports reports the 28-year-old defending champion easily won the US track and field trials, finally beati
