8 h. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes

Data showed Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16 faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the world athletics championships on Sunday, said he wasn’t surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes

Data suggests Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16sec faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, said he was not surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Neil Gourley makes honest admission ahead of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

The Glasgow 1500m runner is a regular finalist at the biggest events but arrives in Tokyo at a loss to explain a patch of poor form that has him fearing a first-round exit

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10 h. ago Usain Bolt issues warning to teen sensation Gout Gout about step up to seniors

Gout makes his World Championships debut in Tokyo next week

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Hunt, Kerr and Lake among Britons to watch

The action gets under way in Tokyo this weekend.

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships move road race start times over high heat fears

Japan has experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1898

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12 h. ago Hunt, Kerr and Lake among British athletes to watch at World Championships

The action gets under way in Tokyo this weekend.

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31 h. ago Lord Coe backs ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson to become one of all

Olympic champion Hodgkinson will look to add a first world title to her Paris 2024 800 metres gold at the World Athletics Championships.

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32 h. ago Novuna throws weight behind British and Northern Irish athletes at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

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35 h. ago Rory McIlroy's feelings on golf retirement are clear as he makes honest admission

Rory McIlroy has enjoyed a career-best season in 2022, but the five-time major champion is aware that he is in the latter stages of his time as a professional golfer

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52 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025 Schedule: Here's when and how to watch every event in Tokyo

The world’s finest athletes are set to attempt to run, jump and throw their way to glory in Tokyo.

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54 h. ago Raising the bar: Duplantis leads the stars aiming to break world records in Tokyo

From the pole vaulter in a class of his own to Kipyegon and Warholm, the world championships in Japan offer tantalising chances for new global marksArmand Duplantis is in a class of his own with a 17-foot pole in his hands. The Swede has broken the world record 13 times, including three times this year. His clearance of 6.28m at June’s Diamond League on home soil in Stockholm was particularly special: “This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here at Stadion. It’s magic.” In Budapest last month, he went to 6.29m. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics he won gold but failed in his three attempts at a world record. “I really thought I had it,” he said. This time? Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Rylan Clark expected to be in prison by now in honest admission

Rylan Clark has admitted that he expected to be in prison by this point in his life as he made an honest admission about how far he has come in the last two decades.

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3 d. ago Emmerdale star's 'honest' admission as she 'boycotts' soap over storyline

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6 d. ago Manchester United star makes honest Rasmus Hojlund transfer admission

The latest Manchester United transfer news as Patrick Dorgu opens up on Denmark teammate Rasmus Hojlund.

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9 d. ago Shirley Ballas felt 'disdainful stares' at dad's funeral after painfully honest admission

EXCLUSIVE Shirley Ballas has opened up about the funeral of her estranged dad who walked out on the family when she was two, in her gripping new memoir Best Foot Forward

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9 d. ago Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will miss World Athletics Championships with injury

American won three golds at Paris 202428-year-old has been dealing with achilles injuryOlympic champion Gabby Thomas will miss this month’s World Athletics Championships with an achilles tendon injury she’s been dealing with since May. Thomas, who won the 200m in Paris and was on the 4x100m and 4x400m gold-medal relay teams, said she exacerbated the injury in July.“I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this news, but I’ve finally come to the realization that it’s OK to be human and take care of myself,” Thomas said in a press release on Tuesday. “As an athlete you always want to keep grinding, but sometimes you simply can’t outwork an injury. Sometimes it’s about patience and making the right decision for the long term. All the best to my Team USA teammates fighting for medals in Tokyo.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Olympic champion Gabby Thomas ruled out of Tokyo World Championships

The 28-year-old will miss out on the chance to improve on her silver medal from the 2023 World Championships in Budapest

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1 week ago Eddie Hearn makes honest admission about Anthony Joshua’s next opponent

‘AJ’ is still on the hunt for a comeback fight after talks over a potential clash with Jake Paul collapsed

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1 week ago Noah Lyles makes it six in a row with thrilling 200m win in Diamond League final

Olympic champion Tebogo finishes second in ZurichBurgin and Hunter Bell impress for Britain in 800mNoah Lyles laid down a hefty marker for next month’s World Athletics Championships by winning a thrilling 200m rematch against Letsile Tebogo of Botswana in the Diamond League final in Zurich.Tebogo sprung a major surprise at last year’s Olympics by beating Lyles, who it later turned out had Covid. And it looked like a repeat was on the cards as Tebogo led from the gun. Continue reading...

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