10 h. 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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12 h. 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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59 h. ago Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’ | Jack Snape

The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to winThe best female pole vaulter on the planet is Australia’s only reigning Olympic athletics champion, and she will compete in Tokyo in two weeks at the world championships to defend the gold she won in 2023. But while spectators will recognise the Australian as she walks into Japan’s National Stadium, they will in truth see a different Nina Kennedy.“I don’t have full confidence in my body,” the 28-year-old says, two weeks out from an unprecedented challenge in her esteemed career. “But that’s OK, because I have learned that there are a hundred ways to get the same outcome, and we’re just going a different route to normal.” Continue reading...

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5 d. 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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7 d. ago Georgia Hunter Bell to challenge Keely Hodgkinson in 800m as Great Britain’s World Championship team announced

World champions Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Josh Kerr also handed wildcards to compete

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9 d. ago Huge BBC star and Olympian to disappear from coverage after almost three decades

The American sprinter, who became Olympic Champion four times and the World Champion eight times, won't be a pundit for the championships

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9 d. ago BBC axe top sports pundit ahead of major event amid controversy

Michael Johnson will not be part of the BBC's punditry team for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with the American sprinting legend currently embroiled in a financial crisis

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1 week ago Norway’s Olympic champion ski jumpers accept bans for tampering with suits

Three-month suspensions given to Lindvik and ForfangOutfits were altered at Trondheim event in MarchNorway’s Olympic gold medallists Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang have accepted three-month suspensions for their role in the tampering of ski suits during a competition in March, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said on Saturday.Lindvik and Forfang, together with two coaches and a service staff member, were charged this month over equipment manipulation in the men’s large hill event at the World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway in March after an FIS investigation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago BBC removes Michael Johnson from World Championship coverage as athletes still owed millions

Johnson’s Grand Slam Track league is mired in a financial crisis and owes millions to some of the sport’s top stars that competed earlier this year

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1 week ago Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu injured in a training accident in New Zealand

American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand

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1 week ago Chess: Vincent Keymer, 20, routs Indians in their Chennai heartland

The German has jumped into the world top 10, while Praggnandhaa advanced to No 4 as he crushed world champion Gukesh in the $325,000 Sinquefield CupGermany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, has laid down a marker for the 2026 world candidates and title match by routing some of India’s best grandmasters at the Quantbox GM tournament in Chennai, the heartland of the Olympiad champions and the home of the world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju.Keymer’s score was an unbeaten 7/9, while his winning margin was a full two points. In contrast, India’s Arjun Erigaisi finished third on tie-break and dropped from No 4 to No 6 in the Fide live ratings, while Vidit Gujrathi, a 2024 world title candidate, had a minus score. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Olympic champion Imane Khelif responds to retirement claims as gender row boxer skips World Championships after introduction of sex testing

Khelif was one of two boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility storm at last year's Paris 2024 Olympics . The other was Lin Yu-ting who will be competing at the World Championships.

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1 week ago Keely Hodgkinson smashes Lausanne Diamond League record in 800m victory

Briton wins second race in four days on injury comebackTraining partner Georgia Hunter Bell finishes thirdKeely Hodgkinson sent another ominous warning to her rivals ahead of next month’s World Athletics Championships as she smashed the meeting record to win the 800m at the Lausanne Diamond League.In weather more akin to Manchester in October than a summer’s night in Switzerland, Hodgkinson ran 1min 55.69sec to beat a quality field by 10 metres and win her second race in four days. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Olympic champion Gabby Thomas demands drastic change to stop doping in athletics

American sprinter Thomas, who won three gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics, wants to target coaches with chequered doping pasts

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1 week ago Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif shows off a dramatic new feminine makeover after opening up on 'difficult phase'

Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has revealed a new look after opening up on a 'difficult' phase following the one-year anniversary of her gold medal triumph in Paris.

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2 w. ago Keely Hodgkinson gives exciting update after stunning comeback run

The Olympic 800m champion is targeting a British record in Switzerland on Saturday

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2 w. ago Keely Hodgkinson won’t rule out making attempt at new British record in Lausanne

The Olympic champion marked her return from a 376-day absence on Saturday in Silesia in stunning style.

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2 w. ago Keely Hodgkinson makes stunning return to action ahead of World Athletics Championships

The 23-year-old Olympic champion produced a dominant display to win the 800 metres at the Diamond League in Poland

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2 w. ago Keely Hodgkinson makes stunning return ahead of World Athletics Championships

The 23-year-old Olympic champion produced a dominant display to win the 800 metres at the Diamond League.

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2 w. ago Keely Hodgkinson takes astonishing Diamond League win after 376 days out

Olympic 800m champion had not raced since Paris finalTime of 1:54.74 is fastest of year and ninth on all-time listEven by Keely Hodgkinson’s standards this was astonishing. The Olympic 800m gold medallist had not raced for 376 days due to a series of hamstring problems. Yet on a blistering hot day in Poland she marked her return by destroying a quality field in 1min 54.74sec – the fastest time in the world this year by nearly two seconds.Hodgkinson’s effort was also the ninth fastest in history and it was perfect timing, given the world championships in Tokyo starts in a month. Continue reading...

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