4 h. ago Jamaica’s Oblique Seville powers to world 100m glory in front of Usain Bolt

Bolt, the last Jamaican to win this title a decade ago, was in attendance at the Japan National Stadium and was treated to a Jamaican one-two.

Politics

6 h. ago World Athletics Championship: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville wins men’s 100m gold

Seville led home a Jamaican one-two as Olympic champion Noah Lyles had to settle for bronze.

Politics

6 h. ago Oblique Seville rips 100m field apart to deliver worlds glory and gold to Jamaica

Kishane Thompson takes silver with Lyles landing bronzeUsain Bolt watches on in delight with Jamaican one-twoWhen Oblique Seville was 10, he told his mum that he wanted to be coached by Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills. That came to pass when he joined the famous Racers Track Club in Jamaicas. And, on a night of twisting drama, so did his dream of becoming the 100m world champion.To make an extraordinary night even better, the greatest performance of his career came in front of Bolt himself, who was cheering and punching like a superfan as Seville ran down his fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson to take gold in 9.77 sec. “It’s a pleasure to have Usain watching me,” Seville told the crowd. “We’re the next generation.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago What is the 100m world record time for men and women and who holds them?

The 100m is the blue riband event of the Olympics and athletics in general, but what are the world record times for men and women, and who set them?

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 100m finals, men’s 10,000m and more – live

Updates from the evening session on day two in TokyoWomen’s marathon drama | And you can mail DanielEr, BBC are showing us highlights of the morning sesh, and there’s nowhere to watch the stadium live. I’m sure we’ll catch up soon, but in the meantime, Josh Kerr is safely through to the next round of the men’s 1500m.First up this morning/evening, we’ve got the heats of the men’s 400m. Matt Hudson-Smith, the Olympic silver medallist goes in those for GB – he’s fourth-fastest in the world this year. Continue reading...

Sport

56 h. ago Doping in spotlight after double drugs shame on eve of World Athletics Championships

Cas bans US sprinter Erriyon Knighton for four yearsEthiopia’s Diribe Welteji ineligible pending case appealDoping in track and field has been thrust back into the spotlight on the eve of the World Athletics Championships after the US sprint star Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years and the Ethiopian Diribe Welteji was declared ineligible to run in Tokyo due to an ongoing case. Both athletes had previously won world championship medals.The 21-year-old Knighton, who won a world championship bronze over 200m in 2022 and silver in 2023, had blamed his failed drugs test last year on contaminated oxtail imported from abroad. Continue reading...

Events

56 h. ago Doping in spotlight on eve of World Athletics Championships with two runners banned

Cas bans US sprinter Erriyon Knighton for four yearsEthiopia’s Diribe Welteji ineligible pending case appealDoping in track and field has been thrust back into the spotlight on the eve of the World Athletics Championships after the US sprint star Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years and the Ethiopian Diribe Welteji was declared ineligible to run in Tokyo because of a case still being adjudicated. Both athletes had previously won world championship medals.The 21-year-old Knighton, who won a world championship bronze over 200m in 2022 and silver in 2023, had blamed his failed drugs test last year on contaminated oxtail imported from abroad. However on Friday the court of arbitration for sport rejected Knighton’s defence. A press release said: “There is no proof that would support the conclusion that oxtail imported into the USA would be likely to contain trenbolone residues at the level required to have caused the athlete’s adverse analytical finding.” Continue reading...

Events

2 w. 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

Politics

3 w. 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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4 w. ago Michael Johnson admits Grand Slam Track cannot pay its athletes until new investors are found

Johnson says he has to ‘own’ the failings of his new athletics championship

Economics