Athletics
Letesenbet Gidey sets new women's 10,000m world record
Aided by the Wavelight technology that paces runners, she sliced a remarkable 1min 20.2sec off her previous best for 10,000m of 30:21.23, set at the World...
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Mokoka, Gelant lead elite field for virtual CT Marathon
With just 50 days to go before the start, the Cape Town Virtual Marathon 2020 has announced that 'the best of the best among SA’s top athletes' will take on the 42.2 kilometer race.
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World 100m champion Coleman suspended over new missed test
The American sprinter is "suspended temporarily from participating in any competition or activity", said the Athletics Integrity Unit, World Athletics' anti-doping arm.
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Former London Marathon winner Wanjiru provisionally suspended
The AIU noted on their official website on Tuesday that a charge had been issued against Wanjiru for “use of a prohibited substance/method”.
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Athletics anti-doping programme 'severely disrupted' - AIU
The AIU, the independent anti-doping watchdog for track and field set up in 2017, operates testing procedures in more than 100 countries.
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Hassan breaks women's mile world record on emotional night
Hassan, 26, initially looked to be off the record pace in the rarely-run event but finished strongly to edge the 4:12.56 set by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova in Zurich in 1996.
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SA off to flyer at the African Champs
With the championships finally getting into full swing after travel and logistical chaos, the SA squad put all that behind them to earn double podium places in three events.
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Kiprop says doping officials took money
Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop said on Thursday that a doping sample might have been tampered with by testers who not only tipped him off about their visit but also took a payment from him.
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Athletics legend Roger Bannister has died aged 88 - British media
Bannister became the first man to break the four-minute mile when he clocked 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at a sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954.
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US sprinter Coleman breaks world record in 60m
Fellow American Maurice Greene had held the record of 6.39 seconds for 20 years.
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SA’s Jobodwana to headline 200m Athletics Grand Prix event
Jobodwana is the first man to break 20 seconds in the 200m in South Africa when he ran 19.87sec on his way to a World Championship bronze medal in 2015.
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Uganda’s Cheptegei to participate in local Athletics Grand Prix series
The Athletics Grand Prix Series consists of three meetings - Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg on 1 March 2018, Tuks Stadium, Tshwane on 08 March 2018 and at the Dal Josaphat Stadium, Paarl on 22 March 2018.
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To grow teen athletes, let kids try lots of sports - study
Researchers followed 756 kids starting when they were 10 or 11 years old, giving them quarterly questionnaires for five years to see what sports they were playing.
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Caster Semenya finishes season by breaking 600m record
The three-time 800m world champion won the race in 1 minute 21.77 seconds, 0.86 seconds faster than Ana Fidelia Quirot’s record set in 1997.
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Kipyegon wins frenetic 1,500m race, Semenya sprints to bronze
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon won the women's 1,500 final at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, with Caster Semenya digging deep to secure third place.
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Brilliant Farah maintains domination with epic 10,000m win
The Briton clocked 26 minutes 49.51 seconds, the world’s fastest time in 2017.
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Meet ‘Tannie Ans’ - Wayde van Niekerk's supercoach
South African Van Niekerk says he teases his Namibian mentor for her stubborn ways and Botha gives him old-fashioned looks about his blaring music.
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Renewed scrutiny for Semenya as she chases double gold
All of this, though, will come under a cloud of controversy at the 4-13 August championships as many feel high testosterone levels give her an unfair advantage.
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Despite the doubters, Farah bows out as the best
He is seeking a third successive world double in London and a seventh world title, with his last global defeat coming in the 10,000m in Daegu in 2011.
