Taking the lead from the bell to the finish, Olympic 1500mchampion Jacob Ingebrigtsen lived to his expectations as he destroyed the field with a new championship record at the ongoing…
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World’s sexiest athlete poor performance at Euro Championships blamed on outfit change
by correspondent August 18, 2022Alica Schmidt is no stranger to modelling different outfits given she’s long juggled a track career with her title as the ‘world’s sexiest athlete’. However, the 2022 European Championships in…
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50 years after Olympic massacre, Israeli marathon team wins gold at European Championships in Munich
by correspondent August 17, 2022Fifty years after 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Israel’s men’s marathon team won gold at the European Championships in that same city. The Israeli…
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Marcell Jacobs sets sights on 100m European title with a point to prove
by correspondent August 15, 2022At the time, few people would even have noticed Marcell Jacobs’ two previous European Championships appearances. In 2016, he finished 11th in the long jump; two years later he failed…
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Jacob Ingebrigtsen to launch another double attempt in Munich 2022
by correspondent August 12, 2022Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen will be heavily involved in the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships, part of the wider multisport European Championships, as he defends the 1500m and 5000m titles he…
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Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir has been forced to abandon her indoor season after suffering a back injury. The Scot won 1500m silver behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon in Tokyo last summer and had planned to…
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Hassan powers to 1500m win as Chebet finishes in sixth in Birmingham
by correspondent August 19, 2018Sifan Hassan is having quite a season and after her 5000m title at the European Championships in Berlin, she dropped down in distance and achieved the same outcome in the…
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Athletics
Sebastian Coe: Now it’s all about world and Olympic titles for Asher-Smith
by correspondent August 13, 2018From a British perspective, we’ve long talked about the likes of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford. Two have retired while Mo’s switched his attention to the road but Berlin truly felt like…
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Laura Muir enjoyed the breakthrough of a first major outdoor title on a glorious night for Scottish athletics in Berlin. Muir stormed to European Championships 1,500m gold with an incredible…
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Athletics
Astounding Error Costs Lonah Chemtai 5000m Medal At European Championships
by correspondent August 13, 2018The women’s final of the 5000m at the European Championships went the way of the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan after a marvelous run from the Dutch athlete. However, in a scenario…
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