Month: March 2025
Australian sprint talent Gout Gout clocked sub-20 seconds in the 200m
Australian sprint talent Gout Gout has set the world’s fastest men’s 200m time of the year. The 17-year-old athlete ran 20.05 sec in the heats in Queensland before dropping to 19.98 sec (3.6 m/s) in the final, but that time was achieved in a headwind of over 2 m/s and his achievement will not be
19-year-old Bayanda Walaza clocked 9.99 sec in 100m
South African sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza has become the ninth athlete from his homeland to break the 100m mark in under 10 seconds. The 19-year-old sprinter clocked 9.99 sec in a race in Pretoria. He is only the seventh sprinter in history to break the 100m mark under the age of 20. He joins Letsile
Jimmy Gressier sets a new European record in 5km run
French track and field athlete Jimmy Gressier broke his own European record in the 5km run in Lille yesterday. Jimmy Gressier previously held the continental record with Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu of 13:12 min, but the 27-year-old French middle-distance runner is now the first European to run under 13 minutes in the road race. His 12:57
Isabella Whittaker won NCAA 400m gold with new college and North American record
Isabella Whittaker set the second fastest time in the history of the 400m indoor race. She clocked 49.24 sec at a NCAA Indoor Championships race in Virginia, USA. This is both a new college record and a North American record. “The team did a fantastic job of sticking together. We got punched in the mouth
Tesfaye Deriba Ketema and Sharon Chelimo broke the Barcelona Marathon men’s and women’s course records
The men’s and women’s course records for the Barcelona Marathon were broken in this year’s edition of the race, which took place yesterday. The Ethiopian runner Tesfaye Deriba Ketema won the men’s race in 2:04:13 hours, while Sharon Chelimo won the women’s race in 2:19:33 hours. The 30-year-old Kenyan athlete entered the race with a
Kishane Thompson will miss the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing due to injury
Paris 2024 Olympics 100m silver medalist Kishane Thompson will miss the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing from March 21-23 due to injury. He was expected to be one of Jamaica’s stars at the global event, but news of his injury has left fans in the Caribbean nation worried. Kishane Thompson was expected to
Matthew Richtman is the first American to win the Los Angeles Marathon in 31 years
Matthew Richtman won the 40th annual Los Angeles Marathon, becoming the first American to win the title in 31 years. He clocked a personal best of 2:07.56 hours on the course that started at Dodger Stadium and wound through downtown, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Brentwood before finishing in Century City. Athanas Kioko (Kenya) was second
Mondo Duplantis misses out on new world record in Sweden
Pole vault superstar Armand Duplantis failed to break his own world record in front of his adoring home fans after missing the impressive 6.28m mark three times in Uppsala Mondo Classic. Two weeks ago, the Olympic and world champion set the 11th world record of his stunning career when he cleared 6.27m in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Only 13 athletes in Team Britain for the World Athletics Indoor Championships
Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Bell will lead a small British team to the World Athletics Indoor Championships later this month. Thirteen British athletes will head to Nanjing, China. Georgia Bell, 31, who reached the Olympic podium in Paris has now left her job in cybersecurity to focus on athletics again. The World Indoor Championships are
Former half marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie was suspended
Former half marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Federation of India for refusing or failing to provide a sample for testing. Kibiwott Kandie set a world record in the Valencia Half Marathon in 2020 when he won the event. He will also win the same race in Valencia