Author: Svilen Petrov
Tanzanian runner Alphonce Simbu won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Alphonce Simbu won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in dramatic fashion, beating Amanal Petros (Germany) in a photo finish. Both runners crossed the line in 2:09.48 hours, the most dramatic finish and the smallest margin of victory in the history of the World Athletics Championships’ marathon. The photo finish separated
Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s marathon title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won the women’s marathon title at the World Athletics Championships in the Japanese capital with a final sprint. Former world record holder and Paris 2024 Olympics runner-up Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) and Peres Jepchirchir entered the Olympic stadium together, with the Ethiopian taking the lead 300m before the
Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000m gold and Ryan Crouser defended his shot put world title in Tokyo
Olympic champion and world record holder Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, her first world championship title. The Kenyan athlete was fastest in the distance with a time of 30:37.61 min, more than half a second ahead of Italy’s Nadia Battocletti, while Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay took bronze. Beatrice
Evan Dunfee and Maria Perez are the first champions of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Evan Dunfee and Maria Perez are the first champions of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, after triumphing in the 35km race walk. The men and women started together on a circuit near the National Stadium, and the final was at the facility itself. Evan Dunfee (Canada) won in 2:28.22 hours, after suffering a cramp
American sprints talent Erriyon Knighton was banned for 4 years for doping
American track and field athlete Erriyon Knighton has been banned from competing for four years for testing positive for a banned substance, ruling the 21-year-old sprinter out of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said its judges had upheld independent appeals from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and athletics
Keely Hodgkinson: Jarmila Kratochvílova’s 800m world record will soon be beaten
Keely Hodgkinson has expressed full confidence that one of the oldest world records in athletics – the women’s 800m – will be broken soon. The 23-year-old British athlete, who is an Olympic champion in the event, is preparing in Tokyo for the world championships starting in a few days. According to her, the Czech Jarmila
Usain Bolt believes he could have run 100m in 9.42 sec with the modern “super spikes”
Usain Bolt, whose world record of 9.58 sec for the 100m has stood for 16 years, believes he could have run the distance in 9.42 sec with the “super spikes” that sprinters compete in today. The Jamaican athlete made his mark at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, breaking his own record of 9.69 sec
Armand Duplantis revealed the key for his success
One of the stars of track and field, Armand Duplantis, has said the key to his dominance in the pole vault in recent years is his speed, and unlike most of his predecessors in the discipline, he wears specially designed spikes to improve it. Armand Duplantis set his 13th world record when he cleared 6.29m
World 1,500m silver medalist Diribe Welteji might be banned from competing in Tokyo
Ethiopian middle-distance runner Diribe Welteji could be banned from the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) requested her provisional suspension while a doping case is heard. The 23-year-old athlete, who won silver in the 1,500m at the last World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary two years ago, was acquitted of
World Athletics ratified three world records
World records set by three athletes who are set to feature prominently at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo 25 – Mykolas Alekna, Beatrice Chebet, and Armand Duplantis – have received ratification from World Athletics. Mykolas Alekna achieved his first world discus throw record of 74.35m on April 14, 2024, at the Oklahoma Throws