Category: Sprints News
Gabby Thomas revealed details about her return to the track
Multiple Olympic champion Gabby Thomas has revealed details about her return to competition after spending three months out of the track with an Achilles injury. After a months-long absence that ruled her out of the 2025 World Athletics Championships, reigning Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas has provided some much-anticipated information about her return to the
Noah Lyles made Diamond League history in 2025
American sprint star Noah Lyles made history in 2025, overcoming serious obstacles to win a record sixth Diamond League title in the 200m. The season was anything but easy for the Olympic champion, but it ended in familiar fashion: with Noah Lyles atop the podium, arms raised and biceps flexed in triumph at the Letzigrund
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden aiming to break Florence Griffith Joyner’s world records
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has officially confirmed her status as one of the world’s top rising talents and is now aiming to break Florence Griffith Joyner’s world records. The Olympic 100m bronze medalist recently became only the second woman since Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win three gold medals at a single world championships. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden achieved this feat
Ferdinand Omanyala commented on his difficult 2025 season
Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Ferdinand Omanyala commented on his difficult 2025 season, revealing the challenges he has kept a secret until now. He spoke about the extent of the injury he has suffered this season and explained why he had no intention of going public with it. Africa’s fastest man has endured a difficult 2025
Julien Alfred withdrew from the 200m final in Tokyo due to injury
Olympics 100m champion Julien Alfred (Santa Lucia) has withdrawn from the 200m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo due to a thigh injury. The 24-year-old athlete, who won a silver medal in the 200m at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won bronze in the 100m at the championships in Tokyo yesterday, but after the
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is the queen of sprints
American athlete Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is the queen of the sprints after winning the 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The American track and field athlete won her first world title, clocking a personal best of 10.61 sec. The Paris 2024 Olympics bronze medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden overtook Tina Clayton (Jamaica), who clocked at
Oblique Seville won the 100m title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Oblique Seville (Jamaica) is the new world champion in the 100m sprint at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. He finished the distance in a personal best of 9.77 sec. Oblique Seville had a worse start, but overtook his compatriot Kishane Thompson, who led for most of the race but lost at the end. Kishane
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
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
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone swapped the hurdles with the 400m run
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will make a dramatic change at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this month, swapping her crown event, the 400m hurdles, for the 400m. The 26-year-old American athlete has already achieved it all in the hurdles, with six world records, two Olympic titles and a world title. But this season she has given