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Teen draws Bolt comparisons after showboating sprint finish
Teenager Letsile Tebogo has attracted comparisons to Usain Bolt after showboating his way to the under-20 100 metres world title in a record time with a scorching run in Colombia on Tuesday.
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Asher-Smith withdraws from Commonwealths
British sprint star Dina Asher-Smith has pulled out the 2022 Commonwealth Games due to a hamstring injury she sustained at last week's World Track Championships.
Track and Field
World Athletics Championships: Annu Rani qualifies for Javelin finals
Annu Rani qualified in eighth place overall, while Parul Chaudhary missed out in the women's 5000m
Olympic Sports
Great Britain's Wightman wins historic 1,500m
Jake Wightman became Great Britain's first 1,500m world champion since Steve Cram in 1983.
Track and Field
Athletics Worlds: Sable finishes 11th in 3000m steeplechase final
Morocco's season leader and reigning Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali won the gold with a time of 8:25.13
Track and Field
Athletic Worlds: Murali Sreeshankar finishes 7th in long jump
The Indian had three legal jumps -- the opening jump of 7.96m, fourth round effort of 7.89m and last attempt of 7.83m.
Track and Field
Felix wins 4x400 bronze in farewell race at worlds
Allyson Felix won her 19th and final medal in the world championships Friday night -- a bronze she took after running the second leg of America's 4x400-meters in the mixed relay that's been touted as the last major race of the 36-year-old's career.
Track and Field
Injured shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor to miss CWG
The injury also forced Toor to miss his event at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Eugene.
News
Omanyala overcomes visa delay, moves on in 100
Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala had his visa issues resolved and flew to the world championships just in time for his 100-meter race.
Track and Field
Athletics Worlds: Sreeshankar, Sable reach finals; Toor retires hurt
Murali Sreeshankar became the first Indian male long jumper to qualify for World Athletics Championships.
News
Coe: Russia at worlds would be 'inconceivable'
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said it would have been "inconceivable" to have a world championships with athletes from Belarus and Russia, given the country's war against Ukraine.
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Tokyo to host track world championships in 2025
Track and field officials have awarded the 2025 world championships to Tokyo.
Track and Field
India at 2022 World Athletics Championships: What to watch out for
The 2022 World Athletics Championships will be held between July 15 and 24 in Eugene, Oregon.
Track and Field
Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was brought into the UK illegally under another name.
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Olympic Sports
Caster Semenya to compete in 5000m at World Championships
South Africa's Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been included on the entry list for the 5,000m event at next week's World Championships in Oregon.
Track and Field
Felix given mixed relay nod, makes 10th worlds
Allyson Felix was named to the mixed relay pool Tuesday when USA Track and Field released its 151-person roster for worlds. Not on the roster: Sha'Carri Richardson.
Track and Field
Jeswin Aldrin offered trial day after being left out of India squad
The long jumper was left out owing to his dip in form and inconsistency, the Athletics Federation of India said.
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Duplantis bests own world record in pole vault
Sweden's Armand Duplantis improved his own outdoor world record in the pole vault on Thursday by clearing 20 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the Stockholm Diamond League meet.
Top Headlines
- American sprint great Felix joins IOC commission
- McLaughlin wins 400 hurdles, shatters own record
- U.S. men, women easily reach 4x100 relay final
- Felix delays retirement for women's 4x400 relay
- U.S. decathlete Scantling banned for missed tests
- Jeruto plunges into water after steeplechase gold
- Ross booted from track worlds over missed test
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113
USA - 88
CHN - 71
ROC
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 39 |
 CHN | 38 |
 JPN | 27 |
Silver
| USA | 41 |
| CHN | 32 |
 ROC | 28 |
Bronze
| USA | 33 |
| ROC | 23 |
 GBR | 22 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 7
McKeon - 5Dressel
- 4McKeown
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Dressel | 5 |
 McKeon | 4 |
| McKeown | 3 |
Silver
| Scott | 3 |
| Ledecky | 2 |
| Yufei | 2 |
Bronze
| McKeon | 3 |
 Melnikova | 2 |
| Nagornyy | 2 |
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English diver Jack Laugher defends gold at Commonwealth Games
English diver Jack Laugher extended his dominance in the one-meter springboard event Thursday to take a third straight gold at the Commonwealth Games.
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Botswana teen Letsile Tebogo draws Usain Bolt comparisons after showboating sprint
Teenager Letsile Tebogo has attracted comparisons to Usain Bolt after showboating his way to the under-20 100 metres world title in a record time with a scorching run in Colombia on Tuesday.
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United States sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes' commission
American sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission on Thursday.
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All Blacks aren't panicking, says embattled coach Ian Foster
Ian Foster has shrugged off queries over his future as New Zealand coach ahead of a tour of South Africa that could spell the end of his tenure.
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Wout van Aert claims final time trial, but Jonas Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France win
Wout van Aert captured the final time trial on Saturday, but Jonas Vingegaard increased his overall lead in Stage 20 is closing in a Tour de France title.
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U.S. men and women cruise into 4x100 relay final at track world championships
The American men got the baton around in the 4x100 relay -- something that hasn't always been a guarantee -- and cruised into the final with the fastest qualifying time Friday night. The U.S. women had little trouble, too.
