SUZHOU, China (Reuters) - Armand Duplantis missed out on another pole vault world record but made a strong statement ahead of this year's Olympic Games by easing to victory in the second Diamond League event of the season on Saturday. The 24-year-o.
SUZHOU, China: Armand Duplantis missed out on another pole vault world record but made a strong statement ahead of this year s Olympic Games by easing to victory in the second Diamond League event.
Sha'Carri Richardson, the American sprinter, won the 100-meter gold at the World Athletics Championships with a record-breaking time of 10.65 seconds, becoming the first American athlete to win this title in six years; Grant Holloway also made history by winning his third consecutive world title in the men's 110-meter hurdles.
Arkansas alums Tina Šutej and Sandi Morris both advanced to the pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships by clearing 15-3 (4.65) during the qualifying round held on Monday evening.
Barbadian track superstar and 400 metres world bronze medallist Sada Williams will be the first of three Bajans out the blocks on Sunday at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Williams, the country’s best medal prospect, starts her campaign at 3:51 a.m. Barbados time in lane nine of the third of six heats. Fellow quarter-milers Jonathan Jones and DeSean Boyce will line up in the heats of the men’s …