Budapest, Aug 22 (Ians) Debutant Sha’Carri Richardson outshone several renowned sprinters to clinch the top spot in the women’s 100m race at the World Championships on Monday.
The 23-year-old American, beginning inconspicuously from the ninth lane, surged impressively, clocking a new tournament record of 10.65 seconds, Xinhua reports.
In a riveting face-off at center stage, Jamaican veterans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson vied for dominance. Fraser-Pryce’s season-best of 10.77 seconds fell short against Jackson’s 10.72 seconds. The pair could only observe as an elated Richardson jubilantly celebrated on the track.
“I’m here. I’m the champion. I told you all. I’m not back, I’m better,” expressed Richardson, who had missed the Tokyo Olympic Games due to a suspension for cannabis use and failed to qualify for the previous year’s World Championships because of subpar performance.
Holding five world champion titles in the event, Fraser-Pryce divulged her intent to forgo the 200m race.
The 23-year-old American, beginning inconspicuously from the ninth lane, surged impressively, clocking a new tournament record of 10.65 seconds, Xinhua reports.
In a riveting face-off at center stage, Jamaican veterans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson vied for dominance. Fraser-Pryce’s season-best of 10.77 seconds fell short against Jackson’s 10.72 seconds. The pair could only observe as an elated Richardson jubilantly celebrated on the track.
“I’m here. I’m the champion. I told you all. I’m not back, I’m better,” expressed Richardson, who had missed the Tokyo Olympic Games due to a suspension for cannabis use and failed to qualify for the previous year’s World Championships because of subpar performance.
Holding five world champion titles in the event, Fraser-Pryce divulged her intent to forgo the 200m race.
- 8/22/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, Aug 10 (Ians) Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will lead a strong contingent including stars like steeplechaser Avinash Sable, long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar and Jyothi Yarraji (women’s 100m hurdles) who will participate in the World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27.
Chopra, India’s best hope for a medal, will lead the charge in the men’s javelin throw, hoping to improve on the silver medal he won in Eugene last year and will have compatriots Kishore Jena and D.P. Manu will also be in contention. Chopra has excelled on the international stage, winning the Golden League Final in Zurich. In May this year, he won gold in the Doha Dimond League with a throw of 88.67m.
Track and Field’s world governing body, World Athletics, on Thursday, released the final entry lists for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest.
Chopra, India’s best hope for a medal, will lead the charge in the men’s javelin throw, hoping to improve on the silver medal he won in Eugene last year and will have compatriots Kishore Jena and D.P. Manu will also be in contention. Chopra has excelled on the international stage, winning the Golden League Final in Zurich. In May this year, he won gold in the Doha Dimond League with a throw of 88.67m.
Track and Field’s world governing body, World Athletics, on Thursday, released the final entry lists for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest.
- 8/10/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Nairobi (Kenya), May 12 (Ians) Jamaican female sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hopes that an impressive run in Nairobi, Kenya, will help her defend her world title in Budapest with just 100 days remaining before the global track and field event.
Fraser-Pryce is in Kenya for the fourth edition of the Kip Keino Classic, a star-studded World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, which will take place on Saturday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. She will compete in the women’s 100m dash.
Speaking on Thursday ahead of the event, where she achieved a time of 10.67 last year before securing the world title in Eugene, Oregon, with the same world-leading mark in August 2022, the 36-year-old three-time Olympic champion aims to kick off her season on a high note, celebrating her recent recognition as the 2022 Laureus Sports Awards Female Athlete of the Year in Lausanne, Switzerland,” reports Xinhua.
“I haven’t run since September last year,...
Fraser-Pryce is in Kenya for the fourth edition of the Kip Keino Classic, a star-studded World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, which will take place on Saturday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. She will compete in the women’s 100m dash.
Speaking on Thursday ahead of the event, where she achieved a time of 10.67 last year before securing the world title in Eugene, Oregon, with the same world-leading mark in August 2022, the 36-year-old three-time Olympic champion aims to kick off her season on a high note, celebrating her recent recognition as the 2022 Laureus Sports Awards Female Athlete of the Year in Lausanne, Switzerland,” reports Xinhua.
“I haven’t run since September last year,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Nairobi, May 6 (Ians) Kenya is negotiating with the sport’s governing body, World Athletics to have its annual Kip Keino Classic One-day International Athletics Meet upgraded to a Diamond League event.
Athletics Kenya president Jackson Tuwei said on Friday that the world governing body was considering their request.
“There is only one Diamond League in Africa and hopefully the next time we are gathered here, we will be talking about a Diamond League event,” Tuwei said at the launch of the 2023 Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
The Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat, Morocco is the only African event in the annual Diamond League circuit — the elite track and field one-day competition that has 14 one-day meets.
This year’s Kip Keino Classic which will be held on May 13 in Nairobi is classified as a World Athletics Tour Gold event — the second most lucrative one-day meeting,...
Athletics Kenya president Jackson Tuwei said on Friday that the world governing body was considering their request.
“There is only one Diamond League in Africa and hopefully the next time we are gathered here, we will be talking about a Diamond League event,” Tuwei said at the launch of the 2023 Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
The Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat, Morocco is the only African event in the annual Diamond League circuit — the elite track and field one-day competition that has 14 one-day meets.
This year’s Kip Keino Classic which will be held on May 13 in Nairobi is classified as a World Athletics Tour Gold event — the second most lucrative one-day meeting,...
- 5/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New York, May 3 (Ians) Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympics medalist and a 100m sprint world champion has died aged 32, with the cause of her death unknown. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 100m and bronze in the 200m individual races.
Tori also ran the anchor leg in the 4x100m relay race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, teaming up with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to clinch the gold medal. “We’re devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away.”
“We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family and friends,” said her representative Icon Management.
She then won the 100m individual race apart from the relay event at the world championships in London in...
Tori also ran the anchor leg in the 4x100m relay race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, teaming up with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to clinch the gold medal. “We’re devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away.”
“We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family and friends,” said her representative Icon Management.
She then won the 100m individual race apart from the relay event at the world championships in London in...
- 5/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Nairobi (Kenya), April 12 (Ians) Multiple-time Olympic and world female sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica confirmed on Wednesday that she will race at the 2023 Kip Keino Classic Challenge Tour meeting here on May 13.
Fraser-Pryce, who won her 10th world title at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, will return to the meet where she started her season last year with a blistering 10.67s victory in the women’s 100m.
“Yeah, I will be in Nairobi on May 13 for the Kip Keino Classic and I will be racing over the 100m. Last year was awesome, fantastic, like all those words. The stadium was filled with so much excitement, noise, crowd, music and so much fun,” the Jamaican sprint star said in a video released by organisers.
Commonwealth Games and African champion Ferdinand Omanyala, who won the men’s 100m race last year over world champion Fred Kerley of the United States,...
Fraser-Pryce, who won her 10th world title at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, will return to the meet where she started her season last year with a blistering 10.67s victory in the women’s 100m.
“Yeah, I will be in Nairobi on May 13 for the Kip Keino Classic and I will be racing over the 100m. Last year was awesome, fantastic, like all those words. The stadium was filled with so much excitement, noise, crowd, music and so much fun,” the Jamaican sprint star said in a video released by organisers.
Commonwealth Games and African champion Ferdinand Omanyala, who won the men’s 100m race last year over world champion Fred Kerley of the United States,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
London, Feb 20 (Ians) Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to a dream FIFA World Cup title, along with Kylian Mbappe, tennis legend Rafael Nadal, Max Verstappen, NBA champion Steph Curry and pole vault world-record holder Mondo Duplantis were among the nominees announced for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
The nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award spent 2022 climbing to the very pinnacle of their sport.
Messi collected the one prize that had eluded him by leading Argentina to the World Cup while Kylian Mbappe, whose hat-trick in the final earned him the Golden Boot as the World Cup’s leading goalscorer got shortlisted along with Nadal, who ended 2022 alone at the top of the all-time list of men’s Grand Slam champions with 22 titles after victory in Australia and France.
Max Verstappen joined Messi and Nadal as past winners of this Award on the 2023 shortlist...
The nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award spent 2022 climbing to the very pinnacle of their sport.
Messi collected the one prize that had eluded him by leading Argentina to the World Cup while Kylian Mbappe, whose hat-trick in the final earned him the Golden Boot as the World Cup’s leading goalscorer got shortlisted along with Nadal, who ended 2022 alone at the top of the all-time list of men’s Grand Slam champions with 22 titles after victory in Australia and France.
Max Verstappen joined Messi and Nadal as past winners of this Award on the 2023 shortlist...
- 2/20/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Eugene (United States), July 18 (Ians) Jamaican legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce dashed across the finish line first to lift her fifth 100m world title at the World Athletics Championships here. The 35-year-old multi-Olympic and world champion led the pack of Jamaican sprinters to sweep the podium in a championships record time of 10.67 seconds. Tokyo Olympic […]...
- 7/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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