Noah Lyles has described winning a third gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships as 'sensational' after helping the United States to victory in men's the 4×100 metres relay on Saturday. The American took home gold in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres sprints and became the first man since Usain Bolt at the 2015 championships in Beijing to win the 100 metres, 200...
Faith Kipyegon says she is having her best year after claiming the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The Kenyan long distance runner had already taken gold in the women's 1500 metres and did it dominant fashion in the 5000 metres on Saturday, crossing the finish line in a time of 14 minutes, 53.88 seconds ahead of...
Team Nigeria continued their lacklustre performance at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with woeful results in 4x100m relay events on Friday. Nigeria had representatives in the men and women's categories but they both failed to qualify into the final stage to compete for medals. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Seye Ogunlewe, Usheoritse Itsekiri and Alaba Akintola had a decent race in the men's category...
Newly-crowned 400-metre world champion, Jamaica’s Antonio Watson, reveals he feels excited and great to win his first-ever World Athletics Championships gold medal after causing an upset in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday. The 21-year-old raced past the finish line first in a time of 44.22 seconds, while Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith took silver and Quincy Hall of the United States secured bronze, with former...
Danielle Williams says it was an awesome feeling as she ended Tobi Amusan's quest to defend her World Athletics Championships 100 metres hurdles title. Amusan was favourite in Thursday's final in Budapest after storming to the title in Eugene last year while setting a world record of 12.12 seconds. The Nigerian star was however blighted by an anti-doping violation charge that had her provisionally suspended going...
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