World record holder, Tobi Amusan won Heat 5 of the Women's 100m hurdles to qualify for the semi-final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Amusan returned to action for the first time on Tuesday since her provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and she dominated her heat in style. She saw off competition from Jamaica's Megan Tapper by clocking 12.48 seconds while...
100m silver medallist, Letsile Tebogo said his decision to quit social media helped him to make history as the first Botswana athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Tebogo put in a strong performance in the men's 100m final in Budapest on Sunday, to finish second with a national record of 9.88 seconds behind USA's Noah Leyles. The 20-year-old, who holds the African...
Hugues Fabrice Zango was the toast of the African continent on Monday evening as he claimed the gold medal in the final of the men's triple jump event at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest while Sha'Carri Richardson was victorious in the final of the women’s 100 metres. Burkina Faso's Zango was a bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and went on...
Letsile Tebogo claimed the silver medal in men's 100 metres final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, finishing behind Noah Lyles. The Motswana finished seventh in the semi-finals in a time of 9.98 seconds, ahead of Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala who qualified in eighth place in a time of 10.01 secs while the Nigerian duo of Seye Ogunlewe and Usheoritse Itsekiri missed out by running...
It was a mixed feeling for Team Nigeria on the opening day of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest as Favour Ashe was disqualified in the heat of the men's 100m. Ashe beat the gun in heat 5 of the men's 100m and he was adjudged for a false start in a race won by Jamaica's Oblique Seville. Meanwhile, Nigeria's other representatives Seye Ogunlewe and...
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