History was made on the tracks at the Paris 2024 Olympics as Julien Alfred clinched Saint Lucia's first-ever medal at the Games. The 23-year-old stunned the rest of the chasing pack to win the women's 100-metre final, setting a new national record by clocking a time of 10.72 seconds on the wet tracks in Paris. Alfred, who won gold in the 60m event at the 2024...
Two-time Jamaican 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris 2024 Olympics after dropping from the women's 100 metres event. The 30-year-old sustained a calf injury during her final outing on July 9 in Hungary before the Games commenced. Jackson clocked a season's best of 10.84 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials but her manager...
The 2024 Paris Olympics is the 33rd edition of the prestigious Games which brings athletes from various countries together for a common goal of earning a podium finish. Over the years, established athletes have shone on the biggest of stages as expected, while the Games have also served up numerous emerging talents along the way. With the much-anticipated Paris Games already on the way, Afrosport highlights...
The Nigerian duo of Favour Ofili and Alaba Akintola have crashed out of the 200-meter women’s and men’s events at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 20-year-old African indoor record holder, Ofili, finished sixth in Heat 3 of the semifinals on Thursday evening to put an end to her participation in the event. Akintola, on the other hand, finished seventh in Heat 2...
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...
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