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 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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