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World Athletics Championships: Dominican Republic’s Paulino reflects on winning historic 400 metres goal medal

August 24, 2023

Marileidy Paulino stated she had been working hard towards winning her first World Athletics Championships gold medal which she finally did in the women's 400 metres final in Budapest on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Dominican was a silver medalist from last year's championships in Eugene likewise at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo that included silver in the Women's 4×400 metres relay. Paulino was however a class apart...

World Athletics Championships: Host city Budapest gear up for opening event

by Ibikunle Salako

August 16, 2023

On Wednesday, the host city of the upcoming World Athletics Championship, Budapest, continued final preparations for the biggest athletics event of the summer. The brand-new National Athletics Center in the nation’s capital, gears up to host the 19th edition of the Championships in a few days. The centre, which is built on the eastern bank of the Danube River, will have a capacity of 35,000 for...

World Athletics Championships: 400m Hurdles champion McLaughlin-Levrone to miss tournament with injury

by Ibikunle Salako

August 12, 2023

Ahead of the 19th edition of the World Athletics Championships, American track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has announced that she will not be competing at the event, which kicks off in a week's time, due to a "minor" knee injury. The 24-year-old, who is the reigning Olympic and world champion in the women's 400m hurdles and also holds the world record in the event, revealed the news...

Tobi Amusan nominated for Laureus award

by Kunle Fayiga

February 21, 2023

Athletics sensation, Tobi Amusan has been nominated in the category of World Breakthrough of the Year for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards. The 25-year-old made global headlines when she broke the 100 metres hurdles world record in a time of 12.12 seconds at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon. Amusan's recognition has since soared both locally and internationally as she recorded further success...

Amusan misses out as McLaughlin-Levrone and Duplantis win big at World Athletics award

by Ibikunle Salako

December 6, 2022

Nigeria superstar and women's 100m hurdle champion, Tobi Amusan loses the quest to become the Female Athlete of the Year for 2022. American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone defeated Amusan for the female prize while Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis claimed the men's award. McLaughlin-Levrone and Duplantis, both won the Rising Stars awards just four years ago, and they broke world records multiple times in their respective events...

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

World Athletics Championships: Dominican Republic’s Paulino reflects on winning historic 400 metres goal medal

World Athletics Championships: Host city Budapest gear up for opening event

World Athletics Championships: 400m Hurdles champion McLaughlin-Levrone to miss tournament with injury

Tobi Amusan nominated for Laureus award

Amusan misses out as McLaughlin-Levrone and Duplantis win big at World Athletics award

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