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Femke Bol stuns with bolt from blue on Olympic night short of star power

Dutch hurdler helps mixed relay team win dramatic gold but lack of big names felt as sport strives for recognition

The Guardian - UK

St Lucia’s Julien Alfred storms to 100m gold as Daryll Neita comes fourth

Alfred crossed the line in 10.72 seconds, ahead of the United States’ world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in second and Melissa Jefferson in third.

The Independent UK

The impossible job: can Femke Bol really beat McLaughlin-Levrone?

Women’s 400m hurdles rivals have not met since 2022 – their race is sure to be one of the showdowns of the Olympics

The Guardian - UK

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Daryll Neita wants to ‘destroy’ British teammate and rival Dina Asher-Smith

Team GB’s Daryll Neita admits she wants to ‘destroy’ teammate Dina Asher-Smith when the pair compete in individual sprints

The Guardian - UK

'Best Of The Best' To Race In New Athletics Circuit: Johnson

US athletics great Michael Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of a new track league which will see the "best of the best" compete against each other at four elite meetings every year from 2025.

International Business Times

Ingebrigtsen Makes Euro History, Duplantis And Jacobs Delight

Jakob Ingebrigtsen became the most successful male European athlete in Rome on Wednesday, while Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won his third pole vault title and Marcell Jacobs set the crowd alight with a second gold as part of the Italian relay team.

International Business Times

Keely Hodgkinson fights through illness to strike European 800m gold

Keely Hodgkinson battled a scratchy throat and the sniffles to retain her 800m title at the European Athletics Championships

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Warholm Leads Galaxy Of Stars At Classy Euros

Norway's Karsten Warholm fired out a broadside at Olympic contenders in the run-in to the Paris Games by winning a third successive European title in Rome on Tuesday as a galaxy of global stars showcased some scintillating form.

International Business Times

Femke Bol gains ground in her wild GOAT chase

Femke Bol's relentless pursuit of greatness in the 400m hurdles and flat races against Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

The Hindu

Charlton Shines, Duplantis Reigns Supreme At World Indoors

Devynne Charlton bettered her own 60m hurdles world record, Mondo Duplantis once again ruled supreme in the pole vault and there were second golds for Femke Bol and Alexander Doom on the third and final day of the world indoor championships on Sunday.

International Business Times

Heroic tale of the fall and rise of Bol

Femke Bol turned agony into ecstasy in five days, winning gold in 400m hurdles. She then ran the last lap of the 4x400m relay, passing the leader in the last two strides to take Netherlands home in gold. Bol has set her sights on the Paris Olympics, aiming to go…

The Hindu

Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh takes gold in emotional close to World Athletics Championship

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a gold medal to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships

The Independent UK

Budapest championships: Five things we learned on Day 9

It was silver for France in the mens 4x400m relay but for some French fans that warranted La Marseillaise. Just as well the Americans don't go round singing their national anthem for every medal - we'd have heard the Star Spangled Banner 29 times.

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh takes gold in emotional close to world championships

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a gold medal to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships

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Budapest championships: Five things we learned on Day 6

There's redemption for Femke Bol in the 400m hurdles and another chance for Andrew Hudson in the 200m.

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hudson-Smith takes world 400m silver after being pipped on the line

Jamaica’s Antonio Watson stormed through to take 400m gold medal from Briton who finished second despite struggling with an achilles injury

Radio France Internationale

Budapest world athletics championships: Five things we learned on Day 1

Modesty becomes a triple world record holder to the point of saintliness but the acoustics inject an air of the diabolical into the sparkling new stadium on the banks of the Danube where the cameras add a touch of evil.

The Independent UK

Double Dutch tumble helps GB earn first medal at World Athletics Championships

Femke Bol fell in the closing stages of the 4x400m mixed relay in Budapest as Great Britain capitalised to take silver

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Double Dutch misery in late falls at Budapest world athletics championships

Two Dutch athletes fell to the floor agonisingly close to the finish line and gold medals on Saturday to provide a dramatic climax to the first day of action at the world athletics championships in Budapest.

The Independent UK

4 athletes to watch at World Championships in Budapest

The global showpiece begins in Budapest on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Zharnel Hughes smashes British 200m record at raucous London Diamond League

Hughes ran 19.73 seconds to beat the 30-year-old record by a mammoth 0.21 seconds

The Guardian - UK

Muir digs deep to win record fifth gold at European Indoor Championships

Laura Muir took a gusty victory in the 1500m to become Great Britain’s most decorated athlete at the European Indoor Championships

Sports Illustrated

Dutch Runner Sets Women’s Indoor 400-Meter World Record

The previous record was held for nearly 41 years.

The Guardian - UK

The Sydney Project: how elite athletics traps McLaughlin but also sets her free

The 400m hurdles phenomenon has to deal with the complicated feelings that come with knowing she is not solely in control of her own destiny

The Hindu

World Athletics Championships 2022: Sydney McLaughlin shatters 400 hurdles record with 50.68

The 22-year-old McLaughlin beat second-place finisher Femke Bol of the Netherlands by 1.59 seconds

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