Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) is the 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare smashed the 12-year-old Commonwealth Games Record to win the women’s 100m in 10.85 secs at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare smashed the 12-year-old Commonwealth Games Record to win the women’s 100m in 10.85 secs at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.
Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2019, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Saturday.
World Athletics has announced details of the 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour, a series of the world’s best one-day meetings outside the Diamond League.
Months after staging the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, the Dubai Club for People of Determination will again receive the best athletes in the planet for the first stop of the 2020 Grand Prix circuit between 14 and 17 March.
At least US$2.5million in extra revenue will be made available for a comprehensive integrity programme for road running in 2020, under a new funding scheme announced by World Athletics and the Athletics Integrity Unit last June.
Three-time Paralympic medallist, Samwel Kimani defended his World title to give Kenya their first gold medal on the penultimate day of the Dubai 2019 World Athletics Championships.
South Africa’s first gold medal at the Dubai 2019 World Championships came through a familiar face with a different name. Anrune Weyers winning the women’s 400m T47 with a championship record of 55.79.
At the age of 42 Kenyan John Komen came through to upset the favourites and win the Athens Marathon with 2:16:34.
Dubai stage is perfectly set for SA’s Ntando Mahlangu, the current T61 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump world record holder, to show his prowess ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games, where he is already tipped as the firm favourite.
This year’s World Marathon Champions Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) and Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) are the Marathon Runners of the Year 2019.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport concluded today in Katowice, Poland with WADA’s Foundation Board approving the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the Executive Committee (ExCo) approving the International Standards.
The Kenyan favourites Daniel Muteti and Rhonzas Kilimo have set their sights on breaking the course record in the “Athens Marathon – The Authentic” on Sunday.