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Athletics·Jun 7

Duplantis' 40-meet win streak ends in Stockholm as Australia's Marschall takes Diamond League pole vault

Armand Duplantis suffered his first pole vault defeat since July 2023 on Sunday, finishing second to Australia's Kurtis Marschall at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting in front of his home crowd.

Athletics·3d ago

Werro extends near-record streak as Broeders-Bol impresses in outdoor 800m debut at Ostrava

Audrey Werro ran the second-fastest 800m of her career while Femke Broeders-Bol made a splash in her first outdoor race at the distance, finishing second in 1:57.13.

Athletics·Jun 7

Audrey Werro clocks 1:53.98 in 800m, third fastest in history, as Hodgkinson sets British best

Swiss 22-year-old Audrey Werro defeated Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson in Stockholm, running the fastest women's 800m time in over 40 years.

Athletics·Jun 10

Irish Olympian Ciarán Ó Lionáird, 2012 London Games middle-distance runner, dies suddenly in Montreal at 38

The Cork middle-distance runner, who won European Indoor bronze in 2013 and reached the world 1500m final in 2011, was found dead in Canada on Tuesday morning.

Athletics·6d ago

Irish runner Ciara Mageean reveals stage four bowel cancer diagnosis, says she will 'fit as much living into the years I have left'

Irish Olympian Ciara Mageean, the reigning European 1500 metres champion, has revealed she was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer last year, and says she is determined to 'fit as much living into the years I have left.'

Athletics·6d ago

From 38-minute 5K to Special Olympics: Fynn Thome's rapid rise ahead of Saarland national games

An 18-year-old autistic runner from Schmelz-Limbach has gone from learning to run without falling to a gold medal in a year. Now he’s preparing for the national Special Olympics in Germany’s Saarland.

Athletics·2d ago

Noah Lyles clocks world-best 14.67s in 150m at Ostrava's Golden Spike meet, as Australian teen Gout Gout places third

Olympic champion Noah Lyles ran a world-best 14.67 seconds for the 150 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, with Australian teenage prodigy Gout Gout finishing third in a national record 14.96.

Athletics·5d ago

Norberto Mourão takes third European VL2 200m title in record time as Messias Baptista lands K1 200m silver in Montemor-o-Velho

Norberto Mourão set a European record in the VL2 200 m adaptive event to claim his fourth career continental title, while Messias Baptista repeated his 2025 silver in the K1 200 m on the final day of the European Canoeing Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.

Athletics·Jun 11

Ja'Kobe Tharp shatters 110m hurdles world record with 12.75 at NCAA championships

American Ja'Kobe Tharp ran 12.75 seconds in the NCAA semifinals, erasing Aries Merritt’s 2012 world record by five hundredths and becoming the first athlete since 1976 to set a world mark at the college meet.