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Meet the 19 Troops Representing America at the Olympics Army Staff Sgt. Naomi Graham throws a right to the chin of Briana Che during a USA Nationals bout during the first week of December 2018 in Salt Lake City. (U.S. Army) 12 Jul 2021 When the worlds greatest athletes assemble in Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Games later this month, 19 service members will be helping represent the United States. In a news release Monday, the Defense Department said that the U.S. Olympic team will include 17 sol...

Published July 8, 2021, 12:58 PM Photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook page EJ Obiena jumped to a career-high No. 6 in the pole vault world rankings ahead of his Tokyo Olympics campaign late this month. Obiena climbed from No. 10 after successful campaigns in various international competitions where he reset his national outdoor record twice last June. World record holder Armand Duplantis remains the best pole vaulter in the world followed by 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sam Kendricks of the U...

STOCKHOLM: Tajay Gayle from Jamaica competes to win the men’s long jump during the Wanda Diamond League Track and Field Championships.—AP STOCKHOLM: Armand Duplantis failed in his bid to improve his own world record, but the Swedish pole vaulter still delighted home fans with yet another 6m-plus victory at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday. Duplantis cleared 6.02 metres before having three efforts at 6.19m, failing all three times in his bid to better the 6.18m mark he made las...

Published July 5, 2021, 7:56 AM Screengrab from the tournament livestream courtesy of World Athletics’ YouTube channel Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena fell short of a podium finish at the prestigious Bauhaus-Galan Wanda Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden after settling for fourth place over the weekend. Obiena posted 5.82 meters behind world record holder and hometown bet Armand Duplantis, who dominated the field with a new meet record of 6.02m. The 25-year-old PH bet attempted ...

Published on: Saturday, July 03, 2021 By: AFP Warholm celebrates with the trophy on the podium. OSLO: Norway’s Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the long-standing 400m hurdles world record at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Oslo and warned he had “more in the tank”. Warholm, the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young b...

Warholm shatters Youngs hurdles record at Oslo Diamond League Issued on: 01/07/2021 - 22:54 Norways Karsten Warholm (pictured September 2020), the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young back in 1992 Vincenzo PINTO AFP/File 4 min Oslo (AFP) Norways Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the...

2021 Bislett Games Recap: Kate Grace (1:57) Wins Her First DL, Yomif Kejelcha Runs 7:26, and Stewart McSweyn Gets (Another) Aussie Record July 1, 2021 After a three-week break for countries to hold their Olympic trials, the Diamond League returned in style on Thursday with Karsten Warholm setting a world record of 46.70 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bislett Games in Oslo. Warholm’s run, which gets its own article here, was the capper to a terrific night of track & field, which also...

Previews29 Jun 2021 Karsten Warholm smashes the 300m hurdles world best in Oslo (© Thomas Windestam / DECA Text&Bild) There’s nothing quite like being bumped down the world all-time list to fire up an athlete. Perhaps that’s just the impetus Karsten Warholm needed ahead of the Oslo Bislett Games on Thursday (1) when he will make his 2021 Wanda Diamond League debut. The two-time world champion has come close to the world 400m hurdles record of 46.78 on several occasions over the past two ye...

The team representing the U.S. in Tokyo is a mix of veterans and first-timers.

We get you ready for a busy weekend with compelling races all over the globe. Farah needs to hit the 27:28 Olympic standard in the 10,000 at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham, while McLaughlin & Simpson return to action at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville (Sunday, 5-7 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Plus Sifan Hassan headlines a stacked Hengelo meet. *MB: Weekend preview: Jenny Simpson, Sydney M and Mo Farah return, might Sifan Hassan go for the 10k WR?