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Tuesday, 18 May 2021 Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has not ruled out a world record in the 3,000 metres he will run at the conclusion of a talent-stacked World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava. Cheptegei is one of six world record-holders at the Golden Spike meeting at the Městský Stadion, having set new marks of 12min 35.36sec and 26:11.00 for 5,000 and 10,000 metres last year. "I believe it’s not untouchable," he said at the pre-event media conference when asked about the...

Hashimoto: Athletes Should Not Be Targets for Criticism 05/12/21 (ATR) Tokyo 2020 president Hashimoto Seiko expresses concern that athletes are caught in the middle of the public discontent in Japan over the Olympics moving forward. Tokyo 2020 president Hashimoto Seiko (Tokyo 2020) Japanese athletes are facing criticism for continuing their preparations for the Olympics, with some on social media calling for them to withdraw from competing. “These (criticisms) should not be targeted at athl...

Stellar fields set for USATF Golden Games presented by Xfinity at new Hilmer Lodge Stadium WALNUT, Calif. -- Sundays USATF Golden Games presented by Xfinity at Mt. San Antonio Colleges new Hilmer Lodge Stadium brings together the strongest and deepest fields of this Olympic year in many events and will offer some intriguing matchups as athletes prepare for next months Olympic Trials in Eugene. This is the fifth stop on the Journey to Gold - Tokyo series and the second World Athletics Continenta...

IAAF World Championships: Wayde van Niekerk clinches gold in 400m post rival Isaac Makwalas pull out on medical grounds IAAF World Championships: Wayde van Niekerk clinches gold in 400m post rival Isaac Makwalas pull out on medical grounds South Africas Star Sprinter Wayde Van Niekerk Lived Up To His Billing As The Favourite To Win The 400 M Race At The World Championships As He Stormed To Victory In The Quarter Mile In London On Tuesday. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Gautam Lalotra ...

Published February 18, 2021, 10:49 AM Photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account Pole vaulter EJ Obiena capped off his indoor season campaign with a bronze-medal finish in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland early Thursday. Obiena, one of the country’s four qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics, vaulted 5.80 meters to settle behind two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States and hometown bet Piotr Lisek. The trio actually cleared the bar at 5.80m, but Ken...

Published February 17, 2021, 1:54 PM File photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account Olympic-bound EJ Obiena clashes anew with pole vault titans Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Manila) when he competes in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland. In a recent start list, the 25-year-old Obiena will be up against two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States, reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil and former world champion Pawel Wojciechowski of ...

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 Britain’s Elliot Giles produced one of the outstanding performances of the 2021 indoor athletics season in winning the 800 metres at Polish venue Torun in 1min 43.63sec, putting him second on the all-time list. Only Wilson Kipketer, who clocked 1:42.67 in winning the world indoor title in Paris in 1997, has ever run faster indoors, and the 26-year-old from Birmingham has now bettered the British record of 1:44.91 set back in 1983 at Cosford by Sebastian Coe. Giles...

Feb 13, 2021 EJ OBIENA once again broke a national indoor record on Saturday in his second-place finish in the Orlen Cup in Lodz, Poland. Obiena registered 5.86 meters to place second behind former world champion Sam Kendricks of the US, who won the gold with by clearing the same height on his first try. WATCH: Continue reading below ↓ Aside from bagging the silver in the competition, Obiena shattered his own Philippine record of 5.80 meters he set early this month when he won a gold in B...

EJ Obiena rips Philippine indoor pole vault record again Pole vaulter EJ Obiena continues to reset the Philippines best marks after surpassing the indoor Philippine record once again on Saturday. Obiena soared to his new personal best of 5.86 meters in the Orlen Indoor Cup 2021 at the Atlas Arena in Poland, which netted him a silver medal finish. It is six centimeters better to the previous record of 5.80m he set one week ago. It is the third time in less than a month the pole vaulter has set a...

Published February 8, 2021, 12:39 PM Photo from ISTAF Indoor’s Instagram account Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena captured another gold medal in over a day after ruling the PSD Bank Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, Germany Sunday night, Feb. 7. The 25-year-old Filipino prevailed over German Oleg Zernikel in a jumpoff at 5.68m after both posted 5.65m on their first attempt in the seven-man competition. German Torben Blech also posted 5.65m, but settled for bronze after making it on his third ...