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Kipyegon completes historic women’s 1500m/5000m double
Kipyegon, who had already won a third world 1500m title here, duly added gold in the other championship event in which she has set a...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Treble for Lyles and a relay championship record on night when Kipyegon and Duplantis shine
Day eight at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 ended in joyful fashion for the United States as Noah Lyles and then Sha’Carri...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Jackson and Lyles retain 200m titles, Rojas and Kitaguchi snatch gold in final round
With a bullet start, powerful pick-up, brilliant bend and utterly scintillating home straight, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson sprinted deeper...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 26, 20232 min read


Beriso Shankule leads Ethiopian 1-2 with marathon win in Budapest
Amane Beriso Shankule led an Ethiopian one-two in the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, clocking 2:24:23...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 26, 20235 min read


New Athletes' Commission members announced
World Athletics is pleased to announce the results of the Athletes' Commission elections, which took place during the World Athletics...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 25, 20232 min read


Watson stuns to get 400m gold, 40 years after Cameron’s triumph
In a deep field that had two former world champions headlining the race – one of them also being the world record-holder – not every...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 25, 20233 min read


A day of doubles and redemption on gold rush Thursday in Budapest
It was a dramatic day of doubles all round, it seemed, on gold rush Thursday at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. There were...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 25, 20231 min read


Perez breaks 35km championship record to complete golden race walk double in Budapest
Spain’s Maria Perez completed a golden double here as she added the women’s 35km race walk title to the 20km gold she won on Sunday,...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 24, 20234 min read


Super Kipyegon claims record third world 1500m title in Budapest
Just moments after US discus thrower Laulaga Tausaga produced the biggest shock of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 so far,...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 23, 20233 min read


Cheptegei joins all-time greats after winning third world 10,000m title in Budapest
As in Oregon last year, and as in Doha in 2019, there was no stopping Joshua Cheptegei when it came to the crunch in a World...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Zango earns first global gold with late effort
The men’s triple jump saw Hugues Fabrice Zango complete his world medal collection with a gold to add to the bronze he won in Doha in...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 22, 20231 min read


Holloway hurries to third 110m hurdles title in a row
Grant Holloway of the United States earned his third consecutive 110m hurdles in the exuberant fashion we have come to expect, getting...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 22, 20231 min read


Richardson take world title with championship record in Budapest
The look of shock on the face of the 23-year-old from Dallas, Texas took a long, long time to wear off as one after another of the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 22, 20231 min read


Johnson-Thompson returns to the top of world heptathlon podium in Budapest
For any athlete, staying uninjured and in one piece is a challenge. Even more so for combined eventers who have to train for several...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 21, 20234 min read


Past winners strike gold again as hosts Hungary celebrate first medal
No sooner had day two closed at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 than the Hungarian capital launched into national party...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 21, 20231 min read


Tsegay wins dramatic 10,000m final as Hassan falls in Budapest
It was a head-to-head battle that many may have predicted, but the closing drama came as a shock. Gudaf Tsegay and Sifan Hassan –...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 20, 20233 min read


USA breaks mixed 4x400m world record in Budapest
The United States won the mixed 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 tonight, improving their own world record to...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 20, 20231 min read


Martin takes first gold in Budapest with heroic 20km race walk triumph
Alvaro Martin became the first gold medallist at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 as he won a storm-delayed men’s 20km race...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 19, 20232 min read


AIU’S Testing Focus for Budapest 23 – Protecting the Podium and Blood-Collection Innovation
19 AUGUST 2023, MONACO: The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has unveiled an extensive testing plan for the World Athletics Championships...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 19, 20233 min read


Coe: ‘Budapest’s promotion of World Championships will be boost to athletes’
On the eve of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised the hard work of the local...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 19, 20234 min read
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