Budapest, Aug 28 (Ians) Stars like sprinter Noah Lyles and pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and long-distance runner Faith Kipyegon showcased their abilities as the World Athletics Championships concluded here on Sunday, with the United States emerging as the biggest winner.
The tournament, consisting of 49 events, unfolded over nine scorching days in Budapest. The U.S. team secured an impressive 29 medals, including 12 gold. Their dominance extended beyond sprint races, as they also held a firm grip on throwing events.
In the men’s 4x100m relay final on Saturday, the 26-year-old Lyles delivered a sensational fourth-leg run, clinching three gold medals and solidifying his position as the Championships’ most prolific athlete, reports Xinhua.
On Friday, Lyles clinched his third consecutive world title in the 200m event, becoming the first man since Jamaican legend Usain Bolt in 2015 to achieve the 100m and 200m double at the World Championships.
Lyles’ teammates also shone: Ryan Crouser...
The tournament, consisting of 49 events, unfolded over nine scorching days in Budapest. The U.S. team secured an impressive 29 medals, including 12 gold. Their dominance extended beyond sprint races, as they also held a firm grip on throwing events.
In the men’s 4x100m relay final on Saturday, the 26-year-old Lyles delivered a sensational fourth-leg run, clinching three gold medals and solidifying his position as the Championships’ most prolific athlete, reports Xinhua.
On Friday, Lyles clinched his third consecutive world title in the 200m event, becoming the first man since Jamaican legend Usain Bolt in 2015 to achieve the 100m and 200m double at the World Championships.
Lyles’ teammates also shone: Ryan Crouser...
- 8/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Budapest, Aug 27 (Ians) It seems that only the soaring bar could stop Armand Duplantis but the pole vault star and world record holder said here that he didn’t want to set limits on himself.
In a sizzling National Athletics Center in Budapest, Olympic champion Duplantis took the limelight of the evening. The 23-year-old Swede cleared the heights six times all with only one attempt, retaining his world title in 6.10m, reports Xinhua.
“Being the defending champion was different,” said Duplantis who won his first world champion title last year with an astonishing result of 6.21m. “I felt a bit of pressure as defending champion but I’m glad to come through it. It feels pretty good to be on top again.”
He did try to improve his own world record of 6.22m which he set earlier this year by 1cm, but missed it after three jumps.
“I try not...
In a sizzling National Athletics Center in Budapest, Olympic champion Duplantis took the limelight of the evening. The 23-year-old Swede cleared the heights six times all with only one attempt, retaining his world title in 6.10m, reports Xinhua.
“Being the defending champion was different,” said Duplantis who won his first world champion title last year with an astonishing result of 6.21m. “I felt a bit of pressure as defending champion but I’m glad to come through it. It feels pretty good to be on top again.”
He did try to improve his own world record of 6.22m which he set earlier this year by 1cm, but missed it after three jumps.
“I try not...
- 8/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Warsaw, July 17 (Ians) Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen established a new European record in the men’s 1,500m, clocking 3:27.14 at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzow, Poland.
The Olympic champion shattered his own record of 3:27.95 set on home turf in Oslo last June. With his remarkable triumph at the Silesian Stadium, he ascended to fourth in the all-time rankings, trailing behind Hicham El Guerrouj, Bernard Lagat, and Asbel Kiprop, reports Xinhua.
Kenya’s Abel Kipsang captured the silver medal with 3:29.11, while his fellow countryman Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot completed the podium, finishing the race in 3:30.30.
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis prevailed in the men’s pole vault, clearing a height of 6.01 meters. Sam Kendricks of the United States matched his season’s best with 5.91m, securing second place, while fellow American Christopher Nilsen took third with 5.81m.
Olympic champion Mutaz Essa Barshim dominated the men’s high jump, leaping 2.36m on his first try.
The Olympic champion shattered his own record of 3:27.95 set on home turf in Oslo last June. With his remarkable triumph at the Silesian Stadium, he ascended to fourth in the all-time rankings, trailing behind Hicham El Guerrouj, Bernard Lagat, and Asbel Kiprop, reports Xinhua.
Kenya’s Abel Kipsang captured the silver medal with 3:29.11, while his fellow countryman Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot completed the podium, finishing the race in 3:30.30.
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis prevailed in the men’s pole vault, clearing a height of 6.01 meters. Sam Kendricks of the United States matched his season’s best with 5.91m, securing second place, while fellow American Christopher Nilsen took third with 5.81m.
Olympic champion Mutaz Essa Barshim dominated the men’s high jump, leaping 2.36m on his first try.
- 7/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Paris, Feb 26 (Ians) Swedish Armand Duplantis cleared 6.22 meters to claim victory with a new world record at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Clermont-Ferrand.
The 23-year-old Olympic champion added one centimetre to his previous best of 6.21m which he nailed at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last year on Saturday night.
At Clermont-Ferrand, Duplantis entered the competition at 5.71m and cleared that height on his first attempt, and then he secured the gold after clearing 6.01m with one attempt, reports Xinhua.
He then raised the bar to 6.22 metres, knocked the bar on the first two attempts, and succeeded on his third try. The record also marked Duplantis’ 60th six-meter-plus clearance in his career so far.
Australia’s Kurtis Marschall and Menno Vloon of the Netherlands finished second and third respectively. Czech Amalie Svabikova won the women’s category with 4.66m.
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The 23-year-old Olympic champion added one centimetre to his previous best of 6.21m which he nailed at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last year on Saturday night.
At Clermont-Ferrand, Duplantis entered the competition at 5.71m and cleared that height on his first attempt, and then he secured the gold after clearing 6.01m with one attempt, reports Xinhua.
He then raised the bar to 6.22 metres, knocked the bar on the first two attempts, and succeeded on his third try. The record also marked Duplantis’ 60th six-meter-plus clearance in his career so far.
Australia’s Kurtis Marschall and Menno Vloon of the Netherlands finished second and third respectively. Czech Amalie Svabikova won the women’s category with 4.66m.
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- 2/26/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: BBC tell-all documentary The Real Mo Farah, in which the legendary olympian revealed the truth about how he came to live in the UK, has sold to networks in Canada, Australia and across Europe and the Middle East.
The Real Mo Farah generated global headlines when it aired last summer as the four-time gold-winning long distance runner revealed he had been trafficked to the UK aged nine from Somaliland and forced into child labor, years before he became a beloved household name. After escaping, he had applied for British citizenship under a false name and then kept the shocking secret for more than 30 years.
Distributor Red Bull Studios has licensed the Rose d’Or-winning feature to CBC Canada for its Passionate Eye strand, Sbs Australia, Canal+ France, Movistar+ Spain, Nrk Norway, Servus TV Austria and MContent in the Middle East.
On the BBC, the doc, which was produced by...
The Real Mo Farah generated global headlines when it aired last summer as the four-time gold-winning long distance runner revealed he had been trafficked to the UK aged nine from Somaliland and forced into child labor, years before he became a beloved household name. After escaping, he had applied for British citizenship under a false name and then kept the shocking secret for more than 30 years.
Distributor Red Bull Studios has licensed the Rose d’Or-winning feature to CBC Canada for its Passionate Eye strand, Sbs Australia, Canal+ France, Movistar+ Spain, Nrk Norway, Servus TV Austria and MContent in the Middle East.
On the BBC, the doc, which was produced by...
- 2/17/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Uppsala (Sweden), Feb 3 (Ians) Olympic champion and world record-holder Armand Duplantis aka ‘Mondo Duplantis’, competing in his eponymous meetings here, got his 2023 campaigns off to strong starts with performances that took them straight to the top of the world lists.
Duplantis, competing at the Mondo Classic, won the pole vault with a Swedish indoor all-comers’ record of 6.10m on Thursday night.
The event featured 10 of the best pole vaulters in the world, including Rio 2016 champion Thiago Braz of Brazil, who also won bronze in Tokyo.
Duplantis opened his series with a first-time clearance at 5.67m and followed it with another successful jump at 5.82m. Four other men – USA’s Kc Lightfoot, Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines, Australia’s Kurtis Marschall and Norway’s Pal Haugen Lillefosse – cleared that height and progressed on to 5.91m.
The world and Olympic champion registered his first foul of the evening at 6.00m but...
Duplantis, competing at the Mondo Classic, won the pole vault with a Swedish indoor all-comers’ record of 6.10m on Thursday night.
The event featured 10 of the best pole vaulters in the world, including Rio 2016 champion Thiago Braz of Brazil, who also won bronze in Tokyo.
Duplantis opened his series with a first-time clearance at 5.67m and followed it with another successful jump at 5.82m. Four other men – USA’s Kc Lightfoot, Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines, Australia’s Kurtis Marschall and Norway’s Pal Haugen Lillefosse – cleared that height and progressed on to 5.91m.
The world and Olympic champion registered his first foul of the evening at 6.00m but...
- 2/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: The Real Mo Farah producer Red Bull Studios’ documentary about world record pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has been picked up for broadcast premier by Svt Sweden.
Born to Fly had its theatrical release across 15 Swedish cities in October and will be handed a small screen premier on SVT1 and Stv Play in January, while it is also being shopped internationally.
Born to Fly tells the story of an athlete who is considered the greatest pole vaulter of all time at the tender age of just 23, having broken six world records and won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, European Championships and World Championships.
It is directed by up-and-comer Brennan Robideaux, who followed the U.S.-born Swedish athlete for six years as he rose from child prodigy to record breaker.
“Born to Fly is a close portrait of Armand Duplantis’ life during his childhood and teenage years – before the breakthrough,...
Born to Fly had its theatrical release across 15 Swedish cities in October and will be handed a small screen premier on SVT1 and Stv Play in January, while it is also being shopped internationally.
Born to Fly tells the story of an athlete who is considered the greatest pole vaulter of all time at the tender age of just 23, having broken six world records and won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, European Championships and World Championships.
It is directed by up-and-comer Brennan Robideaux, who followed the U.S.-born Swedish athlete for six years as he rose from child prodigy to record breaker.
“Born to Fly is a close portrait of Armand Duplantis’ life during his childhood and teenage years – before the breakthrough,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Eugene (US), July 25 (Ians) Armand Duplantis from Sweden refreshed the men’s pole vault world record with 6.21 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Monday (Ist). Already securing the title with 6.00 metres, Duplantis improved the previous world record of 6.20 metres, set by him at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March, by […]...
- 7/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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