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France 24
6 hours ago
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- France 24
US sprinter Richardson seeks to kickstart season after February injury
"I was injured this year in February, that completely set me back for the season -- my start of the season and just how I would normally execute," the 25-year-old US sprint star said at a pre-meet press conference on Friday. Richardson didn't elaborate on the nature of the injury, but she has raced just one 100m this season, posting a lackluster 11.47sec at Tokyo in May. The reigning 100m world champion says the most important thing now is to get races under her belt and stay healthy as she looks toward her title defence in Tokyo. "My biggest thing is having a healthy race (Saturday)," she said. "With a healthy race, me being confident in me, just knowing what I know and being capable of doing, I know that I will produce what it is that I want." Richardson called it a "blessing in disguise" that the World Championships date of September 13-21 stretches the season out. Also, as the reigning title holder, she has a bye in the 100m, but she said she "definitely plans" to bid for a 200m place at the US trials in Eugene later this month. "The only thing that matters is world championships," she said. On Saturday, Richardson will be facing an elite field in the 100m led by Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred, who beat Richardson for Paris Olympics gold last year. Paris bronze medallist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden -- who clocked a world-leading 10.73sec at a Grand Slam Track meeting in June -- is also entered. Alfred, a convincing winner in Stockholm three weeks ago in 10.75, said she's hoping to build on that performance -- which surprised her at the time. "The day before, I had a mental breakdown because my coach and I had been working on a few things," she confided. "I was a bit hard on myself going into the race, but the time really shocked me just on my execution." © 2025 AFP
Yahoo
18 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Global and GB stars set for Eugene Diamond League
Armand Duplantis, Julien Alfred and Matthew Hudson-Smith are among the stars competing at the Eugene Diamond League [Getty Images] The 2025 Eugene Diamond League meeting boasts one of the best fields this year with 17 individual champions from the Paris Olympics and 14 world record holders in action. Five events feature all three medallists from the Paris Olympics, including the women's 100m, which sees St Lucia's Olympic champion Julien Alfred take on American duo Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. Advertisement Among the world record holders in Oregon are Sweden's Armand Duplantis, who set a new high of 6.28m in the men's pole vault in Stockholm last month, and Kenya's three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon. You can watch all the Diamond League, also known as Prefontaine Classic, action unfold on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app from 21:00-23:00 BST. Which British stars are competing? Matthew Hudson-Smith won individual and relay medals at the Paris Olympics [Getty Images] In the men's 100m, Britain's 60m world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and British record holder Zharnel Hughes go up against Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, who with 9.75 seconds has the fastest time in the world this year, and American Trayvon Bromell. Advertisement Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith, who won silver in France last summer, and Charlie Dobson take on Olympic champion Quincy Hall and Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga in the men's 400m. Britain's Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter-Bell faces the challenge of Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon and Australian star Jessica Hull in the women's 1500m. GB's world indoor champion Amber Anning is up against two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women's flat 400m. Other British athletes in action include Dina Asher-Smith, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman, but Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, whose return from a hamstring injury was delayed by a setback in April, and Josh Kerr are not competing. Advertisement What time are the key events in Eugene? 21:12 BST - men's 100m featuring Jeremiah Azu and Zharnel Hughes 21:43 BST - men's 400m featuring Matt Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson 21:51 BST - women's 400m featuring Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Amber Anning 21:58 BST - women's 1500m featuring Faith Kipyegon and Georgia Hunter-Bell 22:25 BST - men's 200m featuring Letsile Tebogo and Kenny Bednarek 22:34 BST - women's 800m featuring Mary Moraa and Athing Mu-Nikolayev 22:44 BST - women's 100m featuring Julien Alfred, Sha'Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Dina Asher-Smith Advertisement 22:50 BST - Bowerman Mile featuring Cole Hocker, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman What's coming up this Diamond League season? After stops in Eugene and Monaco, the series visits the UK for the sold-out London Diamond League on 19 July. Injury permitting, Hodgkinson is expected to compete at the event where last summer she improved her British record to one minute 54.61 seconds. London is also set to host the latest chapter in the 1500m rivalry between world champion Josh Kerr and Norwegian rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Olympic and world 100m champion Noah Lyles, world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol and British pole vaulter Molly Caudery are also on the entry lists, as the world's top athletes build towards their shot at World Championship glory in Japan in September. Advertisement What is on the line in the Diamond League? Athletes compete for points in 32 disciplines in a bid to qualify for the Diamond League Finals in Zurich in August. That takes place just over a fortnight before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. All Diamond League events will be shown on the BBC, which has agreed a deal to broadcast the competition for the next five years. The Diamond League has increased its prize money to the highest level in its history, with a total prize pot of $9.24m (£6.95m) on offer across the series. That includes $500,000 (£375,000) at each of the 14 series meetings, and $2.2m (£1.7m) at the Diamond League final. Advertisement How does the Diamond League work? Athletes will compete for points at the 14 regular series meetings which started in April and run through to August. Points are awarded on a scale from eight for first place to one for eighth place. After the 14th meeting in Brussels, the top six ranked athletes in the field events, the top eight in track events from 100m up to 800m, and the top 10 in the distances from 1500m upwards qualify for the final. The two-day finals are a winner-takes-all competition to be crowned Diamond League champion in each event. Diamond League calendar 2025 26 April - Xiamen, China 03 May - Keqiao, China 16 May - Doha, Qatar 25 May - Rabat, Morocco 06 June - Rome, Italy 12 June - Oslo, Norway 15 June - Stockholm, Sweden 20 June - Paris, France 05 July - Eugene, USA 11 July - Monaco 19 July - London, England 16 August - Silesia, Poland 20 August - Lausanne, Switzerland 22 August - Brussels, Belgium 27-28 August - Zurich, Switzerland
CBC
14-06-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Watch Canada's Aaron Brown compete at Diamond League Stockholm
2025 World Athletics Wanda Diamond League: Stockholm Live in 1 day Social Sharing Click on the video player above beginning on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET to watch live action from the Diamond League track and field meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Canada's Aaron Brown competes on Sunday at the Diamond League circuit's latest stop, the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm. It's the second Diamond League men's 200m race this week for the Toronto sprinter after he posted a sixth-place finish in 20.35 seconds at Thursday's event in Oslo. Sunday's men's 200m also includes Liberia's Joseph Fahnbulleh, the sixth-ranked sprinter in the distance, and is scheduled for 12:13 p.m. ET. Here are some of the other key events to watch at the event in Sweden's capital, which begins on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET on and CBC Gem. Women's 100m This event features reigning Olympic champion and current world No. 1-ranked Julien Alfred. The Saint Lucia native will run her second 100 of the season following a 10.89 at the Bislett Games on Thursday. Sunday's race – which is slated to start at 1:42 p.m. ET – also includes Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, who is ranked third overall in the world. Watch all the action from Diamond League track and field events on and CBC Gem. Click here for the full broadcast schedule. WATCH | Hammer thrower Camryn Rogers on improving visibility of field events: Hammer thrower Camryn Rogers on improving visibility of field events 2 days ago Duration 9:04 The Paris 2024 Olympic champion discusses her season so far, expectations leading into worlds, and what else she hopes to accomplish in the sport. Women's 400m hurdles Dutch athlete Femke Bol headlines the field for this event, which begins at 12:04 p.m. ET. The world No. 1 in the discipline is coming off an incredible 52.46 performance at the Diamond League stop in Rabat last month, which is the second-fastest time posted this season.
The Hindu
11-06-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Duplantis headlines Oslo Diamond League, Warholm eyes 300m hurdles showdown
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis headlines a star-studded Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday, featuring eight other champions from the Paris Olympics. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events at the sixth meeting of the 15-event Diamond League circuit, where athletes have collectively won more than 15 individual Olympic gold medals and over 20 world championship golds: Women's 100m Julien Alfred made history at the Olympics last summer when she won a first-ever medal for her tiny island homeland of Saint Lucia. File photo: Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia celebrates with her national flag after winning gold in the women's 100m at the Paris 2024 Olympics. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Her personal best of 10.72sec is matched in the Oslo field by 36-year-old Ivorian veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith. But Alfred will likely come under more pressure from the British pair of Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita. Men's 5,000m Oslo's Bislett Stadium is known as a venue where world records are regularly set. When a world-class field lines up for the 5,000m, they'll be chasing what could be the 72nd world record set at the venue since Adriaan Paulen established the first one back in 1924. Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet missed it by just over a second when he clocked 12:36.73 in the Norwegian capital last season. File photo: Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images This year, both Gebrhiwet and his compatriots Yomif Kejelcha, who finished second last year in 12:38.95, and Berihu Aregawi, with a personal best of 12:40.45, are all lining up with one goal in mind: breaking Joshua Cheptegei's world record of 12:35.36. Men's 800m If the race over 5km proves to be a mouth-watering clash, also don't rule out the 800m, where meet organisers have brought together what they say is the strongest line-up they've ever assembled. ALSO READ | Priyanka Goswami wins gold in women's 10km race walk at Austrian Championships Kenyan legend David Rudisha holds the stadium record of 1:42.04 from 2010. File photo: Emmanuel Wanyonyi is the reigning Olympic champion in the men's 800m event. | Photo Credit: Getty Images But that could be under threat from compatriot and reigning Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Algeria's Djamel Sedjati and France's Gabriel Tual, respectively second, fifth and sixth fastest ever over the two-lap race. Men's pole vault Duplantis remains head and shoulders above the rest, having bettered his own world record to 6.27m in February on the back of a 2024 season when he not only won Olympic gold but also broke the world record three times. The US-born Swede has also registered the 11 highest jumps in the history of the sport, improving the world record one centimetre at a time from 6.17 to 6.27. He is the undisputed king of the event and was also named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2024. Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt is the only track and field athlete to have previously won the award. The world's top eight will compete in Oslo, three of them having cleared the 6m mark, notably Greece's Emmanouil Karalis, who won Olympic silver in Paris and has a personal best of 6.01m and American Sam Kendricks (6.06). Men's 300m hurdles Home favourite Karsten Warholm headlines a sparkling field in the 300m hurdles, an event that was granted official status earlier this year, but is yet to have a ratified world record. The Norwegian clocked a best of 33.05sec in Xiamen this season. File photo: Karsten Warholm of Norway is the world record holder in the men's 400m hurdles. | Photo Credit: AP Warholm, reigning world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles, will be up against Bislett debutant Rai Benjamin of the USA, the Olympic champion, and Brazil's Alison dos Santos. The trio's personal bests are the three fastest times ever run in the 400m hurdles. Between them they own the 19 fastest races in the event's history and also won all medals at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. Now it's time for crowing rights in the shortened race. 'I believe the introduction of the 300m hurdles can help bring in new athletes now that the long hurdles expand from one to two events,' said Warholm.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Duplantis headlines Oslo Diamond League, Warholm eyes 300m hurdles showdown
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis headlines a star-studded Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday featuring eight other champions from the Paris Olympics. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events at the sixth meeting of the 15-event Diamond League circuit where athletes have collectively won more than 15 individual Olympic gold medals and over 20 world championship golds: Advertisement Women's 100m Julien Alfred made history at the Olympics last summer when she won a first ever medal for her tiny island homeland of Saint Lucia. Her personal best of 10.72sec is matched in the Oslo field by 36-year-old Ivorian veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith. But Alfred will likely come under more pressure from the British pair of Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita. Men's 5,000m Oslo's Bislett Stadium is known as a venue where world records are regularly set. When a world-class field lines up for the 5,000m, they'll be chasing what could be the 72nd world record set at the venue since Adriaan Paulen established the first one back in 1924. Advertisement Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet missed it by just over a second when he clocked 12:36.73 in the Norwegian capital last season. This year, both Gebrhiwet and his compatriots Yomif Kejelcha, who finished second last year in 12:38.95, and Berihu Aregawi, with a personal best of 12:40.45, are all lining up with one goal in mind: breaking Joshua Cheptegei's world record of 12:35.36. Men's 800m If the race over 5km proves to be a mouth-watering clash, also don't rule out the 800m, where meet organisers have brought together what they say is the strongest line-up they've ever assembled. Kenyan legend David Rudisha holds the stadium record of 1:42.04 from 2010. Advertisement But that could be under threat from compatriot and reigning Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Algeria's Djamel Sedjati and France's Gabriel Tual, respectively second, fifth and sixth fastest ever over the two-lap race. Men's pole vault Duplantis remains head and shoulders above the rest, having bettered his own world record to 6.27m in February on the back of a 2024 season when he not only won Olympic gold but also broke the world record three times. The US-born Swede has also registered the 11 highest jumps in the history of the sport, improving the world record one centimetre at a time from 6.17 to 6.27. Advertisement He is the undisputed king of the event and was also named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2024. Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt is the only track and field athlete to have previously won the award. The world's top eight will compete in Oslo, three of them having cleared the 6m mark, notably Greece's Emmanouil Karalis, who won Olympic silver in Paris and has a personal best of 6.01m and American Sam Kendricks (6.06). Men's 300m hurdles Home favourite Karsten Warholm headlines a sparkling field in the 300m hurdles, an event that was granted official status earlier this year, but is yet to have a ratified world record. The Norwegian clocked a best of 33.05sec in Xiamen this season. Advertisement Warholm, reigning world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles, will be up against Bislett debutant Rai Benjamin of the USA, the Olympic champion, and Brazil's Alison dos Santos. The trio's personal bests are the three fastest times ever run in the 400m hurdles. Between them they own the 19 fastest races in the event's history and also won all medals at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. Now it's time for crowing rights in the shortened race. "I believe the introduction of the 300m hurdles can help bring in new athletes now that the long hurdles expand from one to two events," said Warholm. lp/pi
