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CNA
03-08-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Hughes completes sprint double with 200m victory at UK Championships
MANCHESTER, England :Zharnel Hughes stormed to victory in the men's 200 metres at the UK Athletics Championships on Sunday in Birmingham to complete the sprint double and secure a spot in that event at next month's World Championships in Tokyo. Hughes, who won the 100m on Saturday, clocked 19.90 seconds to break the competition record, becoming the first runner to duck under the 20-second barrier at a British championship. "Winning the 100m yesterday was pretty cool, but I wanted the 200m title more," Hughes said. "My coach will get me a lot sharper for the Championships - I'm excited to see what I can do in Tokyo." Dina Asher-Smith held off newly-crowned 100m champion Amy Hunt to win a women's 200m that was determined by a photo finish, with both clocking 22.14, also a championship record. "It was an excellent race, we needed a photo-finish because neither of us knew who had won," Asher-Smith said. "But I am happy to come here and run a low-22, it is a fantastic time." Daryll Neita, who was disqualified for a false start in Saturday's 100m - but is still eligible to race that distance in Tokyo, according to UK Athletics - was third in 22.30, to secure the 200m world qualifying time. Max Burgin won the men's 800m in a fast 1:43.92, while Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell clocked 1:59.53 to win her first British women's 800m title. Hunter Bell is undecided whether she will run the 800m or 1500m or both in Tokyo. "How cool would it be to follow in the footsteps of the great British athletes like Seb Coe, Kelly Holmes, Steve Cram, who did double up, and were successful – it's hard to decide," she said. World 1500m champion Josh Kerr moved up to the 5,000m and raced to victory in 13:44.73.
Reuters
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Hughes completes sprint double with 200m victory at UK Championships
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Zharnel Hughes stormed to victory in the men's 200 metres at the UK Athletics Championships on Sunday in Birmingham to complete the sprint double and secure a spot in that event at next month's World Championships in Tokyo. Hughes, who won the 100m on Saturday, clocked 19.90 seconds to break the competition record, becoming the first runner to duck under the 20-second barrier at a British championship. "Winning the 100m yesterday was pretty cool, but I wanted the 200m title more," Hughes said. "My coach will get me a lot sharper for the Championships - I'm excited to see what I can do in Tokyo." Dina Asher-Smith held off newly-crowned 100m champion Amy Hunt to win a women's 200m that was determined by a photo finish, with both clocking 22.14, also a championship record. "It was an excellent race, we needed a photo-finish because neither of us knew who had won," Asher-Smith said. "But I am happy to come here and run a low-22, it is a fantastic time." Daryll Neita, who was disqualified for a false start in Saturday's 100m -- but is still eligible to race that distance in Tokyo, according to UK Athletics -- was third in 22.30, to secure the 200m world qualifying time. Max Burgin won the men's 800m in a fast 1:43.92, while Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell clocked 1:59.53 to win her first British women's 800m title. Hunter Bell is undecided whether she will run the 800m or 1500m or both in Tokyo. "How cool would it be to follow in the footsteps of the great British athletes like Seb Coe, Kelly Holmes, Steve Cram, who did double up, and were successful – it's hard to decide," she said. World 1500m champion Josh Kerr moved up to the 5,000m and raced to victory in 13:44.73. "It was always going to be tough out there over the last mile but I really enjoyed the first eight laps," Kerr said. "That was fun."
BBC News
01-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Coe's record under threat as Burgin builds momentum
UK Athletics ChampionshipsVenue: Alexander Stadium, Birmingham Dates: 2-3 AugustCoverage: BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website & app. View coverage details Whatever happens next, Max Burgin will make sure he experiences Tokyo this record-breaking 23-year-old has already booked an end-of-season holiday to explore Japan, a country he has always wanted to though, he will do so with a World Championship medal in his his issues over recent years, Burgin is not taking anything for granted before this weekend's crucial UK Athletics Championships in not to jinx his momentum, he is only willing to admit this is "definitely the best first half of a season I've had in a long time", speaking to BBC signs are indeed extremely promising. Only four men worldwide have run faster than Burgin this year, after he lowered his personal best to one minute 42.36 seconds when following the reigning Olympic and world champions over the line at the London Diamond time is within 1.5 seconds of David Rudisha's 2012 world record, and made him the third-fastest British man in was the latest indication the Halifax athlete is beginning to uncover his true potential, having smashed world, European and British records as a junior."I've had a lot of hurdles and haven't necessarily progressed in the same way people had hoped for me back then, but I'd like to think I'm over a lot of the challenges of the past five or six years," says Burgin."Finally, I am getting back to the trajectory that I was showing when I was younger and breaking all these records." Comparisons were drawn to British middle-distance greats Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram as Burgin broke through - doing so at the same time as Olympic 800m champion Keely careers have taken rather different paths, with a combination of injuries and bad luck leading Burgin to fear his early promise was "slipping away"."There were a lot of parallels in our development," he adds. "Obviously her career has absolutely taken off and maybe mine has stalled a little bit."But, looking at what she's achieved and knowing that I have that same sort of ceiling, that definitely gives me confidence. Knowing that, one day, I'll be able to get up there."Burgin lost 12 months, and missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, with hamstring and groin injuries. A calf issue - later diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis - then denied 2022's fastest man the chance to compete for a world eventually debuted on the global stage in Budapest two years ago, despite struggling with a nerve issue affecting his Achilles, and last summer became the first British man to reach the Olympic 800m final since the 2012 Games in London. Burgin and his father Ian, also his coach, have grown accustomed to setting short-term considering his big ambition for this World Championship year amid a period of relative consistency, he says he will "definitely be gunning for a medal" should he make the final in itself is no easy feat, amid expectations the current generation will soon surpass Kenyan Rudisha's once seemingly untouchable time of 1: have that opportunity, Burgin must first finish in the top two in Sunday's final at the British trials, where world bronze medallist Ben Pattison, also 23 and the second-fastest Briton in history, is among the pair are also rapidly closing in on Lord Coe's 44-year national record of 1: having already removed more than a second from his personal best this year, that is a mark now firmly on Burgin's radar as he strives for the global medals his talent has long promised."It feels achievable at the moment, 0.6 seconds is a lot when you're getting down to these faster times, but it's not impossible," he admits."There are a few fast races to go this season and I'll definitely be wanting to have a go at that. "It's very likely that, if you want to challenge for a World Championship medal, you'll need to be running a British record with the way the times are going."
CTV News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Canada's Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, right, beats Canada's Marco Arop to win the Men's 800m during the Wanda Diamond League Series London Athletics Meet at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Saturday July 19, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) LONDON — Canadian middle-distance racer Marco Arop finished second in a Diamond League 800 metres Saturday. The 26-year-old from Edmonton posted a season-best one minute 42.22 seconds at London Stadium behind Kenyan victor Emmanuel Wanyonyi's 1:42. Britain's Max Burgin placed third in 1:42.36. Arop, the reigning world champion and last year's Olympic silver medallist in Paris, led at the final turn Saturday, but Olympic champion Wanyonyi reeled the Canadian in down the stretch. 'This is such a great place to race, and it lifted us all (to) produce a really competitive and close race today,' Arop said. 'I was happy to run a season best. I just trust in my coach's plan and it seems to be paying off.' Arop bested his previous fastest time this season of 1:42.73 in Monaco on July 11 when he finished fifth. Wanyonyi, who set a meet record in London, aims to take the world crown from Arop in September in Tokyo. 'I am so excited to win this race. That is what I came here to do, and it is great to set a meeting record too,' Wanyonyi said. 'It was a great race to be a part of. Preparation has been going well after Monaco, so this one was important today. My training right now is at 80 per cent, so I will be upping the training in the next few weeks and over the next races before Tokyo.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19 2025.
The Independent
09-06-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Diamond League Oslo schedule and start times for Bislett Games
The Diamond League is back in action on Thursday night for the sixth stop of the 2025 season in Oslo. After just a short six-day break, some of the world's top track and field stars will return to Oslo, including nine reigning Paris Olympic champions. Great Britain's Max Burgin appears in a stacked field in the men's 800m after running a 1 minute and 43 seconds PB in Rabat two weeks ago. He is currently fourth in the event standings but will face stiff competition, such as Paris Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. The men's 5000m world record is in jeopardy as two Ethiopians threaten to beat the 12 minutes and 35 seconds mark set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020. These hopefuls come in the form of Hagos Gebrhiwet, who missed the record last year by just over a second, and Yomif Kejelcha, who finished second place last year. Team GB's George Mills, who won silver at this year's European Indoor Championships, continues his outdoor campaign after appearing at Grand Slam Track last month. The Briton has his work cut out to remain with the Ethiopians, but he will be targeting a revision of his personal best, which sits at 12 minutes and 58 seconds. The final event of the competition is sure to be one of the evening's great spectacles - the men's 300m hurdles. Although not an Olympic race, the 300m hurdles offers a faster and more explosive version of the traditional 400m setup. All three Olympic medallists from the Paris Games will be racing. Olympic champion Rai Benjamin and bronze medallist Alison dos Santos, but all eyes will be on Paris silver medallist: Norway's Karsten Warholm. The home athlete is the current world record holder in the 400m hurdles, as well as the first and only world record holder of the 300m hurdles since the event was added to the DL programme earlier this year. Britain's top two fastest women can be seen in the 100m. Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita will face Paris Olympic champion Julien Alfred,Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith and current event leader Maia McCoy. Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis will also continue his campaign for a fifth consecutive Diamond League title. The Swedish pole vaulter has broken the world record 11 times and is the undisputed greatest of all time in the event. When and where is Oslo Diamond League? The Oslo Diamond League meeting will be held on Thursday 12th May 2025 at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway. How can I watch? UK viewers can tune into the action on BBC Three, with live coverage from 7pm BST. It will also be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and on the BBC mobile app. Oslo Diamond League Schedule (All times BST) 6.15pm - Triple jump women 6.20pm - Pole vault men 6.53pm - Javelin women 7.04pm - 400m women 7.09pm - Triple jump women final 7.19pm - 800m men 7.26pm - 3000m steeplechase women 7.41pm - Triple jump men 7.42pm - 200m men 7.48pm - Javelin women final 7.56pm - Dream mile men 8.06pm - 100m women 8.14pm - 5000m men 8.36pm - 400m hurdles women 8.42pm - Triple jump men final 8.53pm - 300m hurdles men
