Christophe Lemaitre's name translates as 'the master' and although he was eclipsed in his home race by sprint king Usain Bolt, the Frenchman feels he is getting closer to beating the giant Jamaican.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the world's fastest woman, may change her plans and defend both her 100 and 200 metres titles at next month's world championships in Beijing.
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic gold, and silver and gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Olympic and World 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has been suspended for six months by the IAAF for a doping violation, the world governing body said on Wednesday. Fraser tested positive for the pain-killer oxycodone at May's Shanghai Diamond League meeting.
Former world champion Tyson Gay stumbled out of the blocks and lost to training partner Steve Mullings of Jamaica in a slow 100 metres at New York's rainy Diamond League grand prix Saturday.
Usain Bolt thundered past a weak field in driving rain to win the 200 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday, clocking the year's fastest time of 19.86 seconds.
Kenyan Moses Mosop shattered 30-year-old track records for the rarely run 25,000 and 30,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Usain Bolt summoned up just enough energy to get past Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell at the line to win the 100 metres on Thursday at the third Diamond League meeting of the season which was dominated by Americans.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's coach Klaus Bartonietz says the Olympic champion has rectified most of the shortcomings in his technique and now the endeavour is to maintain technical "stability" to touch greater heights in the coming years.
Neeraj Chopra has displayed sizzling form in season 2023, winning almost everything on offer. However, the star athlete has no qualms admitting that defending his gold medal at the Paris Olympics will be a huge challenge since maintaining top form on a consistent basis is not easy.
Former world and Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Allen Johnson announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 39 on Saturday.
Tintu Luka came up with a below par performance but that was enough for her to finish third in women's 800m race in the Primo Nebiolo Memorial Meeting at Turin, Italy.
United States sprinter Tyson Gay will put aside the pain of a nagging hip injury and run his first race in nearly a year at this weekend's Adidas Grand Prix in New York as he scrambles to be fit for Olympic trials, he said.
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
Chopra has now set his sights on this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Usain Bolt celebrated his return to China for the first time since his Beijing Olympic heroics with a comfortable victory in the 200 meters at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday.
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Chopra said he has missed the "natural feeling" of being in a world-class field, except for one occasion, in the run up to the Games which opens on July 23 -- that one time was the Kuortane Games event in Finland on June 26 where he won a bronze with a performance of 86.79m in a star-studded field comprising, among others, Olympics gold favourite German Johannes Vetter, who won the event with a massive throw of 93.59m.
In a huge boost to the upcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games, middle distance running powerhouse Kenya are sending a strong athletics team which will be led by men's 800m world record holder David Rudisha and Olympic 1500m champion Nancy Jebet Lagat.
"The fastest man on no legs", triple paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is aiming to qualify as an able-bodied athlete for the Delhi Commonwealth Games but remains non-committal on whether he would actually participate in the mega-event.
Yokohama beat Shandong to book Asian Champions League last 16 berth
Tyson Gay was disappointed with his performance after winning the 200 metres in a meeting record 19.72 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League event on Thursday.
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt's remaining 200 metres season may be in jeopardy because of a strained Achilles tendon, the Jamaican said on Wednesday.
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt is on the road to recovery from a sore Achilles that kept him off the track for two weeks, the Jamaican said on Saturday.
An old back problem is keeping world 100 metres silver medallist Tyson Gay off the track when he should be training and racing, the American said on Thursday.
Only world indoor record holder Christian Coleman has run faster than Baker's 9.87 seconds over 100 metres this year, and Baker was more consistent
Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt opened his 100 metres season with the year's fastest time, clocking 9.86 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on Wednesday.
Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will get an early look at the 2011 world championships site when he runs a 100 metres at Daegu, South Korea on May 19, his manager and organisers said on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Tokyo Olympics javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra has lined up the World Championships, Commonwealth Championships and Diamond League next year to achieve his goal.
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will run in the London Anniversary Games ahead of his multiple title defence at the Rio Olympics in August.
The 24-year-old Shivpal Singh crossed the qualifying standard of 85m by hurling the spear to a distance of 85.47m in his fifth attempt to win gold in the ACNW Meeting at the McArthur Stadium late on Tuesday.
Caster Semenya is seen as a near-certainty for Olympic gold on the track in Rio and her expected success in the 800 metres looks just as sure to bring up further examination of her running credentials.
Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female,
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Parul Chaudhary became only the second Indian female athlete to qualify for the final of a track event at the World Athletics Championships.
Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi and Diamond League winner Jenny Simpson have been voted as US athletes of the year, USA Track & Field (USATF) announced on Monday.
