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WEBJubilant Crowds, Astounding Comp. Best track & field Games yet? Some said so. Let’s leave it at stupendously great — 11 days of highlight after highlight, 77,000-odd fans reveling in the drama of 9 competition days in the Stade de France and Parisians and throngs of fired-up visitors cheering along the routes of the road events.
Track & Field News - The Bible of the Sport Since 1948
WEBOlympic Men’s Marathon — Late Entry Tola Tames Hills. THE 10K BRONZE medalist 8 years ago in Rio, Tamirat Tola broke away from the pack at the base of…. Read More. by Sean Hartnett. 1 2 … 76 Next. The Bible of the Sport Since 1948.
Best All-Time Adjusted 100-Meter Performances — Men
WEBJul 21, 2024 · Adjusted or not, Usain Bolt’s World Record 9.58 from the ’09 World Champs remains history’s fastest 100. (as of July 21, 2024) (These marks have been adjusted for both altitude & wind, and are listed in order of their adjusted value) The latest entry is Noah Lyles at No. 7 performer from the 2024 London Diamond League meet. (07/21/24) Adj ...
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WEBForums. Main message board: for the discussion of topical track & field items only. Forum devoted to track & field items of an historical nature. A place for amateurs to work on their track & field collections. Last Post: Free to a good home- about 35 years of …
Men’s World Records - Track & Field News
WEBMay 17, 2009 · Men’s World Records. World Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. We have also listed the statistically best-acceptable marks in other non-ratified events that are “frequently” contested (+). If the ratified WR is altitude-aided—i.e., made at an altitude over 1000 meters in an event where the thinner air has a positive ...
Olympic Men’s HJ — Jumpoffs Return, Kerr Over McEwen
WEBAug 11, 2024 · Kiwi Hamish Kerr prevailed as two men soared to PRs to dispatch the others and then jumped off for gold. (KEVIN MORRIS) IN TOKYO THREE years ago, Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi decided to shake hands and famously shared the high jump gold.. This time though, there was to be no such bonhomie between New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr and Alabama alum Shelby McEwen as the pair ...
Women’s World Records - Track & Field News
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Track Events. 100. 10.49. Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Indianapolis, Indiana. 7/16/88. [T&FN believes the 10.49 race was illegally wind-aided and should never have been accepted as the WR. We believe the real fastest is 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Eugene, Oregon 8/21/21] 200.
Olympic Women’s Long Jump — Davis-Woodhall Takes Charge
WEBAug 9, 2024 · ON A WARM EVENING, with most media attention focused on track events, Tara Davis-Woodhall staked her claim as the world’s top long jumper. In so doing, she defeated Germany’s Malaika Mihambo, since ’18 the dominant force in the event, with 14 meets beyond 7m (22-11¾), an Olympic and two World titles, and two European golds.
Olympic Women’s Pole Vault — Kennedy Alone At The Top
WEBAugust 8, 2024 by Tom Casacky. Nina Kennedy outjumped defending champion Katie Moon, with whom the Aussie shared WC gold last summer. (KEVIN MORRIS) THIS WAS A REMATCH between last year’s joint gold medalists at Budapest, Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon, whose current seasons had evolved in different directions.
Olympic Women’s 100H — Russell Over Local Fave In A Pick’em
WEBAug 13, 2024 · On the last night in the Stade de France, Masai Russell’s 12.33 just staved off Euro Champ Cyrena Samba-Mayela in the fastest-ever Olympic final. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT) IT SEEMED LIKE anybody’s race. The experts were hard-pressed to identify a solid favorite on the line of the 100H final.