Athletics

Team Nigeria ended the 10-day Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene with a flourish and arguably the greatest ever performance in Nigerian Track & Field history as Tobi Amusan broke the World Record (WR) in the women’s…

Track and field athlete Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian to win Gold in the history of the World Championships, blazing to a superb 12.06s in the 100m Hurdles event on Monday in what was initially announced as a World Record, but…

Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan has become Nigeria’s first ever World Record (WR) holder in Track and Field history after smashing Kendra Harrison’s former 100m Hurdles WR of 12.20s set in 2016, and replacing it with an astonishing 12.12s to…

Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir produced his best performance of the season to win his 800m semi-final at the World Athletics Championships late on Thursday, while Algerian Slimane Moula came from behind to win his race in the…

Nigerian sprinters Favour Ofili, Grace Nwokocha, Rosemary Chukwuma and Udodi Onwuzurike were in action on Day 5 of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, all participating in the 200m semifinals. Ofili on her part did…

Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase survived a two-way battle with Kenyan Judith Korir to win the women's marathon title in a world championship-record time on Monday, at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA. Gebreslase broke away…

Nigeria's hope for medals at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon has fallen on the women representing the nation, particularly long jumper Ese Brume and Hurdler Tobi Amusan, after the failure by their male athletes to…

On the third day of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships, four (4) Nigerian athletes were in action, competing in the women’s 400m, men’s 400m hurdles, women’s 100m and men’s Shot Put. Grace Nwokocha ran in the first heat of the…

Uganda’s world record holder Joshua Cheptegei delivered a tactical masterclass at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, winning a second successive world 10,000m Gold medal in a time of 27:27.43 minutes on Sunday. In the race, he…

Ethiopian World Record holder Letesenbet Gidey held off a double Kenyan challenge of Hellen Obiri and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi to claim Gold in the Women's 10,000m event, at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA. Gidey had…