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Keely Hodgkinson makes winning 800m return ahead of World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson makes winning 800m return ahead of World Athletics Championships

Keely Hodgkinson made a stunning, winning return to action at the Diamond League in Poland in her first race since the 2024 Paris Olympics.The 23-year-old Olymp...

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Keely Hodgkinson eases to victory as she continues return from injury ahead of World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson eases to victory as she continues return from injury ahead of World Athletics Championships

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson produced a dominant display to win the women's 800 metres at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, with British team-mate Georg...

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World Athletics Championships: Seb Coe reveals SRY test receives 90 per cent uptake by athletes in female categories
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Seb Coe reveals SRY test receives 90 per cent uptake by athletes in female categories

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, says over 90 per cent of athletes who are set to compete in female categories at the upcoming World Athletics Cham...

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Great North Run organisers apologise for Newcastle-Sunderland mix-up on 2025 medals, saying: 'Wear sorry!'
Dec 07, 2025

Great North Run organisers apologise for Newcastle-Sunderland mix-up on 2025 medals, saying: 'Wear sorry!'

Great North Run organisers have issued an apology, saying "Wear sorry!" after medals awarded to finishers of Sunday's event featured the incorrect city and rive...

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World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new 'sex test' is introduced in world first
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new 'sex test' is introduced in world first

The world's best athletes will take to the track and field this weekend when the World Athletics Championships get under way in Tokyo from September 13-21.Many...

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Usain Bolt: I'd have run 100m world record even faster with today's 'super-spikes' - but record is safe for now
Dec 07, 2025

Usain Bolt: I'd have run 100m world record even faster with today's 'super-spikes' - but record is safe for now

Usain Bolt, whose 9.58 seconds world record for the 100 metres is now 16 years old, says he could have run 9.42 in the carbon-plated "super-spikes" that today's...

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World Athletics Championships: Dina Asher-Smith has no plans to retire and says she can still run a lot faster
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Dina Asher-Smith has no plans to retire and says she can still run a lot faster

Dina Asher Smith told SportNews that there is no end in sight for her athletics career and believes she can still get even faster as she approaches her 30s.The...

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World Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes says global sprinting in good health post-Usain Bolt as he targets podium in Tokyo
Dec 07, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes says global sprinting in good health post-Usain Bolt as he targets podium in Tokyo

Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes believes global sprinting is in good health post-Usain Bolt as he aims for the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Tok...

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Molly Caudery: Pole vault star explains how she transports poles to Japan for World Athletics Championships
Dec 07, 2025

Molly Caudery: Pole vault star explains how she transports poles to Japan for World Athletics Championships

Team GB pole vault star Molly Caudery is preparing to overcome adversity when she takes to the track at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo - but she has...

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Marathon women's record holder Ruth Chepngetich banned for three years after 'taking housemaid's medication'
Dec 07, 2025

Marathon women's record holder Ruth Chepngetich banned for three years after 'taking housemaid's medication'

Kenya's women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after she admitted to anti-doping rule violations - but her 2:09:5...

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