Armand Duplantis

'This is just the start': Armand Duplantis clears 6.19m to break own world pole vault record

Duplantis warned 'this is just the start' as he broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday, clearing 6.19m at his third attempt at the indoor meeting in Belgrade.

Olympic 100m champ Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins on return, Armand Duplantis just misses world record

Italian sprinter Jacobs won in a time of 6.51sec in his first appearance since stunning the sport at the Tokyo Games in August.

Elaine Thompson-Herah headlines raft of stars for Diamond League finale in Zurich

Thompson-Herah picked up three golds in the Japanese capital in the 100m, 200m and sprint relay, and will not have to face her compatriot and great rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Zurich.

Elaine Thompson-Herah 'on a mission' at golden Lausanne Diamond League

19 Olympic gold medallists had signed up for the 'Athletissima' meeting in Lausanne, the ninth leg of the Diamond League, the most eye-catching is sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah, who says she is on "a mission".

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan begins treble quest on Day 4 of athletics, Kendra Harrison hunts for elusive gold

In women's 200m, fresh from retaining her 100m crown, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah will look to safely negotiate the semis in her bid to make it a double-double and repeat her feat of the 2016 Rio Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Armand Duplantis eases into pole vault final

Duplantis was one of 14 men to go through to Tuesday's final after clearing 5.75 metres at the Olympic Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eyes unique treble on Day 2 of athletics

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continues her bid to become the first woman to win a single individual Olympic athletics event three times.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World pole vault champion Sam Kendricks out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19

The charismatic 28-year-old, a bronze medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is now in isolation, the USOPC added.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Young track and field guns ready to shine in post-Usain Bolt Olympic era

In Bolt's absence, a raft of up-and-coming track and field stars headlined by Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, US sprinter Noah Lyles, and recent 400m hurdles world record setters Karsten Warholm and Sydney McLaughlin head to Japan looking to build their own legacy.

Diamond League: Armand Duplantis clears 6.02 metres, Femke Bol runs fourth-fastest 400m hurdles of all time

Duplantis cleared 6.02 metres before having three efforts at 6.19m, failing all three times in his bid to better the 6.18m mark he made last year.