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Tokyo Olympics 2020: French medal hope Renaud Lavillenie twists ankle in pole vault competition
• 4 years ago"Clearly not the ideal scenario for my last competition before the Olympic Games," tweeted Lavilleni. "I leave the clinic with an 'encouraging' verdict: no fracture, a big sprain. The countdown begins."
Diamond League: Armand Duplantis clears 6.02 metres, Femke Bol runs fourth-fastest 400m hurdles of all time
• 4 years agoDuplantis 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.
Dina Asher-Smith stuns Sha'Carri Richardson in women's 100m as Armand Duplantis fails
• 4 years agoBritain's Asher-Smith, 25, started the final strongly in wet and cool conditions and crossed the line to take gold in a time of 11.35 seconds, with Richardson second in 11.44.
Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches
• 4 years agoAfter a 2020 season turned on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is no shortage of athletes in search of competition just 61 days before the Tokyo Olympics.
Mondo Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, Katerini Stefanidi expected to feature in pole vault contests in shopping center in September
• 5 years agoSwitzerland will feature pole vault contests in Lausanne’s downtown shopping area in September as live athletics makes its gradual return in the pandemic. Mondo Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, Katerini Stefanidi, and Sandi Morris are among those expected to compete.
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for second time in eight days, with 6.18m effort
• 5 years agoArmand Duplantis broke the world pole vault record on Saturday for the second time in eight days.
US Championships: Allyson Felix misses out on qualifying for Worlds; Fred Kerley stuns Michael Norman for gold in Men's 400m
• 6 years agoIt will be the first time Felix has not entered an individual event at a major championships, ending a sequence of appearances that stretches all the way back to 2003.
Justin Gatlin excluded from list of nominees for IAAF's World Athlete of the Year awards
• 7 years agoIt is the first time since 2004 – when Gatlin was also omitted – that the world or Olympic 100m champion has been left off the list
Caster Semenya brings glittering season to an end by smashing women's 600 metre world record
• 8 years agoSemenya, the Olympic gold medallist and three times world champion over 800m, clocked a stunning 1 minute 21.77 seconds over the unusual distance at the ISTAF meet in the German capital.
IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Allyson Felix aims for her 10th gold medal
• 8 years agoHere are the events and the athletes that you should watch out for on Day 6 of IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017.