Ethiopia’s Nigist Muluneh Is Back To Defend Her Title At The 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon
Nigist Muluneh from Ethiopia will be back at the Dublin City Marathon this weekend to defend her 2022 title. The 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon will again incorporate the national championships, with Irish national medallists benefiting from prize funds and time bonuses for exceptional Irish athlete performances on the day. For the Irish athletes winning the national marathon title in …
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“When I don’t care what people think I run better”- 400m runner Sharlene Mawdsley
After a season that included six World Championship races, two World finals, a national title, a PB and more, anyone would ask what it was that saw Sharlene Mawdsley click into a new gear, but in actual fact it’s what she didn’t do that saw her soar; worry. Well at least she didn’t worry as much as she did in …
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Calli Thackery wins in New York on marathon debut
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Grace Fisher
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October 15, 2023
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Athletics
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Calli Thackery, Charlotte Purdue, London Marathon, Makenna Myler, McKirdy Micro Marathon, Paula Radcliffe, Savannah Berry, Sifan Hassan, The Big Half, World Road Running Championships
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On Saturday Oct. 14 Calli Thackery won the McKirdy Micro Marathon in New York in 2:22.17, the third fastest marathon debut from a European athlete, after Paula Radcliffe and Sifan Hassan. 30-year-old Thackery’s Olympic-qualifying time is also the joint second fastest marathon from a British woman, tied with Charlotte Purdue and behind only Radcliffe, who ran 2:15:35 in the 2003 …
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Dina Asher-Smith to train with Edrick Floreal, coach of Rhasidat Adeleke
27-year-old British sprinter and 2019 200m World Champion Dina Asher-Smith is breaking with coach John Blackie to train with Edrick Floreal ahead of Paris 2024. Rhasidat Adeleke also trains with Floreal in Austin, Texas. Asher-Smith, who won bronze 100m medals at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, announced the change on Instagram: “After 19 years, John Blackie and I …
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#DoItForHer on International Day of the Girl – Today, Tomorrow and Everyday
Her Sport has launched the 2023 chapter of the #DoItForHer Campaign on International Day of the Girl.
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Sifan Hassan runs second fastest time in history to win Chicago Marathon
Sifan Hassan outpaced back-to-back defending champion Ruth Chepngetich to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 8. Her time of 2:13:44 beats the course record and one-time world record of 2:14.04, set in 2019 by Brigid Kosgei. Hassan, of the Netherlands, would be the new world record holder were it not for Tigist Assefa’s stunning 2:11.53 set in Berlin two …
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Diribe Welteji sets new road mile world record in Kipyegon’s first defeat of year
Diribe Welteji has set a new world record in the women’s road mile to win her first senior title at the inaugural Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, finishing in 4:20.98 on Sunday (Oct. 1) morning. 21-year-old Welteji completed an Ethiopian 1-2 with compatriot Freweyni Hailu (4:24.13), as Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, previously undefeated this year with three world records and …
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UN Criticizes French Ban On Hijabs For Athletes Ahead of Olympics
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Jessica Gardiner
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September 28, 2023
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Athletics
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The United Nations Rights Office has criticized the French government following the recent declaration by the French sports minister that French athletes will be prohibited from wearing hijabs during the upcoming Paris Olympics due to the country’s secularism laws. Speaking from Geneva, United Nations (UN) spokeswoman Marta Hurtado underscored the importance of not imposing restrictions on women’s clothing choices. Her …
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Tigist Assefa smashes world marathon record by over two minutes
Ethiopian Tigist Assefa smashed the women’s world marathon record as she won the Berlin marathon in 2:11.53 on Sunday (Sept. 24). That time is over two minutes shorter than the previous record of 2:14.04, set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in 2019. The race was only 26-year-old Assefa’s third competitive marathon. A former 800m specialist and Olympian, Assefa also …
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Mageean 11th in Diamond League Final as Kipyegon shines
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Grace Fisher
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September 17, 2023
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Athletics
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Birke Haylom, Ciara Mageean, Cory Ann McGee, Diamond League Eugene, Diribe Welteji, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Faith Kipyegon, Freweyni Hailu, Hirut Meshesha, Jessica Hull, Laura Muir, Linden Hall, Marie Josee-Ta Lou, Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Sha'Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson
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After a record-breaking season, Ciara Mageean had to be content with 11th in the 1500m at the Diamond League Final in Eugene, Oregon in a race where she admitted she “just didn’t feel herself.” 31-year-old Mageean, who ran 4:03.09, shared over Instagram that the final was “not the race I wanted today…but I’ve had an amazing season this year, so …
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