Norah Jeruto doping suspension overturned after argument that ulcers, Covid-19 affected blood samples
2021 World Champion steeplechase runner Norah Jeruto’s doping suspension has been overturned after arguments that ulcers and Covid-19 could explain her unusual blood test results. No banned substance was found in Jeruto’s system, however experts from the Athletics Integrity Unit argued that her samples indicated an illicit “transfusion strategy,” by which some athletes have their own blood extracted, processed, and …
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Amente Sorome Negash wins 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon as Ann-Marie McGlynn takes national title
Amente Sorome Negash of Ethiopia has won the women’s category of the 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon with a time of 2:26.22, a narrow personal best for the 25-year-old. “I’m so happy. I want to thank Dublin Marathon for giving me this chance, thank you from the bottom of my heart,” she said after. In second place was 25-year-old Joan …
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Fontainebleau Selected For Olympic Athletics Pre-Games Training Camp
Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile The town of Fontainebleau has been named as the host city for the pre-games training camp for the athletics team who will compete for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games next year. Stade Philippe Mahut, 60km southeast of Paris City, will be the stadium where the Irish athletes will finalise their training next summer, ahead of …
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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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