Olympic champion Ruth Jebet among over 100 facing doping proceedings

By Agencies,

The steeplechase world record holder and Olympic gold medallist, Ruth Jebet, is among more than 100 track and field athletes and coaches who are facin...

doping proceedings , Olympic gold medallist , Robert Wagner , Ruth Jebet , steeplechase world record holder

World champ Coburn takes on Kenyan trio in Rome

By Matthews Mutai,

World 3000m steeplechase champion Emma Coburn will face stiff competition from a three-person Kenyan contingent as she seeks her first IAAF Diamond Le...

3000m steeplechase , Beatrice Chepkoech , Celliphine Chespol , Emma Coburn , Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi , IAAF Diamond League

Sprint showdowns scuttled at Prefontaine meet

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Christian Coleman will not have a 100m world championship rematch with Justin Gatlin at Saturday's 44th Prefontaine Classic nor will he face Noah Lyle...

Christian Coleman , Diamond League , Justin Gatlin , Noah Lyles , Prefontaine Classic

Jet-lagged Gatlin flops in maiden South Africa visit

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World 100m champion Justin Gatlin tasted defeat on his first visit to South Africa with home sprinter Anaso Jobodwana beating him in the rarely run 15...

Athletix Grand Prix , Justin Gatlin

Gatlin agent says doping claims ‘just big talk’

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The agent at the centre of a investigation by a British newspaper into world 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin's entourage said Tuesday he invented a ...

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‘Shocked’ Gatlin sacks coach over doping claims

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World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin says he is "shocked and surprised" by allegations in a British newspaper that his coach and an athletics agent...

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Tales from an IAAF Worlds of shocks and surprises

By Abdi Rizack,

Right from the onset of the London 2017 IAAF World Championships, everything pointed to a 10-day global athletics extravaganza that would deliver some...

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Rudisha, Gatlin hail ‘boss’ Bolt as legend bows out

By Matthews Mutai,

Two-time Olympic champion and world 800m record holder David Rudisha hailed Usain Bolt as a track legend as the world's fastest man hung up his racin...

athletics , David Rudisha , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Justin Gatlin , Legend , London 2017 , Usain Bolt

Bolt pulls up injured as Britain win 4x100m relay

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Usain Bolt's glittering career swansong came crashing to an end when he pulled up on the anchor leg of the world 4x100m relay won by Britain on Saturd...

100M , athletics , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Legend , London 2017 , Usain Bolt

Yego, Farah, Bolt, and Day 9 London Worlds highlights

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Day nine highlights for the IAAF World Championships on Saturday: Men's 5,000 metres final Mo Farah bids adieu to the track in terms of champion...

athletics , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Javelin , Julius Yego , London 2017 , Mo Farah , Usain Bolt

Guliyev wrecks van Niekerk double hopes, USA take two

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Wayde van Niekerk's dreams of emulating legend Michael Johnson's 200m/400m world double lay in tatters on Thursday as Turkey's 9/1 outsider Ramil Guli...

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Agent slams Coe, IAAF for ‘inhumane’ Gatlin treatment

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Athletics chief Sebastian Coe and the IAAF's treatment of controversial 100 metres world champion Justin Gatlin is 'inhumane' and 'unsportsmanlike', t...

doping , IAAF , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Justin Gatlin , London 2017 , Seb Coe , Usain Bolt

Jeered Gatlin gatecrashes Bolt’s 100m farewell party

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American veteran Justin Gatlin was booed after he stunned Usain Bolt to win the 100m world title in London on Saturday and rain on the Jamaican's fare...

Christian Coleman , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Justin Gatlin , Usain Bolt

Gatlin aims one last shot at Bolt

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Justin Gatlin has become increasingly irritated at being labelled the dope cheat contrasting with Usain Bolt's superhero image in the sprinting world,...

100M , athletics , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Justin Gatlin , London 2017 , Usain Bolt

Van Niekerk storms 400m, Gatlin victorious

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World record holder Wayde van Niekerk stormed to victory in the 400m at the Diamond League meet at Lausanne on Thursday, as American veteran Justin Ga...

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I’m in my final season – Bolt

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Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt insists this "emotional" season will indeed be his last, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career which galvan...

100M , Bolt , IAAF , Jamaica , Medals , Olympic , retire , sprint

Gatlin still aiming for the top at U.S trials

By Reuters,

Even at age 35, Olympic silver medallist Justin Gatlin believes he is the 100 metres favourite at next month's U.S. nationals/world championships tria...

Kipyegon blazes, Rudisha rusty on season debut

By Matthews Mutai,

Two-time wold and Olympic champion David Rudisha endured an unimpressive outing on his 2017 Diamond League debut in Shanghai as he narrowly missed on...

athletics , David Rudisha , Elaine Thompson , Faith Kipyegon , IAAF Diamond League , Shanghai Diamond League

Jamaican sprinters brace for life after Bolt

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Usain Bolt's imminent retirement is a blow for athletics, but a new generation of Jamaican sprinters is ready to try to fill his golden shoes, Olympic...

Elaine Thompson , Olympic champion , Omar McLeod , Shanghai Diamond League , Usain Bolt

Kenyans among stars set to compete in Rome

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Organisers of the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea have announced that 36 medallists from last year’s Olympic Games will compete at the IAAF Diamond League...

Almaz Ayana , athletics , Faith Kipyegon , Genzebe Dibaba , IAAF Diamond League , Julius Yego , Rome