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News24
5 days ago
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- News24
SA's Nene claims podium finish in 400m as Simbine misfires in 100m London dash
It was a battle between Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith, right, and South Africa's world leader Zakithi Nene until it wasn't, when Charlie Dobson came from nowhere to pip both to the post in the men's 400m final at the Diamond League meeting in London on Saturday. Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.
Forbes
13-07-2025
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- Forbes
Olympic Star Quincy Wilson Sets New World Under-18 Record Over 400 Meters
PARIS, FRANCE: AUGUST 09: Quincy Wilson of the United States running the first leg in the Men's 4 x ... More 400m Relay Round One Heat One during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on August 9th, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) Quincy Wilson, the 17-year-old teenage sprint sensation from Potomac, Maryland, continued his ascent up the global pecking order on Saturday at the Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, clocking a new world under-18 record in the 400 meters in 44.10 seconds. The performance, which bettered Wilson's former U18 best of 44.20 from last year at the Holloway Pro Classic, moved the rising high school senior and Olympic gold medalist to No. 4 in the world at the distance. Wilson, who attends the Bullis School, is inching closer to the outright world U20 record, which stands at 43.87 seconds and last went down in 1988 at the Seoul Olympics from American Steve Lewis, who won the gold medal at the age of 19. 'Staying to my coach's plan and trusting his process,' Wilson told FloTrack afterward. 'I feel like this season is really starting to come upon what I've been working for right now.' Wilson represented the United States last August at the Paris Olympics – becoming the youngest U.S. track and field Olympian ever – and contributed to the men's 4x400 relay, earning his first gold medal when the team placed first in the final. Wilson's star has only risen since then. On Saturday, he even encountered both fans on both sides of the fence (aka hecklers). 'I feel like when it comes with being who I am, the fame and everything has gone up and escalated,' said Wilson, who has 393,000 followers on Instagram. "I'm just thankful for it. Every single part of it. You'll have the goods and you'll have the bad. But those are the things that make Quincy Wilson." The Maryland star, who has yet to determine whether he will compete in college or turn pro, says he's learned to adapt to the price of fame. Quincy Wilson's Season Has Been A Steady Path Forward EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 21: Quincy Wilson competes in the first round of the men's 400 meter dash on ... More Day One of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 21, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by) Heading into his outing on Saturday, Wilson last raced three weeks ago at New Balance Nationals Outdoor, a domestic high school championship pitting thousands of the top preps against one another in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wilson, who is repped by New Balance, won his fifth overall championship at the distance between the outdoor and indoor seasons and clocked a time of 45.37 seconds. He also anchored his Bullis School program to another win in the 4x400 relay. But ostensibly, he last made a major impression in April at the Penn Relays when he split 43.99 seconds in the Championship of America 4x400. His anchor performance, which led to a second-place finish against the highly-favored Jamaican program Kingston College, was the fastest split ever recorded at the competition for a high school student. With the U.S. Outdoor Championships approaching at the end of the month, Wilson finds himself in a position to compete for a spot at the World Championships in Tokyo. Last year, he finished fifth at the U.S. Olympic Trials at 400 meters and shined over the three rounds, running times of 44.66, 44.59 and 44.94. His effort on Saturday ranks him third-best in the U.S. over the 2025 campaign. 'We practice like we want to come out here and run a great time every time,' Wilson said. What's Next On The Season For Quincy Wilson The teenager has another three-week block on his schedule before the opening of the men's 400 meter first round at U.S. Outdoors. Wilson said afterward that his goal is to return to training and focused on the mission ahead--wherever that takes him. 'We have to go to the lab and see where things are,' Wilson said. 'And then I'll probably talk to him (Bullis coach Joe Lee) and my coach will give me the final say on what we'll do on this training block.' In the spotlight since the age of 15, Wilson is aware of where his career is taking him. But he continues to say all the right things.
New York Times
13-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
American teenager Quincy Wilson breaks under-18 400m record for fourth time
Quincy Wilson ran 44.10 seconds for 400m at the Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis to break the under-18 world's best mark for the fourth time. Wilson, who turned 17 this January, beat a field including senior United States athletes Bryce Deadmon and Elija Godwin, both Olympic and World Championship relay medallists. Advertisement 'If you see my races before, I haven't been getting out (of the blocks well),' Wilson told the crowd after. 'My coach has been telling me 'stay on the process, do what we've got to do.' 'I went out there and shot out like a bullet. I'm super thankful and blessed.' He was running in lane five, inside Bahamian Steve Gardiner, who was the 400m individual champion at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Wilson got out so quickly that he was up on Gardiner's shoulder by 80m, though the 29-year-old did pull up before the end of the race. The performance means the teenager now accounts for six of the top 10 fastest times ever run by an under-18, and it moves him up to second on the under-20 all-time list — behind American Steve Lewis, who clocked 43.87s at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul as a 19-year-old. So far in 2025, only Zakithi Nene (43.76s), Khaleb McRae (43.91s) and Jacory Patterson (43.98s) have run faster for 400m than Wilson, who is tied fourth with 2024 Olympic silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith. He is still a high schooler. In February and March he strung together an excellent indoor season, finishing fifth at the US indoor national championships, and became the first athlete to run sub-46s indoors for 400m before turning 18. Wilson clocked 45.66s in Boston at the start of February and then went back there the following month to win the individual title at the high school national championships. He ended that meet by anchoring Bullis to the 4x400m relay gold in a time which bettered their own national record (3:09.44). Wilson anchored them to another national high school record last month at Penn Relays, splitting a 43.99s 400m as the final runner of the quartet. Their combined time was 3:06.31s, breaking a record which had stood for 40 years. US trials for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo start at the end of this month. Wilson became the youngest American male Olympian in track and field last year when he went to the Paris Games as part of the relay squad — he is the youngest male track gold medallist, having led off the men's 4x400m in the heats (heat runners were also given medals even if they did not run in the final itself).
France 24
08-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Lyles to make 200m return against Tebogo in Monaco
The 27-year-old American ran a 400m in Atlanta in April, but is yet to compete over the 100 or 200m this season. Lyles' season debut in the half-lap race will see him line up against Botswana's Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo. It will be the duo's first race since that final in Paris last summer when a Covid-struck Lyles claimed bronze. Tebogo heads to Monaco as the sprinter to beat. He set the fastest time of the season over 200m in Eugene on Saturday, in 19.76sec. © 2025 AFP
Irish Times
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Off-form Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Pre Classic 400m in Eugene
A still visibly off-form Rhasidat Adeleke had to settle for fourth place over 400 metres in Saturday's Pre Classic meeting in Eugene, Oregon, her time of 51.33 seconds once again well outside her best. At the ninth stop on the Diamond League circuit, staged at the famed Hayward Field, Adeleke started out cautiously, a small tapping around her knee suggesting she may be carrying a slight injury of late. Coming into the homestretch in fifth, the 22-year-old held her form to move up to fourth, but finished some distance behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone from the US, who dominated the race to win in 49.43. McLaughlin-Levrone was also off her best of 48.74, set two years ago, but the breezy conditions were not ideal. Aaliyah Butler took second in 49.86, with US team-mate Bella Whittaker third in 50.81. Adeleke's opening Diamond League appearances in the 400m last month, in Oslo and then Stockholm, were also under par. She faded to sixth in the homestretch in the latter, running 50.48. She had run 50.42 to finish fourth in Oslo three nights before. Another McLaughlin Masterclass 👌 📷Logan Hannigan-Downs for Diamond League AG — Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) At 25, McLaughlin-Levrone is the Olympic and World champion in the 400m hurdles, the event in which she has lowered the world record on six occasions, and had requested the event in Eugene, which was not part of the Diamond League programme. From the outset of this particularly long season, the World Championships in Tokyo still over two months away, Adeleke has been talking about timing things differently. However, her Irish record of 49.07, set in June of last year, is for now looking well out of reach. Next up for the Dubliner is a trip to Monaco next Friday, where she scored her first Diamond League victory last year, running 49.17 seconds. Only this time she'll have the Olympic and World champion Marileidy Paulino for company. Kenya's double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has been knocking on world records already this summer, and delivered in style in Eugene, winning the 5,000m in 13:58.06. It marks the first sub-14 minute clocking on the track, taking down the 14:00.21 held by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay. Earlier, Ireland's Orla Comerford produced another excellent victory in the Para Athletics mixed-class 100m, winning in 12.14 seconds ahead of Brittni Mason from the US.
