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Irish Independent
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- Irish Independent
Tyrone's Nick Griggs adds to Ireland's medal haul at the European U-23 Championships
On Friday, Anika Thompson struck gold for Ireland over 10,000m and Nicola Tuthill added silver in the hammer throw and now Griggs has added to the medal haul. Having won silver and gold at European U-20 level in the past, Griggs was a marked man as he lined up for the 5000m final and he took the pace out from the gun, passing 3000m in 8:28. After missing several months of training earlier in the year due to an infection in his knee, Griggs' bounced back to form in impressive fashion last month with a 3:55 mile in Belfast before lowering the Irish U-23 record to 3:52.42 in Dublin last week. In Bergen, he wanted to make it a stern test for his rivals and he delivered an impressive performance. 'We walked out the first few hundred so I was like, 'let me just take this out,'' he said. 'I was risking losing the medal to go and get to win, but I wanted to do that.' Griggs was the fastest Irish U-20 athlete in history at 1500m, the mile, 3000m and 5000m and he currently holds all the Irish U-23 records over the same distances. While he built a short lead early in the 5000m final, his rivals were keen not to give too much leeway, with the overwhelming favourite, Dutch star Niels Laros, towing them back to catch Griggs. Laros recently ran a 3:45 mile to win at the Eugene Diamond League and with wheels like that, the gold was all but secured once he took the lead with a lap to run, winding the pace up and unleashing a 12.1-second last 100m to win in 13:44.74. Griggs utilised his vast range of gears to hold off a large chasing pack to take silver, with Will Barnicoat – who had beaten Griggs to U-23 gold at the European Cross Country last December – taking bronze with 13:46.11. 'I'll take it' – Rhasidat Adeleke sets her sights on the World Championships after an encouraging display in London British relay team handed gold medals 28 years after they were denied by USA team disqualified for anti-doping violation
IOL News
4 days ago
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- IOL News
South African 400m star Zakithi Nene prepares for London Diamond League showdown
The in-form Zakithi Nene (centre) will take to the track again against a tough 400m field at the London Diamond League meeting on Saturday. SA's 400m star Zakithi Nene returns to the track at Saturday's London Diamond League meeting ready to build on his status as the fastest one-lap runner in the world this year against tough opposition. Nene, whose time of 43.76 seconds is the world lead for 2025, will take comfort in the fact that none of his challengers who will line up in the starters' blocks at the London Stadium have come close to that time this year, with season's best times hovering around the mid-44s. Home favourite and Paris Olympics silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith could be among Nene's strongest rivals. Home favourite He is in good form after his win at the recent Eugene Diamond League in the US, in a time of 44.10. That field included US 400m runner Jacory Patterson, who pipped Nene to the Rabat Diamond League title in a nail-biting finish. The jet-heeled Nene, fresh from a break in competition after a busy start to the season, has been based at a high-performance centre in Switzerland in the week leading up to the London event, according to his coach, Victor Vaz. While all eyes will be on the 27-year-old South African flyer to see if he can dip below 44 seconds again, Vaz feels the win would be more beneficial to Nene in the build-up to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.
Straits Times
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet break world records in Eugene
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox – Kenya's Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5,000 metres world record and compatriot Faith Kipyegon broke her own 1,500m record again as the Eugene Diamond League meet lived up to its billing on July 5. Olympic champion Chebet ran 13min 58.06sec to better the time set by Gudaf Tsegay by over two seconds, the Ethiopian's 14:00.21 obliterated when the Kenyan left Tsegay for dust with 200 metres to go as she sprinted for the line. Chebet looked in shock when she saw the time, adding to her world 10,000m record set in Eugene in 2024, but she had been threatening the record, running 14:03.69 in Rome in June. 'I'm so happy. After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record, because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record,' the 25-year-old said. ' So, let me go back home, and then come to Eugene. When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try.' Tsegay, along with Kenyan Agnes Jebet Ngetich, kept pace with Chebet for almost the entire race, but had no answer when Chebet kicked for home, and Jebet Ngetich finished second in 14:01.29, the third-fastest time ever. The 50th Prefontaine Classic promised fireworks, and in the final race of the evening Kipyegon ran a time of 3min 48.68sec, improving her previous world mark of 3:49.04 set in Paris last July. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. World Trump's ambassador nominee to Singapore Anjani Sinha has a rough day at Senate hearing Asia Dr Mahathir at 100: Still haunted by the Malay Dilemma Singapore What's next for PSP following its post-GE leadership shake-up? Singapore 'Give a positive review': Hidden AI prompt found in academic paper by NUS researchers Multimedia 60 objects to mark SG60: Which is your favourite? Singapore Apex court upholds SMC's conviction of doctor who gave patients unapproved hormones Singapore Singaporean fugitive arrested in Thailand for suspected drug trafficking and handed over to CNB World Trump issues tariff notices to 7 minor trading partners, hits Brazil with 50% tariff Kipyegon, thrice Olympic champion over the distance, recently fell short in her attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes, but she shook that disappointment off in style. The 31-year-old Kenyan upped the pace down the back straight, powering around the final bend and pushed for the line, her eyes wide in disbelief as she glanced at the clock as she broke the tape. Faith Kipyegon celebrating after winning the women's 1,500m in a world record 3:48.68 on July 5. PHOTO: REUTERS But Sweden's Armand Duplantis failed in his bid to break his own world pole vault record for a 13th time. Duplantis, who recorded his best jump of 6.28m in Stockholm in June, faced little competition, with nobody else left at 5.90m, and after clearing 6.00m he attempted 6.29m but was unsuccessful in all three tries. The men's 100m was dominated by Jamaican Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, winning in a time of 9.85sec, one-tenth of a second off his personal best set eight days ago, with Briton Zharnel Hughes in second. 'I'm the only one that can stop me,' Thompson said. 'I don't say that to brag, but to be honest, once I better my execution, amazing things are going to happen.' Olympic 400m hurdles champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone took on the flat race at the same distance and held off a late surge from fellow American Aaliyah Butler. American Yared Nuguse looked like threatening the world mile record before a late collapse saw him caught before the line by Dutchman Niels Laros. 'I didn't get the record, but I'm still at a really good place right now,' Nuguse said. Meanwhile, in Bengaluru, Olympic javelin star Neeraj Chopra headlined what was billed as India's inaugural world-class field competition on July 5, living up to his goal of elevating domestic talent while also walking away with another gold medal. Chopra, who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and silver at the 2024 Paris Games, triumphed with a throw of 86.18m at the 12-athlete javelin Neeraj Chopra Classic event. He finished ahead of former world champion Julius Yego of Kenya (silver) and Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage (bronze). REUTERS
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Beatrice Chebet crushes Gudaf Tsegay's world record while making history as fastest woman ever in 5000m
On July 6, 2025, in Eugene, Oregon, Hayward Field hosted an event. A crowd gathered to witness a great race. What happened next, no one could have expected. The women's 5000-meter ran in a manner that has never been run before. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now One woman, who ran faster than any woman in history. Her name is Beatrice Chebet. She crossed the finish line and shocked the world. No woman has ever done what she just did. People are now asking, how fast did she really go? Beatrice Chebet becomes the first woman to run 5000m in under 14 minutes Kenya's Beatrice Chebet made history on July 6, 2025, at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon. She finished the 5000-meter race in under 14 minutes, at 13:58.06- thus becoming the first woman ever in the world to finish the race in under 14 minutes. Beatrice Chebet surpassed the previous world record of 14:00.21, set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same track last September 2023. Beatrice Chebet ran most of the race with Gudaf Tsegay and another Kenyan, Agnes Jebet Ngetich. They all kept close to the other runners. But before the race ended something clicked with Beatrice Chebet. She ran away from everyone and finished way in front. Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second with 14:01.29, beating Gudaf Tsegay in third with 14:04.41. This is not Beatrice Chebet's first world record. On May 25, 2024, she ran the 10,000 meters at the same track in 28:54.14, which was also a new world record. Also Read: Beatrice Chebet says her run in Rome and Faith Kipyegon pushed her to break the record After her big win, Beatrice Chebet spoke about what helped her go this far. She said that last month in Rome she ran great, finishing the 5000 meters in 14:03 with the belief that she could run the world record. She also said that Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, who was attempting to run the mile record, gave her even more courage. 'After I ran in Rome, I told myself I could go faster,' Chebet said. 'Faith was trying, so I thought, why not me? Now I'm very happy because I made it.'
Irish Examiner
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Adeleke well off her best at Eugene Diamond League
Rhasidat Adeleke was again well off her best when finishing fourth in the 400m at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon on Saturday night, the 22-year-old clocking 51.33 seconds to finish well adrift of US superstar Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (49.43). Fellow Dubliners Sarah Healy and Orla Comerford both produced strong runs at the same meeting, with Healy finishing seventh over 1500m in 3:57.20 and Comerford sprinting to victory in the mixed class para 100m in 12.14. With 10 weeks until the World Championships in Tokyo, Adeleke's form remains well off where it was through the previous two summers and she was unable to replicate the 50.42 she clocked in Oslo last month and the 50.48 she ran in Stockholm. Her Irish record remains the 49.07 she ran to win the European silver medal in Rome last year. Pitched in against some of the world's best, she held her own through the opening half but was visibly lacking her usual fluidity and was unable to land any sort of blow against McLaughlin-Levrone, who coasted to victory with fellow US athletes Aaliyah Butler (49.86) and Isabella Whittaker (50.81) following her home. With swirling winds in Hayward Field, times were mediocre throughout the field, but the size of the gap to the leaders was a reminder for Adeleke of how much distance she will need to make up if she's to contend for her first individual global medal in Tokyo. Healy, meanwhile, produced another strong showing in what's been the season of her career, the 24-year-old clocking 3:57.20 to finish seventh in the 1500m, just outside her PB of 3:57.15 which she set in Paris last month. Kenya's Faith Kipyegon produced another masterclass out front, the three-time Olympic champion breaking her own world record with a superb final lap, clocking 3:48.68. There was another world record in the women's 5000m where Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya clocked 13:58.06. Comerford, the Paralympic bronze medallist in the T13 (visually impaired) category, was a dominant winner of the mixed para 100m, clocking 12.14 to come home well clear of US sprinter Brittni Mason (12.40), but she wasn't pleased with her time which was well down on the PB of 11.87 she ran to win at the Oslo Diamond League. 'I came in feeling really good, strong, confident, and it's a real honour to be invited,' she said. 'Unfortunately the performance wasn't really there for me today, I had a really bad stumble out of the blocks but no excuses. We'll go back to the drawing board and make sure that when we're stepping out next time we're looking towards those personal bests, world records. I'm still very honoured and privileged to take the win.' Ireland was also represented in the T54 (wheelchair) 800m, with Shauna Bocquet finishing sixth in 1:55.76. Meanwhile at the National U20 and U23 Championships in Tullamore, Precious Akpe-Moses – the younger sister of former European U20 100m champion Gina Akpe-Moses – was among the stars, winning the U20 100m in 11.64 and setting a championship record of 23.66 over 200m. Sean Doggett (Athenry AC) was the standout performer in a stacked U-20 men's 400m, winning in 47.08, while rising star Nick Griggs made a triumphant return to national championship action, winning the U23 800m in 1:52.46.
