Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei ran the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman on Sunday, winning the Great North Run in a time of one hour, four minutes and 28 seconds. Her time was 23 seconds quicker than the previous best of 1:04.51 by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei, set in 2017 but the course is not eligible
Britain’s Mo Farah won a record sixth successive Great North Run after setting his personal best time on Sunday. The Olympic gold medallist raced ahead of Ethiopian Tamirat Tola in the final mile to cross the line in 59 minutes and six seconds. Farah, double Olympic champion at both 5 000 and 10 000 metres,
Sebastian Coe admits that athletics’ world governing body was “crumbling” when he took over four years ago, but insists progress has been made on Russian doping and levelling the female playing field by forcing athletes such as Caster Semenya to regulate their testosterone levels. “We’ve covered a lot of ground, there’s no question about that,”
Eliud Kipchoge believes breaking the two-hour barrier in the marathon would rank alongside the first moon landing and ascent of Mount Everest. The Kenyan is bidding to move into uncharted territory at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna in October, having fallen 26 seconds short in his first attempt at Breaking2 in 2017. However, the
British triathletes Jessica Learmonth and Georgia Taylor Brown were both disqualified after they crossed the line together following the heat-affected test event for next year’s Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Learmonth and Taylor Brown held hands as they crossed the line after organisers had earlier halved the distance of the running section to five kilometres because
Kipyegon Bett, Kenya’s world 800 metres bronze medallist, has tested positive for banned blood booster Erythropoeitin (EPO), Athletics Kenya (AK) officials said on Friday. AK executive committee member, Barnabas Korir, said the body received notification from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday that the 20-year-old had submitted a positive sample. The AIU handles integrity
Francesco Friedrich’s four-man German bobsleigh team won gold on Sunday with a powerful fourth and final run securing victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre on Sunday. Team GB finished in a disappointing 17th and 18th. The German unit, piloted by multiple world champion Friedrich, finished with a combined time of three minutes, 15.85 seconds. Every
Kirill Kaprizov scored in overtime to lead the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) past a feisty Germany 4-3 on Sunday to win the men’s ice hockey gold before joining his team mates to defy a ban by singing the Russian national anthem during the medal ceremony. The Russians, competing as neutral athletes at Pyeongchang as
Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis claimed his second Olympic title by four one hundredths of a second in the final 1000m heat in PyeongChang. The 28 year-old crossed the line in a time of 1:07.95 to edge Norway’s Havard Lorentzen into the silver spot on the podium and therefore added to the 1500m Olympic title
The Great Britain women’s curling team will have a chance at winning a second successive Olympic bronze medal after losing 10-5 to Sweden in the semi finals Skip Eve Muirhead’s team, who won the previous Olympic bronze by beating Switzerland in Sochi four years ago, will now play Japan In Saturday’s medal playoff at 11:05
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