Athletics

Jacobs is the king of speed. (09:80 seconds only)

Tokyo: New dawn in the 100 meters, which has long been monopolized by the United States and Jamaica. The Olympic Stadium yesterday answered the question of who will replace Usain Bolt. Italian Lamont Marcel Jacobs is now synonymous with the world’s fastest jump. In the final, which saw no Jamaican …

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Kosgei shatters women’s marathon record

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya has broken the world record for the women’s marathon with a time of 2:14:04 hours. The previous record, by Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, had been undisturbed for 16 years. Brigid Kosgei of Kenya has broken the world record for the women’s marathon with a time of …

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Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark

In Vienna, the Kenyan achieved a milestone once believed to be unattainable. But his time, 1:59:40, will not be recognized as a world record. VIENNA — On a misty Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran …

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