by trackadmin | Jun 9, 2021 | 10000m, Ethiopia, Events, Featured, News
Netherlands – Just two days after Sifan Hassan clocked a world 10,000m record of 29:06.82 in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by five seconds with 29:01.03* to win the Ethiopian Trials on...
by trackadmin | Jun 7, 2021 | 10000m, Featured, Hengelo, Netherlands, News, Women
Netherlands – There was little about Sifan Hassan’s 10000m run at the FBK Games in Hengelo on Sunday (6) that gave the impression she was being patient. Eyes firmly fixed on the track ahead, her arms pumping and legs turning with incredible consistency, she...
by trackadmin | Feb 10, 2021 | 1500m, Ethiopia, Featured, France, Indoor, News
France – On an evening of stunning middle-distance performances at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay produced the highlight by taking two seconds off the world indoor 1500m record*, winning at the World Athletics Indoor...
by trackadmin | Dec 7, 2020 | Awards, Featured, News, Sweden
World record-breakers Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2020, a ceremony held virtually on Saturday (5). Duplantis and Rojas named World Athletes of the...
by trackadmin | Nov 24, 2020 | Diamond, Events, Featured, News, Pre-event
Under the provisional calendar released today, the 2021 Wanda Diamond League season will take place across four continents and 14 different cities from May to September next year. Wanda Diamond League 2021 calendar The Wanda Diamond League today releases a provisional...
by trackadmin | Oct 29, 2020 | 5000m, Events, News
Joshua Cheptegei’s world 5000m record of 12:35.36 set at the Wanda Diamond League in Monaco on 14 August has been ratified. Joshua Cheptegei 5000m record ratified The Ugandan, now 24, took two seconds off Kenenisa Bekele’s mark of 12:37.35, set 16 years earlier...