For the eighth time, Armand Duplantis broke the world record
In Xiamen, he jumped 6.24 meters on his first attempt; he improved his previous record by one centimeter and warned that “there are still higher heights”; the next challenge: his first Olympic record.
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Impact on athletics: The oldest men’s world record was broken
At the discus throw, the Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna reached 74.35 meters and broke the almost 38-year mark of the German Jürgen Schult.
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“Today it’s my turn to stop”: Yulimar Rojas will miss the Olympic Games
The world and Olympic triple jump champion announced that she will not be able to participate in Paris 2024 after an injury to her left Achilles heel. The Venezuelan, the greatest exponent of the discipline, was champion in Tokyo 2020.
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Athletics will award money to Olympic champions in Paris 2024
World Athletics announced that it will become the first international federation to award dollar rewards to those athletes who achieve a gold medal in each of the 48 Olympic Games events.
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Lyles: “I have the world record in the 100 meters and the 19.10 in the 200 in mind”
The three-time world champion called for his “masterpiece” to be completed in Los Angeles 2028; on the records, Bolt returned: “you can do it, but I won't tell you how”.
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Kipchoge lamented the worst result of his career in a record-setting Tokyo Marathon
The current two-time Olympic champion finished in tenth place. Africans Kipruto and Kebede won with the fastest time in the competition and Hassan didn't win for the first time.
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Femke Bol broke the world record again in the 400m indoor track
This is the second time she has achieved it in less than two weeks. She had never been an indoor world champion before. Karsten Warholm finished second in the men’s race.
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