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Williams completes sublime sprint double over 200m at IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Tampere

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Sixteen-year-old Briana Williams, the surprise women's 100 metres champion at the World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, today became an even more unlikely double champion as she set a Championship record of 22.50sec in the 200m.

Selemon Barega, who failed to defend his 5,000m title, and Sweden's prodigious pole vaulter Armand Duplantis

finished a distant second in 23.09 with Poland's Martyna Kotwila taking bronze in a personal best of 23.21.Duplantis

joining the pole vault final.Five men were still left in the competition as the bar moved to 5.60, but Duplantis

Championships two years ago - was the only one to get over it, doing so on his first try.Sweden's Armand Duplantis





Seconds away, round four for Warholm and Samba at Paris Diamond League

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Karsten Warholm and Abderrahman Samba, the 22-year-olds currently duking it out for 400 metres hurdles bragging rights in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League series, will come out for round four tomorrow at the Stade Charlety here.

Moses’ 1986 meeting record of 47.66 looks in serious danger…Sweden's 18-year-old Armand Duplantis will

renascent French world record holder Renaud Lavillenie, and the prodigious 18–year-old Swede Armand Duplantis


Cuba’s Echevarria takes historic leap as young talents flourish at IAAF Diamond League in Stockholm

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Cuba’s 20-year-old long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarria, surprise winner at this year’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships, looks like the future of the event following today’s staggering effort at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.

the only huge young talent setting a significant marker for the future.Sweden's 18-year-old Armand Duplantis

Olympic stadium ©Getty ImagesHome fans had special reason to cheer as 18-year-old local hero Armand Duplantis



Rohler rises to the occasion as Germany’s javelin aces give historic Hayward Field a final Diamond League flourish

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Germany’s Olympic javelin champion Thomas Rohler produced a meeting record of 89.88 metres to finish clear of his two home rivals - world champion Johannes Vetter and Andreas Hofmann - on the opening night of the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League event in Eugene, Oregon.

Reserve Officer finished 10 centimetres clear of Sweden’s 18-year-old World U20 record holder Armand Duplantis


Monaco Diamond League meeting is reality checkpoint for Bolt's London ambition

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Usain Bolt, hoping to bow out in a blaze of golden glory at next month's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, tops the bill in tomorrow night’s 30th anniversary Herculis meeting in Monaco - the 11th IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season. 

jump.Also in the equation for London are Canada's world champion Shawn Barber, Sweden's 17-year-old Armand Duplantis


Van Niekerk returns to 400m action at IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne

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Eight days after eclipsing Usain Bolt’s official world best time for the 300 metres in Ostrava, Wayde van Niekerk will take to the track at the Stade olympique de la Pontaise for the annual Athletissima meeting in Lausanne tomorrow.

nbsp;Canada’s world champion Shawn Barber and Sweden’s prodigious world junior record-holder Armand Duplantis


Bartoletta and Reese have heavyweight long jump clash at USATF Trials

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Two huge long jump talents, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Tianna Bartoletta and London 2012 champion and triple world champion Brittney Reese, produced an extraordinary display at the USA Track and Field World Championships trials in Sacramento as both qualified for this summer’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London.

below his outdoor best and a centimetre over the previous 2017 best achieved by South Africa’s Armand Duplantis



Dibaba targeting world 5,000m record at Eugene Diamond League meeting

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Genzebe Dibaba will attempt to break the women's world 5,000 metre record tomorrow at Hayward Field in Eugene on the opening night of the third International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season.

unexpected delay" in getting his visa.In the men’s pole vault, 17-year-old Swedish phenomenon Armand Duplantis