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Athletics-Canada stun US to win men’s 4×100 relay gold
By Amy Tennery EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) -A flubbed final handover cost the United States gold in the men's 4x100 metres relay on Saturday as Canada surged down the final straight to take the world title...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Greneda’s Peters retains world javelin title
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Grenada's Anderson Peters beat Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra to retain the men's world javelin title on Saturday with a sixth-round throw of 90.54 metres at the World Champio...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-U.S. women shock Jamaican superstars to win 4x100m relay
By Mitch Phillips EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Jamaica fielded the three medallists from the women's individual 100 metres in Saturday's sprint relay but that was still not enough to prevent a super-slick...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Portugal’s Pichardo eases to world triple jump gold
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Portugal's Pedro Pichardo continued his dominance in the men's triple jump by easing to a first World Championships title on Saturday, adding to his Olympic gold from Tokyo. P...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Olympic champion Warner out of decathlon after injury
(Refiles to 'Damian' in first par) EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) -Canada's Olympic champion Damian Warner sustained an injury running the 400 metres event in the decathlon at the World Championships on Satur...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Ethiopia’s Tsegay holds on to win world 5,000m gold
By Amy Tennery EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay held off late challengers to win the women's 5,000 metres at the World Championships on Saturday as world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey ...
Jul 23, 2022
WTA roundup: Bernarda Pera nabs second straight title with Hamburg win
American Bernarda Pera won her first WTA career title last weekend in Budapest. On Saturday, she doubled her trophy total with a 6-2, 6-4 defeat of top seed Anett Kontaveit at the Hamburg European Ope...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Masterful Korir wins world 800m gold in style
By Mitch Phillips EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir ran a textbook tactical race to win the world 800 metres title on Saturday as he peaked at just the right time after ...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-U.S. men cruise into 4×400 final, impressive Japan eye medal
By Mitch Phillips EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - The United States, the global superpower of the men's 4x400 metres relay, moved impressively into the World Championships final on Saturday after their shado...
Jul 23, 2022
Athletics-Felix returns to help US women into worlds relay final
By Amy Tennery EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) -Allyson Felix helped the United States through to the 4x400 metres relay final in a surprise return to Hayward Field on Saturday, days after running what was sup...
Jul 23, 2022
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