Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has said she wants to compete at the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The South African, 29, is not allowed to compete in events between 400m and a mile without taking testosterone-reducing drugs, following a rule change by governing body World Athletics. “My dream has always been, and […]
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Boston Marathon 2020 postponed due to coronavirus
The 2020 Boston Marathon has been postponed due to coronavirus and will take place later this year. Initially set to take place on Monday, 20 April, the race will now take place on Monday, 14 September. The move comes after the Paris and Rome Marathons were cancelled, while there is no decision yet on the […]
David Rudisha: Olympic 800m champion on personal struggles, and Tokyo comeback
Snoozing in Nairobi airport’s departure lounge in a navy blue suit, David Rudisha looks like just another businessman having a quick power nap. His fellow passengers seem pretty relaxed about being in the presence of Kenyan running royalty. My feelings are a little different. Appropriately for a man who has hardly been seen or heard […]
Postponing Olympics would create ‘turmoil’ for athletes, says Pearson
Olympic champion Sally Pearson said a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics this year would prove "impossible" for track and field athletes, who could have to prepare for three major events in one year if the Games are delayed until 2021. Pearson, who retired last year, said her "whole sport" would be "under fire" if the […]
Mo Farah explains why he changed story told to US anti-doping agency on taking L-carnitine
Sir Mo Farah has explained how he came to change his account when questioned in 2015 about taking supplement L-carnitine before the 2014 London Marathon. A BBC Panorama documentary aired last Monday revealed that Farah was interviewed by investigators from the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) in 2015 as part of its probe into his former […]
The Vitality Big Half 2020: Kenenisa Bekele breaks Mo Farah’s course record
Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah’s course record in the men’s Vitality Big Half race in London with a time of one hour and 22 seconds. Bekele shaved 1:18 minutes off the record set in 2019 by Briton Farah, who missed out with an Achilles injury. Britain’s Lily Partridge won the elite women’s race for […]
Coronavirus: Tokyo Marathon takes place on empty streets
The Tokyo Marathon took place on Sunday against a backdrop of empty streets and with just a couple of hundred runners due to the coronavirus outbreak. Organisers had reduced the entries to just elite runners and wheelchair athletes with the mass race, which usually attracts around 38,000 runners, cancelled. The numbers of volunteers were also […]
Mo Farah admitted taking performance-enhancing supplement minutes after ‘repeatedly denying’ it in Salazar investigation
Mo Farah is facing fresh allegations that he repeatedly denied receiving a controversial supplement via injection to United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) officials ahead of the 2014 London Marathon, only to then confirm minutes later that he did. The allegations have been made after BBC Panorama claimed to have received new evidence regarding Farah’s use […]