Elaine Thompson Repeats Rio Magic at Lausanne’s 11th Diamond League Meeting
Freshly-minted Rio Olympic champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica gave proof of her premier status as world’s best woman sprinter with a dominating 100m victory in 11th Diamond League meeting at Lausanne...
View ArticleRuth Jebet Sets Paris Night Ablaze With a New 3000m Steeplechase Women’s...
19-year old Bahraini Ruth Jebet shattered Gulnara Galkina’s 8-year old world record with an eye-catching performance in women’s 3000m steeplechase on Saturday night’s Paris Diamond League. Jebet’s...
View Article16 Diamond League Champions Are Crowned at First of the Two Finals at...
The first finals of 2016 IAAF Diamond League were held in Zurich on Thursday September 1. The Zurich meet truly honored its nicknamed tag of One-Day Olympics as 8 men and 8 women emerged as DL Race...
View Article2016 Diamond Season Ends with the Coronation of 16 More Athletics Champions...
Curtain came down on 2016 IAAF Diamond League season with second finals in Brussels on September 9. The field had Rio Olympic medalists and second-rung athletes, all of whom came up with stellar...
View ArticleUsain Bolt is Track-and-Field’s Biggest Achiever
Readers can see a nearly similar article published in kridangan.com during September 2013 titled, “Bolt of Electricity in Track and Field”. Since then, Usian Bolt has already achieved the tag of an...
View ArticleWhat You Didn’t Know About the Innocuous 100 Meter Sprint in Competitive...
On the face of it, running 100 meters would appear as child’s play. Anybody can run that distance without too much trouble. But modern athletics’ most glamorous event has more to it than meets the eye....
View ArticleTanzanian Man Alphonce Simbu & Kenya Woman Bornes Kitur Win 2017 Mumbai Marathon
The 14th edition of Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon was concluded on January 15, 2017. City Road Races have acquired tremendous global popularity and International Association of...
View ArticleUsain Bolt Loses One Olympic Gold Medal for No Fault of His Own
In one utterly frustrating news for the iconic Jamaican speedster Usain Bolt, he has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals. On January 2017, the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica of...
View ArticleUsain Bolt’s Final Race Ends in a Cry of Pain
Running the final race of his career, the 30-year-old Usain Bolt, after taking the baton from his Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake, suffered cramps on his left hamstring as he tried, in vain, to chase...
View ArticleMajor Athletics Highlights of Year 2017
Coming after the Olympic year, athletics in 2017 still had its high points. Beside the vastly popular IAAF Diamond League meets at various venues across the world, the year was also studded with the...
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