World 30 Sept 2023 | 07:23 PM

Chinese sprinters celebrate golden double at Asiad

HANGZHOU, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's sprinters stole the show at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday, with Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi winning the men's and women's 100m finals respectively.

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Athletics 4 Dec 2024 | 07:57 PM

Athletics-Coe welcomes new track start-ups amid push for innovation

(Reuters) - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he welcomed a number of innovative new track start-ups shaking up the sport's status quo, as athletics moves to draw in more eyeballs after another successful Olympics.

Athletics 5 Aug 2024 | 10:51 AM

Olympics-Athletics-American sprinter Lyles hugely important to athletics, says Coe

PARIS (Reuters) - The men's 100 metres at the Paris Olympics on Sunday was as close to riveting perfection as you can get, said World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, and further entrenched American Noah Lyles as a consummate front man for the sport.

World 27 July 2024 | 06:39 PM

Olympics | Chinese sprinter Ge with positive mindset for Paris 2024

PARIS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese star sprinter Ge Manqi said that she feels positive ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, with her women's 100m preliminary round to come on August 2.

World 3 Aug 2024 | 07:35 PM

Olympics | Urgent: Sprinter Julien Alfred wins women's 100m to give Saint Lucia 1st ever Olympic medal

PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Olympic debutant Julien Alfred sprinted to the women's 100m top podium with a national-record time of 10.72 seconds in the Paris 2024 Games at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Athletics 16 Nov 2024 | 11:00 PM

Veteran Zaidatul shows she’s still the one to chase after clean sweep in Super Series

PETALING JAYA: Unstoppable and unshakeable.

Other Sports 28 July 2024 | 02:27 PM

Olympics-Women athletes say the work isn't over after Olympics gender parity

PARIS (Reuters) - Women athletes taking part in a fashion show in Paris to mark gender parity at the Olympics welcomed the Games reaching that milestone but said more work needs to be done to improve working conditions, pay, and visibility of women in sports.

World 10 Aug 2024 | 05:57 PM

Olympics | Russell wins women's 100m hurdles gold at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- American sprinter Masai Russell continued her rapid ascent by winning gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

World 10 Aug 2024 | 06:56 PM

Olympics | Russell wins women's 100m hurdles gold at Paris Games (updated)

PARIS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- American sprinter Masai Russell continued her rapid ascent by winning gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

World 8 Aug 2024 | 07:45 PM

Olympics | McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world record to win women's 400m hurdles gold at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- American sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record as she clinched gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

World 3 Aug 2024 | 07:36 PM

Olympics | Saint Lucia's Alfred wins women's 100m gold at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Saint Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred secured her country's first ever Olympic gold medal by winning the women's 100m final at the Paris Games on Saturday.

World 3 Aug 2024 | 08:53 PM

Olympics | Saint Lucia's Alfred wins women's 100m gold at Paris Games (updated)

PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Saint Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred secured her country's first ever Olympic gold medal by winning the women's 100m final at the Paris Games on Saturday.

Cycling 16 Apr 2023 | 11:00 PM

Semis the furthest ride for our women sprinters in Belgium

PETALING JAYA: Women sprinters Anis Amira Rosidi, Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri and Nurul Aliana Syafika Azizan’s campaign in the International Belgian Track Meeting came to an end after all three were eliminated at the semi-final stage of the keirin event at the Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx in Ghent.

Other Sports 9 July 2024 | 06:25 AM

Olympics-Australia-based Yousofi to represent 'stolen dreams' of Afghan women in Paris

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia-based Kimia Yousofi has been included in Afghanistan's team for the Paris Olympics and the sprinter says she will be representing the "stolen dreams and aspirations" of Afghan women back home who are being denied the chance to take part in sport.

Life Inspired 12 Mar 2024 | 11:10 AM

Star sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce joins the Richard Mille family

Richard Mille welcomes Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the greatest female sprinter of all time, to the family.

Athletics 3 Nov 2024 | 11:00 PM

Jega, Marina and MAF pay tribute to first woman Olympian Annie

PETALING JAYA: Track queen Annie Choong, the first Malaysian woman to represent the country in the Olympic Games, has passed away on Saturday (Nov 2).

Athletics 9 Jan 2024 | 11:00 PM

Shanti challenges current sprinters to break her record

KUALA LUMPUR: Former na­tional woman sprinter G. Shanti has thrown down the gauntlet to the current batch of athletes to erase her 100m national record of 11.50s set 31 years ago.

Athletics 12 Oct 2024 | 11:00 PM

Zaidatul proves that at 31, she still has what it takes to break records

PETALING JAYA: Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli was not even born when G. Shanti clocked 11.50s to set a new national record in the 100m race in May 1993.

Singapore 8 Mar 2024 | 10:19 AM

Sprint queen Shanti Pereira inducted into Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame

Singapore’s sprint queen Shanti Pereira and nine other women were inducted into the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame (SWHF) today, in conjunction with the International Women’s Day celebration.

Aseanplus News 29 Sept 2023 | 02:59 PM

Afghan woman sprinter sends message of defiance at Asian Games

Sprinter Kimia Yousofi said she was "here to represent Afghan girls" as she competed at the Asian Games on Friday in defiance of the Taliban.

World 30 Sept 2023 | 07:23 PM

Chinese sprinters celebrate golden double at Asiad

HANGZHOU, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's sprinters stole the show at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday, with Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi winning the men's and women's 100m finals respectively.

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