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To Glasgow we go! 🇬🇧✌️🏴
The World Athletics Council confirms that the #WorldIndoorChamps 2024 will take place in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Namibia's @BeaMasilingi tops the 100m heats with a national U20 record 11.20 👏🇳🇦
The other leading qualifiers for tonight's #WorldAthleticsU20 semi-finals are:
Tina Clayton 🇯🇲11.50
Camille Rutherford 🇧🇸 11.59
Tima Seikeseye Godbless🇳🇬 11.59
Praise Ofoku 🇳🇬 11.65
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Jamaica goes 1-2 in the women’s 60mh 🇯🇲✨
Danielle Williams lowers her PB to 7.38 and Britany Anderson also improves with 7.88. #WorldIndoorTour
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Emotions running high! 🥺
Ethiopia's Gotytom Gebreslase paces her race perfectly to take the #WorldAthleticsChamps title in a personal best 2:18:11 🥇
🥈 goes to Judith Jeptum Korir 🇰🇪 in 2:18:20 and @lonah_salpeter 🇮🇱 powers to 🥉in 2:20:18.
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The women who ruled supreme on the streets of Sapporo 🛣
🥇 Peres Jepchirchir 🇰🇪
🥈 @BrigidKosgei 🇰🇪
🥉 @ByGollyMolly12 🇺🇸
Congratulations to the #Tokyo2020 women's marathon medallists 👏
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🚨 WORLD RECORD 🚨
Agnes Jebet Tirop 🇰🇪 smashes the women’s 10k world record (for a women-only race) in a time of 30:01 at the #adizero Road to Records event!
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Rarely has the phrase "athletics changed my life" been so true as when spoken by @LuisGrijalva_ 🇬🇹.
Full of dreams, the Guatemalan will try to make history for his country in tonight's 5000m final 👇
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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Olympic silver medallist @christine_mboma is the #WorldAthleticsU20 200m champion.
She wins in 21.84 to lead a Namibian 1-2 ahead of compatriot @BeaMasilingi.
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"It was a matter of proving to myself what I'm capable of."
After breaking the world record, world 100m hurdles champion @Evaglobal01 🇳🇬 wanted to make sure it was not just a one-off.
#ZurichDL
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Samuel 'Indoor King' Tefera 👑🇪🇹
The Ethiopian former world indoor record-holder successfully defends his #WorldIndoorChamps title from 2018.
He clocks a championship record 3:32.77 and defeats Olympic champion and new world indoor record-holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
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KENYA ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS 🇰🇪
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Mirriam Cherop, Kyumbe Munguti and Brenda Chebet win the mixed relay🥇
🥈 Ethiopia
🥉 Australia
#WorldCrossCountry
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The future of distance running comes from East Africa 💪
On the opening afternoon of the #WorldAthleticsU20, Addisu Yihune 🇪🇹 took the men’s 5000m title and Betty Chelangat 🇰🇪 won the women’s 3000m 👇
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More 🥇 for Kenya! 🇰🇪
Heristone Wanyonyi wins the #WorldAthleticsU20 10,000m race walk title in a personal best 42:10.84 🙌
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200m 🥇 for Nigeria's Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike in a national U20 record 20.21 🇳🇬
100m champion Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 secures his second medal of these #WorldAthleticsU20 Championships with 20.38 in 🥈
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ORO PARA MÉXICO 🥇
Karla Ximena Serrano 🇲🇽 crosses the line of the 10,000m race walk in a personal best time of 46:24.35 and brings home the gold!
#WorldAthleticsU20 @FMAAmx
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¡Nos vemos pronto, Lima! 👋🇵🇪
The World Athletics Council confirms that the #WorldAthleticsU20 Championships 2024 will take place in Lima, Peru.
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Sisay Lemma wins the men's @LondonMarathon in 2:04:01. What a journey it's been to his first @WMMajors victory!
7th - London 2016
4th - Berlin 2016
DNF - Boston 2017
4th - Chicago 2017
30th - Boston 2019
3rd - Berlin 2019
3rd - Tokyo 2020
3rd - London 2020
1st - London 2021 👑
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About to be spoiled... 🥲
26 Sep 🇩🇪 @berlinmarathon
3 Oct 🇬🇧 @LondonMarathon
10 Oct 🇺🇸 @ChiMarathon
11 Oct 🇺🇸 @bostonmarathon
17 Oct 🇳🇱 @TCSadammarathon
7 Nov 🇺🇸 @nycmarathon
That's six of the Elite Platinum Label marathons in the span of 4⃣2⃣ days!
LET'S 👏 DO 👏 THIS 👏
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#WorldAthleticsAwards announcement!
Pedro Pichardo is nominated for Male World Athlete of the Year 2021.
Retweet to vote for him.
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Tobi Amusan ends her season on a high 🙌
She wins the 2021 women's 100m hurdles #DiamondTrophy in 12.42 – an African record!
#DiamondLeague
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These 200m 🤯
・Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike 🇳🇬 leads the semi-finalists with 20.13 (+2.3)
・100m champion Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼gets a PB 20.31
・Tarsis Orogot sets a 🇺🇬U20 record 20.37
・Blessing Akawasi Afrifah becomes 🇮🇱's first #WorldAthleticsU20 sprint finalist since in 2008
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Sprint nation Botswana 🇧🇼
Letsile Tebogo is the fastest 100m qualifier in the heats in a national U20 record 10.22.
In the men's 400m Anthony Pesela wins his heat in 45.88 – a personal best and the second fastest qualifying time for Friday's #WorldAthleticsU20 semi-final.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi, remember the name! 🙌
The Kenyan lays down a marker to win the men's 800m in impressive style and a #WorldAthleticsU20 championship record 1:43.76 🇰🇪
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Ahead of the #AthleticsAwards, World Athletics is delighted to announce the 6️⃣ finalists for the Member Federation Award 🙌
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