Elaine Thompson

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Caster Semenya wins the women’s 1,500m during the Diamond League meeting at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images
Caster Semenya smashes South African 1,500m record in Doha

Caster Semenya put aside the controversy over a planned rule change in athletics regarding hyperandrogenism to win the women’s 1,500 metres in a South(...)

Usain Bolt during a training session ahead of the World Athletics Championships in London 2017. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty
World Athletics Championships: All you need to know

So what’s the exact lowdown? The 16th World Athletics Championships, over 10 days, starting this Friday evening until Sunday week, back inside the Lo(...)

Netherlands’ Dafne Schippers crosses the finish line to win the 200m women’s final at the World Championships in Beijing. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Dafne Schippers claims stunning win in 200 metres at World Championships

Move over, Usain Bolt. Here comes Dafne Schippers. Because anyone who thought things might slow down a little inside the Bird’s Nest in the absence of(...)

Mo Farah: hasn’t lost a 10,000m race since the 2011 World Championships. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
World Athletics Championships - Six events not to be missed

(all times Irish) 1 Men’s 10,000 metres. Final, Saturday, 1:50pm: The longest race on the track, and trust me, right now impossibly close to ca(...)

Last year’s Irish Junior Cup finalists Lisnagarvey lost 2-1 to Belfast Harlequins. Photograph: Inpho/Ryan Byrne
Front runners maintain unbeaten records

It’s as you were at the top of the Leinster first division after UCD, Railway Union and Loreto all maintained their unbeaten records on Saturday, Rail(...)