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Kenyan runner Sawe wins London Marathon after solo breakaway. Asssefa takes women's race

Read full article: Kenyan runner Sawe wins London Marathon after solo breakaway. Asssefa takes women's race

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon for his biggest career victory after making a solo breakaway with about 10 kilometers left.

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'Front-row seats to something amazing': In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments

Read full article: 'Front-row seats to something amazing': In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments

Patrick Mahomes threw a walk-off pass to win the Super Bowl.

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Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in Paris

Read full article: Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in Paris

Between Noah Lyles drama in the sprints and distance demon Sifan Hassan’s 62-kilometer odyssey that closed things out with a gold medal, track and field took the Olympics on a wild ride over 10 days of close calls, upsets and drama.

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Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa

Read full article: Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa

Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 meters left in the women’s marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games.

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Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track

Read full article: Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter race to finish in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night at the track.

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Lyles, Richardson and lots of unknowns as track gets ready for Paris Olympics

Read full article: Lyles, Richardson and lots of unknowns as track gets ready for Paris Olympics

In some ways, track and field served up a tantalizing preview of what’s to come next year at the Paris Olympics.

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Crouser retains shot put title at worlds after nearly staying home due to blood clots

Read full article: Crouser retains shot put title at worlds after nearly staying home due to blood clots

Ryan Crouser defended his shot put title at the world championships with an improbable performance.

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Kerley leads red, white & blue sweep of 100 at worlds

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Fred Kerley led the first American sweep of the 100 meters at the worlds in 31 years, barely edging teammates Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell to stamp a red-white-and-blue exclamation point on the first championships ever held in the United States.

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Women send powerful message in Olympic track and field

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Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show.

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Dutchwoman Hassan wins 10,000m gold, completes double

Read full article: Dutchwoman Hassan wins 10,000m gold, completes double

Despite running three races in the last few days, Hassan found a higher gear before the final turn to surge past world-record holder Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia and cross the line in 29:55.32.

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'Four Ferraris': Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Olympics

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Marcell Jacobs backed up his shocking 100-meter victory with another totally unexpected gold for Italy in the 4x100-meter relay at the Olympics.

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Kipyegon defends 1500m gold, ending Hassan's triple attempt

Read full article: Kipyegon defends 1500m gold, ending Hassan's triple attempt

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya repeated as Olympic 1500m champion while Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan's bid to triple in the 5000m, 1500m and 10,000m came to an end at its penultimate stage.

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Hassan eases through in 1,500 as Kipyegon fires warning

Read full article: Hassan eases through in 1,500 as Kipyegon fires warning

Defending Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon won the first semifinal in an astonishing 3:56.80, the fourth-fastest time run in Olympic history.

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Hassan secures 5K gold, first in quest for historic triple

Read full article: Hassan secures 5K gold, first in quest for historic triple

Netherlands' Sifan Hassan completed the first of her three Olympic gold-medal attempts – the 1500m and 10,000m are up next.

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US women lose in soccer, win in volleyball, basketball

Read full article: US women lose in soccer, win in volleyball, basketball

The quest for gold medals is on track for the U.S. women’s basketball and volleyball teams after finishing at the top of their groups in pool play.

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Tokyo Olympics Day 10: Fall, get back up

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Day 10 at the Tokyo Olympics was another important day for the U.S. teams in several team sports.

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No keeping her down: After a fall, busy Hassan gets a gold

Read full article: No keeping her down: After a fall, busy Hassan gets a gold

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands started her bid to win three medals at the Tokyo Games by earning gold in the 5,000 meters.

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What a recovery! Hassan falls, gets up and wins 1,500 heat

Read full article: What a recovery! Hassan falls, gets up and wins 1,500 heat

World champion Sifan Hassan has made an incredible recovery from a fall at the final bell to win her 1,500-meter heat at the Olympics.

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Olympics Latest: Krajewski wins individual eventing gold

Read full article: Olympics Latest: Krajewski wins individual eventing gold

Julia Krajewski of Germany won individual eventing gold after countrymate and two-time defending champion Michael Jung stumbled during the cross country segment.

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Track & Field Day 4: Harrison, Camacho-Quinn battle for 100mH gold

Read full article: Track & Field Day 4: Harrison, Camacho-Quinn battle for 100mH gold

Track and field Day 4 events include finals in the women's 100m hurdles, women's discus, women's 5000m, men's long jump and men's steeplechase; and more.

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Sifan Hassan confirms quest for Games triple in Tokyo

Read full article: Sifan Hassan confirms quest for Games triple in Tokyo

'For me it is crucial to follow my heart,' she said in a statement. 'Doing that is far more important than gold medals.'

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Hassan, Obiri ease into 5,000m final

Read full article: Hassan, Obiri ease into 5,000m final

Sifan Hassan ran a patient, strategic race and trailed the leading pack most of the way before pushing hard on the last lap to win in a time of 14:47.89.

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Dutch runner breaks 23-year-old record for the women's mile

Read full article: Dutch runner breaks 23-year-old record for the women's mile

MONACO - The women's world record in the mile run, which has stood for 23 years, finally fell on Friday. The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan broke the record Friday night at the Monaco Diamond League with a time of 4:12.33. Russia's Svetlana Masterkova set the world record in 1996 with 4:12.56. "After you run a last 400 like that, and set a world record, it gives me so much confidence over 5000m." The 26-year-old Dutch runner's previous best time was 4:14.71, set last year at the London Diamond League meet.

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