Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s world 5km record in Barcelona on Sunday. The 23-year-old’s time of 14min 13sec improved on the previous women-only world record of 14:29 set by Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi in September 2021. Her performance, according to the AFP report on Sunday, also bettered the women’s world record set in a mixed race of 14:19, achieved by …

Nigerian sprinter, Grace Nwokocha, has been banned for doping for three years, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. Nwokocha, who won gold in the 4x100m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, tested positive for Ostarine and Ligandrol, two anabolic agents in a sample collected on 3 August 2022. The AIU said that Nwokocha has admitted to the doping …

World record holder, Tobi Amusan, did not make the final shortlist for the Women’s World Athlete of The Year Award. The World Athletics on Wednesday, announced a list of 11 nominees for the award with only three Africans included in the list. They are Tigist Assefa and Gudaf Tsegay, both from Ethiopia, and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon. Amusan, who holds the …

Nigeria’s track sensation, Tobi Amusan is back to winning ways! She ran a season best 12.33 seconds to win the hotly contested women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Eugene Diamond League final, taking her third consecutive Diamond League trophy. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was second in 12.38 second, while Keni Harrison got third in 12.44 seconds. Amusan regained her esteem, bouncing back …

Former World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, and 400m hurdler, Ezekiel Nathaniel have secured their spots at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, France. Last December, World Athletics revealed the pathway to qualifying for athletics at Paris 2024, including the entry standards athletes will need to achieve between 1st July 2023, and 30 June 2024. Amusan became the first Nigerian …

Nigerian long-jumper, Ese Brume has recovered instantly from the setback of the women’s long jump final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest as she claimed a bronze medal at the Xiamen Diamond League in China. The 27-year-old who won bronze in the 2019 edition of the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, and earned a silver medal in …

Defending champion Tobi Amusan lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in a shock win at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Williams, the 30-year-old, who previously won in Beijing in 2015, timed 12.43 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.44sec) with Kendra Harrison of the United States taking …

World champion and record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan is one race away from successfully defending the title she won in 2022 after easing into the final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. She clocked a time of 12.56secs to win the second semi-final and take one of the automatic spots in the …

World women’s 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan returned to the tracks with a bang and is on course to successfully defend her title, after easing into the semi-finals of the event at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday. In what was her first race since 17th July, when she was provisionally suspended by the …

Nigeria’s long jumper, Ese Brume recorded a season’s best of 6.84m but it was not enough to get her to the podium as she finished fourth in the women’s long jump of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Serbia’s Ivana Vuleta won the event with a world lead jump of 7.14m followed by United States Tara Davis-Woodhall in …