The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport’s global governing body said on Thursday. REUTERS: The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID-19…
It was a successful weekend for the Wildcats in the K-State Winter Invitational on Saturday afternoon, competing against Oklahoma and Iowa State. Through the competition, 10 Wildcats came away with first-place finishes in their respective events. Not only did multiple Wildcats take gold in their events, but one broke a…
FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State women’s track & field team made its return to action and opened the 2021 season Friday by hosting the Dakota Duals. The Bison defeated North Dakota in the dual-format team scoring, 100-43. Lexi Jordheim won the pole vault, clearing a personal-best 11-11.75 (3.65m).…
World Athlete has named Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis “World Athlete of the Year”. Duplantis, a world-class pole vaulter from Lafayette and former LSU athlete, beat out five other finalists for the title of Male Athlete of the Year. It seems like Mondo sets a new World Record ever two weeks,…
The path looks clear for Thomas Bach to be re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC confirmed on Tuesday that Bach has no opponents for the election, which is scheduled for March in Athens. “I am honoured and humbled by the fact that there are no…
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Right now – 27 November, as this is written – it is exactly 64 years past the mid-point of the athletics’ program at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. Sixty-four is not an anniversary we usually celebrate, I’ll grant you, but consider two points of mitigation in that regard. Firstly, the…
When the world needed them most, the rhythmic dancers kicking ass and taking names were nowhere to be found. Thanks to COVID, this year’s glorious 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed to next year, and things are going to look a whole lot different. In September the International Olympics…
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis – who broke Sergey Bubka’s 26-year outdoor pole vault world record – has been named as one of the five finalists for the Male World Athlete of the Year 2020 award. Duplantis made history at September’s Diamond League meeting in Rome when he cleared 6.15 metres. It…
