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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Aug 12, 2017
Reese hangs on to claim 4th world long jump title
American Brittney Reese claimed her fourth world long jump title on Friday after a tense, tight contest in which only 6 cm separated the top four competitors.
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Aug 5, 2017
Sani Brown ties personal best to reach 100-meter semifinals at worlds
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown tied his personal best in the men's 100 meters with a time of 10.05 seconds at the world athletics championships on Friday, advancing to the semifinals with fellow Japanese Shuhei Tada and Asuka Cambridge.
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Jul 29, 2017
Japan nets two breaststroke medals at world championships
Yasuhiro Koseki and Ippei Watanabe won silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the world championships on Friday.
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Jun 26, 2017
Sani Brown takes aim at Bolt as Japan names team for worlds
Sprinting phenom Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is setting the bar high — very high — for his career. And the 18-year-old just might have a chance to measure himself side by side against that bar known as Usain Bolt at the world athletics championships in August.
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Jun 24, 2017
Sprinter Sani Brown outlcasses field in 100-meter final for first national title
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown won the men's 100-meter final in 10.05 seconds at the National Athletics Championships on Saturday, tying the meet record and punching his ticket to this summer's IAAF World Championships in London.
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Feb 27, 2017
Kodaira bags overall title at speedskating worlds
Nao Kodaira won the overall title on Sunday at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, writing her name in the record books as the first Japanese woman to achieve the feat.
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Feb 7, 2017
Vonn stumbles out of Super-G on first day at world championships
Lindsey Vonn's first run-out at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships lasted just a few seconds on Tuesday when the American slid out of the Super-G.
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May 7, 2016
Elite athletes profess benefits of multisport participation on eve of Golden Grand Prix meet
Justin Gatlin and other top international athletes insist that playing different sports helps develop track and field athletes' potential.
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Apr 4, 2016
Hanyu, Ten settle differences
Yuzuru Hanyu has settled his differences with Kazakhstan's Denis Ten, the men's Olympic figure skating champion revealed Sunday.
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Dec 28, 2015
Hanyu looking to add more quads to program ahead of worlds
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is looking to add more quadruple jumps to his program in a bid to reclaim the title from Spaniard Javier Fernandez at the world championships in March.
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Dec 16, 2015
JAAF names Tanii top athlete of 2015
Race walker Takayuki Tanii, who captured a bronze medal in the men's 50-km competition at this summer's IAAF World Championships in Beijing, was named the athlete of the year at the annual Athletic Awards of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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Oct 25, 2015
Japan women's gymnastics team books Olympic place
The Japanese women's gymnastics squad punched a ticket to next summer's Olympic Games after finishing sixth in qualifying for the team event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow on Saturday.
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Aug 30, 2015
Ayana shatters Dibaba's double dreams
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a stunning display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 meters by more than 17 seconds at the IAAF World Championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
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Aug 30, 2015
Coe defends 'ostensibly clean' athletics
Part of Sebastian Coe's new job as head of world athletics will be to shift the conversation about his "ostensibly clean" sport from doping to spectacular performances, he said on Sunday.
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Aug 26, 2015
Matsumoto captures 57-kg title at world championships
London Olympic gold medalist Kaori Matsumoto defeated Romania's Corina Caprioriu to win the women's 57-kg gold medal at the World Judo Championships on Wednesday.
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Aug 25, 2015
Fatigued Bolt, Gatlin sail into 200-meter semifinals; Sani Brown advances in worlds debut
A tired Usain Bolt and an emotionally fatigued Justin Gatlin progressed toward their second blockbuster sprint showdown of the IAAF World Championships by easing through the 200-meter heats on Tuesday.
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Aug 25, 2015
Caballero stuns field to capture women's discus title
Cuba's Denia Caballero landed a shock win in the women's discus competition on Tuesday, her first-round effort of 69.28 meters beating all her rivals, including defending champion Sandra Perkovic of Croatia.
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Aug 25, 2015
Marathon organizers miffed about Shobukhova reinstatement
Marathon organizers have demanded an urgent meeting with officials after the reinstatement of Russian drug cheat Lilya Shobukhova despite the fact she has not repaid around $3 million in prize money earned when she was doping.
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Aug 24, 2015
Arai takes aim after topping javelin qualification
Ryohei Arai was the top qualifier for the men's javelin final at the world athletics championships on Monday.
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Aug 23, 2015
Bolt scrapes into 100-meter final
Defending champion Usain Bolt made a meal of it but recovered from a stumbling start to reach Sunday's 100-meter final at the world championships, setting up his Beijing showdown with in-form American Justin Gatlin.

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