Athletics

At 38, javelin ace Barbora Spotakova is in the twilight of her glorious career.
The Czech has two Olympic gold medals to her name and took bronze at Rio 2016 before claiming her third world title in London the following year.
Since giving birth to her second child in 2018,

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Barbora Spotakova: "I cannot imagine my life without sport."

The stars of track and field descend on Doha on Friday (3 May) for the start of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League.
But who will shine brightest in the elite series of track and field events, as athletes lay down markers for the World Athletics Championships, back in the Qatari

Winners' Podium from the 2018 Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium

On your marks, set, go for the Diamond League

M's High Jump Final, 110m Hurdles SF&F, 400m Hurdles
W's 1500m Final, Javelin Throw, Long Jump, 400m Hurdles, 200m

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

Replay

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Athletics Integrated: Day 11 Evening | Rio 2016 Replays

Barbora Spotakova's athletic evolution from the 2012 London Olympic Games to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Athlete Evolution: Barbora Spotakova

The best moments from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

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Barbora Špotáková: My Rio Highlights

Sara Kolak wins the gold medal for Croatia in the women's javelin at Rio 2016.

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Kolak clinches Olympic Javelin gold

Czech Barbora Spotakova successfully defended her Javelin Throw title with a best effort of 69.55m.

London 2012 | Olympic Games

Highlights

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Women's Final - Javelin | London 2012 Highlights

Don’t miss when Chinese duo Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun delight the crowd by claiming their second straight Olympic gold in C2 500m.

Beijing 2008 | Olympic Games

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Chinese Duo Defends Olympic Title  - Canoe Sprint | Beijing 2008 Highlights

Don’t miss when world champion Barbora Spotakova wins gold for the Czech Republic in women's javelin throw.

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Spotakova Launches to Gold - Athletics | Beijing 2008 Highlights

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Spotakova Wins Gold - Athletics | Beijing 2008 Highlights

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Barbora

South Africa’s Akani Simbine won the men's 100m race at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava on Tuesday (27 June), finishing ahead of Italy’s European Games champion Samuele Ceccarelli and Canada’s Olympic champion Andre De Grasse.
Simbine was the only sprinter to go under the 10-second mark in the Czech

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 31: Akani Simbine of South Africa in the heats of the mens 100m during the Athletics event on Day 8 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 31, 2021 Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Roger Sedres/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Akani Simbine finished fourth in the 100m at Tokyo 2020

Golden Spike 2023: Simbine stuns De Grasse to win 100m final, while Duplantis and Crouser reaffirm dominance

Dafne Schippers returned to form in style at Ostrava's Golden Spike meeting on Tuesday (8 September).
The two-time world 200m champion clashed with the year's sensation over 100m, Switzerland's Ajla Del Ponte, over 150m.
And the Dutchwoman showed signs of coming back to her very best with a superb bend

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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Schippers shines as Warholm misses out on world record in Ostrava

Two-time Olympic javelin champ Barbora Spotakova produced her best throw for almost a year in Kladno where there were also wins for Rio 2016 Olympians Jakub Vadlejch and Tomas Stanek. Over in Kolin, hurdler Marketa Stolova and high jumper Bara Sajdokova showed they could be prospects for the future.

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Spotakova wins as athletics competition returns in Czech Republic

Barbora Spotakova made an excellent start to her season at the Back on the Track athletics meet in Kladno on Monday (1 June).
The Olympic javelin champion from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 won with a second round effort of 63.69m, her best throw for 11 months, as track and

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Barbora Spotakova "happy" after winning as athletics competition returns in Kladno

After two golds and a bronze at previous Olympic Games, the women's javelin world record holder knows it will be tough to match her former coach Jan Zelezny in winning a medal at a fourth consecutive Games. The Czech thrower remains committed to her sport, and hopes to bounce back from fatigue and injury following the birth of her second child.

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Barbora Spotakova aiming for fourth medal at 39

They might be old roommates and good friends, but Michael Norman and Noah Lyles were desperate to beat each other in the Rome Diamond League 200m.
And it was Norman who came out on top, powering off the bend to establish a lead he would just about retain to the

Barbora SPOTAKOVA

Biography

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Barbora Spotakova: "I cannot imagine my life without sport."

On your marks, set, go for the Diamond League

Athletics Integrated: Day 11 Evening | Rio 2016 Replays

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Olympic Results

Barbora SPOTAKOVA

Biography

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Barbora Spotakova: "I cannot imagine my life without sport."

On your marks, set, go for the Diamond League

Athletics Integrated: Day 11 Evening | Rio 2016 Replays

Barbora SPOTAKOVA Replays

Olympic Results

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