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No woman has ever held two Olympic titles and the same number of World Athletics Championship titles in the 1500m.
Double Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon could achieve this feat at her fifth Track and Feidl Worlds in Oregon on Monday (18 July).
The Kenyan, who is the only woman in

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Faith Kipyegon of Kenya poses as she celebrates with her national flag after winning gold  in the Women's 1500m Final during Olympic Games Day 14 at Olympic Stadium on August 6, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dylan Martinez-Pool/Getty Images)

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World Track and Field Championships 2022: Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon looks to cement status as greatest ever 1500m runner

After a fine junior athletics career, Jemma Reekie is making her presence felt in the senior ranks.
The 22-year-old Scot has been almost unstoppable so far this season, winning five races out of six and clocking the fastest 800m of 2020.
Her training partner, reigning 1500m European champion Laura Muir,

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

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M 100m Finals, M 400m Finals, M High Jump, W Triple Jump Final, W 1500m, W 400m

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Women's 1500m, W's Heptathlon, W's Hammer Throw, W's 100m
Men's 400m, M's Long Jump

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The group of athletes drawn together at the finish line were screaming, smiling, and hugging each other with delight.
Yet they weren't a team of relay runners from the same nation celebrating a medal for their country, but a multitude of nations coming together to celebrate a rival.
In the

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya celebrates winning women's one-mile race in a world record time with Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda at the Monaco Diamond League

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After skipping the Monaco Diamond League, world champion Noah Lyles is scheduled to race in London alongside Femke Bol, fresh from improving her European 400m hurdles record and local star Dina Asher-Smith.
The tenth meeting of the 2024 Diamond League series is the final stop before the world’s top athletes

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: (EDITORS NOTE: This photograph was taken using a drone)  An aerial view of London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on April 16, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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A big two days of athletics in northwest England on the last weekend of June sees British competitors take to the Manchester Regional Arena to showcase their form ahead of Paris 2024, claim one of 40 national titles, achieve Olympic qualifying marks, and hone their training sessions ahead of the

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"Wow, wow, wow," said an excitable Laura Muir when a turtle popped its head up in the waters off Hawaii in October.
The turtle likely thought the same upon looking up to see the likes of the 1500m Olympic silver medallist, the 2019 200m world champ Dina Asher-Smith, two-time Olympian,

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Laura Muir, the accidental runner and fastest vet in the world

From 1-3 March, the best athletes in the track & field world will compete for glory in Glasgow, Scotland at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
A total of 651 competitors from more than 130 nations will battle for global honours and prove they are in prime form ahead of the

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The headline acts did not disappoint at the last regular season stop of the 2023 Diamond League, the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday (8 September).
They were headed by Mondo Duplantis who came desperately close to setting a new world record of 6.23m.
The Swede looked in great

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Italy’s Samuele Ceccarelli produced one of the biggest upsets of the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, beating Olympic champion and compatriot Marcell Jacobs in the men’s 60m final on Saturday, March 4.
Sprinting to his maiden European Indoors gold medal, Ceccarelli again had the number of his revered

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 04: Femke Bol of the Netherlands celebrates alongside Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands after winning the Women's 400m Final during Day 2 of the European Athletics Indoor Championships at the Atakoy Arena on March 04, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships: Femke Bol cruises to victory as Samuele Ceccarelli upsets Olympic champion

“Dang, you got really close to the lions this time,” commented two-time Olympian Gabriela Debues-Stafford on an Instagram post from British athlete Laura Muir in 2020.
“Yes, we were really lucky,” responded the Olympic silver medallist of the post that showcased a pride lolling in the grass in Kruger National

ITEN, KENYA - FEBRUARY 20: Cattle graze on the grass which grows over the throwing circle at the Kamariny Stadium on February 20, 2007 in Iten, Kenya. Despite the basic facilities this track has been used by many Olympic Gold medal winners and World Champions (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images)

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Birmingham hosted the final of the World Indoor Tour on Saturday 25 February with a host of Olympic and world medallists impressing in the athletics series finale.
There was plenty for the home crowd to cheer at the Utilita Arena, too. Home favourite and 2019 World 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain celebrates after winning the Women's 60m Final during the World Athletics Indoor Tour - Birmingham at Utilita Arena Birmingham on February 25, 2023 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain celebrates after winning the Women's 60m Final

Athletics Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final: Asher-Smith shines on bright day for British talent

Some races can get you into murky waters quickly.
Such was the case in the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships where Laura Muir won bronze for Great Britain - her second major championship medal in less than a year after silver at Tokyo 2020.
The final had started

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EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 18: Bronze medalist Laura Muir of Team Great Britain celebrates after competing in the Women's 1500m Final on day four of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 18, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

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The Women's 1500m Final took place at Stade de France, on 10/08/24. Faith Kipyegon (KEN) won Gold with an Olympic Record time of 3:51.29 minutes. Jessica Hull (AUS) won Silver and Georgia Bell (GBR) completed the podium.

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