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The Olympic and world champion in long jump is known for striking gold on his final attempts. Olympics.com spoke to the Greek superstar about how he keeps his head cool on the runway and his heart burning with new ambition following his 2023 world title win

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Miltiadis Tentoglou reveals secret behind his "miracle" jumps

The Norwegian world record holder regained his 400m hurdles world title on the athletics track in Budapest after losing it in an injury-hit 2022 season. He tells Olympics.com about how the last year has made him better.

Karsten WARHOLM

Karsten Warholm exclusive: What made me a better athlete and helped me win 2023 world title

The Aussie co-World champion cleared 4.91 metres Wednesday, setting a new Oceania record, a new world lead and a new meeting record.

Zurich Diamond League 2023: Nina Kennedy sets world lead, besting Katie Moon

Olympics.com picks eight young first-time medallists from the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 who could make a splash at Paris 2024, including the new women's 100m world champion.

Sha'Carri RICHARDSON

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson leads breakout track and field stars to watch at Paris 2024

Budapest hosted the track and field World Athletics Championships from 19–27 August. Read on to discover all the medal winners from the event.

World Athletics Championships 2023: All track and field and road race results and medals table

The Ukrainian sensation upgraded the silver medals from the last two World Championships to gold. Defending champion Eleanor Patterson claimed silver with Nicola Olyslager finishing third for a historic Australian podium.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yaroslava Mahuchikh soars to women's high jump gold

The USA claim their fourth relay gold in Budapest while France's silver secures their first medal of the Championships and Great Britain take bronze. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rai Benjamin anchors Team USA to gold in the men's 4x400m relay; Dutch win women's relay 

The Kenyan jumped over the finish line to celebrate her victory in Budapest. Britain's Keely Hodgkinson wins another silver as Olympic champion Athing Mu takes bronze. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kenya's Mary Moraa wins sensational women's 800m gold beating Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu

The Norwegian pips Spain's Mohamed Katir on the line after both athletes surged on the final lap, with Ingebrigtsen picking up his second medal of the Championships.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jakob Ingebrigtsen retains men's 5000m title in thrilling finish

Kiplangat won the men’s race as two-time Olympian Maru Teferi of Israel settled for the silver ahead of Ethiopia's Leul Gebresilase.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Victor Kiplangat clinches Uganda’s second ever men's marathon title

LePage became the first Canadian to win the decathlon at the World Championships rounding out a superb night for the North Americans who won four medals on the penultimate day in Budapest. Marco Arop clinched 800m gold. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Pierce LePage wins historic decathlon gold on a glorious night for Canada

The USA win in a championships record time of 41.03 seconds to claim the world title in Budapest. Jamaica cross the line second to win silver with Great Britain taking bronze

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson leads USA to 4x100m relay gold over Jamaica's superstars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson

Noah Lyles will leave Budapest a six-time world champion, with three gold medals won in the Hungarian capital, after anchoring the U.S. team to men's 4x100m relay gold.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles completes hat-trick of world titles, anchoring USA to men's 4x100m relay win

The American-born Swede secures a second world title with a jump of 6.10m but narrowly misses out on a new world record. Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines equals the Asian record to win silver while the USA's Christoper Nilsen and Australia's Kurtis Marschall share bronze. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Mondo Duplantis soars to pole vault gold in Budapest thriller

The Kenyan takes the lead with one-and-a-half laps to go in just her sixth 5000m and powers to her second gold medal of the 2023 World Championships.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Faith Kipyegon completes 1500m-5000m world double in just sixth race over 5000m

Discover the highlights and schedule for the climax in Hungary, Day 9 of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, featuring Indian javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra as well as Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu. And who will win the 4x400m relay finals?

World Athletics Championships 2023 day nine preview and schedule – Sunday 27 August

The U.S. star made the revelation of his ideal 200m race a day after winning his third consecutive world title in Budapest.

Noah Lyles vs Michael Johnson and Usain Bolt? The new double sprint world champion's ideal 200m race

Beriso wins the race in 2:24:23 ahead of last year's winner Gotytom Gebreslase. Morocco's national champion Fatima Gardadi takes bronze.

Gotytom GEBRESLASE

World Athletics Championships 2023: Amane Beriso leads Ethiopian 1-2 in the women's marathon, Morocco's Fatima Gardadi third

Noah Lyles is the 2023 sprint king after successfully defending his 200m world title to add to his 100m crown. Erriyon Knighton took silver behind him, while Botswana and Africa won another historic medal through Letsile Tebogo.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles completes sprint double at track worlds, retains 200m title; Erriyon Knighton second

The Jamaican was in a class of her own as she won in 21.41 from American pair Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richardson.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Shericka Jackson clocks second fastest time in history to retain women's 200m title

The Venezuelan retains her world title with a 15.08m final jump after a difficult evening in which she barely made the top eight cut.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yulimar Rojas wins nervy triple jump gold after struggling through final

Discover the highlights and schedule for Saturday 26 August 2023, Day 8 of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 in Hungary, featuring Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault final as well as sprint stars Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in the 4x100m relay finals. 

World Athletics Championships 2023 day eight preview and schedule – Saturday 26 August

The German record holder has the World Lead in the event this season, and says he’s not changing his approach as he levels up. He’s eyeing the Paris 2024 podium, too.

Decathlete Leo Neugebauer makes leap from college to elites: ‘The sky’s the limit’

The Dutch star recovers from the disappointment of a costly fall in Saturday's 4x400m mixed relay final to win World Championship gold in the absence of world record holder and defending champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Femke BOL

World Athletics Championships 2023: Femke Bol bounces back from relay heartbreak to dominate women's 400m hurdles final 

Jamaica won its first two gold medals of the 2023 World Championships in stunning style, with Watson taking a shock 400m gold just minutes after his compatriot Danielle Williams won the women's 100m hurdles.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Antonio Watson doubles Jamaican joy in men's 400m final shock; Wayde van Niekerk finishes eighth

Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and former world record holder Keni Harrison rounded out the medallists in a surprise result.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Danielle Williams springs surprise to clinch women's 100m hurdles title, eight years after first world crown

Discover the highlights and schedule for Friday 25 August 2023, Day 7 of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 in Hungary, featuring Yulimar Rojas in the women's triple jump and Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m finals.

World Athletics Championships 2023 day seven preview and schedule – Friday 25 August

The newly crowned 100m world champion sets the quickest time of the evening (19.76) despite earlier being involved in a collision while being transported to the track. Knighton and Bednarek also win their semis as one of the most anticipated finals of the championships takes shape

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles through to 200m final after dramatic golf buggy crash; Erriyon Knighton, Andre de Grasse also qualify

Richardson's quest for the sprint double continues on Friday after the new 100m world champion made the 200m final.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson make final in women's 200m at track worlds

As Burzalová ran down the final stretch at the 35km women's race, Černý got down on one knee to propose. 

35km to love: Slovakian race walkers Dominik Černý and Hana Burzalová get engaged at finish line at World Athletics Championships 2023

Hugues Fabrice Zango, Burkina Faso's first athletics world champion with his triple jump gold at Budapest 2023, will now turn his attention to his studies: defending his Ph.D. thesis in electrical engineering.

Fabrice ZANGO HUGUES

Hugues Fabrice Zango's stellar year: Burkina Faso's first world champion completing electrical engineering Ph.D.

A year after a hamstring pull thwarted the American's plans for triumph in front of a home crowd, the Olympic bronze medallist is working smarter - and feels fueled by her rivals. 

Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas on how an injury has shaped her anew: 'I became a different athlete'

The DACA recipient Guatemalan, currently ranked ninth in the world in the 5000m still needs permission to compete overseas. Find out about his incredible journey as he shares with us his dreams for the future. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Meet Luis Grijalva, the 'Dreamer' chasing history for Guatemala despite his state of limbo

The American Olympic gold medallist and her Australian rival both clear 4.90 metres before a warm embrace seals the decision to share world gold. Finland's Wilma Murto takes the bronze. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy share emotional pole vault gold 

Norway's world record holder regains his world title in Budapest, while the British Virgin Islands claim their first ever World Championships medal through McMaster.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Karsten Warholm reigns supreme again as Kyron McMaster makes history in 400m hurdles

For the second World Championships running, the Norwegian loses out to a member of Team GB as Kerr kicks past the Olympic champion to win a thrilling sprint to the finish line. Ingebrigtsen wins silver with compatriot Narve Gilje Nordås taking bronze.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Britain's Josh Kerr stuns favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take men's 1500m gold

Discover the highlights and schedule for Thursday, 24 August 2023, Day 6 of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 in Hungary, featuring Wayde van Niekerk, and Femke Bol in finals action, and Erriyon Knighton, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson in 200m semi-finals.

World Athletics Championships 2023 day six preview and schedule – Thursday 24 August

The heats of the men's 200m provided no real surprises, with all the major medal hopefuls safely qualifying to the semi-finals to be held on Thursday.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton and Andre de Grasse make men's 200m semis with ease

The American-born Swede soars over at the bar in each of his three jumps. The USA's Christopher Nilsen and Philippines Ernest John Obiena also make no mistakes in qualifying 

Armand DUPLANTIS

World Athletics Championships 2023: World record holder Mondo Duplantis perfect in Budapest as he soars through to pole vault final

The Sha'Carri show continues in Budapest as the new 100m world champion wins her heat to ease into the 200m semi-finals. Reigning world champion Shericka Jackson is also through as the race for the world 200m title heats up. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson saunters through to women's 200m semis

The Olympic champion adds a first world title to his collection after an excellent performance in Budapest. The USA's JuVaughn Harrison settles for silver while Qatar's Mutaz Barshim wins bronze

Gianmarco TAMBERI

World Athletics Championships 2023: Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi wins high jump gold

Defending champion Kipyegon leads the metric mile from start to finish as a late push from Dutchwoman Hassan nets her bronze.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Faith Kipyegon wins women's 1500m as Sifan Hassan holds on for third

In an exclusive interview, the Kenyan double Olympic champion, who broke three track world records across three different track distances in just under two months, shares how she's managing the pressure of expectations. 

Faith Kipyegon on pushing her legacy beyond titles and going for the 800m world record "if the chance comes"

Discover the highlights and schedule for Wednesday, 23 August 2023, Day 5 of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 in Hungary, featuring Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Katie Moon in finals action, and Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson in 200m heats.

World Athletics Championships 2023 day five preview and schedule – Wednesday 23 August

World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson returns to the National Athletic Centre for the 200m , alongside defending champion Shericka Jackson, Ivorian Marie-Jose Ta-Lou, Dina Asher-Smith and Julien Alfred. Find out who the favourites are for women’s 200m title, event schedule, and how to watch. 

World Athletics Championships 2023, women’s 200m preview: Schedule & how to watch live 

Defending champion Noah Lyles renews his 200m competition with Erriyon Knighton, just days after being crowed the 100m world champion. Discover the favourites, event schedule, and how to watch live action.

Track and field World Athletics Championships 2023 men’s 200m preview: Schedule & stars to watch

The fastest teenage 200m runner on the planet, who is preparing to run at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, has big goals for the future, with Olympic great Usain Bolt's world record within his sights. He spoke exclusively to Olympics.com about how far he's come in such a short space of time, and the scary prospect of just how good he can be. 

Erriyon KNIGHTON

Erriyon Knighton on his goals for the 200m: “I actually want to go sub-19”

Making his World Athletics Championship debut in borrowed spikes and uniting a nation during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sibusiso Matsenjwa has experienced first-hand sports power to change lives. Matsenjwa spoke to Olympics.com about his 

Sibusiso MATSENJWA

Sibusiso Matsenjwa: From racing in borrowed spikes to becoming the 'Swazi Bolt'

The American clocks a Championship record from lane 9 to beat Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson crowned women's 100m champion at track worlds in championship record 10.65

The American wins his third straight men's 110m hurdles world title in 12.96 with Olympic champion Hansle Parchment taking silver in Budapest.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Grant Holloway completes three-peat in men's 110m hurdles at track worlds

The new world 100m champion has big plans for the future of athletics and it all starts with his performances on the track. "When people come to see me, they get excited because they know a special moment is going to happen," he says. 

Noah LYLES

Noah Lyles exclusive on how he wants to reinvent track & field: "I'm unlimited"

The reigning Olympic and world silver medallist, who is preparing to compete in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, spoke exclusively to Olympics.com about what it would take for him to break the world record in his event, how sticking with the right people is key to success, and a potential one-on-one with world 110m hurdles champ Grant Holloway. 

Rai Benjamin on 400m hurdles world record: ‘It could be a lot faster. I feel I’m the one who could do that’

The American wins his first 100m world title after coming from behind, while Letsile Tebogo wins Africa's first 100m medal at the senior World Championships in a photo-finish for silver.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles crowned men's 100m world champion at track Worlds

Last year's world bronze medallist lines up in the men’s 200m heats on Wednesday 23 August at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest.

World Athletics Championships 2023: How to watch Erriyon Knighton live - men’s 200m full schedule

The Olympic champion and world record holder opens his world title defence on Wednesday 23 August at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest.

World Athletics Championships 2023: How to watch Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis live - men’s pole vault full schedule

The Brit holds off a bold challenge from the USA's Anna Hall to win the competition by 20 points - the narrowest margin in World Championships history. Hall takes the silver while Netherlands' Anouk Vetter wins bronze. 

World Athletics Championships 2023: Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins dramatic heptathlon gold

The Dutchwoman recovers from agonisingly missing out on a medal in the women's 10,000m to qualify for the women's 1500m final.

Sifan HASSAN

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sifan Hassan safely through to 1500m final day after dramatic fall in 10,000m

These track stars are breaking down barriers as they win world and Olympic medals after pregnancy. Far from a setback, childbirth has proven a boost in their running careers and now they want to send a message: "Pregnancy isn’t the end of our careers...We will be back!"

The supermoms of track and field: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shaune Miller-Uibo, Faith Kipyegon, Nia Ali, Ana Peleteiro and more

The three-time Olympic champion not only led the way in the women's 100m heats at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but also turned heads with her striking hairdo.

Shelly-Ann FRASER-PRYCE

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shows off her fiery orange hair...and it’s hot!

Ewa Swoboda and Julien Alfred joined Richardson in clocking sub-11 seconds, while Jamaica's world champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson each won their heats. Discover who else made it.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson makes women's 100m semis as fastest qualifier at track worlds

The world record holder set a time of 44.57 in heat 2. Reigning Olympic champion Steven Gardiner, London 2012 gold medallist Kirani James and Britain's 2022 world bronze medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith also advanced.

Wayde VAN NIEKERK

Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m heat to qualify for semi-finals at World Athletics Championships 2023

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the five-time world champion in the women’s 100m and leads the Jamaican team of four.  There’s also the American champion Sha’Carri Richardson and Ivorian Marie-Jose Ta-Lou who have been in great shape this season. Find out who the favourites are for women’s 100m title, event schedule, and how to watch.

World Athletics Championships 2023, women’s 100m preview: Schedule & stars to watch

The 18-year-old has a host of records to his name. The triple jumper  wants his story to inspire other young Jamaican athletes.

Triple-jumping teenager Jaydon Hibbert wants to be Jamaica's 'Usain Bolt in the jumps' 

The Dutch looked odds-on for victory before a late surge from Alexis Holmes saw her draw level with Bol, who slipped just before the finish line to see Netherlands miss out on the medals 

World Athletics Championships 2023: USA set 4x400m mixed relay world record as Femke Bol falls in final metres

Despite competing with blood clots in his legs, the Olympic and defending world champion breaks the Championship record en route to gold in Budapest.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Ryan Crouser comes close to world record, wins men's shot put world title at track and field worlds

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs also qualifies after third-place finish in his heat. Discover who else made it.

World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles and Fred Kerley safely through to men's 100m semis at track Worlds

The 2023 NCAA 100m bronze medallist coached by the American track and field legend is one of the youngsters who could pull a surprise at the World Championships that begins on Saturday 19 August. In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com in Budapest, he opens up on his seven-year athletics journey and why he wants to be “bigger than the sport.”

South Africa's Shaun Maswanganyi on Carl Lewis motivating him 'to be great', and why he can be the shock 100m world champion

The two-time World 200m champion is in confident mood before the 2023 World Athletics Championships. He spoke exclusively to Olympics.com about his goals for Budapest 23, what it means to be happy while being inconsistent, and his quest to break the world records of the great Usain Bolt. 

Noah Lyles: “I’m gonna win two golds in the 100 and 200, and then we can go break the record in the 4x1”

NBC Sports’ Untitled: The Noah Lyles Project debuts today ahead of day one of the World Athletics Championships, giving insight into the life of Lyles before his attempt to break Usain Bolt's 200m world record 

Three-time world champion Noah Lyles debuts docuseries

Fred Kerley is the defending world champion in the men's 100m, in which Team USA has four athletes. One of them, Noah Lyles, has set a goal of 9.65 seconds in the event. Discover the favourites, event schedule, and how to watch.

Track and field World Athletics Championships 2023 men’s 100m preview: Schedule & stars to watch

The challenges the Dutch two-time Olympic gold medallist continues to take on have left the athletics world in awe, including signing up for another attempt at a treble at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest. She is once again aiming to showcase her ability to shine when most would balk at the idea of even trying.

World Athletics Championships Budapest 23: If anyone can, Sifan Hassan can

The two-time world champion has said he envisions running a world record time in the 200m and a personal best in the 100m in the near future. “If Noah's running 9.65, I’m running faster,” responded 100m world champion Fred Kerley. 

Noah Lyles on bold world record prediction for 2023 World Athletics Championships: “I’m definitely going to say what I believe I can do”

In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com, the British 400m runner spoke about receiving her multiple sclerosis diagnosis two weeks out from her Olympic debut in Tokyo and how two years on, she is delivering her best yet.

Laviai NIELSEN

Laviai Nielsen on her MS diagnosis and future hopes: "I will do my absolute best to be in Paris"

Know the start times of the Jamaican sprint queen who will compete in the 100m and the 4x100m relay at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest as she is hoping to World Athletics Championships history.

How to watch Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce live at 2023 Track and Field World Championships 

The fastest female 200m runner on the planet today has come closer than anyone to beating the 35-year-old half-lap world record of Florence Griffith-Joyner. But the reigning world champion isn’t focused on records alone as she takes aim at a second world title in Budapest. 

Shericka JACKSON

Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson on Flo-Jo’s 200m world record: Anything is possible

Italy's 100m Olympic champion opens up about his chances at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after two injury-hit years since he won Tokyo 2020 gold.

Lamont Marcell JACOBS

Marcell Jacobs on 2023 World Athletics Championships: "I've had a lot of doubts"

Discover how to follow Sha'Carri Richardson's races at the 2023 World Athletics Championships as the American sprinter makes her debut at the worlds.

How to watch Sha'Carri Richardson live in action at track and field Worlds – schedule

Wayde van Niekerk is back and ready to go at full tilt as he seeks a third title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest taking place from 19 to 27 August. 

How to watch Wayde van Niekerk live in the 400m at World Athletics Championships 2023: Full schedule 

For many of the world’s top athletes, the mental side of their training has been bolstered by the use of visualisation and manifestation techniques - and the results have at times been astonishing. 

The secret to track & field success: Visualisation and manifestation 

Noah Lyles is targeting three sprint events at the World Championships, having set himself lofty goals. Here's how to watch him in action and see if he accomplishes his target times.

World Athletics Championships 2023: How to watch Noah Lyles in track and field action live – Sprint schedules

The owner of this year’s 100m world lead spoke to Olympics.com about his plans for the upcoming Worlds, what it’s like to be coached by the same man as Usain Bolt, his eerily accurate race premonitions, and how he’s just as fast in the skies as he is on the ground. 

High-flying British sprinter Zharnel Hughes: “It’s not about running the fastest time in the world, it’s about getting the championship”

The reigning 400m World champ announced Tuesday (15 August) that he has withdrawn from the global meet that begins Saturday (19 August)

Michael Norman to miss Worlds, refocus for Paris 2024

Olympics.com picks 10 athletes – five men, five women – who could challenge the favourites and break through to win a first major international medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary (19–27 August).

World Athletics Championships 2023: Ten track and field rising stars to watch at Budapest 23

The NCAA champion in both the 100m and 200m, Alfred has her sights set on Olympic glory for Paris 2024. She wants to win Saint Lucia its first-ever Olympic medal but first up are the World Athletics Championships. Find out in our exclusive interview how it all started and how her win over Sha'Carri Richardson changed things. 

Julien Alfred on a mission: ‘I have the potential to be one of the best.’ 

Some athletes will go to the limits to achieve the marginal gains required for success in the competitive world of elite athletics. From punishing plans to out-of-the-box training sessions, find out what some of the world’s top track & field stars are willing to do to maximise their performance in the sport. 

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