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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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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

Mondo Duplantis during the pole vault at the 2023 Brussels Diamond League

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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)

Femke Bol and Lieke Klaver

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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Olympic finalist Daryll Neita continued her upward trajectory as an individual athlete claiming the scalp of Dina Asher-Smith en route to the 100m title at the UK Athletics Championships at the Manchester Regional Arena on Saturday (25 June).
Neita was in fine fettle, running away with the victory in 10.80

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Daryll Neita of Cambridge Harriers competes in the Women's 100m Semi Final during the Muller UK Athletics Championships at Manchester Regional Arena on June 25, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

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Daryll Neita upsets Dina Asher-Smith for 100m crown at UK Athletics Championships in Manchester

Reigning Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah returns to the track at the Athletics' Diamond League meet in Birmingham on Saturday 21 May.
Jamaica's double 100m and 200m gold medallist from Tokyo 2020 is fresh from an easy win at the Puerto Rico Athletics Classic in Ponce on Thursday (12 May).

WALNUT, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 16: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica crosses the finish line of the women's 100 meter dash semi-finals during the Mt SAC Relays Elite Division & USATF Golden Games at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on April 16, 2022 in Walnut, California. (Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)

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The first of 13 Diamond League meetings for 2022 takes place in Doha on Friday (13 May), just over 70 days before the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
The premier series will play host to several thrilling rematches from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021, with the Prefontaine Classic

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 04:  A genaral  view of the Memorial Van Damme Brussels during the 2020 Diamond League meeting at King Baudouin Stadium on September 04, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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All three Tokyo 2020 women's 100m medallists will be in action this Saturday (21 August) as global athletics action returns following the successful Olympic meet with the resumption of the Diamond League season.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson are all set to run in the 100m at

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 31: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Team Jamaica celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Final on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Jamaican women dominate sprint events in Tokyo

Olympic champions and medallists back in action at Prefontaine Classic in Oregon

Faith Kipyegon curled up on the track and covered herself with the Kenyan flag just to take a moment to absorb what she'd just done – that is, defend her Olympic title in the 1500m. In doing so the mother-of-one had recorded a new Olympic record of 3:53.11.
On winning

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Faith Kipyegon of Team Kenya wins the gold medal during the Women's 1500 metres final on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

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