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Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela is one of athletics’ true superstars. The triple jumper is a four-time world champion, an Olympic silver medallist, and has broken a world record.
She smashed the indoor world record in the run up to Tokyo 2020 with a jump of 15.43m in Madrid.
The women’s

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DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 05:   Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela celebrates winning gold in the Women's Triple Jump final during day nine of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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Track and field has been one of the most-watched Olympic sports.
There will be no Usain Bolt for the first time in five Olympics, but the sprints are certain to the biggest draw.
The track and field competition will be spread over 16 sessions at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, while the

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The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

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Sportswomen including footballer Carli Lloyd, figure skater Aljona Savchenko and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas share an International Women's Day message.

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The 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha left us with many spectacular athletics moments including a 13th world title for U.S.A. G.O.A.T. Allyson Felix, and first global crowns for Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles and Dina Asher-Smith.
Coleman and Lyles led the USA back to No.1 in the men's sprints after

2019 IAAF World Championships - Doha

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates with her son Zyon after winning the Women's 100 Metres final during day three of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF)

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The 18th Pan American Games of Lima 2019 had many memorable moments. But here's the Olympic Channel pick of 10 stories from Peru that could have a huge impact on events at Tokyo 2020 in just under a year from now.

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Triple jump with a South American flair and grace.
That’s what Olympic gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen and world champion Yulimar Rojas have brought to the track and field event in recent years.
Colombian hero Ibarguen beat Rojas to the Olympic title at Rio 2016.
But the Venezuelan denied Ibarguen a

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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

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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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Caterine Ibarguen wins Colombia's first Olympic athletics gold in the women's triple jump.

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Ibarguen wins Women's Triple Jump gold

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2023 may have been a pre-Olympic year but it still served up some of the most scintillating performances in the history of athletics.
World records fell in track, field and road events as newcomers shone and battle-worn champions continued to show just why they are the very best in the

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 26: Faith Kipyegon of Team Kenya reacts to winning the Women's 5,000m Final during day eight of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 26, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

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Faith Kipyegon and Noah Lyles were named women's and men's World Athletes of the Year, respectively, on the track by World Athletics Monday (11 December) in a ceremony held in Monaco.
“The depth of talent and the outstanding performances in our sport this year more than justify the expansion of

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Noah Lyles on stage during the OMEGA panel discussion with Olympic ambassadors at The Planet OMEGA exhibition launch at the Chelsea Factory on November 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for OMEGA)

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World Athletics Awards 2023: Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles take Athlete of the Year awards

The 2023 edition of the World Athletics Awards takes place this Monday 11 December with the women’s and men’s World Athletes of the Year scheduled to be revealed in a ceremony in Monaco.
Last year’s winners were 400m hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the US and pole vault

Armand Duplantis was named male World Athlete of the Year in 2022

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Sprint world champions Sha'Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson are among the 11 females nominated for Women's World Athlete of the Year 2023.
The shortlist of track and field stars was announced by World Athletics on Wednesday (11 October), two months before the winner will be announced on 11 December.
Many

Sha'Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson celebrate together

Sha'Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson lead 11 nominees for Women's World Athlete of the Year 2023

Did you know that the oldest track athletics world record is in the women’s 800m set by Jarmila Kratochvilova in 1983?
Or that the longest-standing mark in the field has belonged to German discus thrower Jurgen Schult since 1986?
The fastest man in history is Usain Bolt. The Jamaican became

Athletics | World Championships | Oregon

BERLIN - AUGUST 16:  Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the line to win the gold medal in the men's 100 Metres Final during day two of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bolt set a new World Record of 9.58.  (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen was just metres away from a second world record in just over a week at the Diamond League Final 2023 in Eugene on Saturday (16 September).
Eight days after breaking Hicham El Guerrouj's 2000m mark in Brussels, the Norwegian star was involved in a thrilling battle with Yared

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (R) holds off Yared Nuguse to win the Bowerman Mile at the 2023 Diamond League Final

Diamond League Final in Eugene 2023: Jakob Ingebrigtsen clocks third-fastest mile in history as Rai Benjamin stuns Karsten Warholm

Having won a fourth world outdoor title just weeks ago at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Yulimar Rojas has announced that she will not compete in the Pan American Games Santiago 2023.
The biggest continental sporting event in the Americas, which takes place from 20 October to 5

Pan American Games 2023 | Santiago

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 25: Gold medalist Yulimar Rojas of Team Venezuela celebrates after winning in the Women's Triple Jump Final during day seven of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 25, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images for World Athletics)

Yulimar Rojas celebrates after winning triple jump gold at the 2023 World Championships 

Yulimar Rojas will not compete at 2023 Pan American Games: "I don't want to put the Olympics at risk physically or psychologically"

Fresh off their World Athletics Championships-winning performances, eight world champions added victories at the Zürich Weltklasse Diamond League track and field meet on Thursday (31 August) to their season achievements.
While sprint queens Sha'Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson and the undoubted men's sprint superstar Noah Lyles all registered comfortable victories,

Yulimar Rojas - triple jump final - 2023 World Championships

Zurich Diamond League 2023: World champions from Budapest 23 shine in Switzerland

Athletics fans will barely get a chance to catch their breath following the conclusion of a thrilling World Athletics Championships with the action shifting back to the premier international track and field series.
The Zurich Diamond League meeting on Wednesday (30 August) and Thursday (31 August) is brimming with world

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 26: Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden celebrates winning the Men's Pole Vault Final during day eight of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 26, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Armand Duplantis is one of the main attraction at the Zurich Diamond League 

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Olympic champion and world record holder Yulimar Rojas had to dig deep.
After a completely uncharacteristic off-day for the Venezuelan, she found something extra on her final jump to claim the women's triple jump crown at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Friday evening (25 August).
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Athletics | World Championships 2023 | Budapest

Gold medalist Yulimar Rojas of Team Venezuela celebrates after winning in the Women's Triple Jump Final during day seven of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 25, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

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

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This event took place on 01/08/2021 at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. Rojas (VEN) claimed the Gold, Mamona (POR) Silver and Peleteiro (ESP) completed the podium

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Women's Triple Jump Final - Athletics | Tokyo 2020 Replays

This event took place on 01/08/2021 at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. It includes the Men's 100m Semifinals and Final, the Women's 100m and Women's Shot Put Victory Ceremony, the Women's Triple Jump and Men's High Jump Finals as well as the Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinals, the Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals and the Men's 800m Semifinals

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Track and Field - Day 9 - Evening Session - Athletics | Tokyo 2020 Replays

Caterine Ibargüen wins the Gold for Colombia, Yulimar Rojas the Silver for Venezuela and Olga Rypakova the Bronze for Kazakhstan in the women's triple jump final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

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