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Beth Shriever hoping to secure another title at BMX World Championships

Shriever is the Olympic, world and European champion

The Independent UK

Commonwealth Games 2022: Kelsey-Lee Barber tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of opening ceremony

World Championships gold medallist Kelsey-Lee Barber has tested positive to COVID-19 a day out from the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

ABC News

From Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce to Chad Le Clos: Here are the biggest international names to watch at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

There'll be plenty of global superstars on show in Birmingham, including the four fastest women on the planet, iconic Paralympians, and a swimmer poised to become the greatest Commonwealth Games athlete of all time.

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Birmingham Commonwealth Games: Emma McKeon, Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O'Callaghan expected to lead another Aussie swimming golden haul

The Australian swim team enjoyed a strong world championships campaign, and a couple of Olympic superstars are returning to the fold for the Commonwealth Games.

ABC News

Rosemary Lenton relishing her Commonwealth Games debut at the age of 72

The former sailor and cyclist is part of Team Scotland’s para bowls squad at the Birmingham Games.

The Independent UK

US mulls more events after World Championship success

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - As a metaphor for a sport with lofty ambitions, Armand Duplantis soaring to a pole vault world record was the perfectly scripted final act that a thrilling World Athletics Championships deserved.

AFP

The First World Championships in the U.S. Went Perfectly. But Was It Enough?

With the Los Angeles Games just six years away, the world championships were a chance to attract new track and field fans. But did it vault the sport into the mainstream as officials intended?

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Athletics urged to kick on after first World Championships in United States

The opening weekend last week saw 11.4 million viewers in the USA which surpassed broadcaster NBC’s coverage of all previous World Championships

The Independent UK

Hurdler Amusan Sets Surprise Record in 100m at Worlds

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set a world record hardly anyone saw coming, crossing the line in the semifinal heat of the women's 100-meter hurdles Sunday in 12.12 seconds at the world championships. The 25-year-old, who finished fourth at last year's Olympics, held her arms out in amazement when she saw the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Keely Hodgkinson wins silver on final day of World Championships

Hodgkinson also won silver at the Tokyo Olympics last year.

The National (Scotland)

Highlights from the World Championships in Eugene

The World Championships in Eugene finished on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Keely Hodgkinson wins silver in thrilling Athing Mu battle at World Championships

Hodgkinson also won silver at the Tokyo Olympics last year

The Independent UK

Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first silver at World Athletics Championships

Indian javelin champion secured the silver with his 88.13m hurl in Oregon’s Hayward Field

The Independent UK

Neeraj Chopra makes history with javelin silver

Makes a strong comeback to become India’s first World Championships male medallist; Rohit finishes 10th; Eldhose ninth in triple jump

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The Hindu

Neeraj Chopra | A look at the achievements of the javelin champion

Before winning the silver at the Oregon World Championships, Chopra produced his personal best throw of 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League

Daily Mirror

Dina Asher-Smith facing anxious Commonwealth Games wait after injury heartache

The former 200m world champion is now an injury concern for the upcoming Commonwealth Games after appearing in some serious discomfort at the World Championships

Daily Mirror

GB sprint relay team land bronze at World Champs after being stripped of Olympic medals

Team Great Britain put the disappointment of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics behind them to ensure they returned to the podium for the World Championships men's sprint relay

The Hindu

I will take it, says Neeraj Chopra after winning silver at World Athletics Championships

Neeraj Chopra had won Indian athletics' maiden gold in the Tokyo Olympics last year

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AFP

De Grasse brings home relay gold as Canada upset US

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - Andre De Grasse anchored Canada to an upset gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday as the United States quartet once again failed to deliver.

The Independent UK

Great Britain win surprise bronze in men’s 4x100m relay at World Championships

A new squad helped banish some of the pain from last year’s Olympics

AFP

Canada wins men's world 4x100 relay gold

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - Canada upset the United States to storm to victory in the men's 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Lorraine Ugen and Jazmin Sawyers into World Championships final

The British duo reached Sunday’s battle for the long jump medals in Eugene.

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games: Neeraj-led Indian athletics team primed for best show after Delhi

India’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze

The Hindu

Javelin thrower Annu Rani finishes seventh in World Championships

Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber of Australia won the gold

AFP

McLaughlin smashes world record to win world 400m hurdles

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin wrote another astonishing chapter in her track and field career on Friday, obliterating her own world record as she powered to a jaw-dropping victory in the women's 400m hurdles at the World Championships in Oregon.

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