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Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the triple jump in Budapest

YoopyaAug 23, 2023August 23, 20230

Hugues Fabrice Zango made his first-ever finish in men’s triple jump final with two Cubans sharing the podium by just an inch. The 30-year-old athlete,

Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

YoopyaFeb 25, 2021June 13, 20230

Caster Semenya is going to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge discriminatory rules that prohibit her from competing in certain track events because

Holloway breaks world indoor 60m hurdles record

YoopyaFeb 25, 2021June 13, 20230

American Grant Holloway broke the world indoor 60m hurdles record that had endured since 1994 on Wednesday, finishing in 7.29 seconds to shave 0.01 seconds

World Athletics bans prototype shoes after Nike controversy

YoopyaJan 31, 2020June 14, 20230

World Athletics on Friday announced a ban on using prototype shoes in competition after a recent spate of world records set by athletes wearing the

Usain Bolt says Tyson Gay should have been banned for life for doping

YoopyaApr 25, 2015July 1, 20230

• Bolt criticises leniency of one-year ban as ‘stupidest thing I’ve ever heard’• Jamaican ‘really bothered’ by prospect of facing Gay at world championships• Wilson