Tag: World record

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‘My dad burnt my training gear'-Amusan  

The 25-year-old ran a time of 12.12 seconds - shaving almost a tenth of a second off the previous world record - in the semi-finals...

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Amusan’s feats revive debate on shoe technology 

Shoe technology has been in the spotlight since records began to fall last year

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Amusan: the accidental hurdler who became the world record-holder

Tobi Amusan started out as a sprinter and long jumper as a youngster in her native Nigeria.  

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Mokoka breaks world 50km record with 2:40:13 in Gqeberha

The three-time Olympian has been running marathons for more than a decade but made history in his very first 50km race