Sports
World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024: Great Britain’s Josh Kerr wins 3,000m gold
Kerr, who has made clear his intention to leave the Paris Olympics with a gold medal hanging around his neck, judged his finish to perfection as he overhauled Ethiopia’s defending champion Selemon Barega.
The 26-year-old never looked like relinquishing the lead once he hit the front with 400m remaining, the crowd rising to their feet as Kerr powered to a memorable victory.
Little more than six months has passed since Kerr stunned reigning Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take the outdoor World Championship 1500m gold in Budapest.
Winner of Olympic bronze in Tokyo, Kerr has backed up his talk at the start of 2024 by breaking British legend Mo Farah’s world indoor two-mile record that had stood for nine years – and now he has another world gold to reinforce his confidence.
Having finished 12th at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham two years ago, Kerr said prior to these championships he wanted to at last do himself justice in front of a home crowd.
He achieved that here, while further asserting himself as the man to beat in Paris.
More to follow.
Nelly Korda secured her sixth victory in seven tournaments by winning the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday.
The 25-year-old’s level-par 71 saw her win on 14 under, one shot clear of Australian Hannah Green at the Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City.
Korda started the final day with a two-shot lead but had three bogeys and one birdie on the front nine to be level with Green at the halfway point.
After matching each other down the stretch it was the Australian who blinked first, missing a par putt on the 18th that would have forced a play-off.
The victory means American Korda bounced back at the first opportunity after her winning streak of five came to an end at last week’s Cognizant Founders Cup.
The world number one’s run had included last month’s Chevron Championship, the first major of the season.
It was Korda’s 14th LPGA Tour victory as she became the first American to win six or more times in a season since Beth Daniel won seven times in 1990. American legend Mickey Wright holds the record with 13 victories in 1963.
Korda will next turn her attention to the US Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club, which begins on 30 May.
Watch Match of the Day’s tribute to Ian Wright as the Arsenal legend steps down as a pundit, 27 years after his first studio appearance on the show.
Source link
Great Britain’s Olympic BMX champion Bethany Shriever has fractured her collarbone two months before defending her title at the Paris 2024 Games.
The 25-year-old sustained the injury at the BMX Racing World Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
She crashed out on the final straight in her semi-final on Saturday.
“Not how I wanted my World Champs to end, but it’s BMX,” Shriever posted on Instagram on Sunday.
“Leaving this four-week trip with a fractured collarbone, time to get our heads down and get to work. Grateful for the team behind me.”
Shriever claimed Britain’s first BMX Olympic medal with gold at Tokyo 2020.
This summer’s Olympics begin on Friday, 26 July.
Should London become a 'sponge city'?
Cretan resort brand launches traditional house for Summer 2024 season
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter crash
American Idol Season 22 Winner Revealed
Jamal Crawford’s Post Portraying Michael Jordan As the GOAT Finds Support from Former Celtics Star
Nelly Korda: World number one wins Americas Open for sixth win in seven tournaments
China’s EV makers are having more trouble paying their bills and now take 2 to 3 times longer than Tesla does
Unconfirmed sighting of mountain lion in Griffith Park recalls L.A.’s favorite big cat, P-22
Ian Wright's emotional Match of the Day montage
Former CIA director reacts to Stefanik’s remarks about ‘wiping’ Hamas ‘off the face of the Earth’
Black History Facts I had to Learn on My Own pt.6 📜
A Closer Look: Afro-Mexicans 🇲🇽
PROOF AFRICAN AMERICANS AIN'T FROM AFRICA DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE
How Did Normal Medieval People Survive Winter? | Tudor Monastery Farm | Chronicle
A Closer Look: Afro-Mexicans 🇲🇽
What happened to the many African Kingdoms? History of Africa 1500-1800 Documentary 1/6
The Entire History of Africa in Under 10 Minutes – Documentary
AFRO MEXICO: Black History In Mexico!
Why do we call them the “Dark Ages”? – Medieval DOCUMENTARY
A Black African King in Medieval European Art
Evidence of African Nobility all over Medieval Europe.
african presence in mexico part 1
Did Africans Discover America Before Christopher Columbus?
The Black Presence in Renaissance Europe in 4K- Historical Paintings of Africans Brought To Life
Africans Visited the Americas Long Before Columbus | African History
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima – African Presence in Early Asia
African Presence in Early Europe – Dr Ivan Sertima – PART 1
History of Cameroon
Black History (It’s Yours) | Black History Month Rap Anthem | Animated Music Video
History of Africa from the 16th to the 20th Century
-
African History4 months agoBlack History Facts I had to Learn on My Own pt.6 📜
-
African History4 years agoA Closer Look: Afro-Mexicans 🇲🇽
-
African History1 year agoPROOF AFRICAN AMERICANS AIN'T FROM AFRICA DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE
-
African History2 years agoHow Did Normal Medieval People Survive Winter? | Tudor Monastery Farm | Chronicle
-
African History4 years ago
A Closer Look: Afro-Mexicans 🇲🇽
-
African History3 years agoWhat happened to the many African Kingdoms? History of Africa 1500-1800 Documentary 1/6
-
African History3 years agoThe Entire History of Africa in Under 10 Minutes – Documentary
-
African History2 years agoAFRO MEXICO: Black History In Mexico!