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World Athletics Championships 2025: Lyles, Jefferson-Wooden clinch gold; Bol retains 400m hurdles title

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Noah Lyles pulled ahead of Kenny Bednarek heading into the straightaway then held him off down the stretch to capture his fourth title in a much-awaited 200m at the World Athletics Championships on Friday night. Lyles finished in 19.52s for a .06-second margin over Bednarek, who led the final at the halfway point, fell behind…

Russians still banned as the track and field world championships open in Tokyo

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Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics, on Friday said the organisation is sticking to its long-held position that Russian athletes won’t be allowed at the upcoming world championships and other big events until a peace settlement is reached in its war in Ukraine. Track and field’s hard-line stance is an outlier among Olympic sports,…