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Farah ends track career with victory in Zurich

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:43:45 +0200

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah ended his track career in thrilling fashion on Thursday with victory in the 5,000m at the Diamond League final in Zurich while world 100m champion Justin Gatlin slumped to defeat.

Athletics trio embroiled in Russian doping scandal loses appeal

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:22:12 +0200

Disgraced ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack's son Papa Massata Diack, former Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichev and coach Alexei Melnikov lost their appeals on Monday against life bans imposed over corruption.

Mo Farah to make farewell appearance at Zurich track event

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:39:09 +0200

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will delay his impending track retirement by a few days to compete at the Zurich Diamond League final, organizers said on Friday.

Bolt 'successor' van Niekerk victorious in Lausanne meet

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:48:23 +0200

World record holder Wayde van Niekerk stormed to victory in the 400m at the Diamond League meet at Lausanne on Thursday, as American veteran Justin Gatlin went sub-10sec for the 100m.

Sprint champ Thompson on winning form in Zurich

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:14:44 +0200

Recently-crowned double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson maintained her winning ways by holding her form to claim victory in an all-star women's 200m at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday.

Swiss lab under fire in Russian doping scandal

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:36:19 +0100

A Swiss laboratory has rejected suggestions it broke rules set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) when it destroyed analysed blood samples, but said it had opened an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Athletics: Farah bounces back to take Zurich gold

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:51:00 +0200

Mo Farah resumed normal service as the world and Olympic 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre champion emerged from months of illness and disappointing form to win the 10,000-metre title at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

Powell makes third-place return at Lucerne meet

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:35:00 +0200

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell wasted no time getting back into the thick of the action a day after his doping ban was reduced, running a modest 10.30 seconds in the 100m at the Lucerne meeting on Tuesday.

Gatlin and James triumph in Lausanne

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:50:00 +0200

Tyson Gay's hopes of returning from a one-year doping ban with immediate victory were dashed at the Lausanne Diamond League meet on Thursday by fellow-American Justin Gatlin.

Aman eclipses Rudisha as Bolt and Blake coast

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:54:00 +0200

Jamaican sprint duo Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake dominated the 100 and 200m at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday, but Kenyan 800m star David Rudisha was upstaged by Ethiopian novice Mohammed Aman.

Adams crushes Zurich rivals with meet record

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:40:00 +0200

New Zealand's Valerie Adams crushed her rivals in the women's shot put in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich on Wednesday.

Bolt and Rudisha head stellar Zurich field

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:07:33 +0200

Sprinting legend Usain Bolt and 800m world record-holder David Rudisha will headline a stellar track and field line-up at Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Zurich.

Blake clocks historic time in Lausanne

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:03:00 +0200

Usain Bolt eased to victory in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday as Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake became the second fastest 100m performer of all time.

Bolt vows to put on show for Lausanne crowd

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:48:00 +0200

Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt and his young Jamaican compatriot Yohan Blake will not race each other again this season, Blake's manager, Cubee Seegobin, indicated on Wednesday.

Gatlin out of Lausanne meeting

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:40:00 +0200

US sprint star and Olympic 100m bronze medallist Justin Gatlin on Wednesday pulled out of Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Lausanne for health reasons, organizers announced.

World champ Blake races to Zurich 100m win

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:55:00 +0200

Newly-crowned Jamaican world 100m champion Yohan Blake raced to victory on Thursday in timing a personal best 9.82sec at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.