World Champs Men’s Steeple — Write Off Kipruto At Your Own Peril
EVEN THE best-laid plans can’t stop Conseslus Kipruto. The colorful, often enigmatic Kenyan had won gold in ’17, a year… Read More
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World Champs Men’s 5000 — A Night Of Raucous Joy For Ethiopia
WITH MANY HUNDREDS of Doha-based Ethiopian workers enjoying a rare timeout in the stands, where songs were sung and flags… Read More
World Champs Men’s 10,000 — XC Champ vs Mile Recordsetter
JOINING ELITE COMPANY, Joshua Cheptegei used a 55.38 last 400 to accomplish what only legendary Kenenisa Bekele had previously attained… Read More
World Champs Men’s 110 Hurdles — Holloway From Gun To Tape
GRANT HOLLOWAY’S brief partial season as a professional athlete went pretty well. He’s world champion. Almost 4 months since he… Read More
Grant Holloway Had To Win Over The Doubters
WINNING HURDLE GOLD in Doha was all about redemption for Grant Holloway, who was slotted only at No. 5 on… Read More
World Champs Men’s 400 Hurdles — Warholm Defends
FEW EVENTS in Doha had attracted as much premeet hype as this, billed as a clash among 3 giants in… Read More
World Champs Men’s Marathon — The Sauna Was Set On Medium
THE ETHIOPIAN DUO of Lelisa Desisa and the favored Mosinet Geremew swept the top 2 places of the 26-miler after… Read More
World Champs Men’s 20K Walk — Japan Scores Rare Double
WITH YUSUKE SUZUKI already in the books with his 50K win 5 days earlier, Japan had major hopes of walking… Read More
World Champs Men’s 50K Walk — A Test Of Survival
GIVEN THE 31-degree Celsius reading (worth 88 on the Fahrenheit charts) half an hour before midnight, combined with 74% humidity,… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4×1 — Team USA Finally Back On Top
IN THE EYES of American fans the WC men’s short relay hadn’t gone the way it was supposed to since… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4 x 400 — U.S. Gearing Up For Next Year
AMIDST THE gnashing of teeth over the loss of injured 400 favorite Michael Norman and having advanced only one to… Read More
World Champs Men’s High Jump — Barshim Finally Gets Doha Rockin’
MUTAZ BARSHIM has been the poster boy of the ’19 WC since Doha signed its contract with the IAAF in… Read More
World Champs Men’s Pole Vault — A Tale Of Last-Attempt Comethroughs
“THAT WAS THE most amazing competition I’ve ever been involved with,” said Sam Kendricks after successfully defending his title. And… Read More
World Champs Men’s Long Jump — Gayle Blows Away His Rivals
SOMETIMES YOU JUST FIND your sweet spot and that’s what happened to Tajay Gayle on Saturday. After struggling to make… Read More
World Champs Men’s Triple Jump: Taylor Takes Title No. 4
IF THERE WAS any doubt before that Christian Taylor belongs in the pantheon of 3-phase gods then he assuaged those… Read More
World Champs Men’s Shot — The 75-Foot Barrier Battered
“THIS COULD rate as the event of the meet,” we said in the September issue’s Doha Preview… you be the… Read More
Joe Kovacs Had Reason To Smile In Doha
WHAT NEEDS to align to win history’s greatest shot competition ever? (Or maybe, as silver medalist Ryan Crouser suggested after… Read More
World Champs Men’s Discus — Ståhl Strikes Early
NOT ONLY DID Daniel Ståhl earn the title “world champion,” he also owned the event. After a foul on his… Read More
World Champs Men’s Hammer — 4 For Fajdek
WELCOME TO the Paweł Fajdek clinic on how to win a WC hammer gold: •First, throw a winning distance—260-4 (79.34)—on… Read More
World Champs Men’s Javelin — A Back-To-School Present For Peters
WHAT DO the ’19 seasons of javelinist Anderson Peters and hurdler Grant Holloway have in common? Each claimed both an… Read More
