American Yared Nuguse fought off a high-calibre field to win the 1,500 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League in Zurich, on a night when the weather dampened world record expectations at the Letzigrund Stadium.

Royals Club coach Antonio Raboiliku has noticed the significant number of athletes who have left the sport to pursue other interests.

Olympic champion Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the 3,000 metres women’s steeplechase in impressive fashion at the Rome Diamond League meeting, coming agonisingly close to breaking the world record with the second-fastest ever time.

Two-times Olympic champion Armand Duplantis soared to another victory in his illustrious resume, winning the city pole vault competition to open the Lausanne Diamond League meeting.

Athletics Fiji coach Albert Miller hopes athletes transitioning into other sports are well taken care of in their new fields.

Jamaica’s dominance in the women’s 100 and 200 metres came to an abrupt end in Paris with sprint queens Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson absent or injured.

American Masai Russell produced a stunning run to win the Olympic 100-metre hurdles title in a blanket finish, edging out home hope Cyrena Samba-Mayela and Tokyo champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

The United States continued their dominance of the Olympic 4×400 metres relay on Saturday but only just, as Rai Benjamin held off Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo in a thrilling last-leg battle between two individual gold medallists, as Britain took bronze.

The United States blazed to the gold medal in the Olympic women’s 4×400 metres relay, clocking the second quickest time in history and stretching the country’s remarkable victory streak in the event to eight in a row.

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon was over the moon after winning her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold today, surging through the final lap to finish more than a second ahead of the field.

The United States raced to the gold medal in the Olympic women’s 4×100 metres relay on Friday, capturing their 12th title in the event thanks to three smooth handovers as Britain made a mess of their final baton exchange.

Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title.