Athletics

News Hour: Ethiopia will not bar runner Feyisa Lilesa from entering the country after he made an anti-government gesture upon finishing second in the Olympic marathon on Sunday, an official said. Lilesa held his arms over...

News Hour: Two Olympic athletes who helped each other reach the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision in the women’s 5,000m have both been granted places in the final. New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin and the...

News Hour: Sprint queen Elaine Thompson from Jamaica became the first woman since 1988 to take gold in both 100m and 200m. Thompson’s dominant victory emulated the legendary American Florence Griffith Joyner, the last woman to...

News Hour: Omar Mcleod took Jamaica’s excellence in the sprints to a new level when he clinched his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles. The 22-year-old, the only man to clock below...

News Hour: Rio native Thiago Da Silva improved his personal best by 10cm to set a new Olympic record and win Brazil’s first athletics gold since 1984. Thiago da Silva, a silver medallist at the Youth...

News Hour: Sanne Wevers gave the performance of her life to outscore hot favourite Simone Biles, who was chasing her fourth gold medal in Rio Olympic 2016. The Dutchwoman caused a huge upset when she thwarted...

News Hour: Eleftherios Petrounias triumphed in rings with a score of 16.000, while Ri Se-Gwang took vault gold despite a stumble. Eleftherios Petrounias showed off his superior power in the Olympic gymnastics strongman event as he...

News Hour: Nobody was going to steal the show from Usain Bbolt’s 100m title defense on day nine of Rio 2016 but wayde van niekerk’s remarkable record-breaking triumph in the men’s 400m came close and suggested...

News Hour: China’s he zi received the shock of her life when team-mate and boyfriend qin kai rushed up with a diamond ring during the medal ceremony of the women’s 3m springboard. Qin, who himself won...

News Hour: Jemima Sumgong became the first Kenyan to win the women’s Olympic marathon. London marathon winner Sumgong, 31, finished in two hours 24 minutes four seconds to end a run of three straight silvers in...