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Molly Caudery won the women’s pole vault final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow 24 . After battling achilles and calf injuries for the best part of three years, the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist returned to form with a 4.84m world lead . At 4.80m in Glasgow, McCartney was lying joint second with Moon, both having needed two attempts to negotiate 4.75m .
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2 years ago Read more at World Athletics

Peter Antonucci, 64, was a long-time resident on the luxurious residential boat . The World likened the 12-deck, 644-foot ship to a fraternity house . But the swanky living quarters were riddled with drama, drugs and debauchery, he claimed .
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

Great Britain won three silver medals at the Diving World Cup in Montreal . Tom Daley, Anthony Harding, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Yasmin Harper finished second . China won gold in all three events .
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2 years ago Read more at BBC.com

Hugues Fabrice Zango became Burkina Faso's first ever Olympic medallist in Tokyo . His bronze in Doha in 2019 was the nation’s first World Athletics Championships medal . Now he has a first world indoor medal too – a gold after leaping 17.53m to surpass a strong opening effort by Algeria’s Yasser Mohammed Triki .
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2 years ago Read more at World Athletics

Lieke Klaver finishes runner-up and Britain’s Laviai Nielsen runs PB in fourth . Femke Bol saved her best for the women’s 400m final at these World Indoor Championships . It was dubbed Scotland’s ‘Super Saturday’ but it wasn’t all about the British heroes like Josh Kerr and Molly Caudery .
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2 years ago Read more at Athletics Weekly

André Belibi Eloumou was inspired after watching a movie about underdogs at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary . He’s trying to break a world record for remaining immersed in ice, not just for himself but also to raise awareness of autism . The record for being in an ice bath is three hours and 11 minutes .
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

a group of 20 unaffiliated cultural workers rallied outside of the fair entrance at Santa Monica Airport during peak visiting hours on Saturday, March 2 from 11am to 2pm . At the busy intersection of Bundy Drive and Airport Avenue, many fairgoers drove by honking and cheering with fists out their windows . Organizers held flags and signs with phrases like “Opulence + Cowardice = Soul Loss” as they protested outside .
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2 years ago Read more at Hyperallergic

Alexander Doom beats favourite Karsten Warholm to gold at the World Indoor Champs on Saturday . The 26-year-old has gone out in the semi-finals at his last three major championships . In the AW preview to the championships we forecast Doom to finish fifth .
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2 years ago Read more at Athletics Weekly

Five remarkable sprinters achieved qualifying times for the 2024 World Athletics Under-20 Championships . Kadeem Chinapoo, Zenith's Symphony Patrick, and Cougars' Hakeem Chinapoo also achieved notable achievements . In the U20 boys category, the Chinapoo brothers and Woodruffe showcased their speed .
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2 years ago Read more at BNN Breaking

Scot storms to indoor title in front of a raucous Glasgow crowd . USA’s Elle St Pierre gets her timing just right to land women’s gold . At one stage he was almost tripped towards the closing stages . Getnet Wale, who had done his best to lay the groundwork for fellow countryman Selemon Barega, was fourth .
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2 years ago Read more at Athletics Weekly