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Kristen Santos-Griswold joins Apolo Ohno in U.S. short track history book

by admin | Feb 21, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Kristen Santos-Griswold earned her first World Cup 1500m win on Saturday to join Apolo Ohno as the only U.S. short track speed skaters to win in all three distances in the circuit’s history. Santos-Griswold, 29, goes into next month’s world championships riding...

‘When I saw her time, I pinched myself!’ – why women’s running records are being smashed

by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW

If you have a gym pass or access to a treadmill, here is an experiment to try with caution – or, safer still, restrict it to a thought experiment. Put the speed up to a whisker under 12 miles per hour – assuming, of course, that it lets you, as many home treadmills...

Kenya’s Kipyegon becomes first woman to claim 1500-5000 double at worlds

by admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon underlined her status as one of the all-time greats of distance running by sealing a historic 1500m/5000m double at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday. After claiming a third world 1500m title on Tuesday, Kipyegon...

Faith Kipyegon wins third world 1500m title; American stuns for discus gold

by admin | Aug 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins dedicated her out-of-nowhere discus world title — the first for an American woman — to her mom, who forced her into sports in high school. “I just wanted to stay home and be a bookworm,” Tausaga-Collins said. Mom Aveaomalo felt different. Read...

Katie Ledecky breaks world record by nearly 10 seconds

by admin | Oct 31, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Katie Ledecky shattered the world record in the short-course 1500m freestyle by nearly 10 seconds in her first time racing the event in a 25-meter pool at a FINA World Cup meet in Toronto. Ledecky won the 30-lap race in 15 minutes, 8.24 seconds on Saturday, prevailing...

Faith Kipyegon, ‘the sniper,’ becomes greatest female mile champ in history at track worlds

by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

In 2015, Jenny Simpson, arguably the greatest U.S. female miler in history, slapped a label on a budding runner from Kenya named Faith Kipyegon. “I call her the sniper,” Simpson said then, three months after the then-21-year-old Kipyegon won her first global 1500m...

She had to work for it, but Laura Muir takes the win in her first race of the season

by admin | May 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Britain’s Laura Muir claimed victory in the 1500m at the Diamond League in Birmingham on Saturday with a time of 04:02.81. Australian Jessica Hull pushed Muir hard through the final stages of the race, breathing down her neck and looking like she might even overtake...