Femke Bol, fresh from two golds and a bronze at the European Championships, admits she is looking forward to what she says will be a "nice battle" with American arch-rival Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the Paris Olympics. Bol was one of the stars of the championships in Rome, dominating her speciality event, the 400m hurdles, and going on to anchor the women's 4x400m relay team to victory while also picking up third place in the mixed relay.

Karsten Warholm, Gianmarco Tamberi, and Kevin Mayer headed up just some of the star-studded names on show for day five of the European Athletics Championships in Rome. The competition continued to deliver a spectacle, priming athletes for the forthcoming Paris Olympics, starting on 26 July.

Croatian discus legend Sandra Elkasevic got her bid for a record seventh European title off to a smooth start by cruising through qualifiers at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on Friday.

Olympic champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Marcell Jacobs are among Italy's big hopes at Rome's Stadio Olimpico as the European Athletics Championships get underway, with both men believing the hosts can finish top of the medal table.

Femke Bol made her outdoor debut in preparation for the Paris Olympics by clinching victory in the 400m hurdles at the Diamond League event in Stockholm last Sunday. Meanwhile, Armand Duplantis came close to surpassing his own pole vault world record.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone intensified her training for the upcoming Paris Games title defense by clocking a world-leading time of 52.70 seconds on Friday. This marked her return to the 400 meters hurdles race after over a year.

The World Athletics Relays concluded this Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas, after two exciting days, and now 14 teams have already qualified for each of the five relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 Olympic spots are up for grabs at this weekend's World Athletics Relays. Noah Lyles is the main attraction, but other global superstars competing include Dutch 400m hurdler Femke Bol and Italy's reigning Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs.

Lithuanian athlete Mykolas Alekna broke the world discus record with an incredible 74.35 metres in Ramona, Oklahoma, on Sunday. The record had stood for almost 38 years.

Antoine Le Hyaric, Amandine Aftalion and Brian Hanley are scientists who, according to their published study, are developing a mathematical model that promises to optimise 400m and 1,500m running performance using high-resolution data.

Devynne Charlton broke her world record in the 60m hurdles, 'Mondo' continued his dominance in the pole vault, and the Netherlands' Femke Bol and Belgium's Alexander Doom added a second gold medal to their 400m gold in the 4x400m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship 2024 in Glasgow.

On Saturday in Glasgow, Record-setting Femke Bol proved unstoppable. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece successfully defended his World Indoor Long Jump Championship, while American sprinter Grant Holloway comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Julien Alfred and Ewa Swoboda in 60m semi-finals.

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol are among the 651 athletes competing for the world titles in 26 events from 1-3 March. Among the favourites are 13 of the reigning individual world champions and seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists.

The Dutch athlete stopped the clock at the National Championships in Apeldoorn with a time of 49.24 seconds to set a new 400m indoor world record. She beat her own record by two hundredths of a second.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen received awards as European Athletes of the Year at the annual Golden Tracks award ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania.