The 31-year-old dropped another two places in the rankings after a disappointing long jump, in which she was 11th with 5.99m, aiming to break Carolina Kluft’s European heptathlon record of 7,032 points in Tokyo, but almost nothing went to plan. Her representative, Helena Van der Plaetsen, confirmed she would not carry on, and her coach, […]
Ajayi, who turned 21 on Sunday, delivered a remarkable performance in the semi-finals, clocking 9.93 seconds, the sixth sub-10-second race of his career to finish second behind Olympic champion Noah Lyles (9.92s). South Africa’s Akani Simbine followed closely in third with a time of 9.96s. This achievement makes Ajayi the first Nigerian sprinter in 18 […]