#world-championships

#world-championships

I don't have full confidence in my body, the 28-year-old says, two weeks out from an unprecedented challenge in her esteemed career. But that's OK, because I have learned that there are a hundred ways to get the same outcome, and we're just going a different route to normal. Much has changed for the hyper-competitive Kennedy since the Paris Games 13 months ago. Physically, her left hamstring has been surgically repaired.

Right now, her best is the 3:57.15 she ran to finish runner-up in Paris last month, one of four top-three finishes she secured across the Diamond League season. But at the final in Zurich on Thursday, she would love to add a fifth and to edge closer to Ciara Mageean's Irish record of 3:55.87. Conditions are unlikely to comply, with cool weather and heavy rain forecast, but Healy comes into it after a lifetime best over 800m in London last weekend, clocking 2:00.19.

Lotte Kopecky has scheduled a mix of track and road racing, starting with the Prague Summer Track event, followed by the Tour de l'Ardèche.

Keely Hodgkinson returned to racing after 376 days due to hamstring issues and recorded a time of 1:54.74, fastest in the world this year by nearly two seconds.

Asher Hong posted a total of 170.020 points to win the U.S. Championships, becoming the 13th man to claim multiple national titles with ease.

Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport while she maintains her status as the reigning 100m world champion.

Penny Oleksiak had just completed a successful national swimming trials, winning both the 50- and 100-metre freestyle events and being named to Canada's team for this month's world championships in Singapore.

Gout Gout's phenomenal run of 19.84 seconds in Perth marks him as one of the fastest sprinters globally under 20 and earns his call-up for World Championships.