It was the 5th best all-time performance, at just 19 years of age. He is now thinking of breaking Mike Powell’s World Record of 8.95m set in 1991!

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Wednesday, 6 July 1994, Leroy Burrell breaks the 100m world record at Athletissima! An excellent start by Burell despite being behind at 30m, before…

Mujinga Kambundji is the fastest woman in Switzerland! By winning the bronze medal in the 200m at the 2019 Doha World Championships, she won the first…

Able to jump over 8m at length, he is the first athlete to invite the public to perform rhythmic applause during his run-up!

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Find out how to watch the CITY EVENT in your home country this wednesday.

Mondo Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, Renaud Lavillenie, Angelica Moser and the…

He is a last-minute, surprise entry for the Athletissima pole vault competition. American hopeful, Christopher Nilsen, who jumped 5m95 last year, has…