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Leotlela wins maiden Diamond League 100m

SHAOXING, ​China: South Africa's Gift Leotlela edged Ferdinand Omanyala and Kenny Bednarek to win the Shanghai Diamond League 100 metres on Saturday, as Mondo Duplantis fell short in his attempt to improve his...

South Africa's Gift Leotlela (R) wins the men's 100m event during the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League athletics meeting in Keqiao, Shaoxing in China's eastern Zhejiang province on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

Dominant China take men's team gold

Fan Zhendong of China in action against Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany. -- Reuters

Steveson bags super heavyweight gold with last-second win

Gold medalist USA's Gable Dan Steveson poses with his medal on the podium. -- AFP

USA slump on the track

Bahamas' Steven Gardiner (3L) crosses the finish line to win ahead of second-placed Colombia's Anthony Jose Zambrano (4R) and third-placed Grenada's Kirani James (3R) in the men's 400m final. -- AFP

Aussies' dive into 'data lake' brings success

Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Chelsea Hodges and Kaylee McKeown of Australia celebrate with their gold medals. -- Reuters

Nageotte overcomes shaky start to win pole vault

Katie Nageotte of the United States celebrates after winning gold. -- Reuters

Spain's golden oldie Sandra grabs karate's first gold

Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jaime poses with her women's kata gold medal in the karate competition. -- AFP

McLaughlin lights up track

USA's Sydney Mclaughlin (C) wins the women's 400m hurdles final setting a new world record. -- AFP

Romashina wins record sixth gold

ROC's Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina during their performance. -- Reuters

India's Kumar wins by fall to reach final

Ravi Kumar of India in action against Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan. -- Reuters

Argentina edge India to set up Dutch final

Players of Argentina celebrate after defeating India. -- AFP

Sensational Thompson-Herah seals 'double-double'

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah wins the women's 200m final. -- AFP

Taha named coordinator for Fina Worlds in Abu Dhabi

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Australia sink Germany to set up Belgium showdown

Belgium's Simon Gougnard and Vincent Vanasch celebrate after winning their match against India. -- Reuters

Britain wobbling as Germans, Dutch strike gold

Gold medallists Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Matthijs Buchli of the Netherlands celebrate on the podium. -- Reuters

Hassan launches treble bid with gold

Netherlands' Sifan Hassan reacts after winning the women's 5000m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 2, 2021. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
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