With Burnden Road Runners’ expansion into triathlon, it was little surprise there was a heavy club presence at Bolton’s ultimate challenge last weekend - the Ironman 70.3, little sister to the full distance, which took place in 2023.
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Kenyan Faith Kipyegon hit world record-breaking form at Sunday's Diamond League meet in Paris in the perfect boost before the Olympics kick off in three weeks' time in the French capital.While Mahuchikh and Kipyegon set new world records, Duplantis went close to breaking his own in the pole vault.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon gave herself a timely Olympic tonic by bettering her own world record in the women's 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet on Sunday.I am in the right direction towards the Paris Olympics," Kipyegon said.