While the twice-banned Justin Gatlin headlined the men's line-up in the absence of Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt, the women's competition saw newly-crowned world champion Dafne Schippers see off the ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dutch coach Bart Bennema sighed and assessed his star pupil. “She has become a sprinter now,” he said. What? Dafne Schippers, a sprinter only “now” in 2016, a year after she won ...
23-year-old Dafne Schippers was a heptathlete before this season, yet set the 200m World Championship record of 21.63 to win gold tonight in Beijing BEIJING - In a 200m competition lacking Allyson ...
Dafne Schippers, Tori Bowie and Elaine Thompson wage battle in a fiercely competitive women's 200 metre final on day 12 at Rio 2016, while Usain Bolt continues his bid for an unprecedented ...
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Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands ran her way to 200m gold after taking bronze in the 100m earlier in the meet. Dafne Schippers backed up her 100m bronze medal with a 200m gold at the 2017 IAAF World ...
Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers rejected any suggestion of doping after she smashed a 36-year-old European record to win the world 200m title with the fourth-fastest run in history on Friday. Schippers, ...
Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers smashed a European record which has stood since the 1970s as she won world 200m gold with an electrifying run on Friday. The 100m silver-medallist ran 21.63sec, the ...
Dafne Schippers recently slammed Sprint docuseries producers for misinformation concerning Jamaicans and Americans winning all medals in the 100m and 200m at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships. The ...
For the Netherlands, it’s been since 24 years since they’ve won an Olympic medal in Athletics (track & field) and a whopping 64 years since they’ve gotten onto the Olympic podium in either the 100m or ...
Born June 15, 1992 in Utrecht, Netherlands. She was known primarily as a heptathlete until 2015, when she decided to focus on sprinting exclusively. Schippers emerged as a sprinting sensation at the ...
Team GB safely through in women's 4 x 100m relay Great Britain progress through to the women's 4 x 100m relay final after finishing in second place in their heat. Aug 18, 15:29 Elaine Thompson claims ...