4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (609+ words) Lachlan Kennedy’s failure to make the 100 metres final after one of his worst starts of the season summed up a hugely disappointing night for Australia at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest. Mackenzie Little’s fourth place in the javelin, via a…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (408+ words) Melissa Jefferson-Wooden goes into today’s women’s 100m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest with a field that leaves no room for complacency. Tina Clayton, Julien Alfred and Sha’Carri Richardson are all set to meet her in a final that…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (300+ words) BUDAPEST, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Audrey Werro outpaced Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the women’s 800 metres, one of the most anticipated showdowns of the ​inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship on Saturday, while Melissa ‌Jefferson-Wooden blazed to the world’s fastest time this…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1015+ words) Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Norwegian star only a month back from injury, won the men's 5,000m Friday at the World Athletics Ultimate Championships with a stirring final kick. Shaun Botterill / Getty Images BUDAPEST, Hungary — Jakob Ingebrigtsen has rebuilt himself, rediscovered winning and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (745+ words) It can be hard sometimes to drum up much interest or excitement in any newly staged athletics event. One of the first people I spoke to about this weekend’s Ultimate Championship in Budapest responded by asking was that the one…...

12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (536+ words) Burundi’s Egide Ntakarutimana took the lead on the first lap, stringing out the field, though the pace wasn’t exceptionally quick. He hit the 1000 in 2:39.77 with Australian Ky Robinson, American Parker Wolfe and Kenyan Cornelius Kemboi right on his heels. Kemboi…...

12+ hour, 20+ min ago   (396+ words) Sep 12, 2026 | 1:21 PM EDT The Ingebrigtsen prediction was not the only one to raise eyebrows during the new broadcast. World Athletics introduced win-probability graphics and predicted finishing positions as part of the Ultimate Championship’s television presentation. However, several predictions quickly came…...

2+ day, 12+ min ago   (179+ words) The biggest track and field event of the year has arrived. The inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship features three days of competition in Budapest with the best of the best on display. The field for each event will consist solely…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are going to have another go at each other. Both stars have been granted exceptional invitations to race the 1500m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest this September, adding two of the sport's biggest…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (422+ words) "Sparks will fly," promised the trackside slogan at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship. And opening night duly delivered not just some sparks alongside several British narratives of considerable substance but also one full-blown firework. The big international story was…...