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English had run in the middle of the pack through the opening half of today's race, with 400m reached in 51.12, and he was still only fifth with 50 metres to run. But he kept a cool head to thread a path to the front, overtaking runner-up Kethobogile Haingura (1:43.89) in the final metres, with USA's Brandon Miller third in 1:44.00.

Five siblings originally from Limerick are taking on a combined 500km running challenge across four international cities this May in memory of their mother, who died following a battle with breast cancer.

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“As soon as you stop negotiating with yourself, it's amazing what you can accomplish,” he says. “I'm just doing it.” He sees that internal debate as the real obstacle. The moment you start weighing whether to act, whether it's getting up early, making a call or pushing through a tough stretch, you've already created an exit ramp.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual Capital Challenge three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall. Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit (17:48) on the men's side and to Judge Florence Pan (25:39) of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on the women's side. Kavanaugh, for his part, finished in 26:23.

Aleksei Averchenko swam 26.2 miles on Wednesday to celebrate turning 33 while raising money for the First Youth Triathlon Team. His 12-hour swim began at 6 a.m. Swimming that distance is a challenge for most athletes, but Averchenko faced an added hurdle. He has lived with a disability since a car hit him while he was biking in 2023.

The tenth Palestine International Marathon has been run in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, with a parallel race held in Gaza after a two-year hiatus caused by Israel's war on the Strip.

The British sprinter CJ Ujah, who won 4x100m relay gold at the 2017 world championships, is one of 10 suspects charged with conspiracy to defraud as part of a police investigation into cryptocurrency fraud. It is alleged that the suspects were part of an organised crime group linked to a scam involving phone calls to multiple victims, from people purporting to be police officers and cryptocurrency companies.

Servite, with its outstanding sprinters, and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, with sprinters, hurdlers and shotputters, will be trying to qualify their best athletes in preparation to battle it out at the Southern Section championships on May 16 at Moorpark High.

"After much thoughtful discussion as a team, we have decided that Golden Tempo will bypass the Preakness Stakes. We are incredibly appreciative of the excitement and support surrounding the possibility of a Triple Crown run. The enthusiasm from racing fans, our owners, and our entire team has meant more to us than we can properly express."

We are deeply saddened to share that a participant experienced a serious medical emergency today during the event and has passed away. The runner's crew and family have been notified.

"I grew up very sickly. I had asthma. I had pneumonia, bronchitis. ... I never thought I'd be running because I just was not the person that would be running. I was told to stay inside, not go outside."

Philes Ongori, who won the race in 2024, finished in a time of two hours 40 minutes 36 seconds, two minutes 44 seconds ahead of Anna Carruthers.

Part of the car stayed with me, and the other part left, with parts of me in it, Zanardi recalled in his autobiography My Story (2004).

Esna's close fourth in the Group One Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp last October is the best piece of form coming into the race.

"It's pretty hard to describe. We have had an overwhelming amount of support, and it's helped us get through this very, very tough time. She got that horse there today."