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16/06/2026

16/06/2026

Midlands Masters Championships M35-M65 Shot put Nuneaton Pingles Stadium 14th June 2026

16/06/2026

13/06/2026

Staffordshire County Champs Northwood Community Sports 13th June 2026

11/06/2026

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He may have run an incredibly easy 13.05 (SB) into a -1.0m/sec headwind at the SEC in Auburn (AL) in mid May, tying it (0.3) at the East Regionals in Lexington (KY) about a fortnight later, but even Ja'kobe Tharp (20) himself looked astonished at what he had just done crossing the line in a big WR of 12.75 in only the semis over the men's 110mh (1.0) at the NCAAs in Eugene yesterday.

And it wasn't quite a flawless race as he slightly clipped hurdles eight and nine, not that he missed much but certainly left a few hundredths on the track, while one would expect him to have saved a further gear for the final. So what can he go on to put down there?

That represents a chunk of 0.05 secs, in sprint hurdling terms, off Aries Merritt's near 14-year-old previous landmark while Tharp emerges as the first man in history to break the 12.8 barrier in the process. It goes without saying that his time further doubles as a Collegiate record.

Jamaica's Demario Prince was a distant runner-up in a SB of 13.15 and Dutch Matthew Sophia squeezed through on his time of 13.30 behind Tharp while Kendrick Smallwood improved his PB yet again to 13.02 ahead of Braxton Brann in a PB of 13.17 himself with Andre Korbmacher also through in 13.27 (PB) from the opening semi (0.0).

The last one turned the slowest topped by Jason Holmes-Williamson in a huge PB of 13.17, knocking a full 0.2 secs off his previous best, from Bradley Franklin (19) in 13.29 and Zach Extine in 13.36 (0.2), which shaped the cut, for that matter.

11/06/2026

Birmingham Open Meet - 10th June 2026
U18 M DISCUS

11/06/2026

Birmingham Open Meet - 10th June 2026
U18 W DISCUS