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Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysDos Santos Breaks 400m Hurdles World Record at 45.80
Dos Santos ran 45.80 at the 2026 Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League on 27 August, taking 0.14 seconds off Karsten Warholm's 45.94 to set a new men's 400m hurdles world record - the first since Tokyo 2021.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysRussell Breaks 100m Hurdles World Record at 12.09
Russell ran 12.09 to win the 100m hurdles at Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August 2026, taking 0.03 seconds off Tobi Amusan's 2022 world record of 12.12. The Olympic champion set the mark with no wind assistance.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysWarholm Takes Fourth European 400m Hurdles Title in 46.63
Warholm claimed a fourth consecutive 400m hurdles European title at Birmingham 2026, crossing in 46.63 to break his own championship record of 46.98.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysDevynne Charlton Takes First Major Outdoor Title in 12.33 at Glasgow
Devynne Charlton crossed the line in 12.33 to claim 100m hurdles gold in Glasgow, the first major outdoor title of her career. She held off Tobi Amusan and Megan Simmonds down the final flight, arms flung wide as the clock confirmed it.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysDoualla Takes U18 European 100m Gold in 11.14 Record
Kelly Doualla won U18 European 100m gold in Rieti in 11.14, breaking her own European U18 record, setting a championship record and the world's fastest U18 time of 2026. She is now Italy's second-fastest woman ever.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysYassine Hssine Runs 20.00 in Zagreb for a Third Moroccan 200 m Record
On 26 June 2026 ran 20.00 over 200 m at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb, a new Moroccan national record, finishing second only to Olympic champion Andre De Grasse (19.95). Third record improvement of the season (31 May Rabat 20.18 -> 19 June Malaga 20.10 -> 26 June Zagreb 20.00).
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysEmma Zapletalová Takes Rome with 52.58 World Lead and Slovak Record
52.58 world lead + Slovak national record, won Rome Diamond League ahead of Olympic silver medalist Cockrell; European all-time #3
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysAudrey Werro Clocks 1:53.98 in Stockholm, First Sub-1:54 Since 1983
Ran 1:53.98 over 800m — 3rd-fastest woman ever, first sub-1:54 since 1983, DL record; beat Keely Hodgkinson
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysAjayi Runs 9.84s, Breaks 20-Year Nigerian Record
World-leading 9.84s at NCAA East Regional (May 29, 2026). Broke 20-year Nigerian national record (Fasuba 9.85s, 2006). No. 2 fastest man in NCAA history. 2026 world leader in 100m.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysRomell Glave Breaks Ten Seconds to Claim First British 100 m Title
Ran 9.98 s (+0.5 m/s, wind-legal) to win the 100 m final at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 2026-06-20 — his first British title and the first wind-legal sub-10 of his career, ahead of Zharnel Hughes (10.01).
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysClayton Anchors Jamaica to 39.62 Mixed Relay World Record
Anchor leg of Jamaica's mixed 4x100m WR 39.62 at World Athletics Relays Gaborone 2026 (also set 39.99 heats WR day prior — first sub-40)
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysManuel Wins Ostrava 400m in 49.74 Personal Best
Won the women's 400m at the Ostrava Golden Spike (World Athletics Continental Tour Gold) on 2026-06-16 in a 49.74 personal best in front of her home crowd, beating Cuba's Roxana Gomez (50.20). World Indoor 400m champion, age 20, Angolan-born.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysTaylor Runs 19.75, Sets US High-School 200m Record
At the Prefontaine Classic (Eugene Diamond League) on 4 July 2026, 18-year-old high-schooler Tate Taylor won the men 200m in 19.75s — a US high-school national record, beating Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo (2nd, 19.93) and moving to No. 3 on the all-time U20 world list, ahead of Usain Bolt. Youngest Diamond League race winner ever.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysLutkenhaus, 17, Becomes Youngest Diamond League Winner
Won Stockholm DL 800m in 1:42.70 at 17 — youngest DL winner ever; beat Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop on debut
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysPillay Splits 42.66, Breaks Johnson's 33-Year Relay Mark
Fastest men's 4x400m relay leg in history: 42.66s at World Athletics Relays Gaborone (May 3, 2026). Broke Michael Johnson's 33-year-old record of 42.94s (1993 World Championships). SA finished silver in 2:55.07 (5th-fastest relay of all time).
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysLetsile Tebogo Anchors Botswana to a National-Record 37.96 in Gaborone
Led BWA men's 4x100m to first-ever World Champs qualification (NR 37.96) at home World Relays Gaborone 2026
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysEseme Runs 9.94 National Record for Second in Rome
9.94 Cameroonian national record, 2nd at Rome Diamond League ahead of Olympic champion Tebogo (9.95) and Jacobs
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysTharp Breaks 110m Hurdles World Record at 12.75
WORLD RECORD 12.75 (+1.0) in the 110m hurdles — run in the NCAA Championships SEMIFINAL at Hayward Field, breaking Aries Merritt's 12.80 from 2012; first world record at NCAAs since Dwight Stones 1976; won his semi by five metres
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysElaine Thompson-Herah Anchors Jamaica to Relay Gold in Gaborone Return
Anchored Jamaica's women to 4x100m gold at World Athletics Relays Gaborone 2026 (May 3). First international competition since 2023 — triumphant return from 20-month Achilles injury layoff. Missed Paris 2024 Olympics and entire 2025 season.