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 ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Two-time world champion sprinter Dafne Schippers is retiring from track and field at the age of 31. Schippers, a Dutchwoman who won back-to-back world titles in the 200 meters ...

AMSTERDAM, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Two-time world champion sprinter Dafne Schippers announced her retirement on Tuesday, telling her social media followers "the race stops here". The 31-year-old from the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers ran the fastest 200 metres this year on Friday to collect her second gold medal of the European championships. Schippers, who has switched from the ...

HENGELO, Netherlands (AP) — It was fitting that Dafne Schippers streaked away from her rivals to set the fastest 200-meter time in the world this year at the wet, windy and chilly FBK Stadion. The ...

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday: ATHLETICS World championships (to 30) Schippers takes 200m gold BEIJING - Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers won the 200 metres gold on day seven of the ...

BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - In-form Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers eased into the final of the 200 metres at the world championships on Thursday, further bolstering her position as favourite to take a ...

Dafne Schippers has enjoyed a monumental year. In March she won the European indoor 60m title in Prague. Her summer began with the Great CityGames in Manchester followed by an injury-hit heptathlon in ...

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