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Alba Ramírez

Happy birthday to Spain's heptathlete Alba Ramírez, who moved 400 kilometres for a coach and had it pay off inside a single indoor season. In September 2024 Alba left Madrid...

Susana Blanco

Happy birthday to Venezuela's distance runner Susana Blanco, a national champion over 5000m who trains at half past five in the morning on roads and dirt because that is...

Melanie Annette Duron L

Happy birthday to Mexico's shot putter Melanie Duron, and throwers deserve to hear this far more often than they do, so let us be plain about it: 18.21 metres...

Veronica Cioccoloni

Happy birthday to Italy's hurdler Veronica Cioccoloni, who has spent 2026 rewriting her own record book from top to bottom. Four of Veronica's five personal bests were set this year....

Dasha Semenova

Happy birthday to Russia's track athlete Dasha Semenova, a KMC in athletics who splits her life between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod and has never once let go of where...

Sarah Carli

LEGENDS ONLY: happy birthday to Australia's 400m hurdles legend Sarah Carli, a two-time Olympian running the best times of her career right now. Sarah's lifetime best over the hurdles is...

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Snizhana Dzhychko

Happy birthday to Ukraine's sprinter Snizhana Dzhychko, who won the youth national title and took senior national silver in the very same race. At the...

Candela Gonzalez

Happy monumental birthday to Spain's sprinter Candela González, who closed one of the hardest seasons of her career by running the fastest outdoor 200m...

Ida-Louise Øverland

Happy birthday to Norway's sprinter Ida-Louise Øverland, a Paralympian whose career already includes both the 100m and the 200m on the biggest stage her...

Léa Da Silva

Happy birthday to France's 400m hurdler Léa Da Silva, who ran the fastest race of her life two months ago and has been hurdling...

Moriah Oliveira

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Happy birthday to the United States' 400m sprinter Moriah Oliveira, who has a habit of doing her very best running...