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Adarlene Binta

Happy birthday to Portugal's teenage throwing phenomenon Adarlene Binta of Sporting CP — who celebrates it as a European finalist. This very week, Adarlene stood in the shot put...

Sarah Schwarz

Happy birthday to Australia's horizontal jumps competitor Sarah Schwarz, who works the two events where sprint speed gets converted into flight: the long jump and the fiendishly technical triple...

Sofi Ferrante

Happy birthday to Argentina's Sofi Ferrante, one of those athletes who refuses to be filed under a single event. Sprints, long jump, even the high jump — Sofi lines...

Olaya Chafer

Happy birthday to Valencia's sprint all-rounder Olaya Chafer, who covers the full sprint spectrum — from the six-second violence of the 60m all the way up to the lung-burning...

Yuka Sato

Happy birthday to one of Japanese javelin's most beloved figures, Yuka Sato, celebrating her first birthdays of a well-earned next chapter after a career that gave Japanese athletics one...

Giorgia Bellinazzi

Happy birthday to Italian sprinter Giorgia Bellinazzi, a professional with C.S. Esercito who has spent her career collecting credentials most sprinters only chase: an Italian U23 title over 200m,...

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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...