PAPENDAL, Netherlands (AP) Dafne Schippers is putting in long hours to shave fractions of seconds off her starts. The 200-meter world champion and 100-meter silver medalist, who two years ago switched ...

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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 ...

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, transformed herself ...

Earlier in the evening Dutch athlete Churandy Martina, winner of the previous evening’s men’s 100m title, appeared to have completed a sprint double, only to have his 200m victory annulled by ...

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 ...