ATHLETICS: Legese and Aga run away with wins in rainy Tokyo Marathon
The conditions were much less than ideal for the Tokyo Marathon, the first of the World Marathon Majors races for 2019. It rained throughout,...
ATHLETICS Preview: Bekele headlines first World Marathon Major of 2019, in Tokyo
The first of the six World Marathon Majors races is Sunday in Japan for the 13th Tokyo Marathon, with an excellent elite field assembled...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Five Russians appeal doping verdicts, while USATF Board continues Lananna’s suspension
The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed 12 Russian doping positives in an announcement on 1 February, for offenses mostly during the 2012-14 period....
LANE ONE: The Paris 2024 legacy will be about athletes, but not Olympians
The Paris 2024 organizing committee created plenty of headlines last week with its announcement that it would ask the International Olympic Committee to approve...
ATHLETICS: Brazier sets 600 m world record; Mu gets 600 m American Record at...
In a magical 12-minute span inside the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York, what makes indoor track so great was on...
ATHLETICS: Quigley outlasts Houlihan for upset win and first national title
American distance ace Shelby Houlihan had a lot going for her coming into the USATF National Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Center...
ATHLETICS Preview: USATF Indoor Champs start Friday on Staten Island
There was a time when the U.S. National Indoor Championships and New York – especially Madison Square Garden – were synonymous. But that was...
ATHLETICS: Jakob Ingebrigtsen upsets Tefera in Dusseldorf, as Ta Lou runs 7.02
The race to watch at the final stop on the IAAF World Indoor Tour in Dusseldorf (GER) was supposed to be the men’s 1,500m,...
ATHLETICS Preview: IAAF World Indoor Tour ends in Dusseldorf on Wednesday
The sixth and final leg of the IAAF World Indoor Tour comes Wednesday at a sold-out Sportpark Arena in Dusseldorf (GER) for the PSD...
ATHLETICS: U.S., Simbassa and Sieracki sweep NACAC Cross Country Champs
The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships was won, once again, by the United States in Port of...
ATHLETICS: World Indoor 1,500 m Record falls to Tefera in Birmingham
All eyes in Birmingham (GBR) were on Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha in his attempt at the indoor world record in the 1,500 m, but it...
ATHLETICS: Another record try for Kejelcha at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham
Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha came this close to setting a world record in the mile last week at the Millrose Games in New York, but...
THE BIG PICTURE: Newspaper story ignites forthcoming hearing on IAAF’s regulations on female athletes
The question of whether and how the IAAF can regulate the definition of “women” in track & field is now at the boiling point,...
ATHLETICS: Kejelcha misses World Indoor Mile mark by 0.01 at Millrose Games
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but it was a thrilling try as Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha made a brilliant effort at breaking...
ATHLETICS: World leads for Sidorova and Rojas and American Record for Franklin in Madrid
The field events had the fireworks at the IAAF Indoor World Series meet in Madrid on Friday, especially in the women’s vault and triple...
ATHLETICS Preview: Indoor mile record targeted in Saturday’s Millrose Games
The mile has been one of the mainstays of indoor track & field for decades and is perhaps the most cherished record on the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Race walking desperate to save its place on the Olympic program
It’s no secret that when discussions about contracting the number of athletes and events in the Olympic Games come up, race walking is always...
ATHLETICS: Swoboda upsets Ta Lou and Kendricks wins vault in Torun
The third stop on the IAAF World Indoor Tour was in the Torun Arena in Poland, where the home fans had a lot to...
ATHLETICS Preview: Poland faces the world in IAAF World Indoor Tour in Torun
The third stop in the IAAF World Indoor Tour comes Wednesday in Torun (POL) for the Orlen Copernicus Cup. In case you were wondering,...
LANE ONE: To grow track & field, Sebastian Coe of 2019 needs to talk...
Britain’s Sebastian Coe was one of the finest middle-distance runners of all time. He was so good and so special that he sold thousands...
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