ATHLETICS: Simbine braves the rain for 9.92 win at adidas Boost Boston
The unique “street meet” held in Boston was on Boylstron Street for 2019 and the temporary track proved pretty fast despite enough rain to...
ATHLETICS: Sensational 1,500 finds Dibaba ahead of Hassan once again in Rabat Diamond League
/Updated with revised results of the men's discus/ ~ Now 28, Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopia’s world-record holder in the 1,500 m, shows no signs of...
ATHLETICS Preview: Which Juan of the stars will shine brightest in Rabat on Sunday?...
The confused IAAF Diamond League schedule started off with about one meet every two weeks, but now finished a stretch of three in 10...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Not so fast on Australia for 2032, no racing at all...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXVth Olympiad ● International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach...
ATHLETICS: World lead for Coleman, McLaughlin runs down Muhammad in 400 m hurdles in...
There was a buzz about this year’s Bislett Games, in front of a sold-out crowd at Oslo’s famed Bislett Stadium ... and it was...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Still more London doping, Gabe Grunewald passes and Sha’Carri Richardson goes...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXX Olympiad: London 2012 ● The International Olympic Committee...
ATHLETICS Preview: Coleman vs. Gatlin and Muhammad vs. McLaughlin highlight sold-out Bislett Games
You knew track & field was in trouble a couple of years ago when the stands were hardly filled at the Bislett Games in...
LANE ONE: The NCAA is on the way to creating a new 1%: collegiate...
After losing some rounds in court battles that did not deliver any clear decisions, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has formed “a working...
THE BIG PICTURE: IAAF keeps Russia on suspension, then changes its name to World...
No change.
That was the decision of the International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF) concerning the Russian Athletics Federation at its Council meeting in Monaco...
LANE ONE: How the NCAA Championships turned the track & field world around in...
To most of the world, the kind of performances seen at last weekend’s NCAA Track & Field Championships seem unimaginable.
A meet of college athletes...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Richardson explodes with 10.75 world leader and World Junior Record!
LSU frosh Sha’Carri Richardson made a smooth transition from high school to collegiate track, going from a prep best of 11.28 two years ago...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Holloway beats Roberts at NCAAs in collegiate record 12.98! Oduduru 9.86! Montgomery...
It was supposed to be great, and it was. Florida’s Grant Holloway and Kentucky’s Daniel Roberts had been dueling through the SEC Championships and...
ATHLETICS: Sensational Rome Diamond League has eight world leaders and Norman over Lyles, 19.70-19.72!
One of the best meets held in Rome since antiquity – ok, maybe since the 1987 IAAF World Championships – had eight world-leading marks,...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: World-leading 13.06 for Roberts at NCAAs, IAAF replies to the Swiss...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The first day of the NCAA Division I Championships in...
ATHLETICS Preview: Famed Golden Gala meet in Rome features Noah Lyles vs. Michael Norman...
The IAAF Diamond League meet in Rome is known as the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, named for the Italian 200 m star of the...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: IAAF’s women’s regs suspended by Swiss Court, so Semenya can run...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● South Africa’s Caster Semenya won a round against the International...
THE BIG PICTURE: London Sunday Times says Russia covered up a doping violation for...
If it’s in a British newspaper, the headline has to be dramatic: “Russia faces new Olympics ban over doping” and “There can be no...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Another London weightlifter disqualified, new doping rules about contaminated meat, it...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● The International Olympic Committee announced another doping positive from its...
LANE ONE: “When traveling to Europe what are things I should bring? Mistakes you...
American jumping star Keturah Orji won eight NCAA championships in her four years at Georgia, seven in the triple jump, where she also won...
ATHLETICS: Sprinters Asher-Smith and Norman hot in cold Stockholm, but Kipruto runs 26:50.16 off-camera!
It wasn’t the easiest meet to warm up to, but even with temperatures in the mid-50s, it was the sprint events that shone brightest...
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