FROM THE EDITOR — They Call It TrackTown USA For A Reason
HAYWARD FIELD 2022: has any other venue on the planet ever had as much world-class track action crammed into it… Read More
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Best All-Time Adjusted 100-Meter Performances — Women
IN A 10-DAY SPAN LAST SUMMER, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah produced the two fastest “basic” women’s 100s ever based on our… Read More
2022 Euro Champs Stats Previews
For the 2022 European Championships (track & field to be held August 15–21, 2022, in Munich, Germany), statistics guru K…. Read More
World Junior Women — Willis Oh-So-Close To HSR
CALI, COLOMBIA, August 01-06 — Overall, the U.S. women fared better than the men at the World Junior (U20) Championships,… Read More
World Junior Men — Tebogo Breaks His U20 Record
CALI, COLOMBIA, August 01-06 — After missing last year’s Nairobi edition due to the pandemic, Team USA returned to the… Read More
Monaco DL — Kipyegon Scares The 1500 Record
FONTVIEILLE, MONACO, August 10 — Now regarded as the greatest women’s 1500 runner ever, Faith Kipyegon has 2 Olympic golds… Read More
Gyulai Memorial — McLaughlin’s Fast Finale
SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR, HUNGARY, August 08 — Although she was originally tagged to run in the Monaco DL in the wake of… Read More
Commonwealth Men — 2 Hard Kicks By Kiplimo
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, July 30-August 07 — Four years ago, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei took a Commonwealth Games 5000/10,000 double, but with… Read More
Commonwealth Women — Another ETH Double
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, July 30-August 07 — With her teammates Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson controversially choosing to skip the Commonwealths… Read More
Chorzów DL — SAFP Just Keeps On Rolling
CHORZÓW, POLAND, August 06—Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce showed no sign of post-championships letdown as she streaked the fastest 100 of the season… Read More
From Div. II To World Championships Medals
“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN an athlete to have a chip on my shoulder, since literally high school, from not being heavily… Read More
Eugene’s World Champs Rewrote By-Lane World Records
THIS COMPILATION — updated August 01, 2022 — lists the best performance known to have been achieved in each lane… Read More
Ryan Crouser Lifted The World Championships Curse
AT LAST THE TRIFECTA is Ryan Crouser’s: Olympic champion (twice), World Record holder, and two weeks ago, on his charmed… Read More
Commonwealth Games Birmingham Stats Previews
For the 2022 Commonwealth Games (track & field to be held August 02–07, 2022, in Birmingham, England, with both marathons… Read More
Root-Root-Root For The Home Team
FINALLY the World Championships came to America, nearly four decades after the first edition opened in Helsinki. Was it everything… Read More
2022 World Championships Medal Winners Chart
Clicking on the event name will take you directly to our story on it. MEN GOLD SILVER BRONZE 100 Fred… Read More
Podium, Sure, But A World Record-Setting Gold?
IT WAS A LIFE-TRANSFORMING weekend in Eugene for Tobi Amusan. In the space of hours the 25-year-old Nigerian hurdler went… Read More
World Champs Women’s 4×4 — Finding A Foursome
TO CALL THE MEET’S final race “eagerly awaited” might be an understatement. For many months the sport’s message boards had… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4×4 — Blowing It Open Early
THE UNITED STATES put an emphatic end to the men’s running events, running away from the field and winning by… Read More
World Champs Men’s Decathlon — The King Is Back
AS THE DECATHLON’S START approached, the puzzling absence of world leader Garrett Scantling (8867 to win the U.S. title) was… Read More
