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AN UNFORTUNATE TIMETABLE at the World Championships made a 200/400 double impossible, which led to the half-lap’s top runner, Shaunae… Read More

AFTER 2 YEARS OUT OF THE RANKINGS Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce returned with a bang, claiming her first No. 1 since ’15…. Read More

By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 women’s Ranker in each discipline for ’19—you’ll be taken… Read More

TRIFECTA COMPLETE: with his World Champs win, Niklas Kaul added to previous World Youth (U18) and Junior (U20) golds. At… Read More

CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS don’t always go according to form, particularly in the javelin. Doha was definitely one of those, and as… Read More

THE DOMINANT FIGURE in the ball-and-chain department this decade, Paweł Fajdek easily racked up his fourth career No. 1 (to… Read More

BIG MARKS DON’T always translate to big Rankings, particularly in the discus, where finding the right wind can be so… Read More

FOR THROWS FANS, at least, the World Championships shot was not only the event of the meet, it was arguably… Read More

BIG NAMES continue to fall by the wayside as Christian Taylor continues his climb up the TJ’s all-time scoring lists…. Read More

ONLY ONCE ALL YEAR did Juan Miguel Echevarría finish as low as 3rd, but he picked the wrong time to… Read More

A 3-PEAT FOR SAM KENDRICKS put him in rare territory as he became only the second American ever to rate… Read More

THE RANKINGS PANEL had to deliberate long and hard on this one, in a year where nobody fit the mold… Read More

JUST AS IN THE 20, the heat and humidity in Doha warped the performances mightily. Make that uber-mightily, as Yusuke… Read More

AFTER FINISHING ONLY 3rd in the Japanese Championships, Toshikazu Yamanishi erupted a month later, winning the Asian Championships with a… Read More

MASS-MEDIA ATTENTION on the 26-miler this year pretty much focused on Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-2:00 pursuit, but you’ll find we gave… Read More

WHEN YOU’RE THE AOY, having been No. 1 in your event is pretty much a foregone conclusion. In returning to… Read More

IT’S HARD TO BE No. 1 when you’re only 5th in the World Championships, but Orlando Ortega managed it. Of… Read More

AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED in an event that is now so rarely contested, the results of the World Championships race… Read More

HERE’S A WEIRD ONE FOR YOU: Selemon Barega grabbed the No. 1 spot despite not winning a race all year…. Read More

THIS IS ONE EVENT where the WC finish didn’t remotely match the top end of the Rankings. The Doha 1-2-3-4-5… Read More