DESPITE HIS IMPROVEMENT to 3:27.14, Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still finding Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1500 WR of 3:26.00 a long way off. “I want to find out how quickly it can go,” he says, “but there is still a long way to 26-blank. But who knows? One day I might be able to run under 27, and then I’ll be close.”…
In a late-in-the-going development, Shenzen has dropped out of hosting this year’s second DL meet in China. It will be replaced by Xiamen, which plans on staging the meet through ’32…
Andy Bayer, who came out of retirement this year to finish 9th in the USATF steeple, has signed with On. Likewise Dylan Jacobs, now done with his eligibility at Tennessee…
Another steepler, Duncan Hamilton, has signed on with the Nike Bowerman TC…
The Zürich DL (August 31) is scheduled to have a monster men’s 400H: Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin & Alison dos Santos, the event’s 3 fastest performers ever…
HOKA NAZ Elite has parted ways with head coach Alan Culpepper…
NIL deals: Florida’s Parker Valby has signed with Nike, Stanford’s Roisin Willis with New Balance, teammate Juliette Whittaker with On Running, Arkansas’s Jaydon Hibbert with Puma, and Oregon prep Mia Brahe-Pedersen with Nike…
High jumper Rachel Glenn has departed South Carolina for Arkansas, reportedly over the Gamecocks’ handling of NIL opportunities. “I kept asking and asking for help with NIL deals and brand deals, but they literally spent all their attention on basketball and football,” she said…
Asics has become the main sponsor of the Athlete Refugee Team, providing kit and shoes, as well as access to its network of training centers worldwide…
French gold medalists in Paris are set to earn a gold medal bonus of $88,000…
Canada’s ‘21 Olympic men’s 4×1 finally got its silver medal at a ceremony in Toronto. The promotion came from the disqualification of the original British runners-up because of the CJ Ujah doping positive…
Nigeria’s women’s 4×1 that won the Commonwealth Games has been stripped of its gold following the doping DQ of Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha. England, Jamaica and Australia will be promoted…
Nafi Thiam’s 5055 has been ratified by WA as the pentathlon WR. Adriana Sułek crossed the line some 6 seconds earlier and technically held the record at 5014 for a few moments, but unfortunately that mark will not be ratified…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has signed a 3-year sponsorship with Swiss luxury watch company Robert Mille. The deal will help her fund her Pocket Rocket Foundation scholarship fund for Jamaican teens…
The Sports Examiner reports that the USATF Championships had a smaller viewership this year with its appearance on Peacock/MSNBC rather than NBC: Friday 176,000 vs 214,000; Saturday 207,000 vs 1.05 million; Sunday 288,000 vs 1.052 million…
Nigerian sprinters Favour Ofili and Rosemary Chukwuma may miss Worlds as the federation threatens to enforce its rule of not sending athletes who skip the national trials…
Jamaican Nathan Reid, 22, died July 24 in a single car accident near Orin Junction, Wyoming. The Wyoming junior was an NCAA discus finalist in ’22…
Tim Hickey, 80, the coach of the Philadelphia’s powerhouse William Penn High School program for more than 30 years, died on June 28 of Parkinson’s…
Though Usain Bolt himself has never been to Miramar, the Florida city has unveiled a statue of the Jamaican great. Explained the vice-mayor, “It will spur economic development and serve as an inspiration for up-and-coming athletes of all ages and backgrounds.”…
The inaugural World Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, has been condensed from 2 days to 1 (October 1)…
Polish Olympians Natalia Kaczmarek and Konrad Bukowiecki have announced their engagement…
Under-suspension Shelby Houlihan won a local 10K race in Iowa in 30:47, the mark coming on an uncertified course. With no USATF permit, organizers were free to allow her to run despite her ban. She beat the next finisher, the top male, by 4:27. Another Shelby Houlihan race saw her break the women’s WR for the beer mile with her 5:43.81…
Cash-strapped as it is, UK Athletics still paid a portion of the production costs for BBC to televise the London DL. This comes amid news that the new agreement between the federation and its traditional broadcaster, BBC, is worth just a fraction of the previous deal, in which UKA received $3.8 million yearly…
After the Australian state of Victoria stunned Commonwealth officials by suddenly withdrawing its bid to host the ’26 Games, the mayor of London offered his city to host the meet, provided there is government financial support…
In a new initiative for preps, Nike and the National Scholastic Athletic Foundation have named 40 athletes who will received comprehensive support throughout the year, from mentoring to equipment to travel. The 20 from each sex hail from 18 states…
The news was long awaited, but finally coach Bobby Kersee clarified which individual events his biggest stars will be running in Budapest. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will run only the 400 and will not contest the 400H, for which she has a bye. Athing Mu will decline her 1500 spot and focus on the 800, where she has a bye. He did not speak to their availability for the relay…
Both Noah Lyles and Dina Asher-Smith are expected to be featured in an upcoming Netflix documentary that focuses on sprinters. The title and release date have not been announced…
The University Of New Orleans is building a new $13 million track facility that includes a 9-lane track around a regulation-size soccer pitch…
Warsaw is planning to build a new track stadium that will seat 25,000…
A major executive for the Tokyo organizing committee admitted in court that there was a large bid-rigging operation worth over $300 million in connection with the Olympic test events…
A woman was arrested at Kenya’s international airport bringing in nearly 800 boxes of performance-enhancing drugs. Police apparently had been warned of her arrival in advance…
New Zealand’s Olympic vault coach, Jeremy McColl, has been banned from the sport for 10 years after an investigation found misconduct including harassment and sexual remarks to minors. He coached Eliza McCartney to the bronze in Rio…
The Paris Olympic torch made its debut in a special ceremony that marked a year to go to the Games. Usain Bolt was the marquee guest…
Idaho will begin allowing its high schools to offer the javelin in the ’24 season, with the event to be included at State the following year. This makes it 22 states to offer the event…
Georgia star Matthew Boling has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $10,000. In addition to his sprinting skills, he is a 4-time SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year…
Possibly in a move to smooth Seb Coe’s path to the International Olympic Committee, his marketing agency, CSM Sports & Entertainment, is in talks to be acquired by Wasserman, a global sports, music and culture agency…
Budapest organizers will stage two road races for the general public on the final day of the Worlds, a 2K and a 10K…
This year’s Asian Games, hosted by Hangzhou, China, will allow up to 500 athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate this fall…
What are World Records worth? After 3 Faith Kipyegon marks this season, a Kenyan newspaper counted up a total of $190,000, a number that does not include any contractual amounts due her from her main sponsor Nike. ◻︎