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5 DAYS AFTER SHE HAD WON the Olympic 5000 and just a day after she had added 1500 bronze, Sifan… Read More

THE FIRST PUERTO RICAN ever to earn a No. 1 in any event, man or woman, the Kentucky alum was… Read More

AND NOW THE SUB-52 BARRIER IS HISTORY. Sydney McLaughlin’s season was brief, but oh-so-productive. The Olympic Trials saw her run… Read More

SHE WAS ONLY No. 24 on the yearly world list, but there is no question that Peres Jepchirchir deserved the… Read More

NOT SURPRISINGLY, the Olympic order provided by the backbone in an event with few significant international meets outside the Games…. Read More

ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER No. 1 for Mariya Lasitskene. This year’s is her sixth, tying her with Stefka Kostadinova. They trail… Read More

THIS WAS A SCENE dominated by veterans: the first 3 were all 30 by year’s end, and No. 4 was… Read More

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW the top spot went to Malaika Mihambo. That made her only the third… Read More

WITH A SEASON SO GOOD that she ended up just a point behind the winner in AOY voting, Yulimar Rojas… Read More

SHE SKIPPED THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT, but undefeated Lijiao Gong was nonetheless a clear No. 1, what with the Olympic gold… Read More

WITH WINS AT BOTH the Olympic Games and DL Final Valarie Allman was a clear No. 1, the first American… Read More

WITH HER record-tying 13th straight appearance in the Top 10, Anita Włodarczyk breaks her tie atop the points lead, now… Read More

THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE: Shiying Lu won in Tokyo, but the Chinese star’s other 7 meets were all at… Read More

AFTER SLIPPING TO No. 2 in ’19 after 3 straight years as No. 1, Nafi Thiam returned to the top… Read More

OUR 26-MEMBER international voting panel had little trouble in choosing the year’s best women’s individual performance, with Sydney McLaughlin’s WR… Read More

AMERICAN RECORD SETTERS filled the first 3 spots, but with her 2 ARs in the 400H also being WRs, Sydney… Read More

THE NCAA’S BRIEF WINDOW of December indoor meets was very productive this year, notably so in the American Junior Record… Read More

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, December 11 — True to form, prerace favorites Gavin Sherry of Connecticut and Riley Hough of Michigan… Read More

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, December 11 — If you didn’t know much about newly crowned Eastbay Nationals champion Natalie Cook before… Read More