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TOKYO HAS BEEN nothing short of a star turn by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, who became only the fourth woman to double… Read More

A KNEE INJURY kept Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone from contesting the world title in the 400 back in ’23. That year, after… Read More

KENYAN WOMEN HAD OWNED the top of the podium in the middle and long distances at Tokyo25, sweeping the 1500… Read More

A BRUTAL PACE helped Kenya come within 0.09 of the first podium sweep of the 1500 in meet history. The… Read More

IT LOOKED LIKE vintage Winfred Yavi — coming off the final waterjump and crushing the opposition with a devastating kick…. Read More

WHEN WR-HOLDER Beatrice Chebet crossed the line at 14:54.36 — her face overflowing with joy — she had not only… Read More

IT CAN BE SAID AGAIN, now with even more conviction: Beatrice Chebet has become nearly unbeatable in her specialties since… Read More

SEVEN DIFFERENT WOMEN won DL 100H races this season, setting the stage for another wide-open competition. But in the end… Read More

THIS COMPETITION FEATURED perhaps the meet’s most prohibitive women’s favorite in the person of Femke Bol. She owned the top… Read More

ONCE AGAIN Peres Jepchirchir proved to be the queen of the close finish. The ’21 Olympic champ sprinted past Tigst… Read More

STANDING TALL AND STRONG — though just 5-1/106 (1.55/48) — María Pérez lorded over the competition in the 20K walk… Read More

SPAIN’S MÁRIA PÉREZ turned her first Tokyo assignment into a walkaway. Spectators along Gingko Tree Lane in the National Stadium… Read More

FOR THE THIRD WC in a row, the United States came out on top in a close battle with Jamaica…. Read More

FOUR OF THE SEVEN women who comprised the relay pool that engineered an Olympic gold medal and American Record in… Read More

AFTER TRIUMPHING AT the last two World Indoor Championships, and getting silver at the last two Olympic Games, Australia’s Nicola… Read More

NOT EVEN Yelena Isinbaeva could string together three successive World Champs wins, but now Katie Moon has. The American, who… Read More

COMPETING SUCCESSFULLY in the pole vault at the very highest of levels is all about mastering pressure. No one knows… Read More

IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD from Budapest to Tokyo, albeit with plenty of successful stops on the way including… Read More

THE OBVIOUS STORYLINE coming into Tokyo was whether Cuba could pull off a 1-2 finish and hold off Olympic champion… Read More

IF YOU LIKE late drama, the women’s shot was the event for you. New Zealand’s Maddi Wesche — Paris silver… Read More