Olympic Men’s Decathlon — The Second Day That Rooth Built
WITH NO SCORE THIS year and a PR ranking No. 14 among the entries, Markus Rooth wasn’t anywhere to be… Read More
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Olympic Mixed 4×4 — Bol Flips Script After U.S. WR
THE FOURSOME FROM THE United States ran history’s fastest time in the heats; where they needed it was the final…. Read More
Olympic Mixed Marathon Walk — Spain’s Budapest Doublers
THE SCRIPT WAS written a year ago in Budapest. Only the numbers had to be jotted down in Paris. As… Read More
Olympic Women’s 100 — Alfred Reigns In Downpour
MUCH LIKE THE rain that showered on the 100 final, Julien Alfred could not be stopped. The 23-year-old from St…. Read More
Olympic Women’s 200 — The Night Belonged To Thomas
IT WAS HER TURN. After winning bronze in Tokyo and silver at last year’s World Championships, Gabby Thomas at last… Read More
Olympic Women’s 400 — Paulino Dominates, Sets OR
IN OUR COVERAGE of last year’s World Championships final, we speculated that Marileidy Paulino’s win may have been aided by… Read More
Olympic Women’s 800 – Hodgkinson Finds Midas Touch
HAVING PUBLICLY DECLARED herself to be “sick of silver” after 2nds in Tokyo and then the ’22 and ’23 Worlds,… Read More
Olympic Women’s 1500 — Kipyegon 3-Peats In Deep OR Final
JUST TO TOE the line in the 1500 final was a monumental task, but nothing could deter defending champion Faith… Read More
Olympic Women’s Steeple — Yavi Blitz Finish Nets OR
FIRST KENYAN WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech, and then Ugandan defending champion Peruth Chemutai pushed the pace in hopes of burning… Read More
Olympic Women’s 5000 — Chebet Collars Kipyegon
SURELY, A KICKER’S RACE would favor 1500 WR holder Faith Kipyegon, no? Yet the queen of the metric mile, who… Read More
Olympic Women’s 10,000 — Chebet Third To Win 5K/10 Double
IN A RACE in many ways reminiscent of the 5000 that had taken place 4 days earlier, 24-year-old Beatrice Chebet… Read More
Olympic Women’s 100H — Russell Over Local Fave In A Pick’em
IT SEEMED LIKE anybody’s race. The experts were hard-pressed to identify a solid favorite on the line of the 100H… Read More
Olympic Women’s 400H — Sixth SML Major Champs WR
NO OUTCOME IS certain in this sport, but Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone comes as close as possible to being a sure thing…. Read More
Olympic Women’s Marathon — Third Event The Charm For Hassan
OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD competition came to a climatic conclusion as Tigst Assefa and Sifan Hassan, history’s two fastest marathoners,… Read More
Olympic Women’s 20K Walk — Yang Keeps Promise To Father
ITS SHOOTERS, DIVERS, table tennis players and cyclists have kept China atop the gold medal-winners chart at the Paris Games… Read More
Olympic Women’s 4 x 100 — USA Golden Again After Tokyo Miss
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE been a textbook example of a flawless performance, but the U.S. women recovered the title they… Read More
Olympic Women’s 4×4 — AR Leads Sub-3:20 Baton Fest
THE DREAM TEAM of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes came together to win 4×4 gold and… Read More
Olympic Women’s High Jump — Mahuchikh Rises In Golden Atmosphere
IT’S HARD TO call the world’s two best high jumpers “ferocious rivals” when they both seem to be so kind… Read More
Olympic Women’s Pole Vault — Kennedy Alone At The Top
THIS WAS A REMATCH between last year’s joint gold medalists at Budapest, Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon, whose current seasons… Read More
Olympic Women’s Long Jump — Davis-Woodhall Takes Charge
ON A WARM EVENING, with most media attention focused on track events, Tara Davis-Woodhall staked her claim as the world’s… Read More
