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WE ALL KNEW THAT Eliud Kipchoge’s World Record would fall someday, but there was still some shock value when his… Read More

PREVIOUSLY A 4-TIME Ranker in the 5–8 range, Álvaro Martín moved up to No. 1 with his WC win. His… Read More

LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACES here as the shortening of the long walk has facilitated more doubling, with the result that… Read More

CAN YOU REMEMBER the last time an American claimed No. 1 in the high jump? You’ll be forgiven if you… Read More

REMAINING A CLASS APART, AOY runner-up Mondo Duplantis was the obvious choice as he claimed his third No. 1 in… Read More

NOT SINCE PANAMA’S Irving Saladino did it in 2006–08 had anyone won 3 titles in a row, but Miltiádis Tentóglou… Read More

YOU CAN NOW ADD BURKINA FASO to the list of nations which have had a No. 1 (in any event)…. Read More

THE AOY IS, OBVIOUSLY, No. 1, and we’ve bombarded you with Ryan Crouser stats all year, so we’ll keep it… Read More

DECISIONS DON’T COME MUCH CLOSER than this one. Defending No. 1 Kristjan Čeh dominated the top end of the performances… Read More

TURNOVER HAS BEEN SLOW at the top of the hammer, just 3 different men being No. 1 in the last… Read More

NEERAJ CHOPRA MADE HISTORY in ’18 when he became the first Indian ever to rate in the javelin, debuting at… Read More

NOT SINCE EAST GERMANY in ’88 had a country other than the U.S. gone 1-2 here, but with Pierce LePage’s… Read More

RYAN CROUSER SCORED still another honor in his epic ’23 campaign. Our panel of Performance Of The Year voters gave… Read More

FOR THE SECOND TIME, Ryan Crouser is our U.S. Athlete of the Year—no surprise, given his world honors. The Oregon… Read More

A PERFECT SEASON? Certainly on the track it was. Faith Kipyegon put together a campaign for the ages in ’23:… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 32-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 49th year of choosing a Women’s Athlete Of… Read More

By clicking on the following by-event links — represented by the No. 1 woman in each discipline for 2023 —… Read More

JAMAICA’S GRIP ON THE TOP END was finally broken after 10 straight leaderships (and 1-2-3s in ’21 & ’22). Before… Read More

FLOJO’S LEGENDARY 21.34 WR got its closest scare yet with Shericka Jackson’s 21.41 to win WC gold. The speedy Jamaican… Read More

WITH JUST A SINGLE LOSS and WC and DLF wins Paulino was the obvious choice for No. 1 after two… Read More