World Champs Women’s LJ — Vuleta’s Ally For The Win
“MY GREATEST ALLY,” Ivana Vuleta has said, “is experience,” and indeed the 33-year-old Serbian has amassed quite a résumé. Over… Read More
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World Champs Women’s TJ — Rojas Rescues Self
WORLD RECORDHOLDER Yulimar Rojas came into the meet as the unquestioned favorite to capture her fourth consecutive world title. In… Read More
World Champs Women’s Shot — Ealey Sorts Technique, Repeats
FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT of New Zealand’s Valerie Adams, this century’s finest shot putter, Lijiao Gong had stepped up her claim… Read More
World Champs Women’s Discus — USA 1-2 Shocks Stadium
IT’S PROBABLY SAFE to say that no one, anywhere, would have predicted this result. There were three overwhelmingly dominant contenders…. Read More
Tausaga-Collins Learned To Believe
THERE WERE MOMENTS she wondered if she should be doing this at all. This, being to throw the discus. Laulauga… Read More
World Champs Women’s Hammer — Canadian Double Done
THINGS WENT TOPSY-TURVY in the qualifying round. Favored defending champ Brooke Andersen — the yearly list leader at 263-0 (80.17)… Read More
World Champs Women’s Javelin — Favorite Settles It Late
AFTER DOMINATING THE early season with 4 of the world’s top 8 meet performances for the year, Haruka Kitaguchi entered… Read More
World Champs Women’s Hept — Down-To-The-Wire Thriller
NO ONE SAW this finish coming. The dialogue started changing 10 days before, when defending champ Nafi Thiam withdrew. That… Read More
Zürich DL Men — Upsets Beset World Champions
ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, August 31 — Cool weather may have dampened some of the speed at the Weltklasse, but a stunning… Read More
Zürich DL Women — Budapest Winners Still Hot
ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, August 31 — With the stadium packed and buzzing on post-WC energy, women’s Budapest champions found success more… Read More
Xiamen DL — Coleman Shows His Speed Again
XIAMEN, CHINA, September 02—Finally, after years of pandemic-related postponements in this southeast Chinese city of 4 million, the Diamond League… Read More
WA Congress LIV — Coe Elected To His Final Term
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 17-18 — The WA Congress that preceded the World Championships achieved one of Seb Coe’s major goals:… Read More
Krissy Gear Vaults Into Top USA Steeple Slot
THERE’S A MOMENT, when you are moving past a woman who has won 10 U.S. titles, where you naturally wonder… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — September
AND THEN THERE WERE 6. In the unprecedented steak of annual global championships that runs from 2021 to 2025 (OG/WC/WC/OG/WC),… Read More
LANDMARKS — September
Died: Tom Courtney, 90 On August 22, in Naples, Florida; of amyloidosis. The ’56 Olympic 800 gold medalist also anchored… Read More
STATUS QUO — September
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn withdrew from Zürich because of illness. Shuho Dairokuno… Read More
LAST LAP — September
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone/will go a long way towards shaping… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — September
New records reported since the August issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); HS = High… Read More
