World Champs Women’s HJ — Stirring Stand For Ukraine
IN A PURELY SUBJECTIVE poll of the most popular winners in Budapest, the likes of Noah Lyles and Femke Bol… Read More
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World Champs Women’s Vault — The Meet’s First Shared Gold
TAKING THEIR LEAD from high jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim at the Tokyo Olympics, Oregon22 winner Katie Moon of… Read More
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
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
Focus On The U.S. Women’s 5000
TRUTH: the women’s 5000 has not been America’s best event historically. Not even close, in an event which debuted in… Read More
Penn Relays Men — Double Wins For Hoyas, Bulls, Huskies
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, April 24–26 — After two picture-perfect days, the weather caused some havoc on the final session of the… 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
