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REPEATING AS No. 1 U.S. woman isn’t easy to do, but Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has made a habit of doing difficult… Read More

IT WAS A TELLING MOMENT for our Men’s Athlete Of The Year. Following his World Record leap for the WC… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 31-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 63rd year of choosing a Men’s Athlete Of… Read More

By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 man in each discipline for 2022—you’ll be taken to… Read More

A U.S. PODIUM SWEEP at the WC translated to a 1-2-3 in the Rankings for Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy-Williams &… Read More

NOAH LYLES WAS PERFECT in winning his third No. 1 in the last 4 Rankings, going 8-for-8 and cranking out… Read More

PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE VEST, Michael Norman ran in only 5 meets. But he was a perfect 5-for-5, topped… Read More

HEADING INTO THE WC Emmanuel Korir had a rather mediocre résumé, one that featured a 5th, 6th & 8th to… Read More

THEY WERE CLEARLY 1 & 2, but what order for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Jake Wightman? They split their two meetings,… Read More

AN UNBEATEN SEASON earned Soufiane El Bakkali his third consecutive No. 1. In addition to WC gold, the tall Moroccan… Read More

HE WAS ONLY No. 21 on the yearly performers list, but Jakob Ingebrigtsen nonetheless repeated as the event leader. His… Read More

By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 man in each discipline for 2021—you’ll be taken to… Read More

MAKING IT 3 No. 1s in the last 4 Rankings, Joshua Cheptegei parlayed his WC gold into the perfect vehicle… Read More

A LONG U.S. DROUGHT ended with Grant Holloway’s repeat win. The last American to be No. 1 two years in… Read More

ALMOST WARHOLMIAN was the season put up by Alison dos Santos: undefeated, WC & DL champion, 3 sub-47 races. Actually,… Read More

ALL-TIME RANKING STATS in the 26-miler? We’re sure you’ll not be in the least surprised to learn that Eliud Kipchoge… Read More

WITH WINS in the year’s two biggest races — the World Championships and the World Team Champs — Toshikazu Yamanishi… Read More

WELCOME TO THE FIRST YEAR of Rankings at the 35K distance. RIP to the 50K as walking’s longest championship distance…. Read More

ONCE AGAIN rising to the occasion, Mutaz Barshim came up aces in the year’s biggest meet, winning his third straight… Read More

THE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, Mondo Duplantis was obviously a slam-dunk choice as repeat No. 1 here (and most certainly… Read More