World Champs Women’s 400 — Let’s Run Half As Far
IF THIS WAS Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s farewell to the 400, it was emphatic. And golden. The 28-year-old Bahamian is a two-time… Read More
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World Champs Women’s 800 — A Rivalry Resumed
WHEN IT COMES TO delivering, Athing Mu has usually been the driver, taking charge from the start and leaving her… Read More
World Champs Women’s 1500 — According To Form
THE T&FN FORMCHART predicted a 1-2-3 of Faith Kipyegon–Gudaf Tsegay–Laura Muir (with original No. 3 pick/reigning champion Sifan Hassan opting… Read More
World Champs Women’s Steeple — Fast From The Get-Go
THE FAVORITE made it clear from the gun: the women’s steeple would not be the same dawdling affair as the… Read More
World Champs Women’s 5000 — A Good Switch
1500 SILVER MEDALIST Gudaf Tsegay won a thrilling last-lap sprint against 5 others to claim victory. Fending off a pair… Read More
World Champs Women’s 10K — Gidey Fills Out Her Set
ALREADY THE OWNER of a 10K silver medal from Doha ’19 and an Olympic bronze from last year, Letesenbet Gidey… Read More
World Champs Women’s 100H — 12.12 & 12.06w?!
THE ICING PRECEDED the cake, in a sense as Tobi Amusan blew every onlooker’s mind in her semi. The 4th-placer… Read More
Podium, Sure, But A World Record-Setting Gold?
IT WAS A LIFE-TRANSFORMING weekend in Eugene for Tobi Amusan. In the space of hours the 25-year-old Nigerian hurdler went… Read More
World Champs Women’s 400H — Performance Of The Year?
WHAT’S A VALID COMPARISON for Sydney McLaughlin’s boggler World Record to trounce the 400H field? Warholm’s 45.94 in Tokyo? He… Read More
Just Letting It All Sink In
THE PRODIGY DELIVERED on her promise Friday night at Hayward Field. Sydney McLaughlin, the wunderkind of the 400H, circled the… Read More
World Champs Women’s Marathon — Leading Late
AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST 40 kilometers ever-so-reluctant to assume the lead, Goytatom Gebreselassie grabbed the front position from Judith Korir… Read More
World Champs Women’s 20K Walk — García Kicks It Off
IT HAS BEEN a long road to glory — 23 years in fact — but Kimberley García (formally García León)… Read More
World Champs Women’s 35K Walk — Make Mine A Double
IT TOOK JUST 2:39:16 for Kimberley García to stride her way into the recordbooks. A week after the 28-year-old Peruvian’s… Read More
World Champs Women’s 4×1 — U.S. Upsets The Odds
DESPITE JAMAICA’S drafting in of its 100 and 200 winners Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson (as well as Elaine Thompson-Herah),… Read More
World Champs Women’s 4×4 — Finding A Foursome
TO CALL THE MEET’S final race “eagerly awaited” might be an understatement. For many months the sport’s message boards had… Read More
World Champs Women’s HJ — Down Under Goes Over
THE FINAL PROVIDED both drama and expert execution. Despite the absence of Americans in the final — including the shocking… Read More
World Champs Women’s Pole Vault — A U.S. 1–2
AS THE REIGNING Olympic champion, Katie Nageotte perhaps should have been a shoo-in for at least a medal at the… Read More
World Champs Women’s Long Jump — Mihambo Repeats
THE SLOGAN OF Oregon22 was “Feel the Glory.” All Malaika Mihambo could do was feel the pressure. The 28-year-old German… Read More
World Champs Women’s Triple Jump — Overwhelming Again
IN FULL COMMAND of the runway as well as her adoring crowd, the queen of the triple jump added another… Read More
World Champs Women’s Shot — Breaking New Ground
IT WAS A NIGHT OF FIRSTS for Chase Ealey: first individual U.S. medal of the ’22 WC; first American woman… Read More
