A Recordsetting Fall Road Scene
IS IT THE SHOES? Not to take anything away from some great athletes, but as 2019 wound down, the hyper-fast… Read More
December 2019
2019 Women’s Heptathlon World Rankings
THE NO. 1 RANKER BACK IN ’14, Katarina Johnson-Thompson made some history by being the first in the event ever… Read More
2019 Women’s Javelin World Rankings
SHE LOST HER first and last meets of the year, but in between Huihui Lu ran off a streak of… Read More
2019 Women’s Hammer World Rankings
A DREAM SEASON for DeAnna Price found her producing an American Record which was the year’s longest throw, winning WC… Read More
2019 Women’s Discus World Rankings
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ’88, when East Germany actually went 1-2-3-4, a nation went 1-2 in the Rankings as… Read More
2019 Women’s Shot World Rankings
WHILE THE MEN’S SHOT saw a huge rise in the overall level of performance, the women’s went the other way…. Read More
2019 Women’s Triple Jump World Rankings
LET’S TALK BARRIERS: in a year where everybody else was struggling to reach 49ft or 15m—and nobody did—there was Yulimar… Read More
2019 Women’s Long Jump World Rankings
STARTING IN JUNE, Malaika Mihambo had a string of 6 meets in which she failed to broach the 7m/23ft barrier… Read More
2019 Women’s Pole Vault World Rankings
2018’S TOP 3 ENDED UP in those spots again, albeit in a jumbled order. Anzhelika Sidorova climbed from 3 to… Read More
2019 Women’s High Jump World Rankings
PUT A HIGH JUMP PIT in front of (or is it behind?) Mariya Lasitskene and she’s ready to go. This… Read More
2019 Women’s 50K Walk World Rankings
LONDON ’17 SAW the debut of the women’s 50 at a very late date, and there were so few competitors… Read More
2019 Women’s 20K Walk World Rankings
AFTER SITTING OUT 2 YEARS after having a child, Hong Liu returned to where she left off, adding to her… Read More
2019 Women’s Marathon World Rankings
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES! You know we’re in a brave new world when no fewer than 5 women break the 2:20 (yes, 2:20,… Read More
2019 Women’s 400 Hurdles World Rankings
THE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR is obviously No. 1 here, with Dalilah Muhammad pounding out WRs of 52.20 and 52.16…. Read More
2019 Women’s 100 Hurdles World Rankings
IF YOU WANT A MASTER CLASS in peaking perfectly, look no farther than Nia Ali at the World Championships, PRing… Read More
2019 Women’s 10,000 World Rankings
WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN, Hassan’s experience in the 10K amounted to a 34:28 road race way back in ’12. In… Read More
2019 Women’s 5000 World Rankings
NOBODY HAD A BLEMISH-FREE season and it came down to choosing either world champ Hellen Obiri or DL Trophy winner… Read More
2019 Women’s Steeplechase World Rankings
WR HOLDER BEATRICE CHEPKOECH was the only steepler to crack the 9:00 barrier in ’19 and she turned the trick… Read More
2019 Women’s 1500 World Rankings
THERE WERE 2 SIFAN HASSANS this year, each of whom ran 3 races. The first one to appear lost all… Read More