January 2022
FROM THE EDITOR — The Return Of The Rankings
LAST JANUARY’S COLUMN, titled What? There’s No 2020 World Rankings?! was one of the most depressing I’ve ever had to… Read More
LAST LAP — January
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
ON YOUR MARKS — January
BUT SHE WON’T QUADRUPLE WILL SHE? Triple Olympic track medalist Sifan Hassan says, “I want to run a marathon a… Read More
Analyzing The 2021 T&FN Rankings
IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW you’ll find all kinds of facts & figures relating to each of the individual Rankings… Read More
STATUS QUO — January
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Two more Oregon stars who won NCAA titles in ’21 have… Read More
LANDMARKS — January
Died: Lamine Diack, 88 On December 03, in Dakar, Senegal (see “Last Lap” for more on the former IAAF president)…. Read More
FOR THE RECORD — January
Records reported since the December issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); i = mark made… Read More
The Indoor Season Starts Hot In The U.S.
THE NCAA’S BRIEF WINDOW of December indoor meets was very productive this year, notably so in the American Junior Record… Read More
Absolute Records Broken In ’21
THIS IS A LISTING of all the Absolute Records (indoor and outdoor combined) set during calendar 2021. + = event… Read More
Men’s Performance Of The Year — Warholm’s Second WR
JUST AS THEY SHARED all the No. 1 votes in Athlete Of The Year voting, Karsten Warholm and Ryan Crouser… Read More
Women’s Performance Of The Year — Syd’s Second WR
OUR 26-MEMBER international voting panel had little trouble in choosing the year’s best women’s individual performance, with Sydney McLaughlin’s WR… Read More
2021 T&FN Women’s World/U.S. Rankings
By clicking on the following by-event links — represented by the No. 1 women’s Ranker in each discipline for ’21… Read More
2021 Women’s 100 World Rankings
IT’S SMALL WONDER THAT JAMAICA won the Olympic 4×1 gold, what with its leading stars going 1-2-3 in the 100… Read More
2021 Women’s 200 World Rankings
AS IN THE 100, Elaine Thompson-Herah was dominant in Tokyo, but the rest of her season here was shaky. She… Read More
2021 Women’s 400 World Rankings
CONTINUING HER RUN of high Rankings finishes, Shaunae Miller-Uibo shows up in the Top 10 for the sixth straight time,… Read More
2021 Women’s 800 World Rankings
WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN, Athing Mu was a promising Texas A&M frosh with a lifetime best of 2:01.17. Incredibly, she… Read More
2021 Women’s 1500/Mile World Rankings
AFTER A LOSS in her season-opening race in Florence, Faith Kipyegon ran off a half-dozen victories to finish off her… Read More
2021 Women’s Steeplechase World Rankings
THIS IS ONE EVENT where the Olympic champ didn’t factor in at the top end. Tokyo was the only race… Read More