January 2026

THE PRE-COVID ERA of the 20K in this century was dominated by Russia and China, who earned 17 of the… Read More

AFTER A YEAR on the sidelines (it’s not an Olympic event) the longer of the two standard walks made its… Read More

A NARROW 8-SECOND WIN at the World Championships wasn’t enough to salvage Caio Bonfim’s hopes for a No. 1. Frustratingly,… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 34-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 51st year of choosing a Women’s Athlete Of… Read More

AS ’25 DREW TO A CLOSE, T&FN Women’s Athlete Of The Year voters were presented with one of the strongest… Read More

HE HAS PLAYED THE PART BEFORE to rousing cheers, but being a World Record-breaking vaulter is a role that gets… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 34-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 66th year of choosing a Men’s Athlete Of… Read More

OUR TOP 4 CHOICES all had brilliant seasons. Fortunately, they were relatively easy to sort out as the event’s incredible… Read More

ANY TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF trailing only JJK on an all-time list, you’ve done something terribly right. And that’s what… Read More

WELCOME TO edition No. 78 of the Track & Field News World Rankings. Our Rankings made their debut by chronicling… Read More

“THE YOUNGER KIDS always have an advantage because they know it’s possible from the older sisters.” Ian Forsyth, one of… Read More

IT MIGHT SURPRISE some folks to learn now, after all he’s accomplished, that Jackson Spencer was not exactly the overwhelming… Read More

ANY RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN the Rankings order and the WC finish is apparently largely coincidental. What the Rankers did in Tokyo:… Read More

FOR THE SECOND year in a row, the unlikely site of western Canada (British Columbia to be specific) produced both… Read More

AT THE RISK OF getting carried away with ourselves, it doesn’t seem like much of a stretch to tag Valarie… Read More

THERE WAS NO DUCKING in this one. Jessica Schilder turned out for 17 meets and won 9 of them. HER… Read More

WITH WR HOLDER Yulimar Rojas’s rewriting of the all-time lists in the last few years, we became accustomed to 50-foot… Read More

SHE COMPETED SPARINGLY (only 6 meets), but as an undefeated world champion with two DL wins and the best series… Read More

BETWEEN THEM, American stars Sandi Morris (’16, ’18, ’22) and Katie Moon (’21, ’23, ’25) have grabbed the lion’s share… Read More

JUST WHEN IT APPEARED that Yaroslava Mahuchikh was nigh on invincible, reality rose up and took a bite. The WR… Read More