FROM THE EDITOR — Watching The Games From Afar
LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER FAN on the planet, I did my watching of the Tokyo “2020” action at home…. Read More
September 2021
LANDMARKS — September
Died: Angela Bailey, 59 On July 31, in Mississauga, Ontario; of lung cancer. The Canadian 100 recordholder with her 10.98… Read More
STATUS QUO — September
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, focusing on all kinds of Tokyo problems: Nigerian sprinter Enoch Adegoke… Read More
LAST LAP — September
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
FOR THE RECORD — September
Records reported since the August issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20). MEN ABSOLUTE TRACK 400… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — September
HE’S ALSO THE INSTAGRAM CHAMP. Olympic javelin gold medalist Neeraj Chopra now has more Instagram followers than any other active… Read More
Tokyo 2020 — An Olympic Games Like No Other
TOKYO, JAPAN, July 31-August 08 — Just days before the Opening Ceremony for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, doubt… Read More
Pre Diamond League Women — A 100 For The Ages
EUGENE, OREGON, August 21 — The fastest women’s 100 ever? We think so, as the promised sprint showdown at the… Read More
Pre Diamond League Men — Lyles Responds To The Crowd
EUGENE, OREGON, August 21 — Turns out the much-ballyhooed Prefontaine Classic was worth all that ballyhoo, as the first Diamond… Read More
Pre Classic Friday — Thrilling Women’s Distances
EUGENE, OREGON, August 20 — Even Wonder Woman must feel fatigue once in a while and that goes too for… Read More
Plenty Of Hoops For Tokyo Journalists To Jump Through
WHEN I SAW THE E-MAIL I panicked, half-expecting Japan’s COVID police to pounce, drag me off to a dreaded quarantine… Read More
Olympic Men’s Decathlon — Another Member For The 9000 Club
MAKING UP FOR WHAT HE VIEWED as a disappointing bronze in Rio, Damian Warner crossed the 1500 line with a… Read More
Olympic Women’s High Jump — A Date With Destiny Realized
5 YEARS AGO reigning world champion Mariya Lasitskene was denied the opportunity to compete in Rio because of the (still… Read More
Olympic Men’s 4 x 400 — Finishing On A Positive Note
AFTER 8 DAYS OF DROUGHT, the United States men finally won a gold on the track. It was a terrific… Read More
Olympic Women’s 4 x 400: A Golden Quartet
AFTER MUCH TONGUE WAGGING about who should/must/would comprise the foursome for the final, the U.S. put a golden quartet of… Read More
Olympic Men’s Marathon — The Legend Grows
ANOTHER MARATHON, ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL. Eliud Kipchoge added to his already legendary career with a thoroughly dominating performance in Sapporo…. Read More
Olympic Men’s 50K Walk — David Slays Goliaths
IN AN OLYMPICS full of stunning upsets, none was more stunning in track & field than Dawid Tomala’s. So who… Read More
Olympic Women’s 10,000 — Final Score: 2 Golds, 1 Bronze
SPRINTING AWAY IN THE FINAL 100 METERS, Sifan Hassan closed out her 3-event, 6-race triple-medal quest by stopping the clock… Read More