Olympic Women’s 100H — Russell Over Local Fave In A Pick’em
IT SEEMED LIKE anybody’s race. The experts were hard-pressed to identify a solid favorite on the line of the 100H… Read More
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Olympic Women’s 10,000 — Chebet Third To Win 5K/10 Double
IN A RACE in many ways reminiscent of the 5000 that had taken place 4 days earlier, 24-year-old Beatrice Chebet… Read More
Olympic Women’s Hept — Historic Third Win For Thiam
JUST 10 DAYS before turning 30, Nafi Thiam gave herself an early birthday present — something no other combined events… Read More
Olympic Women’s Shot — Ogunleye Made The Most Of It
THE EXPECTED SHOWDOWN between 2-time world champion Chase Jackson and world indoor winner Sarah Mitton never materialized, but the competition… Read More
Olympic Men’s 800 — A Final To Rival London ’12
EXPECTATIONS RAN HIGH for a fast 2-lap final, with a number of very fast performances this season, including a Diamond… Read More
Olympic Mixed Marathon Walk — Spain’s Budapest Doublers
THE SCRIPT WAS written a year ago in Budapest. Only the numbers had to be jotted down in Paris. As… Read More
Olympic Men’s 5000 — Ingebrigtsen All About Redemption, Again
NORWEGIAN SUPERSTAR Jakob Ingebrigtsen bounced back from the gut punch of being run out of the 1500 medals 4 days… Read More
Olympic Men’s TJ — Ex-Cubans Conquer Podium
LEADING AN UNOFFICIAL Cuban medal sweep, Jordan Alejandro Díaz took gold with his opening round effort. That backed up his… Read More
Olympic Women’s 400 — Paulino Dominates, Sets OR
IN OUR COVERAGE of last year’s World Championships final, we speculated that Marileidy Paulino’s win may have been aided by… Read More
Olympic Men’s Javelin — Nadeem Breaks Out Big With OR
FEW NATIONS have a fiercer socio-political rivalry than India and Pakistan, creating an intense neighborly battle for spear supremacy here…. Read More
Olympic Women’s 4×4 — AR Leads Sub-3:20 Baton Fest
THE DREAM TEAM of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes came together to win 4×4 gold and… Read More
Olympic Men’s HJ — Jumpoffs Return, Kerr Over McEwen
IN TOKYO THREE years ago, Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi decided to shake hands and famously shared the… Read More
Olympic Women’s 1500 — Kipyegon 3-Peats In Deep OR Final
JUST TO TOE the line in the 1500 final was a monumental task, but nothing could deter defending champion Faith… Read More
Olympic Men’s 4 x 400 — OR For USA In Squeaker
ONLY ONCE BEFORE has an Olympic men’s 4×4 been as close as this down-to-the wire battle that saw the United… Read More
Olympic Men’s 4 x 100: DQ-Ja Vu All Over Again
TO PARAPHRASE TOLSTOY, every unhappy relay is unhappy in its own way. This Olympics, we have two distinct threads in… Read More
Olympic Men’s Long Jump — Tentóglou Joins Repeater Ranks
WITH A SECOND-ROUND effort of 27-10 (8.48), Miltiádis Tentóglou added to his burgeoning collection of medals by defending his Olympic… Read More
Olympic Women’s 4 x 100 — USA Golden Again After Tokyo Miss
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE been a textbook example of a flawless performance, but the U.S. women recovered the title they… Read More
Olympic Men’s 110H — Holloway Races To Missing Medal
THE ADVICE WAS SIMPLE. Grant Holloway said his coach told him before the high hurdle final “just to trust my… Read More
Olympic Men’s 400H — Benjamin Wins The Showdown
WITH A SINGULAR FOCUS, Rai Benjamin had this long-anticipated rematch front-and-center in his mind for the past 3 years. And… Read More
Olympic Women’s Long Jump — Davis-Woodhall Takes Charge
ON A WARM EVENING, with most media attention focused on track events, Tara Davis-Woodhall staked her claim as the world’s… Read More
