Day 7 on the track proved to be one of the high points during the Paris Games but also with a twist of drama as the night unfolded. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the women's 400m hurdles world record again — her sixth time cracking the mark. Meanwhile, Noah Lyles was the favorite to win the men's …
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone proved once again on Thursday that the women's 400m hurdles is one of the must-see events on the Olympic stage. The American won her second straight gold medal in world record fashion in 50.37 and lowering her own mark. It is the sixth time she's broken the record and McLaughlin-Levrone is the only …
Grant Holloway won his first Olympic gold medal, punctuating an electric performance in the 110m hurdles on Thursday in 12.99 seconds. The 26-year-old American looked effortless over each hurdle and more than made up for a disappointing silver in 2021 at the Tokyo Games. His teammates Daniel Roberts came in second in a photo-finish with …
Tara Davis-Woodhall's personalty always beams during competition and after her gold medal win in the long jump on Thursday, she added a new layer of shine to her arsenal. She leaped 7.10m to seal the Olympic title and held off defending champion, Germany’s Malaika Mihambo (6.98) as fellow American Jasmine Moore took bronze at 6.96. …
Noah Lyles ran the 200m final in Paris on Thursday night in dramatic fashion, in third place for the bronze and then hunched down onto the track. He later revealed that he tested positive for Covid days earlier. Lyles, 27, had to be helped from the track and carted off, and for a moment, the …
Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the men's 200m gold on Thursday in a commanding win over the favorite Noah Lyles. He also brought Botswana it's first Olympic gold medal. Tebogo crossed the finish in 19.46 and was boosted by a strong surge late in the race. American Bednarek won the silver in 19.62 …
As it turns out, Quincy Wilson will get his chance to shine at the Paris Olympics. The 16-year-old phenom from Bullis School in Maryland was chosen to run the lead leg of Team USA's men's 4x400 relay team in Friday's qualifying round. Wilson will be the youngest male American athlete to compete in a track …
Nina Kennedy did her part to boost a big Wednesday for Australia by willing the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in the pole vault. She cleared a season's best 4.90m, beating American rival Katie Moon, the defending champion who settled for silver at 4.85m. Canada's Alysha Newman also cleared 4.85m but was awarded bronze since …
Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali won his second straight gold in the men's 3,000m steeplechase on Wednesday in a race where world record holder, Ethiopian Lamecha Girma fell in the closing stages. El Bakkali surged to the win in 8:06.05 as American Kenneth Rooks took silver in 8:06.41, with Kenyan Abraham Kibiwot holding on for bronze in …
In an Olympic games of plenty of first for some, American Freddie Crittenden made one of his own by becoming the first athlete to make it through a repechage round. Crittenden advanced to the 110m hurdles final on Wednesday in 13.23 after intentionally using the repechage to slowly make his way over the barriers and …