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World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

USA Track and Field revealed the roster of athletes on Tuesday that will head to Tokyo next week as part of Team USA's World Athletics Championships squad. The bulk of the team was chosen through podium finishes at last month's outdoor national championships in Eugene, Oregon while defending world champions receive automatic byes for Tokyo. …

Gabby Thomas Achilles injury

Gabby Thomas revealed on Tuesday that she will miss the World Athletics Championships because of an Achilles injury. Thomas has been dealing with the injury since May, which has continued to be an issue and it worsened in July. "I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this news, but …

Kiros and Hassan post course record wins at Sydney Marathon's major debut

Hailemaryam Kiros and Sifan Hassan pulled off thrilling wins at the Sydney Marathon on Sunday as the race made it's debut as a member of the marathon majors club. Kiros emerged from a pack of just over a dozen runners to win the men's race in 2:06:06 while Hassan was aggressive from the start and …

World records ratified

Five world records became official on Friday as World Athletics announced that marks set by Mondo Duplantis, Agnes Ngetich, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Cameron Myers are now ratified. The records span from April 2024 to June 2025 and include a pair of U20 short track times from Myers from the same race, a pole vault height …

gender tests at World Championships

Ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September, World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has revealed that the gender tests implemented by the governing body in time for the event are mostly complete. World Athletics announced in July that any athlete looking to compete in the female category at world championships would need to submit …

Brooks XC Championships

Brooks announced on Thursday that it will launch a national high school cross country showcase which appears to serve as a substitute for the recently shuttered Foot Locker series. The Brooks XC Championships implements a similar model from the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships and will stage four regional prep championships which will culminate with …