Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the gold in the men's 5,000m final on Sunday with a daring surge through the last turn in 13:13.66. The thrilling victory was a reversal of fortune for the 23-year-old Ingebrigtsen, who settled for a disappointing fourth place finish in the 1,500m on Tuesday. It was the first time any athlete …
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi needed one of the narrowest margins ever to win men's 800m gold and locked in his nation's fifth straight Olympic title in the event on Saturday. Wanyonyi won in 1:41.19 and became the third-fastest performer in history. He only trails world record-holder David Rudisha (1:40.90) and Wilson Kipketer. And at age 20, …
The U.S. stormed to its eighth straight win in the women's 4x400m relay in the Olympics on Saturday — and just a tenth of a second from a world record. It was the final track and field event of the Paris Games and closed more than a week of competition at Stade de France with …
Rai Benjamin played the role of hero for Team USA on Saturday as he held off Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in a sprint to the 4x400m relay gold. The Stade de France crowed was treated to a thriller as every bit of Benjamin's anchor leg was needed to pull off the victory for the Americas, who …
Faith Kipyegon became the first athlete to win three straight Olympic 1,500m titles with a decisive win on Saturday that is now one for the record books. The Kenyan took the gold in 3:51.29 — a new Olympic record — and finished a full second ahead of Australia's Jessica Hull (3:52.26) and Great Britain's Georgia …
Masai Russell needed a perfectly timed lean and a photo finish on Saturday to crown her the winner of the women's 100m hurdles — earning her first Olympic gold. The American edged past the finish line in 12.33 seconds ahead of France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela (12.34) and defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.36). Russell, …
Tamirat Tola commanded the crowded streets of Paris early Saturday morning and broke the Olympic record in the marathon in 2:06.26. The Ethiopian was among the braved warm weather conditions that added to the course's steep hills, Eluid Kipchoge, seeking his third straight title was barely a factor and dropped out after appearing …
Canada took gold in the men's Olympic 4x100m relay on Friday in a race where the American squad messed up on an exchange and later disqualified. Andre De Grasse's commanding anchor in the rain at Stade de France powered the Canadians to the title in 37.50 and ending a gold drought that dates back to …
Mariledy Paulino became the first woman to win a gold medal for the Dominican Republic in any sport on Friday, after winning the 400m final in 48.17. Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser took silver in 48.53 and Poland’s won bronze in 48.98. All eight women in the race ran under 50 seconds — a first in …
Sha'Carri Richardson showed dominance in her anchor leg for the U.S. women in the 4x100m relay on Friday and finally has her golden moment. The Americans braved the rain inside Stade de France and won Olympic gold in 41.78 seconds, just .07 seconds past Great Britain, with Germany taking the bronze. But the role of …