Michael Johnson posted an open letter to Grand Slam Track athletes on Friday that addressed months of rumors why the league has been unable to compensate them within a previously agreed time frame. According to Johnson, there were major issues with investor funding that ultimately led to the cancelation of the final meet in June …
As the busy outdoor track and field season surges on, just a handful of Diamond League meets remain with world championships in Tokyo in full view. The action shifts to Silesia on Saturday as final tuneups for September’s world stage await some as others still hope to punch their tickets to Japan via wild card …
John Korir will head back to the Windy City to defend his title as the elite fields for the 2025 Chicago Marathon on October 17 were announced on Thursday. Last year, Korir roared to a 2:02:44 win and will be joined by a staked men's group that includes six competitors who all have cracked the …
In a pair of social media posts on Monday and Tuesday, Sha’Carri Richardson addressed her supporters and made a public apology to boyfriend Christian Coleman in her first formal statement of her recent domestic violence arrest. Richardson, 25, was arrested in a Seattle airport on July 27 and charged in an incident after security footage …
Fred Kerley was assessed a provisional suspension stemming from a whereabouts violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced on Tuesday. Kerley, the silver medalist in the men’s 100m in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and bronze winner in the same event at the Paris Games last year, reportedly amassed three whereabouts failures. The AIU states that a …
Mondo Duplantis reminded the world once again on Tuesday why he is the king of the pole vault after he cleared 6.29m — a breaking his own world record — at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Budapest, Hungary. In what is likely to be one of his final tuneups before world championships in Tokyo in …
Nikki Hiltz revealed on Wednesday that they underwent top surgery, a gender affirming procedure, last September to make their chest align with their gender identity. In a lengthy social media post, Hiltz said the surgery occurred last September after the Paris Olympics and only close friends and family were aware. "It's been pretty special to …
Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport on Sunday and charged with domestic assault, according to numerous published reports. A Port of Seattle Police Department report said that Richardson was involved in an incident with her boyfriend, sprinter Christian Coleman, and taken into custody. She was detained at the SCORE South Correctional …
All roads continue to lead to world championships in Tokyo in September and many of the biggest names in the sport once will be in action in Eugene, Oregon this week for a shot at making Team USA. At stake in this post-Paris Olympics showcase are some of the biggest prizes in track and field …
World Athletics revealed the details of the type of gender verification athletes hoping to compete in the female category would need to undergo, including a one-time genetic test. The governing body announced on Wednesday that the new regulation would be implemented on September 1, ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from September 13 …