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 …
Gabby Thomas asserted herself the moment she left the blocks in the women's 200m final on Tuesday and struck Olympic gold as she made a dominant move through the turn. And with a commanding kick to punctuate a near flawless race, the American soared to victory in 21.83 — leaving memories of her bronze in …
American Cole Hocker ran the race of his young career on Tuesday by pulling off a come from behind win, taking gold and blowing past Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen. The favorites in the race, all with faster times than Hocker this year, settled in and it seemed to be a question of what the final order …
Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo both withdrew from Wednesday's upcoming men's 5000m semifinal at the Paris Olympics, according to published reports and Uganda Athletics. In a statement from Uganda's head coach Faustino Kiwa, both runners were unable to recover from Friday's 10,000m final, which Cheptegei won. "I wish to inform Ugandans that our heroes Joshua …
Tuesday's track and field action Stade de France was a mix of an unexpected upset from American Cole Hocker in the men's 1500m final over Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, while Hocker's teammate Gabby Thomas shined in an impressive 200m final that saw her explod from the blocks en route to the gold. Meanwhile, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and …
Mondo Duplantis continued to separate himself from the mere mortals of pole vault on Monday by breaking is own world record, clearing 6.25m — and claiming his second straight Olympic title. The crowd at Stade de France was buzzing after the Swedish vaulter's first attempt cleared 6.10m, with the remainder of the event seeming like …
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won the gold in the women's 5,000m on Monday with a final dash to the line in a race that featured burst of late drama that extended into post-race controversy. Chebet sprinted to the finish in 14:28.56 with fellow Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in second (14:29.60) and the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan in third …
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson left zero doubt that she could thrive on the Olympic stage by taking the gold in the women's 800m on Monday in 1:56.72. With reigning champion American Athing Mu out of the mix, the field was hotly contested in the qualifying rounds as there seemed to be a question of who …