Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek were announced on Thursday as the newest signings to Grand Slam Track — and the first male sprinters in the competition. Both athletes will join Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse as the initial competitors who have signed to Michael Johnson’s professional track league. The league kicks …
After a week of confusion surrounding her eligibility at the Diamond League finale, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will finish her season in Brussels — but not as part of the main program. Organizers of the Allianz Memorial van Damme, the last event of the Diamond League season, initially confirmed that McLaughlin-Levrone would run the 200m and 400m …
Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova was issued a 10 year ban on Tuesday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport judge after being found guilty of a doping violation. It is Tomashova's second doping infraction and she will likely be stripped of her 2012 Olympic 1,500m silver medal. The 49-year-old was perviously handed a two year ban …
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has been ruled “ineligible” to compete in the 200m and 400m at the Diamond League final in Brussels on September 14 and 15, according to Diamond League chief Petr Stastny. Stastny confirmed on Wednesday that McLaughlin-Levrone had not qualified for either event after announcing a day earlier that she would participate in the …
Fresh off of his stunning win in the men's 1,500m final at the Paris Olympics, Cole Hocker was announced on Wednesday as the latest addition to the Grand Slam Track roster along with Yared Nuguse. The signings means that the podium finishers will all be racing for the new league, which was announced by track …
Rebecca Cheptegi, who competed for Uganda in the Paris Olympics, is in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after suffering burns after a man poured gasoline on her and set her on fire on Sunday, according to police. Cheptegi, 33, suffered burns to 80 percent of her body and was rushed to the Moi Teaching …
The doping case involving Erriyon Knighton will be headed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as Knighton lawyers believe the sprinter is caught between a continued rift involving anti-doping agencies. The Athletics Integrity Unit said on Wednesday that it will appeal the “no-fault” verdict handed down by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency shortly before trials …
With the 2024 Paris Olympics in the books, it's time to look back at some of the moments that electrified Stade de France (and the streets outside of it) during over a week of must-watch action. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is the ultimate gold standard There seems to be no limit to what Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone can achieve …
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, …