LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The perennial battle between adulation and scepticism summed up the year in athletics as fans were treated to some mind-blowing performances against the usual depressing ...

Undoubtedly, 21 new world #1's seems like a large number, but how does this compare to previous years of the world rankings? Since the world rankings were introduced, Tokyo 25 had the second highest ...

There isn’t much Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone hasn’t achieved. The track and field star is one of the most accomplished active athletes across all sports. McLaughlin-Levrone is the women’s 400-meter ...

Ranking the Top-20 Men’s Swimmers in the World, Part IV (1-5): Marchand Tops the Best of the Best At the recent World Championships, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the results ...

Ranking the Top-20 Men’s Swimmers in the World, Part I (16-20): Short Course World-Record Holders Stand Out At the recent World Championships, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the ...

On a water-logged final Sunday at the World Athletics Championships, the Americans won three relay golds and got another from Cole Hocker in the men’s 5,000-meter to cap a historic performance. The ...

Rai Benjamin won a world hurdles title in Tokyo. Benjamin also won a relay silver. The Mount Vernon graduate thanked his family and high school coaches after his win. For Rai Benjamin, the Tokyo World ...

TOKYO — Marco Arop missed out on a gold-medal repeat. The Canadian track star also didn't leave Japan National Stadium empty-handed. The 27-year-old from Edmonton won bronze with a season-best time of ...

It began with a full-circle moment on September 14, the second day of the games, as Jamaica’s beloved Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the last individual race of her career — the Women’s 100 Metre final.

No injuries have been reported as of 10:30 p.m. Saturday, SAFD says TOKYO – There were no stare-downs, shoves or heated words after this win for Noah Lyles. Just four fingers thrust into the air when ...

TOKYO — The history books will say U.S. runner Rai Benjamin won the 400-meter hurdles at the world championships in a season-best 46.52 seconds on Friday, a year after his Paris Olympic gold. They’ll ...

TOKYO (AP) — The history books will say U.S. runner Rai Benjamin won the 400-meter hurdles at the world championships in a season-best 46.52 seconds on Friday, a year after his Paris Olympic gold.