USA Women Defend 4×4 Relay Title and Men Regain Crown
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games ended Saturday night (20th) with victories for the USA in the women’s and men’s 4x400m relays. Running against archrivals and 2015 World Championships winner Jamaica…
Elaine Thompson Completes Sprint Double in Rio Olympics
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson became the world’s fastest woman this year and the first since 1988 to win the sprint double at the Olympics, when she raced to victory in a…
Bolt Saw van Niekerk’s 400m World Record Coming
Twenty-five minutes before Usain Bolt became the first man to win the 100m consecutively over three Olympic Games, South Africa’s quarter-miler and 2015 World Champion Wayde van Niekerk destroyed the…
Bolt Makes It 3 in A Row and Going for Another Triple
Sprint double world record holder Usain Bolt defeated Justin Gatlin in the 100m Olympic final in Rio de Janeiro last night to become the first man to win back-to-back gold…
Kendra Harrison Breaks 28-yr-old Sprint Hurdles World Record
The look on Kendra Harrison’s face after winning the 100m hurdles at the Diamond League meeting in London yesterday (July 22) was priceless. Her usually emotionless facial expression slowly transformed…
W100m in Rio: Jamaican Duo Could Zoom into another Realm
Elaine Thompson’s game face and large Nubian knots hairstyle made a statement as she lined up for the women’s 100m final at the Jamaica senior trials in Kingston two Friday…
Jamaican Hurdlers Continue to Light up Diamond League Series
The Jamaican sprint hurdles pair of Omar McLeod and World silver medalist Hansle Parchment (photo above) continued to dominate their Diamond League rivals Saturday (14th) in Shanghai, the second stop…
G. C. Foster’s Demish Gaye A Promising ¼-Miler
Jamaica’s Intercollegiate 400m champion Demish Gaye is serious about his intentions this season. After convincingly winning the men’s Olympic development 400m race at the Jamaica Invitational International (JII) world challenge…
Fraser-Pryce Withdraws from Shanghai DL with Toe Injury
The anticipated clash of three Jamaican women at Saturday’s IAAF Shanghai Diamond League in China has been watered down as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has cancelled her participation because of a “minor…
Richards-Ross Runs Final Penn Relays Race
Five days after announcing on social media that she will retire after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, American quarter-miler Sanya Richards-Ross ran her final Penn Relays race Saturday…