Track to open LA Olympics, with women's 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same day
Read full article: Track to open LA Olympics, with women's 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same dayAs part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics.
Relay revamp featuring Lyles and Richardson has US Olympic team looking for gold at 2028 LA Games
Read full article: Relay revamp featuring Lyles and Richardson has US Olympic team looking for gold at 2028 LA GamesThe U.S. track team overhauled its struggling relay strategy to start this Olympic cycle and won four of five possible gold medals at the world championships in Tokyo last month.
A day later, US 4x400 relay team gets a second chance and moves to the final at worlds
Read full article: A day later, US 4x400 relay team gets a second chance and moves to the final at worldsThe U.S. menโs 4x400 relay team qualified for Sunday nightโs final after winning a one-on-one showdown against Kenya to kick off the last day at world championships.
Oblique Seville joins Bolt as a Jamaican sprint champ. Jefferson-Wooden wins gold for US
Read full article: Oblique Seville joins Bolt as a Jamaican sprint champ. Jefferson-Wooden wins gold for USMelissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships in a changing of the guard in track.
At worlds, Sha'Carri and Lyles feel they found something among those long-awaited cheers in Tokyo
Read full article: At worlds, Sha'Carri and Lyles feel they found something among those long-awaited cheers in TokyoShaโCarri Richardson picked up speed down the stretch and turned her opening run in Tokyo into a season-best.
Sha'Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian Coleman
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian ColemanSprinter ShaโCarri Richardson has addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a social media post and apologized to her boyfriend Christian Coleman.
Bad blood. Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at US nationals
Read full article: Bad blood. Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at US nationalsTrack turned into a contact sport when sprinter Kenny Bednarek shoved Noah Lyles after Lyles beat him to the finish line in the 200-meter final at U.S. championships.
Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly misses qualifying for 200-meter final, ending her US championships
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly misses qualifying for 200-meter final, ending her US championshipsShaโCarri Richardson narrowly missed qualifying for the 200-meter final at the U.S. track and field championships.
Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson arrested at Washington airport on a domestic violence offense
Read full article: Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson arrested at Washington airport on a domestic violence offenseReigning 100-meter world champion ShaโCarri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Grand Slam Track scraps LA event, leaving 2028 Olympic host without a major track meet this summer
Read full article: Grand Slam Track scraps LA event, leaving 2028 Olympic host without a major track meet this summerGrand Slam Track has canceled the final meet of its first season, in Los Angeles, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the countryโs second-largest city without a major track meet this summer.
State track and field: Nieko Garnes, Jackson shine at 2A championships
Read full article: State track and field: Nieko Garnes, Jackson shine at 2A championshipsThe Jackson boys had an excellent showing in the Class 2A state track and field meet on Friday, with hurdler Nieko Garnes winning one individual event and helping out on the champ 4x400 relay team.
Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in Paris
Read full article: Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in ParisBetween Noah Lyles drama in the sprints and distance demon Sifan Hassanโs 62-kilometer odyssey that closed things out with a gold medal, track and field took the Olympics on a wild ride over 10 days of close calls, upsets and drama.
Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many faces
Read full article: Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many facesSimone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything she did both in and out of the gymnasium.
U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold
Read full article: U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her goldIt was a dramatic night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex.
ShaโCarri Richardson rallies US women in Olympic 4x100 while men shut out again
Read full article: ShaโCarri Richardson rallies US women in Olympic 4x100 while men shut out againShaโCarri Richardson won her first Olympic gold medal, bringing the American women from behind in the anchor lap to capture the 4x100 relay.
In Olympic relay, Sha'Carri Richardson saves US women, while men advance easily and Jamaica is out
Read full article: In Olympic relay, Sha'Carri Richardson saves US women, while men advance easily and Jamaica is outShaโCarri Richardson bailed out the U.S. women out from near collapse in the Olympic 4x100 relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg to help the Americans move to the gold-medal race.
Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at Olympics
Read full article: Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at OlympicsJamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the womenโs 200 meters and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Olympics.
Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. Lucia
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. LuciaShaโCarri Richardsonโs comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to blow away the field and bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of St. Lucia.
Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track
Read full article: Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the trackJoshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter race to finish in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night at the track.
What to watch for 2024 Paris Olympics: Sha'Carri Richardson makes Olympic debut Friday, August 2
Read full article: What to watch for 2024 Paris Olympics: Sha'Carri Richardson makes Olympic debut Friday, August 2ShaโCarri Richardson makes her long-awaited Olympic debut as track and field events rev up Friday at the Paris Olympics.
75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts
Read full article: 75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payoutsThree-quarters of the nearly 600 American athletes lining up for action at the Paris Olympics got their training in college sports in the United States.
Biles, Richardson, Osaka comebacks 'bigger than them.' They highlight issues facing Black women
Read full article: Biles, Richardson, Osaka comebacks 'bigger than them.' They highlight issues facing Black womenNaomi Osaka will join gymnastics icon Simone Biles and track and field star ShaโCarri Richardson on the Olympic stage.
Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials
Read full article: Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trialsShaโCarri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials.
Lyles and Snoop help NBC post best track trials ratings in 12 years
Read full article: Lyles and Snoop help NBC post best track trials ratings in 12 yearsThe combination of Noah Lyles, Snoop Dogg and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson running for a spot in the Olympics lifted NBC to its largest audience for the U.S. track trials since 2012, according to Nielsen.
Sha'Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 secondsShaโCarri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final in a season-best 10.71 seconds at U.S. track trials.
Sha'Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trials
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trialsShaโCarri Richardson wobbled out of the starting block and raced with her right shoe untied but still won her preliminary 100-meter heat in 10.88 seconds to open her quest to make the Olympics at the U.S. track trials.
Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
Read full article: Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trialsThere is one more item to scratch off the list before everyone from ShaโCarri Richardson to Noah Lyles to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone embark on their trips to Paris for the Olympics.
Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine ClassicShaโCarri Richardson continued her march toward the Paris Olympics on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, winning the womenโs 100 meters in 10.83 seconds.
Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
Read full article: Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris OlympicsTwo of Russiaโs top swimmers who could be eligible for the next yearโs Olympics have been drug tested by their countryโs anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023.
Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100 meters at US championships in 10.82
Read full article: Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100 meters at US championships in 10.82ShaโCarri Richardson won the 100 meters in 10.82 seconds Friday night to capture the U.S. championships title two years after having her national title stripped because of a doping violation.
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In letter, USADA says it can't change marijuana rules alone
Read full article: In letter, USADA says it can't change marijuana rules aloneU.S. Anti-Doping Agency leaders are pushing to further mitigate โharsh consequencesโ for marijuana if itโs not intentionally used to enhance performance, though they cannot unilaterally change the rules, they wrote in a letter to members of Congress critical of the agency in the wake of sprinter ShaโCarri Richardsonโs ban from the Olympics.
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EXPLAINER: Olympics are harder on marijuana than pro sports
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Olympics are harder on marijuana than pro sportsThough pro leagues are slowly adjusting to the reality that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, it remains squarely on the banned list for Olympic sports.

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