Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Edwin Moses documentary '13 Steps' shows how clearing the hurdles was the easy part for a track icon

Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track’s ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into the best hurdler in history

Edwin Moses documentary '13 Steps' shows how clearing the hurdles was the easy part for a track icon
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Lawyer says Chinese doping case handled 'reasonably' but calls WADA's lack of action "curious"

An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the nature of WADA’s “silence” after examining a case that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global sports

Lawyer says Chinese doping case handled 'reasonably' but calls WADA's lack of action "curious"
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'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging

When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear embattled Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the leader of that organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote

'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging
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American relay teams win 2 golds in the last events of a dominant Olympic track meet for the US

The American men eked out a relay win in the 4x400 meters just 15 minutes before a star-studded U.S. women's team dominated the field Saturday night

American relay teams win 2 golds in the last events of a dominant Olympic track meet for the US
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Sha’Carri Richardson rallies US women in Olympic 4x100 while men shut out again

Sha’Carri Richardson won her first Olympic gold medal, bringing the American women from behind in the anchor lap to capture the 4x100 relay

Sha’Carri Richardson rallies US women in Olympic 4x100 while men shut out again
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In Olympic relay, Sha'Carri Richardson saves US women, while men advance easily and Jamaica is out

Sha’Carri 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

In Olympic relay, Sha'Carri Richardson saves US women, while men advance easily and Jamaica is out
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COVID-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic track

Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then collapsing on the track and being carted off in a wheelchair

COVID-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic track
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Quincy Hall gets a gold in the Olympic 400 meters with yet another US comeback on the Paris track

Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal

Quincy Hall gets a gold in the Olympic 400 meters with yet another US comeback on the Paris track
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American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind

American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympics on Tuesday night, outracing both favorites Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr to the finish line in the 1,500 meters

American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind
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Armand "Mondo" Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in gold-medal performance at Olympics

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record Monday night at the Olympics, clearing 6.25 meters (20 feet, 6 inches) to cap his second straight gold-medal performance on the sport’s biggest stage

Armand "Mondo" Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in gold-medal performance at Olympics
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After winning Olympic thriller by a whisker, Noah Lyles looks for an encore in his favorite event

All the overhead shots and race replays tell the same story

After winning Olympic thriller by a whisker, Noah Lyles looks for an encore in his favorite event
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Noah Lyles wins a historically close Olympic 100-meter sprint by five-thousandths of a second

Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by

Noah Lyles wins a historically close Olympic 100-meter sprint by five-thousandths of a second
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Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at Olympics

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the women’s 200 meters and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Olympics

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at Olympics
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Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. Lucia

Sha’Carri Richardson’s 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

Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. Lucia
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Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track

Joshua 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

Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track
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Sha'Carri breezes through opening round at her first Olympic race, wins 100 heat in 10.94 seconds

Sha’Carri Richardson blazed through a no-fuss opening round in the 100 meters, winning her first-ever race at the Olympics in 10.94 seconds to easily qualify for the semifinals

Sha'Carri breezes through opening round at her first Olympic race, wins 100 heat in 10.94 seconds
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Noah Lyles finds fame but not much privacy at Olympic Village

Athletes at the Olympics are showering Noah Lyles with that first big taste of celebrity he’s been working so hard to make his own

Noah Lyles finds fame but not much privacy at Olympic Village
News|Political|Sports

An Olympic-sized fight erupts among anti-doping officials, and it's just getting started

Global regulators hinted at sanctioning America’s drug-fighting watchdog, a suggestion that further ratchets up tensions between those in charge of keeping sports clean

An Olympic-sized fight erupts among anti-doping officials, and it's just getting started
Health|Opinion|Sports

Olympic drug-fighting failures make Enhanced Games 'not so radical' says former anti-doping advocate

An expert on the ground floor of some of anti-doping’s most broad-reaching advances says it might make sense to stop testing athletes

Olympic drug-fighting failures make Enhanced Games 'not so radical' says former anti-doping advocate
Health|Science|Sports

WADA made reasonable decision in China doping case despite doubts of its own scientist, probe says

An investigator backed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers, while also publishing notes indicating WADA’s own science director doubted China’s explanation that the athletes had been subject to contamination

WADA made reasonable decision in China doping case despite doubts of its own scientist, probe says
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Zach Edey and Purdue power their way into NCAA title game, beating N.C. State 63-50

Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory that placed the Boilermakers a win from their first NCAA title

Zach Edey and Purdue power their way into NCAA title game, beating N.C. State 63-50
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McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her world record once again, running the 400-meter hurdles in 50.65 seconds Sunday to win the U.S. Olympic trials

McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles
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Lyles pushed hard by Bednarek but wins 200 to keep hope of Olympic sprint double alive for Paris

Noah Lyles kept his hopes for the sprint double at the Olympics alive Saturday night, coming from behind to win the 200 meters at the U.S. track trials in 19.53 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year

Lyles pushed hard by Bednarek but wins 200 to keep hope of Olympic sprint double alive for Paris
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Olympics and unfinished business await for hurdler Holloway while Sha'Carri and Lyles keep blazing

Grant Holloway won U.S. track trials in the 110-meter hurdles Friday, finishing in 12.86 second to earn a chance to capture the Olympic title that eluded him in an upset loss three years ago

Olympics and unfinished business await for hurdler Holloway while Sha'Carri and Lyles keep blazing
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Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials

Sha’Carri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials

Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials

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