track and field

Gabby Thomas is a Harvard-educated epidemiologist. Now she’s a bronze medalist too.

Graduates of Harvard University have gone on to become presidents, governors, senators, and movie stars. In Tokyo on Tuesday, American…

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U.S. Long Jumper And Medalist Brittney Reese Says It’s Time She Gets Some Recognition

U.S. long jumper Brittney Reese has been racking up individual championship titles for more than a decade.

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Tokyo Olympics while you were sleeping: Simone Biles captures bronze and men’s 400m hurdles captivates

Simone Biles returned to competition and won bronze on beam. Wednesday features a battle in the women's 400 meter hurdles,…

4 years ago

Gabby Thomas Sets a New Standard for Sprinters, On and Off the Track

Gabby Thomas can run the 200-meter dash faster than Marion Jones or Allyson Felix ever did. The poster girl for…

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Valarie Allman’s discus win gives United States track and field its first gold medal of Tokyo Games

The path to Valarie Allman's gold medal -- the first for the U.S. track and field team at Olympic Stadium…

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Belarusian sprinter ‘safe’ in Japan, granted Polish visa after home country allegedly tried to forcefully remove her from Olympics

The Japanese government confirmed on Monday that Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is safe

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USA’s outspoken hammer thrower Gwen Berry: ‘I’ve earned the right to wear this uniform’

"I'll represent the oppressed people," she said. "That's been my message for the last three years."

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Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood

Under the rules, Semenya and other female athletes who refuse to lower their naturally high testosterone levels are barred from…

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Why Olympians like Simone Biles and Breanna Stewart have bolted from Nike

“Female athletes have to do what’s best for them at all times,” said Galer, who works exclusively with women athletes…

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