TOKYO (AP) — There were no stare-downs, shoves or heated words after this win for Noah Lyles. Just four fingers thrust into the air when he crossed the finish line — one for each time he 's won the world title in his favorite race, the 200 meters. Lyles pulled ahead of his American rival...
TOKYO (AP) — One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships Tuesday, Sept. 16, in 48.29 seconds, shattering a 19-year-old American mark held by Sanya Richards-Ross by .41 seconds. It was the...
Two-time Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena and hurdler Robyn Brown chase glory in the 2025 World Athletics Championships at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo starting Saturday, Sept. 13. A silver medalist in 2023 Budapest edition with his personal-best 6-meter clearance, Obiena, 29, seeks to secure...
NANJING, China (AP) — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday, March 25, that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain "the integrity of competition." World Athletics...
National record holder Kristina Knott has secured a spot in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set in Nanjing, China next week, the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association announced on Saturday, March 15. Kristina Knott. (File Photo) The 29-year-old Knott will be competing in the...
EUGENE (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she left to focus on running at the Games, the family understood. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (AP) When these runners and hurdlers...
Lauren Hoffman recalibrates after disappointing World Indoor tilt experience By Brian Yalung Beyond the Game Column Lauren Hoffman admitted that she was pretty enthusiastic when she found out she would represent the Philippines at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in...
Filipino Olympian EJ Obiena vowed to come back more prepared following a disastrous ninth place finish in the men’s pole vault at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships earlier this week in Glasgow, Scotland. EJ Obiena (AFP/File Photo) The world No. 2 and Asian record holder posted one of...
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain is in the running to host the 2029 world athletics championships, UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner said on Monday, March 4. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) London staged the event in 2017, while Glasgow hosted the world indoor championships last weekend....
You win some. You lose some. EJ Obiena faltered in his historic bid of a podium finish at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships after settling for ninth place in men’s pole vault on Sunday, March 3 (Monday, March 4 in Manila) in Glasgow, Scotland. EJ Obiena fails to make it to the podium...
John Cabang Tolentino showed promise in his debut performance at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship after finishing in the semifinals of the men’s 60-meter hurdles on Saturday, March 2 (Sunday in Manila) in Glasgow, Scotland. John Cabang Tolentino finishes 18th overall in the semifinals...
John Cabang Tolentino kept his ambitious medal bid alive after advancing to the semifinals in the men’s 60-meter hurdles in the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, March 2. John Cabang Tolentino books a semifinal ticket in the men's 60-meter hurdles in the...
