Dutch athlete adds title to 5,000m gold and 1500m bronzeBahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne takes silver medalSifan Hassan’s odyssey from refugee to one of the greatest athletes of this or any other era was confirmed in Tokyo as she became the first person to…
Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s medal hopes end with injury in heptathlon
28-year-old pulls up in 200m and disqualified for leaving laneLatest Team GB athlete to be cursed by injury during OlympicsKatarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon dream was torn apart in Tokyo as her right calf gave way while she was surging towards med…
The greatest race ever part II: Sydney McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles gold in world record time
Dalilah Muhammad takes silver and Femke Bol bronzeMcLaughlin’s time of 51.46 crushes her own world recordAnother day. Another extraordinary 400m hurdles final. Another dizzying world record. And another urgent question: was this the greatest ever track…
Karsten Warholm smashes 400m hurdles world record in one of greatest races in history
Warholm’s 45.94sec was 0.76 inside his old markUSA’s Rai Benjamin took silver and Alison dos Santos bronzeSome were calling this the greatest track and field race in history afterwards, and watching this 45.94sec symphony of destruction up close it was…