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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics
Gold medalists Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar shared the podium after the men's high jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium.

Mutaz Essa Barshim And Gianmarco Tamberi Share The Gold Medal In Olympic High Jump

Aug 02, 2021
After two star athletes could not outdo one another, an official said they could move to a "jump-off." They had another idea: why not share?
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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya of Belarus competes in a heat of the women's 60 meters race at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, March 2, 2019.

Belarusian Olympian Says She Was Forcibly Taken To Airport After Criticizing Coaches

Aug 01, 2021
Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told reporters that she was pleading for help from Japanese police at the airport and will not return home to Belarus.
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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics
JuVaughn Harrison competes in the men's long jump final at the Olympic trials in June. He'll compete in both the long jump and high jump in the Olympics.

7 Things To Look For As Track And Field Begins At The Olympics

Jul 29, 2021
For the first time since 2004, there will be no Usain Bolt scorching the track. That means a new generation of speed demons is looking to make its mark.
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Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates in the 100-meter semifinal last month at the U.S. Olympic track and field team trials in Eugene, Ore. However, a positive drug test disqualified her result at the trials.

U.S. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson Is Suspended After A Positive Marijuana Test

Jul 02, 2021
Richardson has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana.
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Minden Gears Up To Help Athletes Go For Gold At Tokyo Olympics

Jun 23, 2021

The Summer Olympic Games are a month from now in Tokyo, and tiny Minden is a major part of the games. 

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Steve Waithe, who worked as a track and field coach at Northeastern University from October 2018 to February 2019, was arrested Wednesday on charges of wire fraud and cyberstalking.

Ex-College Track Coach Charged In Scheme Soliciting Nude Photos From Female Students

Apr 08, 2021
Steve Waithe, 28, is facing charges of cyberstalking and wire fraud over a scheme in which he allegedly used fake social media accounts to solicit nude photographs from female student athletes.
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Sports
South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya (center) and her lawyer, Gregory Nott (right), arrive for a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland in February.

Court Rules Against Caster Semenya, Says She Must Lower Testosterone To Compete

May 01, 2019
The South African track star had sought to have new regulations about permissible testosterone levels in female athletes declared invalid. But Semenya says she "will once again rise above."
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Sports
Flo Filion Meiler, 84, during pole vault training last month. She mostly works out alone, but has a coach to help refine her technique in events like shot put and high jump.

Such Great Heights: 84-Year-Old Pole Vaulter Keeps Raising The Bar

Apr 05, 2019
Flo Filion Meiler was inspired to take up the event at 65 when she scoped out the competition. "I said to myself, you know, I think that I could do better than that."
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The Two-Way
Athletes compete in the 110-meter hurdles semifinal run during the national track and field championship in Moscow in July 2017.

Russian Athletes Withdraw From Competition When Drug Testers Arrive

Jan 18, 2018
More than 30 athletes who were to compete at the Siberian Indoor Championships last weekend suddenly pulled out of the event claiming various illnesses.
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Sports
Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the "Salute to a Legend " 100 meters during the Racers Grand Prix n Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, June 10, 2017. Bolt is set to run his final 100 meters at the World Championships on Saturday in London.

Usain Bolt's Final 100m Race: 'There He Goes'

Aug 04, 2017
Track and field's greatest sprinter is expected to run his last individual race Saturday in London. Jamaican Usain Bolt says he will retire after dominating his sport for a decade.
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Gorman’s Cunningham Wins Women’s High Jump World Gold

Mar 21, 2016

Las Vegas teen Vashti Cunningham grabbed the gold yesterday in the women’s high jump at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. 

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Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, recently ran a mile in 3:53 — the fastest mile of any American collegiate athlete. Here, he competes on Feb. 27 in Seattle.

Why Fastest U.S. College Mile Runner Won't Be Vying To Be NCAA Champ

Mar 11, 2016
The University of Washington's Izaic Yorks ran a mile in 3:53, setting a new mark for an American collegian. But loyalty to his team means he won't be running the mile at this weekend's championship.
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The Two-Way
Usain Bolt of Jamaica is hit by a cameraman on a Segway while celebrating his win in the 200-meter final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at National Stadium in Beijing.

Usain Bolt Jokes That American Justin Gaitlin Paid Cameraman To Take Him Down

Aug 28, 2015
Bolt was accidentally knocked down by a cameraman on a Segway. Bolt took the accident in stride, saying he suffered a few cuts but nothing serious.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica is hit by a cameraman on a Segway while celebrating his win in the 200-meter final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at National Stadium in Beijing.

Usain Bolt Is Knocked Over By Segway-Riding Cameraman After Winning Gold

Aug 27, 2015
The incident happened at the World Athletics Championships, where a highly anticipated match-up had pitted the Jamaican against America's Justin Gatlin.
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The Two-Way
Competitors race at the IAAF World Athletics Championship held in Osaka in 2007. Athletes' samples that were kept from the event have now been retested, resulting in suspensions, the IAAF says.

Track And Field Organization Tests Old Doping Samples, Suspends 28 Athletes

Aug 11, 2015
The samples from the championships held in Helsinki and Osaka had been stored under a revised anti-doping policy that provides for retesting.
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The Two-Way
Kira Grunberg, seen here competing last summer, was severely injured in a training accident this week. Doctors say she is now a paraplegic.

After Devastating Injury, Austrian Pole Vaulter Is Breathing On Her Own

Aug 01, 2015
Doctors say the fall has left Kira Grunberg, 21, a paraplegic — a development that shocked the sports world in Europe and brought offers of emotional and financial support.
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University of Connecticut defensive back Byron Jones takes off for the broad jump at the NFL combine Monday. Jones recorded an NFL record of 12 feet 3 inches.

12 Feet: A Soaring New Broad Jump Record Is Set At NFL Combine

Feb 23, 2015
If you're ever standing near Byron Jones when he jumps, you might want to stay well back. On Monday, the cornerback flew more than 12 feet from a standing start.
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The Two-Way
Kenyan runner Hyvon Ngetich didn't win the Austin Marathon — but she's being celebrated for the way she finished it.

Reduced To Her Knees, Marathoner Finishes Race In A Crawl

Feb 17, 2015
Kenyan runner Hyvon Ngetich didn't win the Austin Marathon, despite leading for most of the race. Now she's being celebrated for the way she crossed the finish line.
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