Articles filed under Track and Field
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Cherry and Norman face off in 400-meter final at Tokyo GamesAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The action on Day 13 of the Tokyo Games will feature track and field, with medals in the men's 400-meter final, the men's and women's 4x100 relays and the w...
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Belarus Olympic sprinter arrives in Vienna amid safety fearsAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A plane carrying Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who is seeking refuge from authorities in her home country, has landed in Austria. Vi...
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A star is found: In 200, De Grasse finally gets his goldAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Perhaps the world's next sprint star wasn't so hard to find after all. He's Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint in baggy basketball short...
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Multi-event world champions have rough day at Tokyo OlympicsAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - KJT was desperate to avoid a DNF at the Olympics. After injuring her lower right leg rounding the bend in the 200-meter event, heptathlon world champion Kat...
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Best race ever? Warholm wins record-setting hurdles raceAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - When brash Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm led the field to the starting line on a steamy afternoon at Olympic Stadium, he and his seven opponents had eve...
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EXPLAINER: What exactly are track's testosterone rules?Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The complex testosterone regulations in track and field have become an issue again at the Olympics after two teenagers from Namibia qualified for the women'...
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After Warholm's WR stunner, a look at track's great racesAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Karsten Warholm's staggering run to shatter his own 400-meter hurdles world record at the Olympics on Tuesday has posed the question: Was it the greatest tr...
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No keeping her down: After a fall, busy Hassan gets a goldAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Everyone should have known it would be hard to keep distance runner Sifan Hassan down for long at these Olympics. The world's busiest speed demon scored not...
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'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling startJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The look on sprinter Marie-Josée Ta Lou's face said everything. "Wow! Wow!" she screamed, her eyes wide open and her mouth agape as she crossed the finish l...
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Again? Faulty exchange does in US in Olympic mixed relayJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - AP Sports Writers TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. men have a long history of faulty baton exchanges in the Olympic relays. So do the U.S. women. And now, they've flubbed one toget...