Articles filed under Track and Field
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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...
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Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo OlympicsJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics. Tatjana Schoenmaker of ...
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Olympic Stadium opens in Tokyo for start of track and fieldJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO - Track and Field begins competition on Day 7 of the Tokyo Games and four medal events will be decided in the pool in Friday's coverage of the Olympics. The gymna...
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20 athletes banned from Olympic track under testing rulesJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - BC-OLY--ATH-Doping-Athletes Out,0223 TOKYO - Twenty athletes, including 10 from Nigeria, will not be allowed to participate in track and field at the Olympics because th...
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Constable: Former Waubonsie sprinter hitting his stride as actorJul 07, 2021 1:00 am - The acting seed was planted when Jared Wofford of Naperville was just 10 years old. It just took a couple more decades to blossom. "My mom took me to an agency in the Oa...
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HERALD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: GLENBROOK SOUTH'S RYAN FAUTJul 07, 2021 1:00 am - Throughout the 2021 boys track and field season, Glenbrook South senior Ryan Faut was among the state's premier competitors in discus and shot put. At the Illinois High ...
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Going for gold: Former Prospect and Illini track star Kendziera going to TokyoJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - Not everything can be easily explained. Not even in a cut-and-dried sport such as track and field. In track and field, you either run faster, jump higher or throw farthe...