Julien Alfred beat Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States by 15-hundredths of a second to win St. Lucia’s first Olympic medal.
Tag: Track and Field
What Do Athletes Do Between High Jumps at the Olympics?
The high jump often presents competitors with an abundance of down time. Two rivals fill it in very different ways.
Olympic Men’s 100: Is It Still a Can’t Miss Moment?
Lacking star power and tense rivalries, the event was not even the most anticipated 100-meter race at the Paris Games.
Marcell Jacobs, Olympic 100-Meter Champion, Looks to Prove the Doubters Wrong
When the Italian sprinter came from nowhere to win 100-meter gold in Tokyo, whispers spread about his sudden rise. In Paris, he hopes to silence them for good.
Sha’Carri Richardson Is Ready for Her Olympic Moment in Paris
Three years after a failed drug test kept her out of the Olympics, Richardson (and her fans) are focused on only one thing: a gold medal in the 100 meters.
Winzar Kakiouea Is a One-Man Team From Nauru. His Olympics Might be Over in 10 Seconds.
Winzar Kakiouea, a 100-meter runner, is the only competitor at the Paris Games from the Pacific island nation of Nauru. His debut came and went in a flash.
How Golf and Physics Are Raising the Limits in Shot-Put
Ryan Crouser, an American, has combined radar technology borrowed from golf and an innovative technique to take aim at his third straight Olympic gold.
How Track’s Athletics Integrity Unit Catches Doping Cheats
Track and field’s antidoping arm, the Athletics Integrity Unit, has announced a string of cases in recent months. Is that the sign of a problem, or proof that its approach is working?
War Gives Palestinian Olympians a Wider Role: Athlete-Diplomats
The Israel-Hamas war has given the eight Palestinians competing in Paris Olympics a higher profile than usual.
The Decathlete Who Picked Up a Gun
About 500 top-level Ukrainian athletes and coaches have died in the war. Volodymyr Androshchuk promised his loved ones he would make it back.