Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Track and Field (Page 4)

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in two hours, six minutes, 17 seconds — the 10th fastest time in the race’s 128-year history. Kenya’s Hellen Obiri defended her title in the women’s race. Wheelchair racer Marcel HugContinue Reading

Fans will be seeing purple at the Olympics when athletes try to set records at this summer’s Paris Games. In a move away from a more traditional red-brick clay colour, an Olympic track is going purple for the first time. Pieces of vulcanized rubber track were produced at factory inContinue Reading

After an agonizing week-long wait, Athletics Canada has officially qualified a men’s 4×400-metre relay for the World Relays in the Bahamas at the beginning of May. Canadians need top-14 finish at May competition to qualify for Paris Olympics Devin Heroux · CBC Sports · Posted: Apr 11, 2024 3:34 PMContinue Reading

Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 US to gold medallists in Paris. World Athletics setting aside $2.4 million to pay gold medallists across 48 eventsJames Ellingworth · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Cam Levins nearly picked up his sixth Canadian record on the road, covering the men’s 10-kilometre race in 28 minutes 11 seconds for sixth place at the Asics Festival of Running on Friday in Paris. Olympic-bound athlete 6th in 1st race since early exit at NYC Marathon in November DougContinue Reading

America’s Christian Coleman upset fellow American Noah Lyles for the men’s indoor 60-metre title at the world indoor championships on Friday. American’s time of 6.41 seconds was the fastest this year in 60-metre distanceCBC Sports · Posted: Mar 01, 2024 7:38 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago ChristianContinue Reading

Canadian sprinter Christopher Morales Williams set a world record in the indoor men’s 400 metres — or so he thought. After recording an all-time mark of 44.49 seconds at the NCAA SEC championships, World Athletics was unable to ratify the 19-year-old’s time due to a starting block issue. 19-year-old Vaughan, Ont., native’s ambitions have grown followingContinue Reading

Canada’s Sarah Mitton wins women’s shot put gold at world indoor championshipsSarah Mitton broke a Canadian record twice on her way to her first world title on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland. The 27-year-old shot put athlete won gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships with a new national indoor record throw ofContinue Reading

The 2027 track and field world championships have been awarded to Beijing, where the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Games were held. China is also hosting the world indoor championships next year in Nanjing. China hosting indoor worlds in ’25; Olympic champion Johnson starting new leagueThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading