Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in Paris
Between Noah Lyles drama in the sprints and distance demon Sifan Hassanโs 62-kilometer odyssey that closed things out with a gold medal, track and field took the Olympics on a wild ride over 10 days of close calls, upsets and drama.
Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many faces
Simone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything she did both in and out of the gymnasium.
U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold
It was a dramatic night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex.
ShaโCarri Richardson rallies US women in Olympic 4x100 while men shut out again
ShaโCarri Richardson won her first Olympic gold medal, bringing the American women from behind in the anchor lap to capture the 4x100 relay.
In Olympic relay, Sha'Carri Richardson saves US women, while men advance easily and Jamaica is out
ShaโCarri Richardson bailed out the U.S. women out from near collapse in the Olympic 4x100 relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg to help the Americans move to the gold-medal race.
Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at Olympics
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the womenโs 200 meters and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Olympics.
Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. Lucia
ShaโCarri Richardsonโs comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to blow away the field and bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of St. Lucia.
Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter race to finish in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night at the track.
What to watch for 2024 Paris Olympics: Sha'Carri Richardson makes Olympic debut Friday, August 2
ShaโCarri Richardson makes her long-awaited Olympic debut as track and field events rev up Friday at the Paris Olympics.
75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts
Three-quarters of the nearly 600 American athletes lining up for action at the Paris Olympics got their training in college sports in the United States.
Biles, Richardson, Osaka comebacks 'bigger than them.' They highlight issues facing Black women
Naomi Osaka will join gymnastics icon Simone Biles and track and field star ShaโCarri Richardson on the Olympic stage.
Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials
ShaโCarri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials.
Lyles and Snoop help NBC post best track trials ratings in 12 years
The combination of Noah Lyles, Snoop Dogg and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson running for a spot in the Olympics lifted NBC to its largest audience for the U.S. track trials since 2012, according to Nielsen.
Sha'Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds
ShaโCarri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final in a season-best 10.71 seconds at U.S. track trials.
Sha'Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trials
ShaโCarri Richardson wobbled out of the starting block and raced with her right shoe untied but still won her preliminary 100-meter heat in 10.88 seconds to open her quest to make the Olympics at the U.S. track trials.
Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
There is one more item to scratch off the list before everyone from ShaโCarri Richardson to Noah Lyles to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone embark on their trips to Paris for the Olympics.
Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100, Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 at Prefontaine Classic
ShaโCarri Richardson continued her march toward the Paris Olympics on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, winning the womenโs 100 meters in 10.83 seconds.
Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
Two of Russiaโs top swimmers who could be eligible for the next yearโs Olympics have been drug tested by their countryโs anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023.
Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100 meters at US championships in 10.82
ShaโCarri Richardson won the 100 meters in 10.82 seconds Friday night to capture the U.S. championships title two years after having her national title stripped because of a doping violation.
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In letter, USADA says it can't change marijuana rules alone
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency leaders are pushing to further mitigate โharsh consequencesโ for marijuana if itโs not intentionally used to enhance performance, though they cannot unilaterally change the rules, they wrote in a letter to members of Congress critical of the agency in the wake of sprinter ShaโCarri Richardsonโs ban from the Olympics.
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EXPLAINER: Olympics are harder on marijuana than pro sports
Though pro leagues are slowly adjusting to the reality that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, it remains squarely on the banned list for Olympic sports.
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Champion sprinter ShaโCarri Richardson will miss Olympic 100 after marijuana test
American champion ShaโCarri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.