The 100m hurdles has been part of the women’s Olympic programme from Munich 1972 to the present day. The modern day race is staged over 100 meters with the first hurdle placed at 13 meters from ...

The highly popular discipline captures our imagination as we watch athletes go beyond what seems humanly possible. But how do sprinters keep getting faster? And will we eventually reach our limit? A ...

Her journey to Paris started in 2021, as she got invited to the U.S. Olympic Trials for a shot to compete at the Tokyo ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

In modern athletics, the ten events are: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw and shot put. The Olympic decathlon ...

The women’s 60 meter hurdles will feature Russell, the Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meter hurdles, along with Olympians Grace Stark and Ackera Nugent of Jamaica. The men’s 1,500 meters is ...

I said it didn’t exist. But this is the closest I’ve ever got.” According to World Athletics scoring tables, a 45.94 400 hurdles is the equivalent of a 9.62 100 meters. Usain Bolt’s world record is ...

American Sydney McLaughlin roared back after the final set of barriers to capture 400-meter hurdles gold in Tokyo ... defending title-winner and teammate Dalilah Muhammad as Olympic champion. Caeleb ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn opened her Olympic 100 metres hurdles title defence by posting the fastest time in the heats on Wednesday, as all the favourites moved onto the ...

Since the start of June, Stark won the NCAA title in the 100-meter hurdles and also qualified for the Olympics with the best time of her career as she took third place in 12.31 seconds.