World Athletics is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, encompassing track and field, road running, race walking, and cross-country running. The organization is responsible for overseeing the rules and regulations of the sport, maintaining world rankings, and organizing global...
The other events, like throwing and jumping, occur on the infield or another location near the track. These are the "field" events. From the track to the field, read on for an overview of each event below. The sprints: 60 metres (indoor only), 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and...
Manchester hosted the UK Athletics event which served as a qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics 2024. The mandatory rainy weather in Manchester had already been evident since early in the morning but after the recent 3 days of “summer”, the cooler climate no doubt helped the track par...
A Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games' athletics track of two shades of purple manufactured by Mondo Sports Flooring is installed next to the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis near Paris, France, March 24, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] Track and field is set to become the first sport to...
The players that represent it (and the corps of cadets) need to look like they belong, whether on the field, court, track, road, mat, course, range, or diamond. Also, while a lot of the issues mentioned in the article are hard problems to solve, this isn’t one of them. Just ...
I put together an unruly spreadsheet to track FCS attendance over the past decade. Here it is: Historical FCS attendance: 2012-19, 2021-22 The compiled statistics are from the NCAA. I had to make some corrections and adjustments, both for formatting reasons and because there were a few inac...
The British runner won gold in the 1,500 meters at the 1980 and 1984 Games in an era when Olympic track was on the verge of opening up to professional athletes. "It's a completely different planet from when I was competing, so it's very important that this sport recognizes the change...