Athletics News

When Wesley Korir stands on the start line of the marathon on Sunday, there will be more than medals at stake When Wesley Korir and the rest of the Kenyan men's marathon team line up in the Sambadrome in Rio on Sunday, t...

Chinese world record holder Liu Hong wins the women's 20km walk, narrowly defeating Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez.

Great Britain's Adam Gemili says he is 'absolutely gutted' after finishing fourth in the men's 200m final despite posting the same time as bronze medallist Christophe Lemaitre.

USA women qualify for the Olympic final of the 4x100m relay after competing on their own against the clock following their reinstatement in the event.

Russia are stripped of a relay silver medal from the 2008 Olympics as three more athletes are sanctioned for doping by the IOC.

Due in no small part to the high temperatures in the early afternoon in Pontal, it took a while for the real racing to begin. A large pack went through 4km in 18:28, but it had reduced to 15 women by 6km, which was reach...

Jamaican superstar is fully aware that his powers are on the wane, so wants to quit while he's still on top of his game Thesauruses exhausted, all superlatives spent, the world's press turned to the man himself to ask fo...

Russia's former world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva retires after being elected to the IOC's athlete commission.

• Sharp: 'I don't want just to be a finalist; I want to fight for a medal'• Briton confident she can be competitive in the Olympic 800m final Lynsey Sharp refused to wade into the Caster Semenya controversy in Rio - ...

• Farah: 'I'm still hungry and still want it, which is the most important thing'• Briton faces a formidable challenge from Ethiopians in Olympic 5,000m final Mo Farah is once again a huge favourite on Saturday night ...

One is the world record-holder, the other is the world champion. But aside from being two of the best race walkers on the planet, Yohann Diniz and Matej Toth are two very different athletes.

Two-time Olympic pole vault champion and three-time IAAF World Athlete of the Year Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia announced her retirement at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (19).

World champion Matej Toth of Slovakia beats London 2012 gold medallist Jared Tallent into second place to win the 50km walk.

The American women's 4x100m relay team compete in a solo timed race to qualify for the final. After appealing to officials following a fumbled baton in the initial heat, the Americans had a target time of 42.70 seconds t...

Usain Bolt wins the men's 200m Olympic title for the third straight Games in Rio on Thursday night. The Jamaican clocks a time of 19.79 to take his eighth Olympic gold. American Ashton Eaton becomes only the third man ev...

The sprint king repeated his own feat from Beijing and London, where he also claimed the crown in the 100m and the 200m. His victory puts the treble treble at his fingertips -- and all eyes on the 4x100m final.

South Africa's Caster Semenya cruises into the Olympic women's 800m final, while Britain's Lynsey Sharp also progresses.

American Ashton Eaton becomes the second man to retain the Olympic decathlon title, matching the achievement of Great Britain's Daley Thompson in 1984.

With points being the decisive factor in the decathlon and the 200m runners-up separated by just thousandths of a second, it's only appropriate to look at the numbers that made up day seven of athletics at the Rio 2016 O...

Sara Kolak threw a PB of 66.18m to set a Croatian record and win Olympic gold in the women's javelin on Thursday evening.

American Ashton Eaton becomes the first man since Great Britain's Daley Thompson in 1984 to retain the Olympic decathlon title.

Croatia's Sara Kolak win's women's javeline gold with a throw of 66.18m.