Athletics News

Ethiopian long-distance runner wins men's 10,000m Sifan Hassan starts audacious women's treble bid in style The first night of Olympic athletics opened with a big screen video montage of Usain Bolt's greatest moments. It...

The best images from the seventh day's action in Tokyo, including swimming, trampolining, judo and athletics

Total rises to 26 with gold and silver for cyclists, two swimming medals, and trampoline and rowing bronzes A stunning medal double on the BMX track added to Great Britain's Tokyo Olympics haul on a day of frenetic activ...

Ethiopia's Selemon Barega upsets world champion Joshua Cheptegei to win 10,000m gold in Tokyo's first athletics final.

Ethiopia's Selemon Barega wins a tightly-contested men's 10,000m with a time of 27 minutes 43.22 seconds, Ugandan's Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo take silver and bronze respectively.

For the first time since 2004 an athlete other than Usain Bolt will win the men's Olympic 100m - but who are the contenders for gold?

Great Britain's Lawrence Okoye fails to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 discus final after three foul throws in qualifying on his return to the sport.

Remarkable sprint heats suggest fireworks to come in final Reekie impressive in coming through 800m heats When the question came, shortly after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had eased through her 100m heat in a time so jaw-dro...

The American placed fifth in the 400m hurdles in Rio, but she's poised to finish on the podium five years later Given its unique demands on technique, endurance, and speed, many consider the 400m hurdles one of the most ...

Dina Asher-Smith starts her bid to become the first British woman to win an Olympic individual sprint gold with progress in the 100m heats.