Athletics News

Dutch athlete adds title to 5,000m gold and 1500m bronze Bahrain's Kalkidan Gezahegne takes silver medal Sifan Hassan's odyssey from refugee to one of the greatest athletes of this or any other era was confirmed in Tokyo...

The sprinter met and defied every lofty expectation of her on the way to setting an impossibly high standard of excellence Of course they called her Chicken Legs. Ninth graders are the worst. Clearly, the girls on Los An...

Neeraj Chopra throws 87.58m in the men's javelin to win India's first ever Olympic athletics gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

Great Britain's Josh Kerr claims 1500m bronze behind stylish Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who overhauls world champion Timothy Cheruiyot for gold.

Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan wins the 10,000m to seal her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics.

The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan clinches gold in the 10,000m at the Olympic Stadium, as she claims her second gold, and third medal, of the Games.

Peres Jepchirchir wins the women's marathon at Tokyo 2020 as Kenya claim a one-two in sweltering 28C heat in Japan's northern city of Sapporo.