Keely Hodgkinson: ‘There’s no gender inequality in track and field’The Independent

Alice Coachman Davis was an athlete who specialized in the high jump. She was the first black woman selected for the U.S. Olympic team and went on to become the first black woman of any nationality to win a gold medal at the Olympics...

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang suffered an Achilles tear when he was running the 110-meter hurdles in the London Olympics on Aug. 7. The achilles tendon is attached to the calf muscle and heel bone. Tears or ruptures can be caused by sudden...

Football, baseball, basketball player – he was one of America's most talented sportsmen and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory! So why don't we see Jim Thorpe's name up in lights?

Canada is having a tough go at the track and field world championships. Near misses, injuries and now illness have dampened medal hopes.

Russia's Olympic team has been under increased scrutiny after evidence revealed a state-sponsored doping program. However, about two-thirds of the team is being allowed to compete.

Russia lost its appeal against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month's games.

We don't yet know which athletes will be going to Rio, but Canadian Olympic officials are already confident that we will be sending our strongest track and field team ever.

Athletics Canada announced the 65 athletes bound for Rio on the heels of last week's Olympic trials in Edmonton.

Russia's track and field athletes have been barred from the Olympics because of allegations of state-sponsored doping, but training continues.

A blistering report by the World Anti-Doping Agency finds corruption at the very top of world track and field.

The whistleblowers who exposed Russia's doping system in track and field tell their story to our Adrienne Arsenault.

The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked accreditation from Rana Reider, sprinter Andre De Grasse's coach, because of 'new information' that has come to light about the appropriateness of accrediting him.

Canadian Ethan Katzberg won Olympic gold in hammer throw in a dominating performance. At 22, he became the youngest Olympic champion in the event.

PLUS: Puma launched Puma House in Paris to celebrate the 2024 Olympics. Notable attendees include Linford Christie, Tommie Smith, and Robert Pires.

CBC Olympics host Ariel Helwani sits down with world championship silver medallist Sarah Mitton to talk about her Olympic experience, goals for Paris, and how close she came to leaving the sport of shot put.

Christopher Morales Williams has set a new world indoor record in the men’s 400-metre race at the NCAA's Southeastern Conference championships over the weekend. The 19-year-old from Vaughan finished in a time of 44.49 seconds, breaking...

Bitter disappointment for two of Team Canada’s biggest running medal hopes after star sprinter Andre De Grasse failed to make the men’s 200-metre finals and distance runner Moh Ahmed was eliminated from the men’s 5,000-metre, finishing...

Young female athlete at a track and field event landing the long jump in super slow motion with a close-up of both feet landing in the pit making a explosion of sand and dust in a solid winning performance

HD Super Slow-Mo: Professional Male Athlete Training A Long Jump

A track athlete passes a baton to his teammate during a relay race.

HD Super Slow-Mo: Professional Athlete Training A High Jump

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