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World Athletics president says transgender athlete policies must prioritize 'fairness' over 'inclusion'

Sebastian Coe told Insider that his priority is to uphold "the integrity of women's sport."

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Sha'Carri Richardson will race Olympic medalists after being banned from competing in Tokyo

After being banned from the Olympics due to a positive marijuana test, Richardson is set to race Te…

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The Olympic hurdler who just smashed a world record says he unwinds by building Legos and relaxing in a hot tub

Karsten Warholm rediscovered a love of building Legos during lockdown. In a Zoom interview, he disp…

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Olympic hurdler helped her opponent to her feet after the pair tumbled to the ground while racing in Tokyo

In a stunning display of sportsmanship, Hungary's Luca Kozák extended a hand to Jamaica's Yanique T…

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India's top athletics stars vie for Olympics berths at National Inter-State Championships

The absence of Olympic javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra notwithstanding, there will be no lack …

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Allyson Felix said getting pregnant is known as 'the kiss of death' for Olympic track and field athletes

"I feared the career I worked so hard to build would disappear just like that," said Felix, the mos…

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Karsten Warholm said he trained to 'look more like a horse' before breaking the 400m hurdles world record

Karsten Warholm's training included sprinting, hurdling, weight lifting, and plyometrics, he told I…

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68 Russian track and field athletes won't be able to compete in the Rio Olympics

"Of course, we are anxious, and as the Games approach we feel more and more anxious. We have no dou…

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Allyson Felix says her daughter inspired her to keep racing as critics doubted her ability to compete after giving birth

Allyson Felix, who's now the most decorated woman in American track and field history, is a vocal a…

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Was just pushing myself due to Olympics, have to take decision on surgery now, says Neeraj Chopra

Chopra finished behind Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who stole the show with an Olympic record-shatteri…

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Take a tour of the $270 million state-of-the-art Nike track stadium hosting the World Athletics Championships

Jackson Thompson contributed to an earlier version of this report. via Uoregon.edu

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Nike says there are less-skimpy options for its Olympic outfits after athletes called them sexist

The bodysuit featured a high cut around the crotch many athletes found objectionable — but Nike sai…

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Nike's high-cut body suit for Team USA highlights the weird differences between men's and women's Olympic outfits

For many athletes, it's clear that there is still a long way to go until all genders are treated eq…

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Olympians on Tinder!

It's really no surprise that some of the most impressive and in-shape people in the world would be …

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Robin Roberts surprised a track star nicknamed 'Lightning' with an invite to the Special Olympics on TV, and both sides cried tears of joy

Lumene "Lightning" Montissol - a 26-year-old Boston native - told Roberts she's "been waiting for t…

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Meet Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall, the Olympic- and Paralympic-bound couple going for gold together in Tokyo

Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis first crossed paths at a high school track meet, and more than four …

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Bombshell report 'confirmed the existence of widespread cheating' in track & field that could keep Russia out of the 2016 Olympics

In the US, distance running had a tumultuous summer after a report from ProPublica accused Alberto …

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Allyson Felix's final race brings appreciation for the most enduring part of her legacy — her voice off the track

As Allyson Felix prepares for her final competitive race at World Championships, the track world is…

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The 8 biggest storylines heading into the 2022 Track and Field World Championships

The World Athletics Championships, coming to the US for the first time, will feature American stars…

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