Track and field
Russia, Belarus have Paralympic membership suspension overturned, but athletes still barred

May. 12, 2023 07:32 AM EDT
BONN, Germany (AP) — Russia and its ally Belarus have had their suspension from membership of the International Paralympic Committee overturned on appeal but their...

FILE - Ralph Boston smiles on the podium at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Sept. 2, 1960. Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon's record-shattering leap at the Mexico City Games, has died. He was 83. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee confirmed Boston died Sunday, April 30, 2023, at his home outside of Atlanta.(AP Photo/File)
Ralph Boston, Olympian and 1st to jump 27 feet, dies at 83

May. 03, 2023 03:12 PM EDT

FILE - United States gold medalist Derrick Adkins is flanked by teammate and bronze medalist Calvin Davis, left, and silver medalist Samuel Matete of Zambia, right, after the 400 meter hurdle final at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Thursday, Aug. 1, 1996. Calvin Davis, the Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 hurdles at the 1996 Atlanta Games, has died. He was 51. The University of Arkansas, where he went to school, said Davis died Monday, May 1, 2023. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)
Calvin Davis, Olympic medalist in 400 hurdles, dies at 51

By The Associated Press May. 03, 2023 11:44 AM EDT

FILE - United States's Tori Bowie crosses the line to win the gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter relay final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died, her management company and USA Track and Field said Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Bowie was 32. She was found Tuesday in her Florida home. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
US sprinter, Olympic medalist Tori Bowie dies at 32

By Pat Graham May. 03, 2023 09:58 AM EDT

FILE - Izmir Smajlaj, of Albania, during a qualifications round in the men's long jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Saturday, July 31, 2021. Two top track and field officials in Albania have been banned for falsifying an athlete’s result to help him qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit says long jumper Izmir Smajlaj was cleared of being part of the conspiracy to falsely register a national record in May 2021. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Officials banned for false report for Olympic qualification

Apr. 26, 2023 06:34 AM EDT

FILE - Olympic-medalist and former Moët Hennessy executive Herb Douglas attends the unveiling of artist Kadir Nelson's inspired art sculpture titled, "The Major," at the World Trade Center, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in New York. Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a young teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas starred on both the football and track teams before later serving in various roles for his alma mater, said Douglas died Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Andrew Kelly/AP Images for Hennessy, File)
1948 Olympic bronze medalist Herb Douglas dies at 101

By Will Graves Apr. 24, 2023 10:41 AM EDT

Tachlowini Gabriyesos, Eritrean born long distance runner smiles prior the half marathon race in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked through the desert to reach Israel when he was just 12 years old. He is now running marathons, sending a message of hope and endurance to all refugees like himself. On Sunday, he ran a half-marathon race at the Belgrade Marathon as part of a U.N. refugee agency team at the event. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Tachlowini Gabriyesos runs for refugees at Belgrade Marathon

By Jovana Gec Apr. 23, 2023 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - Russia's Natalya Antyukh holds the gold medal, United States' Lashinda Demus, left, the silver medal a during a ceremony for the women's 400-meter hurdles in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, on Aug. 9, 2012. American runner Lashinda Demus has officially become an Olympic champion at the age of 40 and more than a decade after the 2012 London Games. The International Olympic Committee has formally reallocated Demus the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. The original winner was Natalya Antyukh of Russia who was later implicated in doping. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, FIle)
IOC finally makes US hurdler a 2012 Olympics champion

Mar. 30, 2023 10:56 AM EDT

FILE - A Russian flag is held above the Olympic Rings at Adler Arena Skating Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Russia and its ally Belarus have been invited to compete at the Asian Games in the next step to qualify athletes for next year's Paris Olympics. One year after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia's reintegration into the world of sports threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

By Eddie Pells Mar. 23, 2023 01:38 PM EDT

FILE - Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, July 30, 2021. The Belarusian track coach who tried to force the sprinter out of the Tokyo Olympics and back to Belarus after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport's integrity standards. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced the charges against Yury Maisevich on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Belarus coach who removed sprinter from Olympics charged

By Eddie Pells Jan. 19, 2023 11:45 AM EST

FILE - Russia's Natalya Antyukh, middle, holds the gold medal, United States' Lashinda Demus, left, the silver medal and Czech Republic's Zuzana Hejnova, the bronze medal during a ceremony for the women's 400-meter hurdles in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Russian 400-meter hurdler Natalya Antyukh will lose her gold medal from the 2012 London Games due to doping, putting American Lashinda Demus in position to be named the champion more than a decade after the race. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, FIle)
Russian hurdler stripped of 2012 Olympics gold for doping

Dec. 21, 2022 11:21 AM EST

Long jumper accused of false information to get Olympic spot

Dec. 09, 2022 06:23 AM EST
MONACO (AP) — A long jumper and two officials from Albania could face bans after they were accused of submitting false information that helped the athlete get a spot...

FILE - Ukraine's Yuri Cheban celebrates his gold in the men's canoe single 200m final during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 18, 2016. Cheban, one of Ukraine's most decorated Olympians, told The Associated Press in an email exchange Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, that he is auctioning his medals — two golds and a bronze — in hopes of raising a six-figure donation to contribute to the war effort in his native land. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Ukrainian Olympian auctioning medals to help war effort

By Eddie Pells Nov. 30, 2022 04:39 PM EST

FILE - A fan of Kenya holds up a national flag during the final in the women's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on July 23, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. World Athletics President Seb Coe said Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 that reports about a possible full-scale ban for Kenya due to a protracted doping crisis were misguided, and that increased funding and vigilance from the Kenyan government persuaded authorities to stop short of the most radical sanctions. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Kenya avoids track doping ban; Russia gets mixed news

By Eddie Pells Nov. 30, 2022 12:42 PM EST

FILE - Kenyan athletes train together just after dawn on a dusty track in Kaptagat Forest in western Kenya, on Jan. 30, 2016. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would likely have repercussions for a number of medal contenders at next year's world championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics was conceded by the Kenyan sports ministry in a statement issued on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping 'crisis'

By Gerald Imray Nov. 25, 2022 03:44 AM EST

FILE - Garrett Scantling, of the United States, makes an attempt in the shot put competition in the men's heptathlon at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 18, 2022. Scantling, the U.S. decathlon champion, will miss the Paris Olympics due to a ban imposed after he falsified an email in trying to cover up a missed doping test. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, that the 29-year-old, who won national championships earlier this year, had accepted a three-year ban retroactive to June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
US decathlon champ out for Paris after missed doping tests

By Eddie Pells Nov. 18, 2022 03:18 PM EST

US marathon trials for 2024 Olympics will be run in Orlando

Nov. 08, 2022 12:15 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field announced...

FILE - Galen Rupp, of the United States, finishes the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. It's been 13 years since an American man won the New York City Marathon. Rupp might provide the best chance for the Americans to end that drought when he runs the New York race for the first time on Sunday, Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
NYC Marathon champion Albert Korir looks to defend title

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 03, 2022 03:11 PM EDT

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Nov. 4-10

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Nov. 4 1934 — The Detroit Lions rush for an NFL-record 426 yards in a 40-7 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The only bright spot for the Pirates is...

FILE - Russia's Natalya Antyukh, right, powers ahead of United States' Lashinda Demus to win gold in the women's 400-meter hurdles final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Russian runner Natalya Antyukh was disqualified on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 from her 400-meter hurdles win at the 2012 London Olympics for doping, and Lashinda Demus of the United States is set to be upgraded to the gold medal. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza, File)
Russian runner stripped of 2012 Olympics title for doping

Oct. 24, 2022 12:35 PM EDT