IAAF Athletics World Championships

FILE- In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, Russia's Maria Lasitskene celebrates without a flag after winning the gold medal in the women's high jump final during the World Athletics Championships in London. Lasitskene, likely to be banned from defending her three straight world titles next month, lashed out at the leaders of the IOC and World Athletics, and expressed sympathy for her Ukrainian competitors in a heartfelt open letter distributed Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Russian champion bashes Bach, shows sympathy for Ukrainians

By Eddie Pells Jun. 09, 2022 04:19 PM EDT

FILE - Flags are shown on the south side of Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, June 18, 2020. Barring a sudden, unexpected end to the war in Ukraine, athletes from Russia and Belarus will be banned from next month's track and field world championships, which marks the largest international sports event since the end of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, File)

Russians out of track worlds barring unexpected end to war

By Eddie Pells Jun. 02, 2022 09:55 AM EDT

Antti Pihlakoski, evaluation panel chairman of the World Athletics (WA), center left, and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, surrounded by other WA members, pose for a photo before their talk in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Council member Nawal El Moutawakel, back, from left, Vice President Ximena Restrepo and Director of Competitions & Events Jakob Larsen join the photo session. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo a candidate for track and field world championships

By Stephen Wade May. 25, 2022 12:44 AM EDT

FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya (176) runs on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2021. A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Semenya said she offered to show her body to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze/File)

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

By Gerald Imray May. 23, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

Russian race walker Lashmanova banned for doping, loses gold

Mar. 21, 2022 10:35 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal, the Athletics Integrity...

FILE - Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria races in a women's 200 meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2019. Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has received a 10-year ban for being part of what's been described as an “organized doping regimen” ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The former world championships silver medalist was initially suspended in July, 2021 just before she was due to run in the semifinals of the 100 meters at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping

Feb. 18, 2022 10:27 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, July 30, 2021 file photo, Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, right, crosses the finish line ahead of Agnes Tirop, of Kenya, left, to win a heat in the women's 5,000-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo. Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, has been found dead at her home in Iten in western Kenya, the country's track federation said Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop found dead, police hunt husband

By Gerald Imray Oct. 13, 2021 08:24 AM EDT

Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, holds her gold medal for women's 5,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Sifan Hassan running for Olympic history in distance races

By Gerald Imray Aug. 05, 2021 04:21 AM EDT

Zhiqiang Wu, of China anchors his team to win a semifinal of the men's 4 x 100-meter relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Not again! US men's team gone after another messy relay

By Eddie Pells Aug. 04, 2021 11:49 PM EDT

Sydney McLaughlin, of the United States, wins the women's 400-meter hurdles final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

McLaughlin edges Muhammad in battle of world-record hurdlers

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 11:03 PM EDT

Karsten Warholm, of Norway celebrates as he wins the gold medal ahead of Rai Benjamin, of United States in the final of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

After Warholm's WR stunner, a look at track's great races

By Gerald Imray Aug. 03, 2021 07:52 AM EDT

Elaine Thompson-Herah, left, of Jamaica, wins the final of the women's 200-meters from Christine Mboma, of Namibia, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

EXPLAINER: What exactly are track's testosterone rules?

By Gerald Imray Aug. 03, 2021 12:27 AM EDT

Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Nigerian sprinter suspended for HGH hours before Olympic run

By Gerald Imray Jul. 30, 2021 09:09 PM EDT

Caster Semenya reacts before the women's 5000 meter race in Regensburg, Saturday, June 19, 2021. The two-time 800-meter Olympic champion from South Africa once again missed out on qualifying for the Summer Games in Tokyo during her surprising start in Regensburg. (Stefan Puchner/dpa via AP)

Semenya fails to reach Olympic qualifying time for 5,000

Jun. 30, 2021 06:04 PM EDT

Eligibility rule keeps transgender runner out of trials

Jun. 23, 2021 11:33 PM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Transgender runner CeCe Telfer will not be allowed to compete in the women's 400-meter hurdles at U.S. Olympic trials because Telfer has...

FILE - Silver medalist Sydney McLaughlin, left, and gold medalist Dalilah Muhammad, both from the United States, pose during the medal ceremony for the women's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, in this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, file photo. The most anticipated race of the U.S. track and field trials may be the women's 400 hurdles, where world record holder Dalilah Muhammad tries to hold off the up-and-comer Sydney McLaughlin. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Weather, women's 400 hurdles set to sizzle on final weekend

By Pat Graham Jun. 23, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

US triple jumper banned from Olympics for missed drug tests

By Graham Dunbar May. 14, 2021 05:28 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — American triple jumper Omar Craddock was banned for 20 months on Friday over missed doping tests and will miss the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022...