Putting Sydney McLaughlin in the final race of the final day of the inaugural Grand Slam Track event was a simple choice for organizers. She’s American and mediagenic and a generational performer. Three trips to the Olympics and counting. Four gold medals, with more coming if she stays healthy and motivated. Every time she steps … Read more
Some of the world’s best track athletes compete in a new professional league that makes its debut this week. Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Grand Slam Track before its first stop in Kingston, Jamaica, on Friday. Why was this league created? Grand Slam Track is the brainchild of American sprinting great, … Read more
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. … Read more
Italy appears to be one big step closer to having the sliding events at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics on its own track after all. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said Friday that it has declared this week’s testing period at the Cortina d’Ampezzo track “successful” and that it looks forward to the 2026 Olympics being … Read more
NANJING, China — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said Tuesday that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.” The planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s, … Read more
Jakob Ingebrigtsen completed a golden double by capturing the men’s 1,500-metre title on the final day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday, a day after the Norwegian claimed the 3,000 crown. Victory in three minutes 38.79 seconds in Nanjing, China meant Ingebrigtsen also matched the feat of Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie who won … Read more
A former Eminem employee has been charged in the leak of a batch of unreleased material from the rapper. Joseph Strange, 46, was charged Wednesday with criminal copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods. The FBI said that several Eminem fans paid Strange $50,000 in Bitcoin for 25 unreleased Eminem songs in January, all … Read more
Canada’s men’s short track relay team joined its women counterparts on the top of the speed skating podium, one of three gold in a six-medal haul Sunday at at the ISU world championships in Beijing. Canada, which earned three medals on Saturday, won the most events outright at worlds for the first time since 1994, according to NBC … Read more
Watch the second day of the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships from the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Source link
The Canadian short track speed skating team won three gold medals and added a silver at the world championships in Beijing on Saturday. The Canadian women’s relay team of Courtney Sarault (Moncton, N.B.), Rikki Doak (Fredericton), Florence Brunelle (Trois-Rivières, Que.), and Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.) won gold in the 3,000-metre final. The Candians crossed the line in four minutes, … Read more
