The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended British 4×100-meter relay silver medalist Chijindu Ujah for a suspected anti-doping violation at the Tokyo Olympics. The AIU said that the doping control laboratory in Tokyo had notified the International Testing Agency …
American Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles after winning the Olympic gold in the event on Aug. 4. McLaughlin finished the Olympic hurdles final with a time of 51.46 seconds, beating her previous world …
Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas set a new world record in women’s triple jump after winning gold in the Olympic event last Aug. 1. On her sixth and final jump, Rojas jumped 15.67 meters, breaking the world record set by Ukrainian Inessa …
Dame Valerie Adams of New Zealand became the first woman to win medals at four Olympics in a single field event after taking the bronze in the women’s shot put final on Aug. 1. Adams won bronze in the final …
Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italian Gianmarco Tamberi agreed to share the Olympic gold in the men’s high jump final on Aug. 1, marking the first joint Olympic podium in the athletics since 1912. Both Barshim and Tamberi finished the …
Twenty track and field athletes have been banned from the Tokyo Olympics for failing to meet the anti-doping test rules. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which runs the anti-doping program for the sport, ruled on July 28 that 20 of …