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Richardson back on track 200, McLaughlin-Levrone in 400 hurdles as Olympic trials enter homestretch
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles are coming back for Part II. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas are joining the show. The second half of U.S. Olympic trials for track and field kick off Thursday, and the final four days at Hayward Field will feature...
Olympic track and field seeing dollar signs with splashy cash infusions into the sport
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she left to focus on running at the Games, the family understood. When these runners and hurdlers learned...
Lyles and Snoop help NBC post best track trials ratings in 12 years
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The combination of Noah Lyles, Snoop Dogg and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson running for a spot in the Olympics lifted NBC to its largest audience for the U.S. track trials since 2012, according to Nielsen. Viewership for the Sunday night presentation of the trials...
World champion runner Norah Jeruto on course for Paris Olympics after legal win in doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The 2022 world champion steeplechase runner Norah Jeruto is on course to race at the Paris Olympics after track and field's world governing body failed in an attempt to have her banned in a doping case. Jeruto, who was born in Kenya and won the world...
Olympic champion Athing Mu's appeal denied after tumble at US track trials
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Track officials denied an appeal by 800-meter Olympic champion Athing Mu, who got tangled in a pack of runners and fell at the U.S. trials, denying her a chance to defend her title. Mu's coach, Bobby Kersee, said Mu got clipped by another runner on the...
Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Athing Mu got tangled up in the middle of the track and started falling. One hand hit the ground, then the other. As she rolled onto her back, her bright pink shoes started pointing toward the sky. With that, one of America's most promising runners saw her hopes...
2-time Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor will soon spring into retirement
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Every leap these days feels more like a stroll down memory lane for triple jumper Christian Taylor. This is the two-time Olympic champion's farewell tour and he's taking it all in. That includes selfies at every stop — from Norway to Morocco and especially...
Noah Lyles shows his flash and speeds through finals to earn a spot at the Olympics in 100 meters
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The bright red running suit, the white pearls and the gold medal said it all. Noah Lyles is the flashiest, and the fastest, sprinter in the United States — maybe even the world. We'll all get to find out later this summer in Paris thanks to a...
From the outhouse: 400-meter runner goes from locked in a porta-potty straight to the Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It was a classic case of going from the outhouse to the penthouse. Less than an hour before her semifinal at U.S. track trials, 400-meter runner Kendall Ellis was trapped in a porta-potty, banging on the door, screaming for someone to let her out. ...
Kate Grace takes hard fall at finish of 800 semis, earns spot into finals at US Olympic trials
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nobody said making the Olympics was easy. Kate Grace darted to the inside near the finish line, took an accidental elbow and went flying off the track, before slamming into the clock sitting on the infield. After taking second in her semifinal...
