A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction

BOSTON (AP) — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm announced Friday. The 1904 St. Louis Olympics medal, auctioned for...

British track and field body charged with corporate manslaughter over Paralympic athlete's death

LONDON (AP) — The governing body for track and field in Britain and a sports official have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a Paralympic athlete who was hit on the head by a metal pole during training in 2017. The 36-year-old thrower Abdullah Hayayei, who...

Skier/snowboarder Ester Ledecka has 2 Olympic races on same day in 2026, hoping for schedule change

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — As the situation stands, snowboarder/ski racer Ester Ledecka has two Olympic races on the same day in 2026, at nearly the same time and in Italian mountain towns hours apart. The Czech Republic standout simply can’t make both starting gates. So she may...

Forgan and Kirkby win a World Cup women's doubles luge gold for the US

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby became the first Americans to win a World Cup luge gold medal on foreign soil in nearly seven years, prevailing Saturday in the season-opening women's doubles race. It was part of a two-medal day for USA Luge. Emily...

US runner Shannon Rowbury on course for 2012 Olympic medal after Russian disqualified

The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years later. Shannon Rowbury of the United States took another step toward a long-delayed bronze medal on Tuesday when Russian runner Tatyana Tomashova was officially disqualified from the women's 1,500 meters final...

US track wants to shorten Olympic trials and put them at LA Coliseum

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The leader of USA Track and Field cut through confusion surrounding the 2028 Olympic trials, saying the preference is to hold them in the LA Coliseum several weeks before the actual Olympic track meet takes place there. Max Siegel told The Associated...

Dallas Long, who won 2 Olympic medals while dominating the shot put in the 1960s, has died at 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Long, a three-time NCAA shot put champion who won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has died. He was 84. He died of natural causes Sunday in Whitefish, Montana, USC said Tuesday after being informed by a family member. No further details were...

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya win the New York City Marathon

NEW YORK (AP) — Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui used strong kicks in the final mile to pull away from their nearest competitors and both win the New York City Marathon for the first time Sunday. Nageeye, who became the first runner from the Netherlands to win the men's race, was...

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race at the New York City Marathon

Romanchuk wins men's wheelchair race at NYC Marathon, Scaroni wins women's event

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcel Hug's three-year streak as New York Marathon men's wheelchair champion is over after Daniel Romanchuk won the race on Sunday. The Swiss star, nicknamed the Silver Bullet, had won 16 straight marathons, including a gold medal at this year's Paris Paralympics....