The American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is one of the world's fastest women. She's making her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

KRIS HOLLAND/Yakima Herald-Republic Willie Turner, director of security at Wilson Middle School stands amid a hallway full of students and a mural painted in his likeness Thursday, February 2, 2006.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday, all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 meters final to become the ...

VIGAN CITY—Veruel Verdadero darted from the starting block to the finish in record style in ruling the centerpiece 100-meter dash of the Palarong Pambansa on Wednesday and, from the looks of it, ...

NEW YORK ” First things first: The newly anointed “World’s Fastest Man” does not consider the 100-meter race his favorite. In fact, it wasn’t even part of Usain Bolt’s normal routine until he pleaded ...

Christian Roberto Lopez Rodriguez of Spain set a new, Guinness World Record by running 100 meters backwards in high heels in 16.55 seconds. His own previous record of 20.05 seconds, set on the Spanish ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- Justin Gatlin is heading to the Rio Olympics, after posting the year's best time of 9.8 seconds in the 100 meters to win the U.S. Olympic Trials. He'll have some familiar company.

Sha’Carri Richardson squeezed into the 100-meter final at world championships, failing to get the top-two finish she needed in her semifinal to automatically qualify but earning one of the last two ...

Sha'Carri Richardson ran past a heat of the fastest sprinters in the world Monday to win the women's 100 meter at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. She ran from behind and past Jamaicans ...