But just enough to make Noah Lyles the gold medalist in one of the closest, most-thrilling 100-meter finals in history ... they could not see each other in the final meters.

Led by Elaine Thompson-Herah's record-setting performance, Team Jamaica won gold, silver, and bronze in the women's 100-meter final. Katie Ledecky ended her Tokyo 2020 run with a gold in the 800 ...

TOKYO - The women's 100 metres round-one heats exploded into life on Friday on day one of the track and field events, after the Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou roared across the finish line with a ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

Noah Lyles came up short in his quest for the 100-meter, 200-meter ... a career-best time in the final as well as an African record. Lyles also took bronze in Tokyo three years ago.

Nearly two decades of scientific studies have helped Japanese runners shave tiny fractions of a second off their times and finally break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter sprint. The analyses ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Artistic Swimming - Women's Team Free Routine - Final - Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. China team during their performance. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File ...