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Olympic Games Live Show Schedule

Join Kevin and Gordon throughout the 2021 Olympic Games for post-meet reactions to the biggest performances and storylines. Beginning on Friday, July 30th the FloTrack Podcast will go live on our YouTube page immediately after the final evening session race during all nine days of competition.

Jul 20, 2021

2021 Team USA List

Here's who will be representing USA at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Jul 7, 2021

Four Lingering Questions After Monaco Diamond League

Despite the pandemic wiping out anything resembling a traditional track and field season in 2020, last Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Monaco stayed true to its annual billing as the top one day competition in the world. Athletes who hadn’t competed in months were in midseason form, with Joshua Cheptegei’s 5,000m world record and plenty of other fireworks giving new life to a once lost season.

Aug 19, 2020, Pro

Four Lingering Questions After Monaco Diamond League

The List Of 'Whereabouts Failures' Continues To Grow

2019 World Champion, Christian Coleman is the latest 'high-profile' athlete to be charged with a 'whereabouts failure' in what is now a growing list of athletes violating this anti-doping protocol.

Jun 17, 2020, Pro

The List Of 'Whereabouts Failures' Continues To Grow

Christian Coleman Blasts AIU While Announcing He's Facing Suspension

Christian Coleman, the 2019 100m world champion and the fastest man in the world each of the last three outdoor seasons, tweeted on Tuesday that he has incurred his third whereabouts failure in a 12-month span, which constitutes an anti-doping violation.

Jun 16, 2020

Christian Coleman Blasts AIU While Announcing He's Facing Suspension

400m World Champ Salwa Eid Naser Suspended For Whereabouts Failures

Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, the 2019 400m world champion and the third-fastest woman of all-time, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures.

Jun 5, 2020

400m World Champ Salwa Eid Naser Suspended For Whereabouts Failures

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David Rudisha Undergoes Surgery After Breaking Ankle

May 28, 2020

Diamond League Announces Revised 2020 Schedule

May 12, 2020

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The Ultimate Garden Clash Was Fun, Quirky And Controversial

It was track and field with air pods and white boards— the Ultimate Garden Clash, a three-way pole vault competition between Mondo Duplantis, Renaud Lavillenie and Sam Kendricks in their respective backyards, er, gardens, took place on Sunday in the first athletics competition since the pandemic wiped out sports across the world.

May 3, 2020

The Ultimate Garden Clash Was Fun, Quirky And Controversial

Track Set To Return In New Format With Oslo's "Impossible Games" In June

The Diamond League on Thursday announced further postponements in the 2020 schedule as both the Prefontaine Classic (June 7) and Paris Diamond League meeting (June 13) will not take place as scheduled due to the pandemic.

Apr 23, 2020

Track Set To Return In New Format With Oslo's "Impossible Games" In June

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Who Would Win A Global Virtual Mile?

With racing in its traditional mode not happening right now across the globe, virtual races have emerged as a way for weekend warriors to still get their competitive fix. Many events have also done the noble thing and sent proceeds to those in need during this crisis. Racing alone and then posting results online is certainly not ideal, but it’s a fun way to break up the monotony of training-- while serving a good cause-- during a time when normalcy is still beyond the horizon.

Apr 10, 2020, Pro

Eugene World Athletics Championships Officially Moved To 2022

(c) 2020 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved(08-Apr) -- World Athletics and the local organizing committee in Eugene, Ore., jointly announced today that the next World Athletics Championships would be held in 2022, pushed back by a full year due to the one-year postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. These championships, originally scheduled for August 6 - 15, 2021, will now be held from July 15 - 24, 2022, at the new Hayward Field at the University of Oregon which is still under construction. Over 2000 athletes from more than 200 countries are expected to participate.The World Athletics Council approved the new dates this week after what officials said was "extensive discussions with the sport's stakeholders" including organizers of two other major championships due to take place in July and August, 2022: the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, and the multi-sport European Championships in Munich which includes the European Athletics Championships."This will be a bonanza for athletics fans around the world," commented World Athletics president Sebastian Coe through a statement. He pointed out that the World Athletics Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Athletics Championships would be held in rapid succession. "(The fans) will be treated to six weeks of absolutely first-class athletics," Coe continued. "More than 70 of our member federations are part of the Commonwealth, and more than 50 of our member federations are European so our guiding principle in rescheduling the World Championships was to ensure enough space was created around the centerpiece World Athletics Championship for athletes to choose other major events to compete in."With today's announcement, the summer of 2022 schedule will be as follows:July 15 - 24: World Athletics Championships, Eugene, Ore., United StatesJuly 27 - August 7: Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, EnglandAugust 11 - 21: European Championships, Munich, GermanyOregon21, LLC --the local organizing committee-- said that they would have to change their name and rebrand."The new date will require a change in the name of the event from World Athletics Championships Oregon21, along with a rebrand in the coming months including logo adaptation, website content, and the legal name change of the local organizing committee," Oregon21 said in a statement. "The team is ready to continue its work alongside all its partners to deliver a world-class event and to take every advantage of the extra year of planning time that's been given. Although a year later than anticipated Oregon21, LLC looks forward to the opportunity that Oregon has to host this prestigious event and showcase the region to the world."

Apr 8, 2020

Eugene World Athletics Championships Officially Moved To 2022

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World Athletics Suspends Olympic Qualification Until December

World Athletics announced on Tuesday that Olympic qualifying has been suspended until December 1, 2020, meaning that athletes will not be able to achieve qualifying standards or enhance world ranking position for the Tokyo Games until that date.

Apr 7, 2020