Video of the Cambodian runner Bou Samnang’s rain-soaked performance in a 5,000-meter race resonated with fans who applauded her gritty determination.
Category: Track and Field
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Why Do Runners Still Race With Paper Pinned to Their Shirts?
Racing bibs have tags that help track and identify runners. But they are also a good place for sponsors’ names.
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Tori Bowie’s Hometown Celebrates Her Life Amid Mystery of Her Death
Mourners at a visitation and funeral in Mississippi remembered Tori Bowie as an inspiration on the track while also searching for answers about how her life ended.
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Erika Kemp Wants to See More Runners Who Look Like Her
Kemp, who had a solid marathon debut in Boston during a race with racial controversy on the sidelines, did not run cross-country until college. “There wasn’t anyone that looked like me.”
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Tori Bowie, World Champion Sprinter, Is Dead at 32
She won three Olympic medals in 2016, including a gold, and the world championship the next year in an intense 100-meter dash.
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Ralph Boston, Olympian Who Soared Into the Record Books, Dies at 83
A dominant long jumper in the 1960s, he surpassed Jesse Owens’s 25-year-old record before becoming the first to break the 27-foot mark.
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Herb Douglas, Olympic Medalist Inspired by Jesse Owens, Dies at 101
Believed to be the oldest living Olympic medalist at his death, he met Owens as a teenager, won bronze in the broad jump in 1948 and later created an award in his idol’s honor.
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The Runners Changing Course on Uniform Expectations
In competitive running, norms dictating attire are sticky but changing.
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Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead
The New York Times – Sports:His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.
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Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Sports:An ordained minister known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was an Olympic gold medal winner and the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties boxes.
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Meet the Runner Who Leads Every Pack, Then Drops Out
The New York Times – Sports:Erik Sowinski is a human metronome, pacing the world’s best runners to the world’s fastest times. He’s in high demand.
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A National Treasure on the Rise, Then Hit With a Doping Allegation
The New York Times – Sports:A star Olympic runner from Australia was suspended over a positive drug test of a kind that critics have called alarmingly open to human error.