Erriyon Knighton is only 17-years-old, but he doesn’t look like it. Knighton is dominating the competition at the Tokyo Olympics and making it look easy in the process. His latest feat, finishing ...

A few minutes after Usain Bolt confirmed he’s still the world’s fastest man by winning the 200m at the World Championships on Thursday night, top challenger Justin Gatlin saw the Jamaican sitting on a ...

Noah Lyles tied Usain Bolt's record number of world titles in the 200m, Bolt's trademark event. Lyles won a fourth consecutive world 200m title, matching Bolt's run of four in a row from 2009 through ...

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Usain Bolt broke Michael Johnson's 200m world record with a sensational 19.30 secs to win the Olympic gold medal in Beijing 2008 On this day in 2008, Usain Bolt achieved the seemingly impossible and ...

Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200m final on Thursday, while Yohan Blake, earned the silver. After the first turn, the Jamaican pair pulled ahead of the pack to make it a race of their ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Usain Bolt tilted his head backward and screamed. He plaintively raised his palms to the sky, tugged hard on his shirt, then angrily ripped the No. 6 sticker off his right hip. It ...

Noah Lyles has the speed to back up his confidence. The American sprinter had all but guaranteed victory in the lead up to the world championships, saying he was aiming to win in record-breaking ...

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Bolt has won the last two Olympic titles and four successive world championships over his favourite distance. Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Canadian Andre de Grasse set up an Olympic 200 metres showdown ...