Dick Fosbury's high jump gold medal from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — which he won with the revolutionary Fosbury Flop — sold at auction for $158,600. The medal was one of a few Fosbury items ...

Javier Sotomayor explains why his 2.45m high jump world record still stands after 32 years, his technique, injuries, mindset ...

ROME (AP) — At the last two Olympics, the men’s high jump produced a tie — requiring a big decision. In Tokyo four years ago, Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim agreed to share the gold. In Paris ...

TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers, twice an Olympic silver medallist, won the women’s world high jump gold on Sunday, but only after a nervous wait during a long rain suspension ...

Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon destroyed the field in the closing stages en route to a fourth 1,500 metres world title while American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made a huge 400m semi-final statement on ...

Final was held in heavy rain on Sunday Caused several delays and disruptions Aussie finally got the gold she has been chasing Nicola Olyslagers has come full circle and been rewarded with a ...

TOKYO -- Team Australia began the final evening of competition at the world athletics championships with three medals -- all bronze -- to its name. It ended a stop-start, rain-interrupted, and at ...

A year ago in the Paris Olympics, high jumper Shelby McEwen finished tied with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr. They could have both taken home gold medals and split the $50,000 prize the World Athletics ...

Olympic high jump gold medalist Gianmarco Tamberi receives the flame of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch from ...

Mutaz Barshim withdrew before the World Track and Field Championships due to a foot injury, missing the chance to compete in the Tokyo stadium where he memorably shared Olympic high jump gold in 2021.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PARIS (AP) — With his hair colored in a ...

A five-time All-American high jumper for Nebraska, Tyus Wilson has earned a spot on Team USA ahead of the World Championships after winning gold in The Bahamas. A gold-medal performance in The Bahamas ...