To the casual observer one athletics track probably looks much like another. But when the Olympic Games open in Paris on Friday, it will be difficult to miss the purple track at the Stade de France.
Track and field athlete Odile Ahouanwanou of Benin, who trains in France, has been missing since last week. Olympic runner Rebecca ... Gout Gout has wowed the athletics world after blitzing ...
Athletics, also known as track and field, was the premier event of the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece. When the Games were revived in Athens in 1896, athletics competitions marked the rebirth of a ...
The expansive Olympic track and field program consists of track events (such as the 100m sprints, 4x400m relay and 110m hurdles), field events (like the shot put, discus and pole vault) and road ...
Short track is form of speed skating contested around an international-sized hockey rink, 111 meters in length. Athletes race simultaneously, jockeying for position for the duration of the multi-lap ...
Track and field athletes will now receive a cash prize if they win an Olympic gold medal While athletes are busy preparing their minds and bodies for the upcoming Olympics in Paris there's another ...