track-and-field
U.S. track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson was kicked off an American Airlines flight following an argument with a flight attendant on Saturday. Richardson took to Instagram to shed light on the situation, which she claims started because a flight attendant was “disrespecting” her. “Prior to the video this gentleman asked me to get off a cell […]
A snippet of The Weeknd’s upcoming track “Take My Breath” was used in a promo for the Tokyo Olympics that featured Team USA track and field stars Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, and Gabby Thomas. The After Hours artist shared the clip to social media on Monday night and also revealed that the song will be arriving on Friday, […]
On Tuesday, USA Track and Field shared that Sha’Carri Richardson was not selected for the Women’s 4×100 relay team. As a result, she will not be participating in the Tokyo Olympic games later this summer. The news comes on the heels of Richardson being disqualified from the 100-meter race after the USA Track & Field detected a chemical found in marijuana during […]
Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic dreams may be in jeopardy. According Jamaica Gleaner, the 21-year-old sprinter tested positive for a prohibited substance during last month’s US Olympic Trials, where she ultimately secured a spot on Team USA. It’s unclear what substance Richardson allegedly consumed, but the outlet points out the infringement could result in a one- to three-month […]
UCLA has dismissed student-athlete Chris Weiland from its track team after a video of him dropping racist and homophobic slurs went viral. The track and field and cross country runner was removed from the team by program director Avery Anderson, who admitted that he suspended Weiland over the incident months before. “Chris Weiland has been dismissed […]
Move over, Usain Bolt. Britney Spears is now the fastest person on the planet. Or so she made us all believe. Britney posted her 100-meter dash time of 5.97 seconds on Instagram. It would’ve meant that Spears demolished the world record time (9.58) held by that slow-footed sprinter known as Bolt by nearly four whole seconds. […]
Brigham Young University pole vaulter Zach McWhorter recently joined the club of people who became famous on TikTok for an embarrassing clip where they suffered a gruesome injury. McWhorter’s induction comes from a clip where his balls got impaled in an attempt that went horribly wrong. If that sounds like something you wouldn’t want to see, we would advise that you DO NOT scroll […]
Track and field champion Allyson Felix is calling attention to the misogyny many female athletes encounter while seeking maternity protections during sponsorship negotiations. In an op-ed for the New York Times, the six-time Olympic gold medalist opened up about her experience as a newly pregnant athlete in contract negotiations with Nike, revealing that the talks came to a “standstill” after the brand failed to guarantee that she […]
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal against the introduction of a 2018 ruling that can require female athletes to take hormonal contraception to reduce testosterone levels. Semenya, who is hyperandrogenous and has higher levels of testosterone than most women, will have to take medication if she is to compete at the 2020 Tokyo […]
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