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Following months of uncertainty, the most exciting marathon on U.S. soil has been upgraded to “Gold Label” status. Here’s what that means.
Staying healthy is crucial to athletic performance, and a new analysis from the 2018 Olympics suggests some surprising defensive tactics.
A promise of sustainability helped the bid from Cortina-Milan beat out Stockholm for the right to host the Games
Switzerland’s supreme court has suspended the IAAF’s testosterone regulations
Alysia Montaño’s story is yet another reminder of how contracted endurance athletes often have to choose between having a career and a life
Unsponsored marathoner Lindsay Flanagan, Olympic standard in hand, balances coaching other athletes with her own training.
Professional boxing has been illegal in Cuba for more than 50 years. That hasn't stopped the country from producing the best fighters in the world.
Dathan Ritzenhein gives us a personal look at what went right—and wrong—at the 2019 Boston Marathon and shares advice on recovery, evaluation and forging forward.
Are you curious about what Olympic climbing will look like in 2020? We are, too. Here's what you should know before it all begins.
A recent World Cup in Denver blew all expectations and leads the way toward the 2026 Winter Games
The IAAF’s decision to phase out the 5k isn’t necessarily bad, and the pro running landscape needs to evolve all around.
Johnny Gregorek talks about being in a world record race, taking down his father's mile mark, and his positive views on the new Olympic standards.
The new running standards are ridiculously complex. Here's what that means.
Including, but not limited to, films on taxidermists, Olympians, and one very scary night for a park ranger
What’s worse than missing a world record by one-hundredth of a second?
Keflezighi talks about his career and his new book, which offers 26 takeaways for running 26.2 miles.
2019 has already been an eventful year in doping news. If the Olympics don’t care about clean athletes, why should we care about the Olympics?
More fat shoes, farewell to Flanagan, and the continued dominance of Kipchoge
How halfpipe skier Cassie Sharpe stays on top after winning Olympic gold
You don't have to be an Olympic-caliber athlete to ski with one
Physiologist Alena Grabowski is studying whether prostheses give athletes a competitive advantage
After years of being the bad guy, athletics’ international governing body is in a unique position to defend what’s right.
With climbing making its debut in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Adam Ondra is training for his first gold medal.
Elite athletes are turning up the thermostat in pursuit of an edge
With two years until the Tokyo Olympics, organizers are preparing for what could be a brutally warm race
The pro runner suffered an injury in the middle of the Olympics. Here's how she plotted her comeback.
Wilma Rudolph won three Olympic golds and was among the first athletes to use her celebrity to fight for civil rights
The Olympic runner, poet, and filmmaker on how she does it all, with unmistakable style
The Olympian and filmmaker connects with people in ways that other athletes can't. We asked her why.
At 43, the five-time Olympian seems indestructible
Over the past three decades, Nancy Hogshead-Makar has established a reputation as the leading attorney and champion for young athletes filing sex-abuse lawsuits. Now the former Olympic swimmer faces her biggest challenge yet: making sure #metoo's impact is permanent.
For the first time, the International Olympic Committee is researching what it takes for new moms to return to high-level competition
International federations are putting quotas and policies in place to encourage gender parity at the highest levels. How much change will come of it?
It's not about training regimens or dietary dogma—it's about community
Now that it's all over, gold medalist Kikkan Randall gives us an inside look at the games' HQ
We must resolve the sexism ingrained in cycling—starting with ditching the outdated practice of flanking successful male athletes with scantily clad women
The USOC has failed to do enough to protect American athletes from abuse for years. Getting rid of its chief executive won't do anything to solve the problem.
Americans didn't crush it in Pyeongchang, but medal-counting haters need to shut it. Let me explain.
Sports psychologists weigh in on the challenges of being among the best in the world
Honoring the athletes, moments, and Twitter accounts who really deserved to take home the gold this year
As a fellow Asian-American female rider, following her career over the past few years has been an exhilarating ride
And not just in the medal count (though we did own the medal count)
Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall’s Olympic victory is a win for everyone
At 33 years old, she became the oldest woman to medal in alpine skiing—thanks to smart, restrained racing
Athletes have been shattering "expert" forecasts for the ultimate limits of our species for more than a century
Even superstar Olympians need some help staying fresh through the competition
The sudden, joyful rise of America's cross-country squad makes you wonder: Is happy faster than angry?
There were a lot of mistakes in that recent story. Let’s set the record straight.
Erin Jackson is the latest Olympic athlete to join the two-decade tradition
Ralph Lauren designed Team U.S.A.'s uniforms, but a pair of leather, tasseled gloves bear resemblance to those made by a small company from Colorado
Yes, curling makes the list. And no, we're not biased at all.
The decorated skier talks productivity and good habits as he prepares to defend his gold medal in Pyeongchang and enters his 12th year running his eyewear company
Why this year’s Games are poised to be America’s most monumental yet
Get ready for these contenders to crush the Winter Games
Our best team in ages wins more by having fun
From mountain bike-inspired prosthetics to couch skiing, Americans are using the latest advances to maximize their output
The essentials this snowboarding pro will bring to the Olympic Village to help her perform at her best
How to master one of the toughest moves we'll see at the 2018 Games
After nearly 20 years of racing, the skier announced her retirement. The sport will be poorer for her absence.
For pro skier and Olympic hopeful Robby Kelley, the $30,000 cost of joining the U.S. national team was prohibitively high, forcing him to turn down his spot on the roster. Instead, he started his own squad, called Redneck Racing, in hopes of making it on his own with a handful of…
Behold the astonishing explosion of alpine sports in the People’s Republic—as directed, promoted, and financed by the Communist Party in the run–up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics
Olympic runner Lopez Lomong grew up in a small village in war-torn South Sudan. As one of the lost boys of South Sudan, he often found himself chased by armed militia once running for three straight days.
Ten pro tips for reaching—and maintaining—peak performance
In desperate times, even desperate measures won't suffice
Doug Peacock, Mark Allen, Kris Tompkins, Shaun White, Lynn Hill, Lindsey Vonn, Yvon Chouinard, Conrad Anker, and Laird Hamilton reflect on their passions and their lives outside
The Jamaican sprinter always seemed to be having a great time. We'll miss him.
Surfing in Cuba is a legal gray area; it's illegal however very loosely enforced. As their government strives to stabilize, a few surfers are making their case to compete in the 2020 Olympics.
In an effort to be more inclusive and entice more viewers, the 2020 Games will feature a mixed 4x400
Another high schooler just went under four, which inspired us to trace the milestone's roots, starting with Roger Bannister
A new proposal would scrap all track and field world records set before 2005, all in the name of the war on doping. Will the radical measure do any good?
Why it's more upsetting when endurance athletes fail drug tests than when NFL or MLB players do.
After the 2012 games in London, Vanessa Low was questioning the entirety of her track and field career. That's when she met coach Roderick Green in Oklahoma.
Athletes who love climbing outdoors aren't positioning themselves to perform well at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Here's why.
We know President Trump wants Los Angeles to host the 2024 Olympics. But could his policies get past a new set of anti-discrimination rules for host cities?
Two-time gold medalist and decathlon word record holder, Ashton Eaton, is arguably the world’s greatest athlete, and we can all learn a thing or two from his routine, even if we aren’t training for the Olympics.