track and field

Here are 14 records that can be broken this summer.

The nationwide spike in violent anti-Asian hate crimes has ignited deep-rooted fears and drawn throughout the U.S. This increase in hate crimes directed towards the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community during the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many individuals to show their support and work to stop the hate. For some, it was marching in protests and posting on...

Two dozen events are being added to existing sports, in addition to the brand-new sports of 3×3 basketball, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and karate

The high jumper from Las Vegas tries her hand at Legos to show how she flies through the air and over the bar.

Chinatown Runners is a movement that seeks to support the AAPI community through running. Gabriella Lozano reports.

Whether it’s swimming or track & field events in the summer, or skiing, luge and speedskating in the winter, we’re obsessed with how fast Olympians are going.

Hurdler Rai Benjamin was given the opportunity to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics, but a foot injury held him back. Now he is returning for Tokyo 2020, ready to compete against some of the fastest runners out there.

Sometimes Olympic sports can be hard to understand for the less-than-versatile athletes among us. Fortunately, most of us know how Legos work. And even more fortunately, some notable members of Team USA are more than willing to explain the intricacies of their events with one of America’s most enduring childhood toys. Here, 12 top Team USA athletes from 12 different…

Running hurdles can wear out even the most dedicated athlete. So can explains the sport using only Legos. Team USA’s Dalilah Muhammad explains the 400m hurdles using everyone’s favorite building blocks.

Steeplechase may not be something you have seen before, but the unique obstacle race is worth watching. Team USA’s Emma Coburn explains track’s wettest sport using Legos.

Before they jetted off to Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games, many members of team U.S.A. were running, jumping and throwing their way to world records at a New York City institution: The Armory in Washington Heights.

Long before they were set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, many members of the U.S. team were running, jumping and throwing right here in NYC at the Armory. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

Meet the stars of Team USA’s track and field team for Tokyo 2020.

Sydney McLaughlin is the world record holder in the 400m hurdles, but she hopes to take home a gold medal in Tokyo. Here are five things you should know about the track star.

Trayvon Bromell tore his Achilles in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Five years later, he is fully recovered and is competing at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Olympic Games are primetime for breaking records, and Tokyo events will be no different.

DeAnna Price, American record holder in the hammer throw, talks about the ways she and others try to promote the hammer throw event to American audiences.

The track and field athlete says “having a big house or a lot of money” used to motivate her to do her best. That’s not the case anymore. Muhammad says now it’s all about giving back to her community.

As anticipation for the Tokyo Olympics later this summer grows, one high school in New Jersey is celebrating a onetime star athlete who broke a world record in track and field as she qualified to be a member of Team USA.

Track star Sydney McLaughlin wants to use her platform to inspire young girls to believe they can do anything.