BEIJING -- Usain Bolt lowered his 6-foot-5 frame into a too-small seat in the warm-up room and watched on TV as his main rival coasted across the line in a first-round heat at the world championships.

NEW YORK ” First things first: The newly anointed “World’s Fastest Man” does not consider the 100-meter race his favorite. In fact, it wasn’t even part of Usain Bolt’s normal routine until he pleaded ...

Sha’Carri Richardson squeezed into the 100-meter final at world championships, failing to get the top-two finish she needed in her semifinal to automatically qualify but earning one of the last two ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 13: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of Team United States poses for a photo following the Women's 100 Metres Heats on day one of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at ...

After two years of uncertainty, Usain Bolt produced his biggest clutch performance to beat rival Justin Gatlin in the 100-meter world championship final with a lunge at the line in the biggest ...

Usain Bolt restored order to the world of sprinting. Regaining the 100-meter world championship gold he lost through a false start two years ago, the Olympic champion once again holds every major ...