Melissa Jefferson-Wooden’s incredible season hit its peak on Sunday. The 24-year-old won her first gold medal in the 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Her winning time of 10.61 ...

Christian Roberto López Rodríguez from Spain has broken his own Guinness World Record by completing 100 meters backwards in high heels in 16.55 seconds. The accomplished record-breaker improved on his ...

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 ...

Noah Lyles made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships on Friday, tying Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson for the ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden made history at the world championships on Sunday. Jefferson-Wooden won the 100-meter women's final with a time of 10.61 seconds, breaking the world championship record that ...

USA TODAY Sports breaks down the top highlights from the 2025 World Track and Field Championships. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ...

USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon provides his top U.S. athletes to watch at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships.

Benjamin got a long-awaited world championship gold medal, Femke Bol repeated hers, and more notes from a busy Day 7 in Tokyo ...

Olympic legend Usain Bolt still holds numerous world records from his dominant track and field career and will undoubtedly go down as one of the most accomplished athletes in history. Now, however, it ...

Lyles was absent on that occasion and reminded everyone in August that he is still the best American male sprinter. Bednarek ...

A Japanese athlete channeled his inner quadruped and broke a Guinness World Record by running 100 meters, or 328 feet, in ...