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World championships and Paralympic berths will be at stake Nov. 7-15 at the World Para Track and Field Championships in Dubai. The top four athletes in each event will win Paralympic qualification berths for their countries, with the exception that no athlete may earn a spot in more than one event. Athletes are split into …

For so long, Mikaela Shiffrin, a ski racer who makes preparation paramount, has readied for World Cup slaloms and giant slaloms by grabbing a spot in front of a TV in the lodge or team hospitality. She would watch the broadcast of a men’s World Cup race happening the same day at a different resort. …

STUTTGART, Germany — French gymnast Samir Aït Saïd took a moment for himself while he posed for podium photos after the world championships still rings final. He lifted the bronze medal that was draped around his neck, looked toward the ceiling of the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and pointed up there. He kissed the medal and lifted it even …

Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40 seconds, becoming the first person to break two hours for 26.2 miles in a special event in Vienna on Saturday morning. “It has taken 65 years for a human being to make history in sport after Roger Bannister,” Kipchoge said, noting the Brit who became …

Seven weeks after losing the 400m freestyle while feeling the effects of an ill-timed illness at the swimming world championships, Katie Ledecky took a measure of revenge Sunday in the debut meet of the International Swimming League, finishing in a U.S. record 3:54.06, 3.55 seconds ahead of world champion Ariarne Titmus of Australia. The ISL, unlike the world …

Noah Lyles made it look so easy the last two seasons, his victories so predictable that pre-race fodder focused not on his competition, but on his socks, his hair and which dance he would perform in celebration afterward. When Lyles spoke after winning the world 200m title in his global championships debut on Tuesday night, …

The time has finally come for Noah Lyles to seize his gold medal. The American is the overwhelming favorite in the world championships 200m final on Tuesday (NBCSN, 3:40 p.m. ET) after posting the fastest time in Monday’s semifinals. “Trying to make a point,” Lyles told Lewis Johnson on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA after clocking …

Immediately after Christian Coleman sped through the finish line with the fastest 100m of his life, in the biggest race of his life, he let out a roar of at least three seconds. He slapped his chest, again and again, as is required of sprint kings. He came to a stop and yelled at the cameras, …

If he wasn’t crowned already, it’s clear U.S. wrestling has a new king. On a day when Rio Olympic champion Kyle Snyder was upset and London Olympic champ Jordan Burroughs rallied for another bronze medal, J’den Cox repeated as world champion in Kazakhstan. Cox, the Rio Olympic 86kg bronze medalist, completed a perfect run through the 92kg division …

Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most decorated Olympic figure skaters in history, announced their retirement late Tuesday. They’re done competing in ice dance, and their upcoming Canadian tour will be their last together. “After 22 years, it feels like the right time to step away from the sport,” Virtue said in a video. “This …