For the past 80 years, the U.S. has sent Black-majority teams of sprinters to the Olympics, yet of the 173 women vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic marathon team this year, only nine were Black.

Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas prepares for Paris 2024 while spearheading Athlos, a women's-only track meet aimed at transforming the sport's appeal beyond the Olympics.

As the world’s top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto how Black women in sports are treated.

U.S. sprinters Gabby Thomas and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone also make the list. Thomas had a standout appearance at the Olympics, where she won gold in the 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events, and she ...

Olympic bronze medalist Melissa Jefferson concluded the 2024 track and field season as the fourth-fastest female athlete, clocking a season-best time of 10.80 seconds at the 2024 US Olympic Track ...

Over the weekend, the best female sprinters will take to the track in Rio to run the 100 meters. No matter how strong their performances, ... set in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials.