Eight-time Olympic medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announces retirement, qualifies for her ninth World Championships.

Kishane Thompson ran the world's fastest 100m in a decade, becoming the sixth-fastest man in history, while Tina Clayton won ...

Among names such as Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Jim Ryun, Henry Rono, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner and Merlene Ottey was our own Ronnie Delany. Irish Olympian Ronnie Delany.

Cooper joins the likes of Tommie Smith, Linford Christie and Merlene Ottey and Usain Bolt as sprinters who have been sponsored by Puma. “It’s really special to me because it’s not just any ...

An overhead view from the start of the Women’s 100 metres final featuring from top to bottom Tayna Lawrence, Debbie Ferguson, Merlene Ottey, Ekaterini Thanou, Marion Jones, Chandra Sturrup ...

Track and field: Merlene Ottey has pulled out of the world indoor championships because of a back injury.

Merlene Ottey at 50 years old could become the oldest athlete to compete at the European Championships after Slovenia named the former Husker All-American sprinter to its women’s 4x100-meter ...

Merlene Ottey also started her career at a young age but competed on an international level well into her 50s. She told the audience that it was the love for the sport that kept her going.

Sprinter Merlene Ottey aims to run at August's European Championships after making a winning return to the track at Spain's Rivas International. The 46-year-old, who has not competed since the 200m ...

Charlie Greene and Merlene Ottey will be inducted on June 6 in Eugene, Oregon, in a ceremony preceding the NCAA outdoor championships.

Ottey won 14 individual national titles and was a 24-time All-American from 1980-84, helping the Huskers to indoor national championships in 1982, 1983 and 1984.

Steiner's time made her the second fastest in the indoor 200m ever, behind Jamaican Merlene Ottey's 21.87 world record. Steiner also came in third in the 60-meter run. Need a break?