Sifan Hassan

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shaunae Miller-Uibo clinches 400m title; Italy continue to boss tracks with men's 4x100 metres relay gold

Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins women's 400m final, Italy clinch men's 4x400m relay, Joshua Cheptegei shines bright in 5000m in our athletics round up from Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin looks to emulate Karsten Warholm on Day 6 of athletics

After Karsten Warholm's thrilling world-record run in the men's hurdles on Tuesday, arguably one of the best Olympic races in living memory, fireworks are also expected when the women take to the track.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles set for dramatic return as transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard makes history

After pulling out of her first events with the "twisties", a disorientating mental block, Biles was included on the list of eight finalists for Tuesday's beam competition, her last chance to win gold in Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan begins treble quest on Day 4 of athletics, Kendra Harrison hunts for elusive gold

In women's 200m, fresh from retaining her 100m crown, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah will look to safely negotiate the semis in her bid to make it a double-double and repeat her feat of the 2016 Rio Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega claims first gold in athletics as event gets underway

The 10-day track and field competition, which got under way in a mostly empty 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium with spectators barred due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Young track and field guns ready to shine in post-Usain Bolt Olympic era

In Bolt's absence, a raft of up-and-coming track and field stars headlined by Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, US sprinter Noah Lyles, and recent 400m hurdles world record setters Karsten Warholm and Sydney McLaughlin head to Japan looking to build their own legacy.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Naomi Osaka to Sifan Hassan, a look at five stars to keep an eye on at Games

Five stars to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which start on 23 July after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan sets women's 10,000m world record in build-up to Games

Hassan, 28, clocked 29min 06.82sec at the Hengelo meet, smashing the previous best set by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana (29:17.45) in winning gold at the 2016 Rio Games.

Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech betters five-kilometre world record by one second in Monaco

The 29-year-old added to her 3,000m steeplechase world record with a time of 14 minutes 43 seconds in Monaco.

Mo Farah, Sifan Hassan break one-hour world records at Brussels Diamond League meeting

Mo Farah broke Haile Gebrselassie’s 13-year-old record of 21,285 kilometers on his return to the track. Farah, who ran with his training partner Bashir Abdi, established a new world mark of 21.330 kilometers.