NBC Olympics

How is Olympic track and field structured?

This guide breaks down the official competition format for Olympic track and field, detailing every step from qualification ...

Heptathlon gold medallist Glynis Nunn-Cearns our Olympic No. 1

Following news The Glennie School has been unveiled as Queensland’s first Australian Olympic Pathway School we’re ranking the greatest Olympians from the region. For some athletes, one Olympics is ...
The Straits Times

Athletics-Belgian Thiam wins third straight heptathlon gold

PARIS - Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam won her third successive Olympic women's heptathlon gold medal on Friday, all but securing victory with a big javelin throw to deny Britain's Katarina ...
BBC

Jessica Ennis-Hill: Olympic champion leads comeback heptathlon

Jessica Ennis-Hill is the current British heptathlon national record holder Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill lies in first place after four events in her first heptathlon since last year's World ...
The Straits Times

Triple Olympic champion Thiam out of Tokyo heptathlon

TOKYO - Belgium's triple Olympic champion Nafi Thiam pulled out of the heptathlon at the world championships on Saturday after an underwhelming long jump left her with almost no chance of a medal. The ...
The Star

Olympics-Athletics-Britain's Johnson-Thompson leads after first heptathlon events

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Heptathlon High Jump - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 08, 2024. Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Britain in action REUTERS/Dylan Martinez PARIS ...
Newsday

Jadin O'Brien's path: A track star gets a message, and winds up part of the US Olympic bobsled team

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Jadin O'Brien thought she was being scammed. The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O'Brien's radar a couple years ...