TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 21: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of Team United States celebrates victory with team mate Kayla White after winning the Women’s 4×100 Metres Relay Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) Getty Images Without much…
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden woke up as the world 100m champion and fourth-fastest woman in history after her incredible 10.61 second run in Sunday’s final, but she is already looking ahead and thinks 10.5s and beyond is possible. Florence Griffith-Joyner’s much-questioned 10.49s from 1988 has been untouchable for decades, though Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah edged closer with her…
TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 13: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of Team United States poses for a photo following the Women’s 100 Metres Heats on day one of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) Getty Images Two days are officially down at the…
TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 13: Maboundou Kone of Team Cote d’Ivoire, Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia and Audrey Leduc of Team Canada compete during the Women’s 100 Metres Heats on day one of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)…
EUGENE, OREGON – JULY 17: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Team Jamaica wins the Women’s 100m Final on day three of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 17, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) Getty Images For the next 10 days, the world’s best track and field athletes will gather…
EUGENE, OREGON – AUGUST 03: Noah Lyles reacts after winning the Xfinity Men’s 200m final in front of Kenny Bednarek during the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on August 03, 2025 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Getty Images The 2025 USATF track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, this weekend…
EUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 19: Sha’Carri Richardson competes in the Women’s 100 Meter Semi-finals on day … More 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Getty Images When national titles are on the line, there’s no…