Olympic trials
AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of...

FILE - Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria, races in a women's 200-meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2019. Sprinter Okagbare's doping violations will keep her Nigerian teammates from participating in the 4x100 meter relay at next month's world championships. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Okagbare doping case DQs Nigerian relay team from worlds

By Eddie Pells Jun. 27, 2022 06:13 PM EDT

Sydney McLaughlin crosses the finish line to set a new world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships, Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP)
Sydney McLaughlin does it again, breaks own world record

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 25, 2022 06:24 PM EDT

Kerley, Jefferson win at the US outdoor championships

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 25, 2022 12:36 AM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley flashed a peace sign at the crowd after winning the 100 meters at the U.S. outdoor track and field...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 08:45 PM EDT
June 28 1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five...

United States' Sha'Carri Richardson comes in second place in the women's 100 meters during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Richardson fails to make 100 final at the U.S. championships

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 23, 2022 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new “gender inclusion policy” at the organization’s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Column: FINA ban casts storm clouds on transgender athletes

By Paul Newberry Jun. 20, 2022 06:51 PM EDT

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah poses for photos following her win in the women's 100 meters during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Athletes gearing up with world championships looming

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 01, 2022 05:55 PM EDT

FILE - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500 meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. In an interview that aired Tuesday, May 31, 2022, on ABC's “Good Morning America,” Thomas disputed those who say she has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of female athletics. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
Lia Thomas plans to keep swimming - with an eye on Olympics

May. 31, 2022 06:20 PM EDT

Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto wins the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Thompson-Herah edges Richardson in the Prefontaine 100

By Anne M. Peterson May. 28, 2022 07:17 PM EDT

FILE - Katie Ledecky participates in the women's 800 freestyle during wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. USA Swimming has set the dates for the 2024 Olympic trials, which will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The governing body announced Monday, May 23, 2022, that the competition to determine the team for the Paris Games will run from June 15-23. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
USA Swimming sets dates for 2024 Olympic trials

May. 23, 2022 01:07 PM EDT

Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the men's 50 freestyle during wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, June 20, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. The next U.S. Olympic swimming team will be determined in a football stadium. USA Swimming announced Tuesday, March 29, 2022 that its trials for the 2024 Paris Games will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium, the massive home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)
Indy lands 2024 US Olympic swim trials, ending Omaha's run

By Paul Newberry Mar. 29, 2022 11:17 AM EDT

Olympic trials finalist is 1st Iowa women's wrestling signee

Feb. 03, 2022 01:36 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A junior world champion and U.S. Olympic trials finalist is the first member of the Iowa women's wrestling program's inaugural signing class. ...

The third placed team from the USA (Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Christopher Mazdzer, Jayson Terdiman) stand on the podium during the award ceremony after the mixed relay competition of the Luge World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)
Chris Mazdzer nominated for 4th US Olympic luge team

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 10, 2022 10:37 AM EST

Brittany Bowe, of the United States, skates to victory in the women's 1500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speedskating event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Jackson headed to Olympics after Bowe gives up 500 spot

By Beth Harris Jan. 09, 2022 05:21 PM EST

Erin Jackson, of the United States, skates during the women's 500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speed skating event in Calgary, Alberta, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bowe, Mantia win 1,500 titles to qualify for 3rd Olympics

Jan. 08, 2022 05:43 PM EST

Brittany Bowe, of the United States, skates to victory in the women's 1500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speedskating event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Speedskater Jackson slips, misses US Olympic team in 500

Jan. 07, 2022 07:04 PM EST

Bowe, teen Stolz win 1,000 races at US speedskating trials

Jan. 06, 2022 08:04 PM EST
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brittany Bowe won the women’s 1,000 meters and teenager Jordan Stolz beat Joey Mantia in the men's 1,000 at the U.S. speedskating trials Thursday. ...

Cepuran, Manganello Kilburg earn Olympic speedskating berths

Jan. 05, 2022 07:38 PM EST
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ethan Cepuran rallied on the last lap to win the men’s 5,000 meters and Mia Manganello Kilburg took the women’s 3,000 on Wednesday on opening night...

FILE- United States' Evan Lysacek performs his short program during the men's figure skating competition at the Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2010. Nathan Chen, who goes for his sixth consecutive national championship this week at what amounts to the Olympic trials for next month's Beijing Games, has spoken with 2010 gold medalist Lysacek about the path to the top of the podium. Lysacek won in Vancouver with an unmatched artistic program even though he never had the jumps Chen has. Nowadays, every elite male skater has those jumps, led by Chen and his mastery of the quad. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Chen talked challenge of Olympic gold pursuit with Lysacek

By Barry Wilner Jan. 05, 2022 12:33 PM EST