Karsten Warholm
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young holds the Heisman Trophy at an award ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in New York. (Todd Van Emst/Heisman Trust via AP, Pool)
Ode to Sports: A year when games and fans came off the bench

By Fred Lief Dec. 23, 2021 12:24 PM EST

FILE - Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, listens to a reporter's question during a press conference as Coe visited an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 9, 2021. With track and field adding another Diamond League event in China, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe addressed the human rights issues in the country during his state-of-the-sport talk Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Coe discusses adding meet in China in state-of-track talk

By Pat Graham Dec. 21, 2021 03:40 PM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 file photo, Italian sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs poses with his Olympic gold medals before the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy. The Italian Olympic movement is outraged over the exclusion of sprinter Marcell Jacobs from the nominees list for male athlete of the year by World Athletics. The sport’s governing body on Friday, Oct. 22 announced a list of 10 nominees for the prestigious award but found no room for the only man to win two golds on the track at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
Italy outraged after Jacobs excluded from award nominees

By Andrew Dampf Oct. 22, 2021 05:58 PM EDT

Gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
McLaughlin edges Muhammad in battle of world-record hurdlers

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 11:03 PM EDT

Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 200-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
You again! Thompson-Herah speeds to 2nd Olympic sprint sweep

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2009, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates setting a new men's 100-meter world record at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Karsten Warholm's staggering run to shatter his own 400-meter hurdles world record at the Olympics on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, has posed the question: Was it the greatest track race ever? Maybe. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
After Warholm's WR stunner, a look at track's great races

By Gerald Imray Aug. 03, 2021 07:22 AM EDT

Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final finishes performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Biles returns to competition with a bronze medal and a smile

By Jim Vertuno Aug. 03, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm, of Norway, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Warholm's evolution: From running in jeans to world records

By Pat Graham Aug. 03, 2021 05:25 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm, of Norway, second left, clears the final hurdle before winning the gold medal ahead of Rai Benjamin, of United States in the final of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Best race ever? Warholm wins record-setting hurdles race

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 12:37 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm sets world record and wins gold medal in men's 400-meter hurdles at Tokyo Olympics.

Aug. 02, 2021 11:22 PM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Karsten Warholm sets world record and wins gold medal in men's 400-meter hurdles at Tokyo Olympics. ...

Karsten Warholm, of Norway, second left, clears the final hurdle to beat Rai Benjamin, of United States to win a semifinal of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Huge leaps: Moses likes what he sees in today's hurdles game

By Eddie Pells Aug. 02, 2021 05:18 AM EDT

Marie-Josee Ta Lou, of Ivory Coast, wins a women's 100-meter semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
EXPLAINER: The tech behind Tokyo Olympics' fast track

By Pat Graham Aug. 01, 2021 12:36 AM EDT

Runners compete in a heat of the 4 x 400-meter mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start

By Eddie Pells Jul. 30, 2021 12:31 AM EDT

Michael Andrew, of United States, comes off the pool after swimming in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Olympics Latest: US mixed relay team reinstated after appeal

Jul. 29, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2021, file photo, Sydney McLaughlin reacts after setting a new world record in the finals of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. The playbook for athletes provides a guide to a "safe and successful Games" for the Tokyo Olympics. It's filled with "cannots" and "do nots," meaning a once-in-a-liftetime opportunity will be a whole lot less fun. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Coe sees track and field healthy ahead of Olympic program

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2020, file photo, U.S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison pauses with a compound bow at his range on his farm in Miami, Ariz. The playbook for athletes provides a guide to a "safe and successful Games" for the Tokyo Olympics. It's filled with "cannots" and "do nots," meaning a once-in-a-liftetime opportunity will be a whole lot less fun. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
The waiting Games: Olympians navigate strict rules in Tokyo

By Pat Graham Jul. 16, 2021 03:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2021, file photo, Trayvon Bromell wins the men's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Bromell is the favorite in the 100 at the upcoming Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 05, 2021 10:33 AM EDT

Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates after running 46.70 seconds to set a new men's 400m hurdles world record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway Thursday July 1, 2021. (Fredrik Hagen, NTB via AP)
Norway's Karsten Warholm breaks 400 hurdles world record

Jul. 01, 2021 05:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Mike Smith rides Justify to victory during the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The move of the Triple Crown’s first leg to Labor Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic will mark the first time the Derby won’t run on the first Saturday in May since 1945. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
The Latest: North Carolina considering allowing NASCAR race

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2020 06:08 AM EDT