Jezebel: Track

Run This Town

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:44:00 EDT

Eugene, OR, June 24: Carmelita Jeter (3), center, wins the 100-meter dash while Marshevet Myers, left, and Alexandria Anderson, right, also compete at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) More »

It's a Bird, It's a Plane

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:55:00 EDT

Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 22: Colombia's Caterine Ibarguen competes in the women triple jump at the GP Brasil Caixa Athletics. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) More »

Fly, Fly, My Pretties

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:03:21 EST

Paris, March 6: Portugal's Naide Gomes, right, watches as Russia's Darya Klishina competes in the final of the Women's long jump. More »

Track And Field Athletes Know How To Work The Pole

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:30:28 EST

Boston, Feb 5: Pole vaulter Jenn Suhr clears the bar during the Boston Indoors Athletics meet. Suhr won the event. (Image via AP)

Caster Semenya Not Really Bothered By That "Gender Dispute" Thing

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:08:00 EST

Or at least that's what she says in her first interview since being cleared to run as a female. Though she was reportedly "shattered" by the controversy, she insists, "I'm not ashamed of being myself. I know who I am." More »

Caster Semenya, As Misunderstood By A Very Sore Loser

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT

After suffering through last year's humiliating "scandal" over her biological sex, Semenya has returned to the track. However, some of her competitors (we won't name names, but...Diane Cummins and Jemma Simpson) are bitching: "We are literally running against a man." More »

Golden Girls: Roqaya Al-Gassra, Aleksandra Fedoriva

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:50:00 EDT