the only American women who went to the Olympics for track were sprinters, because women were not believed to be able to run long distances. And these sprinters were nearly all Black women ...

Australia-based Kimia Yousofi has been included in Afghanistan’s team for the Paris Olympics and the sprinter says she ... AOC statement on Tuesday. “Girls and women who have been deprived ...

KYOTO--With her team far behind, Sherry Drury took the “tasuki” sash in a national women’s ekiden long-distance relay race here on Jan. 15 and ran like a sprinter, her arms swinging wide.

Paris marks the first Olympics at which the women's team sprint will involve three ... us and then that came on to the track and people were like 'oh these girls can do it'." ...

Not since late 2012, more than 11 years earlier, had a British women's team sprint squad won ... and then that came on to the track and people were like 'oh these girls can do it'." ...