TOKYO (AP) — Three-time high jump world champion Mutaz Barshim has ruled himself out of the world athletics championships that open Saturday in Japan after failing to recover from a long-term foot ...

STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA — Sturgis Motocross daredevil Colby Raha made history on Aug. 2 when he broke the Harley-Davidson distance jump world record, landing a 205-foot jump as thousands of fans cheered ...

India's Sarvesh Kushare produced a sensational show in the men's high jump final, becoming only the fourth athlete from the country to finish in the top six at the World Athletics Championships. The ...

TOKYO -- Team Australia began the final evening of competition at the world athletics championships with three medals -- all bronze -- to its name. It ended a stop-start, rain-interrupted, and at ...

On August 7, at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Jonathan Edwards produced the two greatest triple jumps the world had seen, one after the other. In an enthralling 20 minutes of ...