Arriving in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards made an unlikely purchase in duty free. He decided to pick up a pair of sunglasses – not for sunning himself on the city’s ...

Triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards claimed that he doesn’t think it’s a good thing that his record has stood for 30 years, explaining that it doesn’t suggest “a really healthy and ...

Long jump world record holder Mike Powell, who now works as a coach, has been suspended indefinitely over a safeguarding concern, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Friday. Twice Olympic silver ...

Having jumped 16.93m in Rio, Prudencio headed to Mexico with ambitions of reclaiming the world record he held for all of five minutes during the dizzying Olympic competition of 1968, in which four ...