sprinting

Image of the Week: Canada’s 200-metre gold medallist, recumbent in glory

Andre De Grasse took up sprinting only a few years ago. But he heads into the Pan Am Games as one of the world’s fastest men.

More gold, more hijinks and a declaration of legend-hood from the world’s fastest man

I remember when Ben Johnson ran 9.79 with his fist in the air for the last few metres, and after it was discovered that he had been marinating in stanozolol for years a number of armchair skeptics said they knew it all along, since it was simply impossible for a man to run that fast without steroidal enhancements.

Olympic sprinters take note: the closer you are to the starting pistol, it seems, the faster your take-off will be.