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Track and field athletes from the United States and abroad plan to unionize in part to fight a rule against promoting private sponsors, achieve collective bargaining and seek prize money in the Olympics.
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When Sally Pearson returned to Australia and stepped confidently off the Qantas plane, she was wearing a t-shirt with “I’M GOLD” emblazoned across the front. Sally Pearson's success in London is estimated to earn her $2 million per year for the next four years.
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Eight years removed from Athens Olympic glory, a resilient and resurgent Justin Gatlin returned to the Olympic podium in 2012 in under ten seconds.
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Ariea Merritt who never ranked higher than fifth in the world won the Olympic gold medal and the world indoor title this year – both on his first try. Now he has the world record too. Read More »


OLYMPIC Games double sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake says his time to take over the helm as the world's leading sprinter from current sprint king Usain Bolt is not far away and he anxiously awaits the day.

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Watch full replays of athletic events from the London 2012 Games via the Olympic's organization youtube channel. Read More »


 
2012, Brussels, Belgium, IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, Bolt gets his first Diamond League Title, finally running enough races to get three wins, here at 9.86, leading a Jamaican sweep. Read More »


 
2012, Brussels, Belgium, IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, The newly crowned Olympic champ, Merritt (USA) sets a new World Record in the Men's 110m hurdles, at 12.80 seconds, .07 seconds faster than Dayron Robles's four year old record. Read More »


 
2012, Brussels, Belgium, IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, in a non Diamond League race, all eyes were on Blake (JAM), the Silver medalist from London, who gets the win at 19.54 seconds, by .38 seconds. Read More »


 
Double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will be leading seven London champions at another sold-out edition of the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday night, the second of two 2012 Samsung Diamond League series finals. Read More »


 
IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, with double points on the line, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) gets the win at 10.83 seconds in the rain, winning the Diamond League over Carmelita Jeter (USA). Read More »


 
IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, Bolt (JAM) sets a new meeting record at 19.66 seconds, but with more races this season Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) wins the Diamond League title. Read More »


 
IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, the rain rained on David Rudisha's (KEN) plans for a new world record, and then Mohammed Aman (ETH) by .28 seconds takes the win and the Diamond League title as well from Rudisha. Read More »


 
IAAF Track and Field Diamond League Finals, in the non-Diamond League race, Tyson Gay (USA) false starts and is DQ'd, while Yohan Blake (JAM) cruises to victory at 9.76 seconds for the win. Read More »