TOKYO (AP) — Mariya Lasitskene should have been here five years ago. Politics got in the way. And it ate at her as the Russian high jumper prepared for the Tokyo Games. She was the reigning world ...

MONACOMONACO — Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene is among 22 Russians given permission to compete in international track and field events as neutrals this year while Russia remains ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — The Olympics are six months away, but Russia’s top track and field athlete has no idea if she’ll be there. Mariya Lasitskene is a three-time world champion in high jump and a scathing ...

MOSCOW (AP) - The only Russian track athlete currently holding a world title called on the country’s officials and coaches in the sport to be replaced because of the slow pace of anti-doping reforms.

The IAAF doping review board ruled that 18 Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete as Authorized Neutral Athletes (ANA) for the 2018 season. All 18 athletes competed as neutral athletes for ...

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TOKYO (AP) – Mariya Lasitskene should have been here five years ago. Politics got in the way. And it ate at her as the Russian high jumper prepared for the Tokyo Games. She was the reigning world ...