Critics of South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya claim she has an unfair advantage.

Problematic poles haven't stopped Eliza McCartney from soaring into the pole vault final at the Rio Olympics. The 19-year-old

Nick Willis has stormed home over the final 50 metres of his heat in the 1500m to automatically qualify for the event's semifinal.

WATCH: Runner Nikki Hamblin makes headlines around the world after showing true Olympic spirit in helping a fellow competitor after they both fell in the 5000m.

Thiago Braz Da Silva sent Brazil into delirious celebrations after his miracle performance that will live forever in history.

The Olympics brings the world's sportswriters together in the one place every four years. People who've been around a bit; people

BRAZIL Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Track and Field, Olympic Stadium - 12/20 August 2016 12 August: The Team Val Adams

It is the hottest sport at the Rio Olympics and its athletes added a touch of glamour to the first two days of competition. As well

The biggest nine and a bit seconds of the Rio Olympics will happen at 1.25pm today when Usain Bolt and his rival speed stars face off in the 100 metres.

Star US decathlete Ashton Eaton has been labelled a traitor for supporting his wife.

Zane Robertson has broken Dick Quax's 39-year-old national 10,000m record to finish 12th at the Rio Olympics behind Britain's Mo Farah.

Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson has stunned her competition in the final of the womens' 100 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Olympic gold medallist Michelle Carter is a clean athlete, says Valerie Adams.

The most stressful moment of Usain Bolt's career didn't come on the track, but in a Jamaican hospital ward after a crash that could have taken his life.

The only member of Russia's athletics team permitted to compete at the Olympics in the wake of the country's doping ban has been suspended.

German discus thrower Christoph Harting followed in his older brother's footsteps by winning gold in Rio. But he was hardly celebrating afterwards.

Ethiopian runner Etenesh Diro - one of the favourites in the women's 3000m steeplechase - was sitting comfortably in first place about

Justin Gatlin hit back at US swimmer Lilly King after breezing through his opening 100m heat to remain on an Olympic collision course

An emotional Nikki Hamblin said she was in shock after failing to advance to the semifinals of the 1500m at the Rio Olympics.

Bronze-medallist Dane Bird-Smith choked up with emotion speaking about his father. He had no idea his dad had just been arrested.

The celebrity status of Usain Bolt has reached such feverish levels that even his parents held their own press conference in Rio yesterday. The

She may not have won her race, but a Saudi Arabian athlete made history today and won the support of women all over the world.

If you are a NZ Olympics fanatic scribbling out a "Dear Santa" list for the Rio Games, this sentence presumably features somewhere near the top.

Valerie Adams has remained on course to claim a record third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

As New Zealand prepares to send a full complement of three athletes for the men's 1500m for the first time in Olympic Game history

Alana Barber faces the biggest test of her career in eight days when she takes to the start line for the 20m Race Walk at the Rio

Kiwi Olympian vaulter Eliza McCartney has a major problem - her poles have not turned up in Rio.

Kiwi road walker Alana Barber has stepped into the doping controversy, with 20km event's hot favourite Liu Hong from China clearly

Desire, commitment and sacrifice behind success of school where running is seen as a team sport by coach.

AUCKLAND Athletics New Zealand and Oceania Cross Country Championships, Auckland Domain - 7 August 2016 Jono Jackson felt a