For the Netherlands, it’s been since 24 years since they’ve won an Olympic medal in Athletics (track & field) and a whopping 64 years since they’ve gotten onto the Olympic podium in either the 100m or ...

HENGELO, Netherlands (AP) World champion Dafne Schippers set a world-leading time in the 200 meters at the FBK Games Sunday in her third sprint race in as many HENGELO, Netherlands (AP) World champion ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Dutch coach Bart Bennema sighed and assessed his star pupil. “She has become a sprinter now,” he said. What? Dafne Schippers, a sprinter only “now” in 2016, a year after she won ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Dutch coach Bart Bennema sighed and assessed his star pupil. ''She has become a sprinter now,'' he said. What? Dafne Schippers, a sprinter only ''now'' in 2016, a year after she ...

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson became the first Olympic sprinter to win the sprint double since Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988 after taking gold in the women's 200 meters on Wednesday night in Rio de ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dafne Schippers won the 100 meters at the European championships with ease Friday, speeding away from all opposition to clinch her first title of the championships. On a chilly, windy ...

PAPENDAL, Netherlands (AP) - Dafne Schippers is putting in long hours to shave fractions of seconds off her starts. The 200-meter world champion and 100-meter silver medalist, who two years ago ...

What is the true value of an Olympic gold medal? When Fanny Blankers-Koen swept a record four track and field gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics, the mother-of-two – nicknamed the “Flying ...

EUGENE -- Dafne Schippers was an elite heptathlete who won the bronze medal in the 2013 World Outdoor Championships. But she also is very fast, which helps explain why she decided to switch to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - World champion Dafne Schippers laid down a marker to indicate that the Dutch woman remains favorite to add the Olympic 200 meters crown to her list of honors after ...

Dafne Schippers set the second fastest 200m time in the world this year as she progressed to the final at Rio 2016 on Tuesday. ___5386904___https:_____static.pulse ...