The competition at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was almost two-and-a-half hours old when it finally got serious. On went the special “claw” shoes, an innovation by Puma with a hooked ...

There’s an irony to meeting Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis on the 39th floor of his hotel in Tokyo. He seems much more at home up in the air than down on the ground. On Monday, the Swedish pole vaulter ...