Wilma Rudolph was told by one doctor that she'd never walk again. Polio, double pneumonia and scarlet fever were to blame. So, Wilma Rudolph became the "fastest woman in the world." “My mother told me ...

Ridgemont High, give way to a suburban school near Fort Worth. That’s where the fast times will be this year. Cooper Lutkenhaus, an incoming junior at Northwest High School in Justin, Texas, was so ...

We brought a police-grade speed radar sign to a track meet in California and challenged elite runners to see who could hit the highest top speed. As athletes from different events stepped up, it ...