The World Athletics Championships are a night at the circus. Superfit humans in Spandex are running, leaping, hopping, ...

On Saturday morning, while the grounds were still quiet, children and adults with disabilities were the ones in the spotlight at Flushing Meadows.

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees athletes ...