British middle-distance runner Jake Wightman announced he will no longer be coached by his father, Geoff Wightman, thanking him for his years of dedication. Wightman, the 2022 1500m world champion, cited the need to separate their professional and personal relationship for future success. Despite recent injuries, he remains focused...
The World Athletics Road Running Championships will no longer take place in San Diego as planned for September 2025. World Athletics is in talks with new potential hosts and will announce a new location soon. San Diego 25 CEO Tracy Sundlun expressed disappointment but pledged support for a smooth...
The Global Running League (GRL), the organization behind the new RunGP running series, is planning to acquire the commercial operations of World Athletics to modernize the sport, adopting a model similar to Formula One. Led by Marcel Muenster, GRL aims to take over World Athletics' sponsorship and media rights...
Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 as winners of the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour, following the final Gold level meeting of the series in Madrid on Friday (28).
Each of the 2025 World Indoor Tour series winners also receives a...
Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele claimed his first Tokyo Marathon title with a personal-best 2:03:23, pulling away at the 38 km mark to finish ahead of compatriot Deresa Geleta and Kenya’s Vincent Kipkemoi. In the women's race, defending champion Sutume Kebede secured victory in 2:16:31, followed by Kenya’s Winfridah Moraa and...
Several athletics stars have been nominated for the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sifan Hassan, Faith Kipyegon, and Mondo Duplantis for the prestigious World Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year titles. McLaughlin-Levrone shone in Paris, defending her Olympic 400m hurdles title and securing gold in the...
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France (AP) — Mondo Duplantis lifted his pole vault world record to 6.27 meters in a World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting on Friday.
The Olympic and world champion added a centimeter to his world record he last improved in August in Poland.
It was the 11th world pole vault record...
Shelby Houlihan secured a spot at the World Indoor Championships after finishing second in the 3000m at the U.S. trials, marking her return from a four-year doping ban. Once a top U.S. medal hopeful, she missed the last two Olympics after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, a result...
A column by Len Johnson
One moment it’s Cameron Myers running a 3:47.48 mile at New York’s indoor meeting of legend, the Millrose Games, his time equaling the outright and outdoor national record held by Olli Hoare.
Next, it’s Jack Rayner breaking 13 minutes for 5000 metres, the first sub-13 by...
Brimin Misoi Kipkorir, 2024 Sydney Marathon record-setter (2:06:18), faces provisional suspension after testing positive for EPO and Furosemide in a November 22, 2024, out-of-competition screening. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed the ban.
Kenya’s marathon elite faces mounting scrutiny, with Kipkorir joining a proliferating list of sanctioned runners, including Diana...
