The following world records have recently been ratified...
World records
Women
20km: 1:01:40* mx, Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017
Previous: 1:01:54 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP, 15 Feb 2015
Half marathon: 1:05:06 mx, Peres Jepchirchir, (KEN) Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017
Previous: 1:05:09 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP,...
With 10 days to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, final entry figures suggest it will be the biggest edition of the championships since 2006.
An expected 557 athletes from 60 teams are set to compete in the Ugandan capital on 26 March, surpassing the figures...
UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF IS A MARATHON OF SORTS FOR CRAGG
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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(14-Mar) -- By all accounts, American Olympian Amy Cragg considers herself a marathoner. She won the USA Olympic Trials Marathon a year ago, placed ninth in the Olympic Marathon...
Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
The lure of qualifying performance for the World Championships as well as collecting a coveted national title will be on the minds of a number of the leading athletes competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships at Porritt Stadium, Hamilton this weekend.
Current...
Defending champion Shuko Genemo returns to Vienna
Defending champion Shuko Genemo will return to the Vienna City Marathon. The Ethiopian youngster caused a surprise when she took Austria’s most prestigious road running event with a personal best of 2:24:31 despite very strong winds in 2016. While the weather was the...
Stopping the clock at 23.00 (w: +1.5), the fastest time by an Australian this year, the performance puts her in the box seat for green and gold selection if she can win the national crown at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships later this month.
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Women’s 200m (Nelson), the women’s 100m...
Ella Nelson (NSW) is one step closer to a start at the IAAF World Championships after a strong win in the women’s 200m to qualify for London 2017 on a blustery day at the 2017 SUMMERofATHS Grand Prix.
Stopping the clock at 23.00 (w: +1.5), the fastest time by an...
HAJ Hannover Marathon on 9th April: Kenyans challenge April and Gabius
Course record holder and defending champion Lusapho April of South Africa will duel with German record holder Arne Gabius in the HAJ Hannover Marathon on 9th April. However there are three Kenyans in the race with superior personal bests...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Championships, Mt Smart Stadium – 3/5 March 2017
Rio Olympian Alana Barber slashed 33 seconds off her New Zealand allcomers and resident 3000m race walk record with an outstanding performance of 12:37.82. Her previous record was set in November 2014 in Wellington. Barber was just...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BELGRADE (05-Mar) -- With an explosive final 400 meters covered in just 60.41 seconds, Britain's Laura Muir clinched her second gold medal of the 34th European Indoor Championships, winning the 3000m in a championships record of 8:35.67 here at...
