Late-entrant Joan Melly takes surprise victory while fellow-Kenyan Gilbert Masai wins
Kenyans Gilbert Masai and Joan Melly took the 37th edition of the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday. While Masai was among the top favourites, late-entrant Joan Melly was an unexpected winner. Masai ran a fine 59:57 and was well...
Video: 2017 Carlsbad 5000 Men's Race - Australia's Sam McEntee finishes 3rd
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Results
1 Dejen Gebremeskel 13:27
2 Paul Chelimo 13:47
3 Sam McEntee 13:51
4 Andy Vernon 13:53
5 Stewart McSweyn 13:53
6 Jack Rayner 13:59
7 Collis Birmingham 14:00
8 Haron Lagat 14:11
9 Will Leer 14:14
10 Jesper Van De Wielan 14:16
This year’s 39th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon will feature a rematch between Kenya’s Kenneth Mungara and Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi, the two road warriors who last year fought out the closest finish in the event’s history.
Mungara will come to the Gold Coast in great form again after posting a...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BOSTON (15-Apr) -- Boston Marathon weekend started off with a bang here as Maine native Ben True broke his own American record in the 9th annual B.A.A. 5-K in Back Bay. True, 31, of West Lebanon, N.H., prevailed in...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BOSTON (15-Apr) -- The elite women's race at the B.A.A. Invitational Mile here this afternoon only had one leader, Canadian Olympian Nicole Sifuentes. Strutting to the front right from the gun, the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 1500m bronze...
There is one week to go before the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2017, which will be held in Nassau on Saturday and Sunday 22-23 April.
More than 500 athletes from around the world will compete in five relay disciplines in the Bahamian capital's Thomas A Robinson National Stadium: the 4x100m,...
The two favourites for the 2017 Stawell Athletic Club Stawell Gift will face off in the last semi final tomorrow, with only one to qualify for the richest footrace in Australia.
After placing 5th in last years final, Matthew Rizzo from Langwarrin is the shortest priced favourite at $1.45 having clocked the fastest...
Video courtesy of The Stawell Gift.
Stawell Athletics Club Men's Stawell Gift
ABOUT THE STAWELL GIFT
The Stawell Gift has been held in all but four years since 1878, and is one of the world’s most famous and prestigious foot races.
Run on grass, athletes are handicapped according to form and ability, and...
University student Matt Rizzo made amends for his 5th place disappointment in 2016 to win the richest foot race in Australia today.
The white hot favourite, who never looked in doubt off the mark of 7.5m, and was equaled on top of the winner’s podium by Liv Ryan, who stormed...
The following world records have recently been ratified…
World record
Women's 2000m: 5:23.75 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Sabadell 7 Feb 2017
Previous: 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Edinburgh 8 Jul 1994
World U20 indoor record
Women’s 60m hurdles: 8.00 Klaudia Siciarz (POL) Torun 18 Feb 2017
Previous: 8.06 Ulrike Denk (GER) Dortmund 19 Feb 1983; Monique Ewanje-Epee (FRA) Madrid...
