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By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. LONDON (23-Apr) -- Kenya's Mary Keitany threw caution to the wind here today, blasted through the first half of the 37th Virgin Money London Marathon in a scorching 1:06:54, and held on to finish alone on The Mall in...
Rodger Kwemoi
Kenyan 10,000-meter athlete Rodgers Kwemoi has been banned for six years after being implicated in a sophisticated blood doping scheme, leading to the annulment of his Olympic and world championship results.
Adelaide, Australia; 9 April 2024 -  As the road to the Paris 2024 Games intensifies, the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide this week emerge as a pivotal arena for the nation’s Olympic and Paralympic aspirants.
The Run Larapinta Stage Race brought the Red Centre alive as trail runners completed four stages over four days through the challenging terrain of the west MacDonnell Ranges on the iconic Larapinta Trail in the Northern Territory. The event finished yesterday 24th April with many accomplishments gained and memories made...
Berlin’s ISTAF INDOOR produced a fascinating athletics event with world-class results and a men’s versus women’s discus contest that proved to be an outstanding success. 12,100 spectators enjoyed the night at the world’s biggest indoor athletics meeting, which fully lived up to expectations. There were world-leading marks by Germans...
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Benita Willis wins gold at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Video via YouTube Shane Ward
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that Ethiopian Marathon Legend Haile Gebrselassie will be honoured with the AIMS Lifetime Achievement Award at the fourth annual AIMS Best Marathon Runner’ (BMR) Awards Dinner Reception to be held in the birth place of the...
New Zealand bids to host the 2028 World Indoor Athletics Championships, aiming to make history as the first Oceania nation to host the event.
New Zealand has set its sights on making history by hosting the 2028 World Indoor Athletics Championships, a prestigious event never before held in Oceania. The bid, which has garnered strong government backing, represents an ambitious move for the country and could bring top global athletes to New Zealand's shores.
Ellie Pashley fills in for Brad, while getting used to spikes again and leading long runs on the beach. Julian’s not a fan of January rain, or long runs on the beach. Brady puts in a big track session ahead of 5K Frenzy at Bendigo this Friday. The RunACT 5km Road Race...
Awards for Eliud Kipchoge, Jemima Sumgong and Haile Gebrselassie Awards to the Olympic Marathon Champions Eliud Kipchoge and Jemima Sumgong as well as the former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie were the crowning moments of the AIMS gala in Athens, the birth place of the Marathon, on Friday evening. While...