The anticipation mounts as the British cross-country running squad prepares to storm the European Championships in Brussels on December 10. Megan Keith, Hugo Milner, and Innes FitzGerald headline a formidable team set to vie for top honors on the challenging European terrain.
Villanova University's Liam Murphy shattered the NCAA 1500-meter record at the Raleigh Relays, clocking an impressive 3:33.02. This performance eclipsed the previous record of 3:33.74, set by Alabama's Eliud Kipsang in 2022.
Murphy's teammate, Marco Langon, also delivered a remarkable performance, finishing second with a time of 3:33.38, now...
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 good conditions forecast, a flat course and a deep list of elite runners, the Gold Coast is set to turn it on for the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday with the men’s and women’s race records under threat.
The men’s race...
In a shocking turn of events, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) handed down a five-year ban to the celebrated Kenyan distance runner Agnes Jeruto Barsosio, who claimed victory at the 2022 Nairobi City Marathon. The punitive action stems from discrepancies detected in her Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) during an extensive nine-year period of blood tests.
Day 9 - Basically, the best night of all-round athletics I’ve ever witnessed.
You want a local hero returning to form and thrilling the crowd?
Barshim did it all. He literally turned the Khalifa stadium into gridlock. With all the whinging going on about the small crowds, Barshim’s appearance in the...
Less than two weeks after his 17th birthday, Myers clocked 3:36.10 over 1500m in Pfungstadt, Germany, to better Ryan Gregson's 3:37.24 Australian Under 20 record. Myers also broke his own U18 Australian record in the process (3:38.02).
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine, USA (05-Aug) -- New year, same story for Mary Keitany here at the TD Beach to Beacon 10-K. For the second year in a row, Keitany blitzed a new course record in dominant fashion, proving once...
Tom Walsh has surged to the top of the shot put world with victory at the IAAF World Championships in London.
The Timaru athlete was always in control of the competition from his first attempt of 21.38m and although pushed back to second momentarily, regained the lead with a 21.64...
Forty-eight of Australia’s best will don the green and gold to compete at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships, commencing 4 August 2017.
The biggest team to compete at an able-bodied world championship since Seville (ESP) in 1999 and the largest ever squad to duel in the year prior to a Commonwealth...
