Canberra, Australia; 27 January 2024 - 19-year-old sprint sensation Torrie Lewis has tonight earned the title of the fastest Australian woman in history, etching her name into the record books with a run of 11.10 (+1.6) over 100m at the ACT Open and Under 20 Championships.
Double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan will continue her 42.2km adventure at the 17th edition of the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday 3rd March 2024, aiming to continue a record-breaking start to life over the distance.
NN Running Team-athlete and back-to-back Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge will return to Japan for the 17th edition of the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday 3rd March 2024, a course where he holds the record from his only previous appearance in 2022.
Distance runners looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics in midsummer next year get two early opportunities in the United Arab Emirates, with the Dubai Marathon opening the athletics year on January 7, followed by the Ras Al Khaimah half-marathon, now under the same management, on February 24.
Eliud Kipchoge will return to one of his favourite hunting grounds when he lines up once again at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON next Sunday, September 24. Kenya’s double Olympic champion has twice broken the world record there, bringing his own mark down to 2:01:09 last year. From his comments in the build-up to the race, Kipchoge is once more intending to run fast.
