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“In Europe, maybe most youngsters think it is safer to go to university and then get a high paying job. After all, there are easier ways to earn a living than as an 800m runner!" – Andre Bucher © 2017...

With just 18 days to go until the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, the IAAF can reveal the names of the finalists for the 2017 IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards. The finalists are (in alphabetical order): Men - Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) Mo Farah (GBR) Wayde...

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (05-Nov) -- In what she hinted might be the final marathon of her career, Shalane Flanagan became the first American to win the TCS New York City...

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (04-Nov) -- The men's and women's USATF 5-K road championships could not have played out more differently here this morning in Central Park. While Shadrack Kipchirchir only...

A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe I don’t know if the crack of Wayde Van Niekerk’s anterior cruciate ligament rupturing was heard all the way around the world, but it certainly reverberated from Cape Town at least as...

Interview with Georgia Griffith - By Runner's Tribe At only 20 years old, Georgia Griffith has a huge future ahead of her in athletics. Griffith is the fastest Australian woman over the 800m this year and it appears we have...

Nikki Chapple is Australia’s 11th fastest female marathon runner of all-time. Introduction by Len Johnson The French composer Claude Debussy once described music as “the space between the notes.” If that is so, then Nikki Chapple’s marathon career could be her...

An increasing number of cities today stage marathon races as part of their annual menu of events but there is only one which can claim to be the original: The “Athens Marathon. The Authentic“ will be run on November 12 on...

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (31-Oct) -- Nina Kuscsik. Kathrine Switzer. Grete Waitz. Tegla Loroupe. Paula Radcliffe. Mary Keitany. The TCS New York City Marathon has a long history of showcasing iconic women's...

The IAAF is pleased to announce the distinguished panel of experts that will select the Best Athletics Photograph of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017 on 24 November. IAAF Photo Award Panel of Judges - David Burnett has been a photographer for some fifty years,...