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Sep 29, 20235 min read
WRRC Riga 23 preview: mile
Women’s mile Faith Kipyegon showed with her 5000m world record earlier this year that she doesn’t fear the unknown. She had raced just...
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Sep 29, 20233 min read
Welteji, Hailu and Meshesha lead new generation of Ethiopians to Riga and beyond
In a year when Faith Kipyegon set three world records on the track – in the 1500m, mile, and the 5000m – it can be easy to overlook other...
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Sep 27, 20231 min read
World Athletics awards 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to Serbia
The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – which will be held on 30 March – to...
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Sep 25, 20235 min read
Tigst Assefa runs fabulous world record, Eliud Kipchoge triumphs, Amanal Petros breaks German record
Photo: SCC EVENTS/Jean-Marc Wiesner A day for the history books. Tigst Assefa ran across the finishing line at the Brandenburg Gate after...
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Sep 25, 20234 min read
Former track specialist Assefa finds her true calling as a marathon runner
When Tigst Assefa won in Berlin last year with a course record on her first serious attempt at the marathon, it came as a complete shock....
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Sep 24, 20231 min read
King Kipchoge does it again!!
The Kenyan world-record holder has won the Berlin Marathon for a record fifth time, crossing the line in 2:02min 42sec in the German...
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Sep 24, 20232 min read
Assefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa successfully defended her BMW Berlin Marathon title in style, smashing the world record with 2:11:53* while...
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Sep 24, 20231 min read
Women's marathon world record at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023
Tigst Assefa has pulverized the world record at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. The Ethiopian stormed to the finish at the Brandenburg Gate...
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Sep 23, 20235 min read
Kipchoge targets title No.5, Assefa seeks another win in Berlin
Eliud Kipchoge and Tigst Assefa return to defend their BMW Berlin Marathon titles, with Kipchoge on the hunt for a record fifth men’s...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
Ratified: world road mile records for Hiltz and Prakel
Women’s world road mile record 4:27.97 Nikki Hiltz (USA) Des Moines 25 April 2023 Men’s world road mile record 4:01.21 Sam Prakel (USA)...
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Sep 22, 20234 min read
All of Berlin in motion: The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is just around the corner
The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is about to start and already has a highlight in store on Friday night. At Meet the Legends (6:15 p.m. near...
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Sep 21, 20234 min read
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Outstanding Event with Elite and Mass Sport in Unison
High Economic Impact Fastest Women’s Field in its History Course Records as Targets Inlineskating on Saturday Afternoon Inclusivity...
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Sep 21, 20233 min read
A Battle Royale Expected for World Champion Titles in Riga
Five world record-holders in the six championship events are among the entries for the inaugural World Athletics Road Running...
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Sep 21, 20232 min read
Focus shifts from track as road racing season heats up
As the international outdoor track and field season draws to a close, we now look forward to the feast of top-class road racing that will...
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Sep 18, 20231 min read
Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.23m in Eugene
Back in the stadium where he broke the world record to win his first senior world title in 2022, Mondo Duplantis added another centimetre...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read
Saina and El Goumri win Sydney Marathon titles
USA’s Betsy Saina held off a late challenge from Ethiopia’s Rahma Tusa to take the women’s title, while Othmane El Goumri claimed the...
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Sep 17, 20234 min read
Ingebrigtsen and Yavi shine as records fall on day one of Diamond League Final
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Winfred Yavi, Rai Benjamin and Yulimar Rojas were among the athletes to produce fireworks at Hayward Field on...
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Sep 15, 20232 min read
Ayana and Ebenyo headline Delhi Half Marathon fields
Ethiopia’s 2016 Olympic 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana and Kenya’s world 10,000m silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo lead the preliminary elite...
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Sep 15, 20231 min read
World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 to move from Croatia to new European host city
World Athletics regrets to announce that the World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 will no longer be held in Medulin and Pula...
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Sep 13, 20233 min read
Final entry lists published for World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23
Five world record-holders in the six championship events are among the entries for the inaugural World Athletics Road Running...
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