Sabastian Sawe dominates and Tgist Assefa smashes the women’s-only world marathon record in London

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Kenyan Sabastian Kimaru Sawe showed up and demonstrated that he is one of the world's best marathon...

Breaking 4: Kenyan Faith Kipyegon to chase historic sub-4 minute mile in Paris

Shades of Eliud Kipchoge and his two attempts to run a marathon in under two hours. Nike and Global Sports Communication announced that three-time...

The Battle of the Hymn of the Republic on Monday will be about two...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Sometime during the 1800s, Julia Ward Howe wrote, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. "Boston is an...

High schooler, Jane Hedengren, runs a sub-15 5000 metre for an all-time best

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Eighteen-year-old American high school student Jane Hedengren ran the 5000 metre distance in a time of 14:57.93...

Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna breaks world record in the discus throw

Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna threw for a world record at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational on Sunday, April 13. He broke his own world...

Australian 17-year-old, Gout Gout, runs a wind-aided sub-20-second 200m

Teenage sprinter Gout Gout captured the Australian 200m championship, but his incredible 19.84-second run will not count in the record books. It is his...

World-leading times in Kingston, Jamaica for Grand Slam Track’s inaugural meet

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated The Grand Slam Track series debut is taking place this weekend in Kingston, Jamaica (from April 4–6)....

Victoria group submitted bid for 2026/2027 Canadian Cross Country Championships

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated A Victoria, BC group led by two-time Olympian Bruce Deacon has submitted its bid to host the 2026...

Kenyan, Ishmael Kipkurui, bettered the NCAA 10,000 metre record; several personal bests were set

The idiom, "when its good, its good," applies to the Sound Running meet named The Ten that took place Saturday. Good non-global championship 10,000...

Sam Ruthe’s sub-four-minute mile at 15 comes with great expectations now

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated 'Brother Square Toes' by Rudyard Kipling is about more than just the 60-second run — the slowest...