World Athletics’ proposed change to the long jump take-off is a good idea that...
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Athletics fans have all seen it and it is tiresome. At many meets, long jump athletes clear...
Femke Bol breaks her own world indoor record in the 400m hurdles
Dutch athlete Femke Bol broke her own 400-metre indoor world record on Sunday. She accomplished the feat at the Netherlands' national championships, finishing in...
Grant Holloway breaks his own 60-metre hurdles world record
Grant Holloway broke his own 60-metre hurdles world record at the US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday. The 26-year-old American is...
Black History Month: Athletics Canada features three athletes
Canadians cannot think of their own athletics history without considering many domestic champions and outstanding individuals who are of African descent. Of recent memory,...
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum left the world far too soon
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Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, from Kenya, left the world far too soon at age 24....
Parkrun undergoes data cull due to accusations of sex discrimination
Parkrun has removed course and age records (bests) from its website and future results will only include basic finish times.
Also gone are Parkrun world...
Olympic gold and world record attempt in 2024 for Canada’s Marco Arop and Kenya’s...
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Canadian 800-metre specialist Marco Arop may go after David Rudisha's 800-metre world record in 2024. He also...
Canadians Preisner and Aarop with top-level performances over the weekend
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Ben Preisner's marathon
Ben Preisner is now the second-fastest Canadian marathon runner of all time behind only Cam Levins....
Multiple records set at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated There were several record-breaking performances at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday. ...
Laura Muir awarded European Indoor bronze medal nine years after the fact
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Scottish runner Laura Muir was awarded the 2015 Prague European Athletics Indoor Championships 3000 metre bronze medal...
