Athletics Illustrated Magazine

The 2026 Wanda Diamond League season begins this Saturday in Shanghai/Keqiao, where Olympic champions, world champions and world record holders will start their outdoor seasons in earnest. From the sprints to distance races and field events, track fans can...

Kenyan Sabastian Sawe, the current marathon world record holder (1:59:30), will return to the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 27, the organizers of Germany's biggest marathon race. Just over two weeks ago, the 31-year-old became the first runner...

Ethiopian marathon runner Yebrgual Melese died during a training session in Addis Ababa. She was 36 and preparing for the Ottawa Marathon. She died on Tuesday. Melese won several marathons, including Houston, Prague and Shanghai. According to local media, she experienced...

Hillary Kipchirchir Chepkwony had 17 blood samples taken between September 2022 and January 2025. It was found that his samples, numbers 14 and 15, were taken in August of 2024, which proved he was doping. It was first reported in...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated World Athletics is removing the marathon from the World Athletics Championships. A World Athletics spokesperson told CBC Sports the marathon is being moved to conditions where it can thrive, and expanding World...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Kibiwott Kandie, the Kenyan distance phenom, was charged in 2025 by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for failing to submit a sample. The AIU referred to the charge as Evading, Refusing, or...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Athletics Illustrated Magazine logo and emblem are sporting a new, more sophisticated look. After more than 16 years with the Helvetica-like font and a male steeplechaser climbing the "a" and landing on the...

There is a familiar rhythm to championship bidding in athletics. They include ambitious promises, carefully staged presentations, and governments cautiously circling the financial commitments required to land a major event. In Finland, however, the tone surrounding Helsinki’s pursuit of...

UK Athletics has confirmed an eight‑strong Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the 2026 European 10,000m Cup in La Spezia, Italy, set for Saturday, 23 May—an event that reliably reminds us that 25 laps can still produce...

Dennis Kipkogei did not so much win the Gutenberg Mainz Half Marathon on Sunday as annex it. The 24-year-old Kenyan tore through the streets of Mainz in 59:14, reducing the course record to rubble and, in the process, nudging...