First Novuna GB & NI athletes selected for 2026 European Championships marathon race
UK Athletics confirmed the first five athletes selected to represent the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) teams in the marathon at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham.
The marathon will take place on Sunday, August 16,...
Faith Kipyegon runs an unofficial 10 km road performance of 29:47 in her debut
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Kenyan middle-distance great Faith Kipyegon, known for her world-class 1500 metres to 5000 metres prowess, ran a road 10 km in Monaco on Sunday, in 29:47. It was her debut at the...
Nigerian distance runner Blessing Solomon suspended three years for doping
Warren Buffett once said, "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." This aphorism may apply when doping control nabs a Marathon Majors Champion or an Olympic or World Championships medallist. But not here. Not with this...
Regis turns back the clock with impressive record run at UK Athletics Indoor Championships
On a day with no less than 18 finals, Renee Regis (club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, coach: Darren Braithwaite), Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff, Helen James) and Hannah Nuttall (Charnwood, Helen Clitheroe) were among the stand-out performers on the second and final...
Nagoya Women’s Marathon: Will it be defending champion or a rising star?
The Nagoya Women's Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label race widely recognized as the world's largest women-only marathon, today announced the invited elite athletes for its 15th edition, scheduled forSSunday, March 8, 2026. A total of 10 athletes with...
Finn Alisa Vainio and Ethiopian Shure Kitata win record-setting Seville Marathon
The 41st edition of the Zurich Seville Marathon ran on Sunday and what a performance by the top athletes. While photo finishes are rare in marathon running, more have happened over the past two years than usual including in...
Lichter, Troyer win Black Canyon Ultra 100K Seidel takes fourth, qualifies for Western States
American Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Molly Seidel entered the ultra-running fray this winter, winning the Bandera 50K in Texas, outright. She also broke the course record. Seidel clocked in at 4:09:39 to win by six minutes and 10 seconds...
National records and standout performances light up UK Athletics Indoor Championships
There were stand-out gold-medal winning performances from Dina Asher-Smith (club: Blackheath & Bromley, coach: Michael J Ford), Molly Caudery (Thames Valley, Stuart Caudery), Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff, Helen James), as well as a blistering British record time in the women’s...
Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet and Kenyan Loice Chemnung win the Mitja Marató de Barcelona half...
The two big favourites, Ethiopians Hagos Gebrhiwet and Laice Chemnung, were the winners of the 36th edition of the Hyundai Mitja Marató de Barcelona by Brooks. The women's course record was broken.
Men's race
In the men's races, Hagos Gebrhiwet led from gun to tape. He distanced...
Russian Nathalia Kholodilina’s positive tests from 2014 come back to haunt her at age...
Nathalia Kholodilina, a Russian racewalker, tested positive in September 2014 for the banned performance-enhancing substance Metenolone.
She was subsequently served with a two-year suspension.
When the World Anti-Doping Agency finally gained access to the Moscow-based LIMS system, the Laboratory InformationManagement...
