Dutchman Nageeye and Kenyan Chepkirui win the New York marathon
by Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands failed to finish the marathon at the Paris Olympics but triumphed in New York (TIMOTHY A. CLARY) Abdi Nageeye of …
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Sydney becomes the seventh major world marathon
Sydney became the seventh city in the World Marathon Majors series (Saeed KHAN) Sydney was elevated to the ranks of the World Marathon Majors on …
Noah Lyles fails to qualify for World Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
Noah Lyles with his Olympic gold medal in the 100m – but it wasn’t enough to give him a chance of winning the Male Track …
Deaths of Kenyan athletes reveal mental health issues
Athletes and officials called for action after series of deaths of Kenyan runners (FRANCK FIFE) Kenyan athletes’ mental health issues and lack of support have …
Kenyan court sentences killers of Olympic athlete Kiplagat to 35 years in prison
The Ugandan Benjamin Kiplagat participated in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 as well as those in London in 2012 (Fabrice COFFRINI) A Kenyan …
Philadelphia completes its schedule for Johnson’s Grand Slam matches
Grand Slam Track, the new athletics series founded by American legend Michael Johnson, has named Philadelphia as the latest revealed location for a first series …
Interview with Julien Alfred: The fastest woman on the planet – discovered by a librarian
Julien Alfred put Saint Lucia on the global athletics map and was granted national hero status on the island for his Olympic gold medal – …
Coe says new ultimate championship will be ‘game changer’ in athletics
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says Ultimate Championship will be ‘high-octane’ entertainment (Attila KISBENEDEK) World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Friday the new Ultimate …
“We just said” – What I said to Keely Hodgkinson before she won Olympic gold
-Credit: (Image: Getty Images) Keely Hodgkinson was the golden girl of the Summer Olympics – but it could have “gone better”, according to her coach. …