Achieving the dream of running the Boston Marathon got a bit tougher for time qualifiers on Tuesday as more than 12,000 applicants were not accepted into the 2025 race. The Boston Athletic Association announced that runners in their respective age and gender groups have to be 6:51 faster than the posted qualifying times to earn …
The Wanda Diamond League announced on Wednesday that it will increase prize money for athletes for the 2025 season to the largest in the series’ history. Organizers made the decision following Sunday's Diamond League General Assembly, and agreed to boost the prize payout to $9,240,000 during the 15 events to be held next year. “The …
Otis Davis, who won two gold medals for the United States at the Rome Olympics in 1960, including a world record performance in the 400m, died on Saturday in a hospice facility in North Bergen, N.J. He was 92. Davis' alma mater, the University of Oregon, announced his death and a cause was not revealed. …
Qualifying standards for the Boston Marathon got a little bit tougher on Monday as the Boston Athletic Association announced changes for the 2026 race. Meanwhile, the application period for 129th edition of the marathon — next year's race — was held last week and a record 36,406 time qualifying entries were submitted. According to a …
Sebastian Coe entered the race to join group of seven candidates vying to be the next International Olympic Committee president, according to a post issued by the organization on Monday. Current IOC head Thomas Bach announced during the Paris Olympics last month that he would step down at the end of his second term next …
Thousands paid tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei on Saturday in a funeral where she was honor with full military honors following her death last week from injuries suffered in a gasoline attack. The ceremony took place in Bukwo in, a remote town in Uganda's northeast near the Kenyan border. Cheptegei was seriously injured in on September …
Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek were announced on Thursday as the newest signings to Grand Slam Track — and the first male sprinters in the competition. Both athletes will join Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse as the initial competitors who have signed to Michael Johnson’s professional track league. The league kicks …
The ex-boyfriend accused of killing Rebecca Cheptegei in a fiery gasoline attack died on Monday from burns he sustained in the same fire. Dickson Ndiema, 32, died late Monday night at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, the same medical facility in Eldoret city in Kenya where Cheptegei was being treated. Cheptegei died from multiple organ …
Fall marathon season is right around the corner but registration for next year's Boston Marathon officially opened on Monday. The sign up period for the 129th running of the race — world’s oldest annual marathon — kicked off at 10 a.m. and will close on Friday at 5 p.m. "While race day may still be …
Josh Kerr dominated the field at the 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, breaking the 43-year-old course record for his second straight win. Kerr cruised to the finish line in 3:44.3 in breezy conditions, shattering Sydney Maree's 3:47.52 mark from 1981. Josh Hoey came in second in 3:48.9 with Amon Kemboi in third with 3:49.3 for …