Gabby Thomas revealed on Tuesday that she will miss the World Athletics Championships because of an Achilles injury. Thomas has been dealing with the injury since May, which has continued to be an issue and it worsened in July. "I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this news, but …
The eyes of the track and field world and running will be fixed on Tokyo next week for the start of the World Athletics Championships from September 13-21 — as an exciting season reaches its pinnacle. Heartbreak Hill Running Company, a mainstay in running lifestyle culture and retail, is teaming up with A Mile. A …
The World Anti-Doping Agency hit back at organizers of the Enhanced Games after the agency was included in a reported $800 million anti-trust lawsuit that also names World Aquatics and USA Swimming as trying to "crush" a planned event in Las Vegas next year. The event would permit competitors in track and field, swimming, weightlifting …
Hailemaryam Kiros and Sifan Hassan pulled off thrilling wins at the Sydney Marathon on Sunday as the race made it's debut as a member of the marathon majors club. Kiros emerged from a pack of just over a dozen runners to win the men's race in 2:06:06 while Hassan was aggressive from the start and …
Five world records became official on Friday as World Athletics announced that marks set by Mondo Duplantis, Agnes Ngetich, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Cameron Myers are now ratified. The records span from April 2024 to June 2025 and include a pair of U20 short track times from Myers from the same race, a pole vault height …
The Sydney Marathon was elevated as the latest member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors in November and now the event debuts on Sunday with an expanded general race and marquee names in the pro fields. After beating out Cape Town and Shanghai as the newest member of the club to join Boston, Tokyo, London, …
Ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September, World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has revealed that the gender tests implemented by the governing body in time for the event are mostly complete. World Athletics announced in July that any athlete looking to compete in the female category at world championships would need to submit …
Brooks announced on Thursday that it will launch a national high school cross country showcase which appears to serve as a substitute for the recently shuttered Foot Locker series. The Brooks XC Championships implements a similar model from the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships and will stage four regional prep championships which will culminate with …
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced on Wednesday that an independent arbitrator has handed Shadrack Biwott a four-year ban following a hearing stemming from his presentation to defend himself against claims that a drug test on showed evidence of erythropoietin (EPO), a restricted substance. According to a report released by USADA, Biwott's out-of-competition on January 25, …
Sibusiso Kubheka pushed faster and beyond early Tuesday morning as he shattered the six-hour mark at the 100 kilometer distance in a time trail in Southern Italy in 5:59:20. The Adidas-curated event, “Chasing 100,” used the Nardò Ring track in Lecce, Italy as the stage where Kubheka and four other ultrarunners — Aleksandr Sorokin, Jo …