Athletics News
Murto clears pole vault world junior indoor record of 4.71m in Zweibrucken
IAAF - 31 Jan 2016 21:19
Less than 24 hours after Jenn Suhr improved her pole vault world indoor record to 5.03m, Finland's rising star Wilma Murto from Finland smashed the world junior record and raised the standard by seven centimetres in two ...
Kenya's Birech and Kipyegon triumph at the Cinque Mulini cross country races
IAAF - 31 Jan 2016 20:09
Kenyan stars Jairus Birech and Faith Kipyegon took the honours at the 84th edition of the famous Cinque Mulini meeting, the sixth of this winter's IAAF Cross Country Permit series, in the northern Italian town of San Vit...
Gemili PB wins 60m at Welsh Indoors
BBC - 31 Jan 2016 19:48
Britain's Adam Gemili starts 2016 with victory in the 60m at the Welsh Senior Championships in a new personal-best time.
Fukushi wins Osaka Women's Marathon by more than six minutes in 2:22:17
IAAF - 31 Jan 2016 10:41
Kayoko Fukushi won the 35th Osaka Women's Marathon in a personal best of 2:22:17, putting more than six minutes between herself and her nearest rival at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race, and the 2013 IAAF World Championsh...