Athletics News
Cruz and Rocha win at the Almond Blossom Internacional Cross Country meeting
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 20:13
With the expected Ugandan and Kenyan runners having travel problems and unable to make it in time to the 39th Almond Blossom Internacional Cross Country meeting in Albufeira, the final IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting t...
Aiyabei sets Spanish all-comers' record at the Barcelona Marathon
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 18:38
Valerie Aiyabei produced a solo run almost from the gun to win the 2016 Zurich Marató de Barcelona in 2:25:26 on Sunday (13), a Spanish women's all-comers' best and also a big improvement on her career best for the 25-y...
Kirwa Yego runs world-leading 58:44 at Rome-Ostia half marathon
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 17:17
Kenya's Solomon Kirwa Yego won the 42nd edition of the famous Roma-Ostia Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Race, setting the fastest time in the world this year and the Italian all-comers record with an outstanding run o...
Thornton and Williams Bydgoszcz-bound at the double
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 11:51
Sprinters Jessica Thornton and Trae Williams put themselves in line to double at the IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 later this year in winning two events at the Australian U20 Championships in Perth.
Teenage star Cunningham flies high at US Indoor Championships
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 06:43
Teenage star Vashti Cunningham came of age in style by smashing the world junior indoor high jump record on the second day of the US Championships in Portland on Saturday (12), the 18-year-old soaring over 1.99m to estab...
Triple winner Cheserek leads Oregon to victory at NCAA Indoor Championships
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 04:10
Edward Cheserek added another title to the two he won yesterday after winning the 3000m on the second and final day of action at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday (13).
Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships
IAAF - 13 Mar 2016 00:00
Kenyan athletes won every available title - and 10 of the 12 individual medals on offer - at the 4th edition of the African Cross Country Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Saturday (12).