Athletics News

Germany's Julian Weber sent his javelin flying out to 85.85m at the European Throwing Cup in Las Palmas on Saturday (11).

Ethiopia's Helen Bekele provided the highlight of the Zurich Marató de Barcelona on Sunday (12) as she broke the event record with a 2:25:04 clocking at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race.

Kenya's Gladys Cherono and Ethiopia's Guye Adola triumphed at the 43rd edition of the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon on Sunday (12), producing some of the fastest times ever recorded at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Yoshihide Kiryu and Ryota Yamagata - two members of Japan's silver medal-winning 4x100m team in Rio - ran the fastest three times in Canberra history in the men's 100m at the Summer of Aths meeting on 11-12 March.

Pulling away from Yuka Ando after 33km, Olympic silver medallist Eunice Kirwa won the Nagoya Women's Marathon on Sunday (12) for the third straight year, becoming the first three-time winner of the IAAF Gold Label Road R...

Tennessee's Christian Coleman was the stand-out performer on the final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station on Saturday (11), winning the 60m and 200m with some of the fastest times in history.