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On a diet including plenty of fast food and with virtually no sleep, Australian endurance athlete Phil Gore ran 6.71km every hour for an entire weekBeing wrenched out of deep sleep by your alarm and forced to leave the c...

Edward and Mo Farah among those to be inductedSonia Lannaman and Shirley Strong also honouredBritains first black Olympic medal winner Harry Edward is to be inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Edward will j...

Ethiopian former javelin thrower claims mens race in 2hr 4min 42secKenyan adds harbourside crown to Boston, New York and London titlesEthiopias Addisu Gobena surged to a record-breaking victory in the mens race at the Sy...

BBC Sport reveals that Will Sharman, Richard Sharman and Lamin Deen were also convicted in the case which led to Leon Baptiste's imprisonment.

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High jump world champion wins gold at prestigious meet in ZurichCam Myers impresses again in mens 3000m with third placeNicola Olyslagers soared back to her world champion best at the Zurich Weltklasse meeting, but even ...

Dos Santos and Russell smash hurdles world recordsWerro comes within 0.42sec of 800m world recordBednarek and Wanyonyi clock world-leading timesMasai Russell and Alison Dos Santos each set a world record while Mondo Dupl...

American Masai Russell storms to victory in the women's 100m hurdles in a remarkable 12.09 seconds, breaking the world record at the Diamond League in Zurich.

Brazil's Alison dos Santos breaks the 400m hurdles world record, clocking a time of 45.80 seconds at the Diamond League in Zurich.

European 800m champion Audrey Werro backs herself to overhaul one of athletics' oldest and most controversial world records.