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Kenyan Nancy Kiprop smashes the course record in 2:22:12, becoming the first woman to win three VCM titles, while compatriot Vincent Kipchumba takes men’s title a personal best of 2:06:56 at the 36th Vienna City Marathon.
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Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha smashed the world indoor record for the mile, clocking 3:47.01 at the Bruce Lehane Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
Continue readingEthiopia’s Samuel Tefera upstaged compatriot Yomif Kejelcha to break the long-standing world indoor 1500m record at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
Continue readingKenya’s Cosmas Lagat and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Alemu upset the odds and take the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2019
Continue readingKenya’s Abraham Kiptum broke the men?s world record at the IAAF Gold Label road race, clocking 58:18 to take five seconds off the mark set by Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese in 2010.
Continue readingDebutante Tsehay Gemechu breaks Airtel Delhi Half Marathon women’s course record with 1:06:50, as Andamlak Belihu and Amdework Walelegn go 1-2 for Ethiopia in the men’s race.
Continue readingDakar, the capital city of Senegal has been selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host for the 2022 Youth Summer Olympic Games – the first IOC event to be held in Africa.
Continue readingJapan will now host two of the biggest events on the athletics calendar in successive years after the IAAF Council voted this week to award the 2019 IAAF World Relays to Yokohama.
Continue readingOlympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, from Kenya, broke the world record at the 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday , winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39.
Continue readingThe IAAF has released the provisional entry list for the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018, which will take place from 8-9 September in the Městský Stadium in Ostrava Vítkovice, Czech Republic.
Continue readingThe nine-member South African ultra-distance team departs for Sveti, Croatia on Tuesday night, ahead of the IAU 100km World Championships to be held on Saturday 8 September 2018.
Continue readingThe fourth edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is scheduled to hold on Saturday 2 February, 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria, and all entries and registration must be completed on or before 11 January, 2019.
Continue readingCaster Semenya produced another superb performance, smashing the South African record, to win the women’s 1,000m at the ISTAF Berlin – IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Berlin, Germany on Sunday.
Continue readingWorld champions Caster Semenya and Luvo Manyonga were the standout performers, leading a large group of South African athletes by successfully defending their titles at the first of two finals in the IAAF Diamond League series in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday
Continue readingThe registration for the fourth edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon 2019 will officially begin on Monday, September 3, 2018.
Continue readingMore than 20 secondary schools in Nigeria will compete at the inaugural edition of the Government College Ughelli (GCU) Relays scheduled for Saturday 17 November, 2018.
Continue readingAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire has been selected as host of the CAA African U18 and U20 Athletics Championships in April 2019.
Continue readingSouth African and World Long Jump champion Luvo Manyonga was in spectacular shape, smashing the Meeting record to win the event in 8.53m at the 2018 IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Birmingham, UK.
Continue readingThe Gaborone International Meet (GIM) 2019 Local Organising Committee (LOC) was launched on Tuesday August 21, 2018 at the Oasis Motel in Tlokweng, Botswana.
Continue readingThe Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has announced a strong team of 77 athletes (35 Femmes / Women, 39 Hommes / Men, and three reserves) to represent Africa at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 to be held on 8-9 September.
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