4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) Kazimierska arrives with the most momentum. On Aug. 3, she ran 3:55.59; on Sept. 5, she dropped a 3:54.05 in Brussels with a decisive final 200m. The 25‑year‑old raced 21 times this year, collecting four national records and six personal bests, including 1:58.11 (800m), 3:54.05 (1500m) and 4:21.36 (mile). She…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (327+ words) Rodrigue Kwizera and Chaltu Dida Diriba win the Birell 10K Night Race athleticsillustrated.com Saturday night in Prague offered the kind of conditions athletes quietly hope for: warm, still, and just dark enough to feel fast. The Birell 10K Night Race, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1035+ words) Some athletes are never satisfied, even when they have tabled an enviable competitive record that includes multiple national championship titles. Florence Caron is such a person. On Oct. 18, the 25-year-old from La Malbaie, Que., will make her marathon debut when…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (209+ words) Will Emmanuel Wanyonyi or Marco Arop beat David Rudisha’s world record of 1:40.91 in Brussels? athleticsillustrated.com © Copyright – 2026 – Athletics Illustrated ‎Emmanuel Wanyonyi is back in world-class form after the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League meet on August 27. The 22-year-old Paris Olympic champion…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (984+ words) The first three teams previewed Team USA, Team Canada and Team Kenya. Athletics Illustrated will review more teams during the lead up to the meet. Kenya arrives at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen with its usual mix…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (626+ words) Yomif Kejelcha has taken back the men’s half marathon world record. The Ethiopian produced a remarkable 56:51 at Sunday’s Media Maratón Ciudad de Buenos Aires, August 23, running much of the second half alone. He broke away from the lead group around…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (861+ words) Samuel Fitwi is a 30-year-old Eritrean-born athlete who competes for Germany. He moved there at 17 after fleeing Eritrea with four others to escape the country’s military regime. He was taken in by a family in Stadtkyll, Rhineland-Palatinate, and became a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (961+ words) Canadian Olympian John Gay will line up for his much-anticipated debut at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 18 with a national championship title in his sights. Once again, the race doubles as both a World Athletics Elite Label race…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (124+ words) Hassan, Nageeye, Kamworor headline dsm-firmenich New York City Marathon team athleticsillustrated.com The dsm-firmenich Running Team will bring a formidable group to the TCS New York City Marathon on November 1, with Olympic champion Sifan Hassan, former winner Abdi Nageeye, two-time…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (308+ words) Germany’s Amanal Petros and Finland’s Alisa Vainio won the men’s and women’s gold medals, respectively. Each won in championship-record times at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Vainio, 28, won in a time of 2:22:26, taking nearly three minutes off…...