Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01 hours in October, as he took the Chicago Marathon title in 2:00:35, breaking the previous record of 2:01:09 set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022. The rising Kenyan also won the London Marathon in April a...
10 Fastest Marathons on Record-Eligible Course: Women Runner Finish Time Pace/Mile Marathon Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) 2:09:56 4:57.4 Chicago, 2024 Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) 2:11:53 5:01.8 Berlin, 2023 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 2:13:44 5:06.0 Chicago, 2023 Brigid ...
10 Fastest American Marathoners on Record-Eligible Course: Women Runner Finish Time Pace/Mile Marathon Emily Sisson 2:18:29 5:16.9 Chicago,2022 Keira D’Amato 2:19:12 5:18.6 Houston,2022 Betsy Saina 2:19:17 5:18.7 Tokyo,2024 Deena Kastor ...
Nicola Olyslagers will lead the line-up in the women’s high jump. The Australian high jumper started her season with a 1.98m clearance in Canberra last January. Olyslagers won the Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2021 with a national record of 2.02m and placed fifth in World Championships in...
PARIS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Dutch runner Sifan Hassan broke women's mile world record, while American veteran Justin Gatlin outplayed his promising compatriot Noah Lyles in men's 100m of the IAAF Diamond League Monaco on Friday. In the Stade Louis II, Hassan, born in Ethiopia, set a new...
In 1941 he set his first world record, posting a time of 3 min 47.6 sec in the 1,500 metres. His remarkable string of record-setting performances in July–September 1942 included world records in the mile (4 min 6.2 sec and 4 min 4.6 sec), two miles (8 min 47.8 sec), three ...
s time for the first time, but when she recrossed that line on day 60, she had made up enough time to be 10 hr 50 min ahead of his record. MacArthur reached France to complete the 44,012-km (27,348-mile) journey through the world’s most dangerous seas in 71 days 14 hr 18 ...
John Darby, a New Zealand land planner and golf architect, routed Jack's Point from a valley clubhouse up onto a plateau and down again to offer sterling views of Lake Wakatipu and the mile-high Remarkables Mountains. Many have likened Jack's Point opening uphill holes to those of Gullane...
Premier League staple Aleksandar Mitrović transferred from Fulham to Saudi team Al Hilal in 2023. The transfer fee clocked in at £50 million, a record for the club at the time Since his departure, he has helped Al Hilal stay on top of the Saudi Pro League along with the likes of ...
As is so often the case with world records, once Bannister proved a human could in fact run a mile under four minutes, it left the world stunned, and helped shatter a collective mental barrier. Australian John Landy bettered the Iffley Road record the following month with a time of 3 min...