A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile ever run by an under–18 athlete.

As a result, World Athletics will continue to recognize Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha as the world record holder, based on his 57 ...

The world 5000m short track record of 12:44.09 set by USA’s Grant Fisher in Boston on 14 February 2025 has been ratified ...

However, World Athletics have confirmed to Runner's World Spain that the Ugandan's half-marathon world record has been wiped from the books. It is said to have been deemed that Ki ...

Swedish-American pole vault sensation Armand Duplantis continues to dominate the sport, adding Olympic gold medals and ...

In a span of about 25 minutes, two world indoor (short track) records went down at the 31st edition of the New Balance Indoor ...

Hobbs Kessler bettered the American record and set a world indoor best in the men's 2000 at the New Balance Grand Prix, running 4:48.79 to take 1.2 seconds off the previous world indoor best that was ...

Fans have been left stunned after a teenage runner smashed a world record which stood for more than 40 years. Sam Ruthe, from ...

Three years later, in Edinburgh in 1994, O’Sullivan ran 5:25.36 to break the world record over 2,000m. A rarely raced ...

Kenyan athletes had another dominant year in track events, including a brilliant showing at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo Kenya finished second in the final medal rankings and dominated ...

World Athletics is saddened to hear that former world 10,000m record-holder Fernando Mamede died on Tuesday (27) at the age of 74.