Coach Pete Julian leaves Nike to pursue coaching track and field for all
Pete Julian is not a new name in the track and field sporting community. He has been a coach since 2005 and began working with Nike in 2012, where he…
Beatrice Chebet breaks 5km women’s world record
Two-time Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet broke the world record for the women’s 5,000-metre event in Barcelona to cap off an incredible year. As the first female competitor to surpass the…
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone makes a startling claim about breaking 400-metre hurdles below-50-second mark
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the current Olympic and world champion, has broken records in almost every track appearance, making her one of the world’s strongest track and field competitors today. With four…
Keely Hodgkinson named as 2024 Sports Personality of the Year
Keely Hodgkinson, the Olympic 800-metre gold medallist, was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024. In the recent season, the 22-year-old athlete finished her quest for a world…
Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins European cross-country championship for the third time
Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway won the men’s senior title with ease for the third time in four years at the European Cross Country Championships in Turkey. Despite not competing in…
16-year-old Gout Gout sets the fourth-fastest under-18 100-metre record
At the All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland, teenage sprinting athlete Gout Gout set a new record of 10.04 seconds, the fourth-fastest under-18 100-metre pace in history. It was also the…
Daryll Neita of Great Britain joins the Grand Slam Track league
Great Britain’s Daryll Neita is the first female British athlete to join Michael Johnson's new sports league. With an accumulated amount of $100,000 (£78,683) as top prize, the Grand Slam…
Shelby Houlihan concerned about comeback to track and field after ‘burrito’ ban
When track and field star Shelby Houlihan broke the American 1500-metre record in 2019, she showed that her possibilities in the sport were limitless. However, she failed a test in…
Olympic champion Valarie Allman hopes to see more field events in start-up meets
Valarie Allman, a double Olympic discus champion, stated that she would like to see field events added to the recent surge of new sports competitions. Allman said: “Any focus –…
Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia holds the new world half-marathon record
Ethiopian athlete Yomif Kejelcha set a new world record at the Valencia Half-Marathon. Kejelcha, who also owns the world record for the indoor mile established in Boston last year, finished…
Ruth Chepng’etich’s Chicago Marathon world record stuns fans
Ruth Chepng'etich of Kenya created history last Sunday at the Chicago Marathon by crossing the finish line in two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds, setting a new record. This…
Kipyegon Bett, a former youth 800m world champion, dies at 26
Kipyegon Bett, a former world under 20-athletics champion, died in Bomet, Kenya, at the age of 26 due to a brief illness. The 800-metre specialist finished in first place in…
Letsile Tebogo pays painful tribute as he grieves over his mother’s death
Letsile Tebogo is very well-known on the track and field scene. The one thing he loved, though, was having Seratiwa, his mother, support him from the stands. Unfortunately, on May…
Alessandro Ossola proposes to his girlfriend despite not making the 100-metre final
Alessandro Ossola, a Paralympic sprinter, had one of the happiest days of his life at the Paralympics, and it had nothing to do with his performance in his athletic race. …
A 10-year ban is imposed on the 2012 ‘dirtiest race’ runner
Lisa Dobriskey, a British athlete, did not hold back when she placed tenth in the women's 1500m final at London 2012. At that time, the athlete said to the BBC:…
Transgender sprinter fails to advance to the Paralympic final
Valentina Petrillo, a transgender athlete, placed third in her semi-final and was not able to advance to the T12 400m final at the Paralympics in Paris. The 51-year-old Italian sprinter…