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Mary Keitany, Paul Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa chase world records at the BIG 25 Berlin on Sunday
Three Kenyan top stars will run the 30th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin this Sunday: Mary Keitany, Paul Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa are ready for fast times. The jubilee edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race is very likely to see two world record attempts. The BIG 25 Berlin boost the strongest international field of any road race in Germany this spring. Organiser BERLIN RUNS expects a total field...
Tyson Gay Targets Usain Bolt's 19.19 Half-Lap World Record
American World 100m silver medallist Tyson Gay, who is scheduled to run the 400 metres at tomorrow’s seventh staging of the Jamaica International Invitational, is hoping to challenge Usain Bolt’s 200m record of 19.19 seconds later this season.
“I hope that my 400m relates to my 200m dropping down and I think that’s the key,” Gay told journalists during a one-hour teleconference...
Jamaicans leading the way at Penn Relays – High School Girls’ Preview
Manchester – winner of one Penn Relays title – and Holmwood Tech, winner of 13, lead another strong group of Jamaican girls’ teams at this year’s Relays.
Manchester’s sole victory came in the 1994 4×100 Championship of America. This year Manchester has the top time for the season in that event, the 45.52 it ran at Gibson Relays. They also have one of the top times in the 4×4...
Watch Fortis Rotterdam Marathon Live
UniversalSports will bring live broadcast of the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon to be held on Sunday April 11.Over 6,000 runners will descend upon the Dutch port city of Rotterdam with one thing in mind — running fast. Of the fastest 10 marathon performances in history, three have occurred in Rotterdam, including two of the top four. Tune in to Universal Sports TV on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET to watch...
Tanzania World Cross Country Championships Has No Coach
In a shock twist, the Athletics Tanzania (AT) announced today that only four athletes without a recognized coach, will represent the country in 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland this Sunday.
Earlier, the AT said at least 12 runners will compete in the lucrative event. However, the AT Assistant Secretary General Julius Msomi told the ‘Daily News’ today...
Alabama Grenadian Freshman Kirani Runs 45.79 World-Leading Time
Kirani James in action in the 400m PHOTO/TrackAlerts.com
Freshman Kirani James smashed the 400 meter school record en route to posting the current world’s fastest 400 meter time in his debut to lead Alabama at the Meyo Invitational at the Loftus Center on Saturday.
“I knew in the back of my mind from where he [James] was in the first two meets, I knew he would challenge for the world lead,”...
Campbell-Brown, Daniel Bailey Beaten At Millrose Games
Antiguan super star sprinter Daniel Bailey races in the 100m in Berlin (PHOTO/Paul Allen)
Jamaica’s star Veronica Campbell-Brown’s return to indoor competition ended in defeat as the sprinter was beaten into second place in the women’s 60m dash.
Campbell-Brown, who switched coach last year, finished second to American Lisa Barber in a very tight finish which saw both runners being...
Ethiopian runners affected by murder-suicide
The parents and sister of one of the group’s top runners, Leila Aman, who were also the mother and father in law to 2008 Boston Marathon and Houston Marathon champion Dire Tune, were shot and killed by Aman’s brother in-law. The incident has forced some of the runners to stop training during a period of mourning.
The runners are also thinking about canceling competitive plans this fall....
