Kenya’s Vincent Kipruto emerged victorious in a shoulder-to-shoulder battle against Tariku Jufar of Ethiopia in the last 200 meters to win the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, running alone with Jufar after Japan-based Kenyan James Mwangi slowed down in the last 2 km, spurted at the final corner to ...
Jenn Suhr set a women’s pole vault indoor record by clearing 5.02 meters Saturday at the USA Track & Field ...
Kenya's Dennis Kimetto sets a Tokyo Marathon record, winning the race in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds on Sunday.
For so long, pain has followed Tyson Gay around the track. If it wasn’t his hamstring giving him grief in a workout, it was his surgically repaired hip or groin. He’s almost grown accustomed to the ever-present aches that have haunted him over his ...
The Tokyo Marathon will make its debut as a World Marathon Majors race Sunday with a potential race record in store in the men’s competition. Tokyo joins Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York in the six-legged series contested over a two-year period. The ...
Bernard Lagat will run the longest race of his career when he competes in next month’s NYC Half. The 38-year-old American started out as a 1,500-meter specialist and shifted to the 5,000 later in his career, winning world championships at both distances in 2007. ...
Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder. The double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer at his bail hearing that he ...
Former world silver medalist Yoshimi Ozaki will retire after running in this month’s Tokyo Marathon. The 31-year-old Ozaki, who finished 19th at last year’s London Olympics, said Saturday she has lost her motivation to compete. The Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 24 will be her ...
Oscar Pistorius’ agent has begun calling off races for the Olympic sprinter since he was charged with the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius’ agent, Peet van Zyl, tells The Associated Press he canceled the contract on Saturday for a high-profile rematch with ...
Usain Bolt was in shock when he heard fellow Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his model girlfriend. In an interview on Friday night after the NBA’s All-Star celebrity game, the Jamaican gold medalist still couldn’t ...
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said Friday in court it was premeditated murder, indicating the prosecution would file that more serious charge, upgraded from murder.
