“It’s very overwhelming to come away with a world gold medal, and it’s very special to do it with Yared...and it gets me really fired up for the future."
By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
COPENHAGEN - Robert Farken timed his challenge to perfection to win the men’s road Mile at the World...
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“It’s nice to finish with a medal – and even nicer to finish with gold. It has been a very long season, with a lot of races and some difficult moments. It wasn’t a perfect season, but it had a perfect ending."
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
COPENHAGEN - Agathe Guillemot produced a perfectly...
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Women's event record by Reekie; #2 men's FAM time by Langon; record 27 men sub-4; $34,000 prize purse awarded
From NYRR with BBTM support
NEW YORK – New York Road Runners (NYRR) hosted more than 8,700 athletes at the 2026 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, the world’s most iconic and largest road...
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15 Olympians and 18 international medalists representing 12 different countries including two-time race champion Jemma Reekie; $34,000 prize purse; ABC7 / WABC-TV and ESPN+ live TV coverage
From NYRR
NEW YORK – New York Road Runners (NYRR) has announced a world class professional athlete...
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"I knew this was going to be one that I would remember for the rest of my life, regardless of the result."
From Games News Service
At the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, Scotland's Josh Kerr lined up for the men's Mile on Saturday night, August 1, knowing whatever happened it was a race he...
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“It was just me, my shoes and the track. I was absolutely deaf in that last 110 meters.”
From World Athletics
LONDON - On Saturday afternoon, Great Britain’s Josh Kerr achieved his much-publicized goal of breaking the longest-standing Mile world record with a stunning, well-paced 3:42.66...
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Australian and women's meet & U.S. All-Comers outdoor records set by the two champions at America's premier outdoor meet
EUGENE, Ore. - Saturday afternoon, on America’s 250th birthday, at the 51st Prefontaine Classic, a Diamond League meet, Cameron Myers, just 20, became the first Australian to...
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Cochran claims women’s race title; event record 1,718 finishers at 7th edition
By Luke Thompson, Yakima Herald-Republic with BBTM support
YAKIMA, Wash. - Everything came together perfectly for a close, record-breaking finish to the fastest Yakima Mile yet on an unseasonably cool Saturday...
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Top headliners include Aragon, Whittni & Whittaker and Cook, Nillessen & Hoare
EUGENE, Ore. - The night before America turns 250, track & field will offer its own patriotic tribute. On Friday, July 3, the 51st Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus will host two...
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Three-time Olympic champion also holds the 1500m world record, set at last year's meet
EUGENE, Ore. – For the first time since joining the Diamond League, the Prefontaine Classic will host a women’s Mile. The Hayward Field record for the Mile of 4:21.25 was set at the 1988 Prefontaine Classic...
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